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A system and method are provided for employing man-portable unitary platform system segments, particularly as components of integrated castle defense systems. A lightweight modular and mobile system of integrated platform segments is provided to facilitate users integrating flexible platform configu

A system and method are provided for employing man-portable unitary platform system segments, particularly as components of integrated castle defense systems. A lightweight modular and mobile system of integrated platform segments is provided to facilitate users integrating flexible platform configurations secured to existing wall structures to support myriad user tasks. Individual platform system segments can be autonomously employed, or can be linked together after being quickly attached to a wall, a structure, or another supporting surface by two users in minimal time. In law enforcement, security, military and/or paramilitary employment scenarios, individual platform system segments are emplaced, and linked together, to provide a unitary defensible position in a matter of minutes. An overall platform structure of a plurality of individual man-portable platform system segments provides operational and employment flexibility that was previously unattainable to bolster or boost defenses of a particular position against increasing, and increasingly agile, threats.

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1. An integrated platform system, comprising: a base platform segment comprising a support area configured to support users and materials in operation;a pair of multi-element hanger components movably attached by respective attaching components substantially at corners of the base platform segment,

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An integrated platform system, comprising: a base platform segment comprising a support area configured to support users and materials in operation;a pair of multi-element hanger components movably attached by respective attaching components substantially at corners of the base platform segment, the pair of multi-element hanger components being configured to support the base platform segment in operation, each of the pair of multi-element hanger components comprising: a lower extended element movably attached to the base platform segment via the respective attaching component; andan upper extended element movably attached to the lower extended element via a mechanical joint element,the mechanical joint element allowing freedom of movement between the lower extended element and the upper extended element for folding the lower extended element and the upper extended element with respect to each other; anda pair of supporting legs, each of the supporting legs having a first end and a second end, the first end of the each of the supporting legs being slidably engaged with one of the base platform segment and a respective one of the pair of multi-element banger components and the second end of the each of the supporting legs being engaged at a fixed point on the other of the base platform segment and a respective one of the pair of multi-element hanger components, the pair of supporting legs cooperating to support the base platform segment in operation,the pair of multi-element hanger components being rotatable about the respective attaching components between a first stowed position and a second operating position,the first stowed position provided for securing the pair of multi-element hanger components with a principal longitudinal axis of the pair of multi-element hanger components substantially parallel to a plane of the base platform segment, andthe second operating position orienting the principal longitudinal axis of the pair of multi-element hanger components substantially orthogonally to the plane of the base platform segment,the upper extended element further comprising a hanger hook element positioned at a distal end of the upper extended element, the hanger hook element comprising: a first structural member configured to extend substantially orthogonally to a longitudinal axis of the upper extended element; anda second structural member configured to movably engage the first structural member, the second structural member having a first portion and a second portion arranged substantially orthogonally to each other, the second structural member being arranged such that, in operation,the first portion engages a structure which substantially aligns with the first structural member in a manner that causes the second portion to pivotally close a gap formed between the upper extended element and the second portion of the second structural member substantially aligning the second structural member with the longitudinal axis of the upper extended element, andan elastic component biasing the second structural member towards opening the gap, in which opening the gap increases a length of the gap formed between the upper extended element and the second portion of the second structural member at least at a distal end of the second structural member. 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a sliding slot structure on the one of the base platform segment and the lower extended element of the respective one of the pair of multi-element hanger components, the first end of each of the supporting legs being configured to mechanically engage the sliding support structure. 3. The system of claim 2, the first end of each of the supporting legs abutting an end of the sliding support structure in the second operating position to support the base platform segment in operation. 4. The system of claim 3, the sliding support structure being affixed to one of an underside of the base platform segment and an extended portion of the lower extended element of the respective one of the pair of multi-element hanger components extending below the base platform segment in the second operating position. 5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an engaging portion by which the second end of each supporting leg engages the fixed point on the other of the base platform segment and the respective one of the pair of multi-element hanger components, the engaging portion allowing rotational engagement between each supporting leg and the other of the base platform segment and the respective one of the pair of multi-element hanger components. 6. The system of claim 1, the first structural member of the hanger hook element being configured to mechanically engage the distal end of the upper extended element. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein: the respective attaching components are arranged substantially at opposite ends of a first edge of the base platform segment,the system further comprises a railing component including a first railing member movably attached by a separate respective attaching component positioned at a first end of the first railing member to attach the first end of the first railing member to an end of a second edge of the base platform segment, the second edge being opposite and substantially parallel with the first edge,the first railing member being rotatable about the separate respective attaching component between the first stowed position and the second operating position. 8. The system of claim 7, the railing component further comprising a second railing member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second railing member being configured to mechanically attach to a second end of the first railing member and the second of the second railing member being configured to mechanically attach to the mechanical joint element between the lower extended element and the upper extended element of one of the multi-element hanger components when the first railing member is extended in the second operating position.