US 10,208,892 B1Granted

Method and apparatus for creating a pre-fabricated kit for assembling and suspending a custom design frame for supporting a package in an elevated position

OwnerJay G. Bianchiniinventor

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Abstract

One embodiment provides a pre fabricated kit for assembling a supporting framework comprising a plurality of customized beams or supports with a connection openings/hole patterns selected from a set of connection hole patterns and using a plurality of generic connectors which fit on the interior of the customized beams or supports.

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Dependent claims

A pre-fabricated kit for assembling a structural framework comprising:

(a) a plurality of a cut to length beams or struts;
where each beam or strut in the plurality of cut to length beams or struts includes
a web,
first and second beam flanges,
first and second ends,
a longitudinal centerline, and
an interior defined by
the beam's or strut's
web,
first and second beam flanges, and
first and second ends;
and
each beam or strut in the plurality of cut to length beams or struts having
a plurality of flange openings in each beam's or strut's first and second beam flanges
wherein the flange openings are
longitudinally aligned with each other
along the longitudinal centerline of
each particular beam or strut from the plurality of the cut to length beams or struts;
(b) a plurality of universal connector pieces, each of the universal connector pieces including
first and second perpendicular planar flanges
joined to each other at a joint, and
including openings in the first and second perpendicular planar flanges, and
each universal connector piece being insertable
into the interior of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts
wherein the inserted universal connector piece
being located entirely in the interior of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts and
such that the first perpendicular planar flange
being perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts and
being flush with the second end of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts, and
the second perpendicular planar flange
being generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts;
(c) wherein a first beam or strut selected from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts having
a first universal connector piece from the plurality of universal connector pieces being inserted into the interior of the first beam or strut,
wherein the first universal connector piece is
connected to a second beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts,
via a fastener
passing through one of the openings in the second beam flange of the second beam or strut, and the fastener
also passes through the opening of the first perpendicular planar flange
in the first universal connector piece
from the plurality of universal connector pieces
located in the first beam or strut, and
wherein the longitudinal centerline of the first beam or strut
being perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the second beam or strut.

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Application: 15/165,320Filed 26 May 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 15 Oct 2015
Granted: 19 Feb 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

E04B 1/5818
With a cross-section having an open profile: of substantially U - form
F16M 13/027
For supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle: ceiling supports
E04C 3/07
With substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web: at least partly of bent or otherwise deformed strip- or sheet-like material
G05B 19/4097
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…

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Abstract

A pre-fabricated kit for assembling a structural framework comprising:

(a) a plurality of a cut to length beams or struts;
where each beam or strut in the plurality of cut to length beams or struts includes
a web,
first and second beam flanges,
first and second ends,
a longitudinal centerline, and
an interior defined by
the beam's or strut's
web,
first and second beam flanges, and
first and second ends;
and
each beam or strut in the plurality of cut to length beams or struts having
a plurality of flange openings in each beam's or strut's first and second beam flanges
wherein the flange openings are
longitudinally aligned with each other
along the longitudinal centerline of
each particular beam or strut from the plurality of the cut to length beams or struts;
(b) a plurality of universal connector pieces, each of the universal connector pieces including
first and second perpendicular planar flanges
joined to each other at a joint, and
including openings in the first and second perpendicular planar flanges, and
each universal connector piece being insertable
into the interior of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts
wherein the inserted universal connector piece
being located entirely in the interior of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts and
such that the first perpendicular planar flange
being perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts and
being flush with the second end of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts, and
the second perpendicular planar flange
being generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the selected beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts;
(c) wherein a first beam or strut selected from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts having
a first universal connector piece from the plurality of universal connector pieces being inserted into the interior of the first beam or strut,
wherein the first universal connector piece is
connected to a second beam or strut
from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts,
via a fastener
passing through one of the openings in the second beam flange of the second beam or strut, and the fastener
also passes through the opening of the first perpendicular planar flange
in the first universal connector piece
from the plurality of universal connector pieces
located in the first beam or strut, and
wherein the longitudinal centerline of the first beam or strut
being perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the second beam or strut.

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Application

15/165,320Filed 26 May 2016 · us provisional application

Priority

15 Oct 2015

Granted

19 Feb 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

E04B 1/5818
With a cross-section having an open profile: of substantially U - form
F16M 13/027
For supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle: ceiling supports
E04C 3/07
With substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web: at least partly of bent or otherwise deformed strip- or sheet-like material
G05B 19/4097
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…