A crib platform device, kit and associated method of using for building a
temporary buttress underneath an overhanging obstruction. The crib employs
a two platforms, and a lock bar for reversibly locking together the
platforms. Alternatively, the platforms may be mated by connecting blocks
of one platform unit to beams of the other platform, and locked together
with a lock beam traversing through the mated blocks and beams of the
platforms. The unassembled components of the device form a kit. The method
of using comprises the steps of adjusting, aligning, carrying, crawling,
dropping, grabbing, mating, obtaining, positioning, placing, pulling,
putting, reposing, sliding, taking, and wearing.