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US 10,184,251 B2Granted
Self supportive panel system
AssigneePN II, Inc.
InventorsLawrence J. Wrass, James K. Peterson, Robert P. Broad
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Abstract
A self supporting panel system used to fabricate ceilings, floors, walls, or roofs. The panel system is assembled from a plurality of panels, each having a core that is sandwiched between opposing plate members. In a preferred embodiment, the core of each panel includes a unifying material to enhance the load bearing capacity of the panel.
Claims17
A roof structure that is self-supporting, comprising:
- a first panel;
- a second panel directly or indirectly attached to the first panel;
- and
- a third panel;
- wherein each of the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel comprise:
- a) a 4-sided frame with an opening,
- b) an X-Y grid structure located within the frame,
- c) a load-bearing top plate,
- d) a load bearing bottom plate that is located opposite the top plate, and
- e) a unifying material;
- a first wedge member;
- a second wedge member;
- and
- a third wedge member;
- wherein the first wedge member contacts the first panel and the second panel at a first edge of the first panel and a first edge of the second panel, the second wedge and the third wedge are located on opposite ends of the third panel connecting the first panel and the second panel to the third panel, respectively;
- wherein the first panel and the second panel are located at an incline relative to the third panel so that the roof structure has a triangular shape;
- wherein the opening of the frame is filled with the unifying material, and the unifying material expands within the frame and seals both of the top plate and the bottom plate to the frame.
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A roof structure that is self-supporting, comprising:
- a first panel;
- and
- a second panel directly or indirectly connected to the first panel;
- wherein the first panel and the second panel are connected by a wedge member and located at an incline relative to each other;
- wherein the roof structure is free of a truss structure extending between the first panel and the second panel;
- wherein each of the first panel and the second panel comprise:
- a) a frame with an opening,
- b) an X-Y grid structure located within the frame,
- c) a top load bearing plate,
- d) a bottom load bearing plate, and
- e) a unifying material that expands;
- wherein the X-Y grid structure comprises generally linear strands;
- wherein the opening of the frame is filled with the unifying material, and the top plate and the bottom plate are sealed to the frame with the unifying material as it expands;
- and
- wherein the wedge member is fabricated from the same materials used to fabricate the first panel and the second panel.
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A roof structure that is self-supporting, comprising:
- a first panel;
- a second panel directly or indirectly connected to the first panel;
- and
- a third panel;
- wherein the first panel and the second panel are connected with the third panel by a first wedge member and a second wedge member such that the first panel is connected to the third panel by the first wedge member, and the second panel is connected to the third panel by the second wedge member, wherein the first panel and the second panel are located at an incline relative to the third panel so that the roof structure has a triangular shape;
- wherein the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel each comprise:
- a) a frame;
- b) an X-Y grid structure located within the frame, the X-Y grid structure comprises a plurality of generally linear strands;
- c) a top plate;
- d) a bottom plate;
- and
- e) a unifying material;
- wherein the frame is defined by a pair of first opposing walls and a pair of second opposing walls,
- wherein a first group of the strands are individually attached to both of the first opposing walls, and a second group of the strands are individually attached to both of the second opposing walls;
- wherein the first group of strands and the second group of strands are woven together such that the first and second groups of strands cross under and over one another;
- and
- wherein each frame is filled with the unifying material, and the unifying material expands and seals the top plate and the bottom plate to the first opposing walls and the second opposing walls of the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.