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US 10,011,998 B1Granted
Modular patio assembly
OwnerHugh A. Dantzerinventor
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Abstract
A module patio assembly includes a groundsheet formed of landscape fabric, parallel wooden sleepers connected to and extending transversely of the groundsheet, and parallel row of prefabricated deck tiles mounted on the sleepers. Cooperating hook and eye fasteners are provided on the top surfaces of the sleepers and on the bottom surfaces of the deck tiles for securing the deck tiles to the sleepers.
Claims11
A modular patio assembly comprising:
- a flexible groundsheet adapted to be rolled to form a cylinder;
- at least three spaced apart sleepers including two end sleepers and an intermediate sleeper between said end sleepers permanently attached to a top surface of the groundsheet;
- two parallel rows of deck tiles mounted on said sleepers, each deck tile including furring strips and floorboards connected to and extending perpendicular to said furring strips;
- complementary halves of hook and eye fasteners permanently connected to top surfaces of said sleepers and to bottom surfaces of said furring strips for connecting said deck tiles to said sleepers;
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- spacers for placement between adlacent sleepers when the groundsheet is unrolled and placed on a surface, the spacers serving to stretch out the groundsheet and space the sleepers apart by distances which ensure vertical alignment of the complementary halves of the hook and eye fasteners.
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A modular patio assembly comprising:
- a flexible groundsheet adapted to be rolled to form a cylinder;
- at least three spaced apart sleepers including two end sleepers and an intermediate sleeper between said end sleepers permanently attached to a top surface of the groundsheet;
- two parallel rows of deck tiles mounted on said sleepers, each deck tile including a rectangular floorboard of sufficient length to partially overlap adjacent sleepers when placed thereon
- complementary hook and eye fasteners permanently connected to the top surfaces of said sleepers and to bottom surfaces of said floorboards for connecting said deck tiles to the sleepers;
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- spacers attached to a bottom surface of said floorboard for extending between side edges of adjacent sleepers when the floorboard is placed on the sleepers, the spacers serving to stretch out the groundsheet and space the sleepers apart by distances which ensure vertical alignment of the complementary halves of the hook and eye fasteners.
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