Adjustable scaffolding

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SCAFFOLDING STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL SCAFFOLDING HORSE UNITS CAPABLE OF BEING DISCONNECTIBLY AND COOPERATIVELY UNITED TO FORM A SCAFFOLDING PLATFORM SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND CAPABLE OF BEING DISCONNECTED FROM ONE ANOTHER TO FORM INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUALLY USABLE SAWHORSES, SAID HORSE UNITS INCLUDING SPACED APART PAIRS OF ELONGATE TUBULAR LEG MEMBERS, EACH PAIR CONSISTING OF FIRST AND SECOND LEG MEMBERS HINGEDLY MOUNTED FOR FREE SWINGING MOVEMENT ON A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING ELONGATE PLATFORM SUPPORTING MEMBER COMMON TO BOTH PAIRS, ELONGATE SUPPORTING ELEMENTS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FIRST LEG MEMBERS AND BETWEEN SAID SECOND LEG MEMBERS AND SECURED THERETO FOR SIMULTANEOUS MOVEMENT THEREOF, SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSE OF SAID LEG MEMBERS AND PARALLEL WITH SAID ELONGATE PLATFORM SUPPORTING MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING EACH PAIR OF LEGS IN ANGULATED SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER, SAID MEANS INCLUDING ELONGATE TUBULAR BRACING MEMBERS TELESCOPICALLY AND ADJUSTABLY ENGAGED WITH ONE ANOTHER, ONE OF SAID BRACING MEMBERS BEING HINGEDLY MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FIRST LEG MEMBERS AND TRANSVERSELY THEREOF FOR FREE SWINGING MOVEMENT THEREABOUT, SAID OTHER BRACING MEMBER BEING HINGEDLY MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SECOND LEG MEMBERS FOR FREE SWINGING MOVEMENT THEREON AND MEANS ADJUSTABLY AND SELECTIVELY FIXING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF SAID TELESCOPED BRACING MEMBERS TO VARY THE ANGLE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND LEG ELEMENTS, SAID FIRST LEG MEMBERS OF SAID HORSE UNITS BEING DETACHABLY AND ADJUSTABLY INTERCONNECTED BY A COMMON CONNECTING MEMBER TELESCOPICALLY ENGAGED WITH COAXIALLY ALIGNED FIRST LEG MEMBERS OF COOPERATING HORSE UNITS TO FORM IN COMBINATION WITH SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SUPPORTING MEMBERS A RECTANGULAR PLATFORM SUPPORTING FRAME, SAID SECOND LEG MEMBERS DEPENDING GENERALLY VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID FRAME TO PROVIDE GENERALLY UPSTANDING VERTICAL SUPPORTS THEREFOR, AND EXTENSIBLE LEG PORTIONS TELESCOPICALLY AND COOPERATIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SECOND LEG MEMBERS AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY AND DETACHABLY FIXING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS BETWEEN SAID SECOND LEG MEMBERS AND EXTENSIBLE PORTIONS THEREOF TO PERMIT ADJUSTMENT OF THE ELEVATION OF SAID PLATFORM SUPPORTING FRAME.