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US 10,704,261 B2Granted
Reinforced composite column
AssigneeJack Walters & Sons, Corp.
InventorsFredrick R. Gilbert, Daniel Pederson, Andrew Pritzl, Caynen Klessig
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Abstract
A building support column includes a lower assembly with a connection bracket that includes a bottom plate. A body that includes plastic defines an exterior perimeter about support rods that extend from the bottom plate of the connection bracket. An adjustment leg that includes a threaded portion is movable within a center hole of the body to define a distance between the foot and the bottom plate.
Claims20
A building support column comprising:
- a lower assembly comprising:
- a connection bracket comprising a bottom plate, first and second connection blades extending away from the bottom plate in a first direction, and a hole through the bottom plate in a position between the first and second connection blades;
- a plurality of support rods secured to the connection bracket and extending away from the bottom plate in a direction opposite the connection blades;
- a body comprising plastic defining an exterior perimeter about the plurality of support rods, a center hole oriented along a central axis of the body and aligned with the hole of the bottom plate;
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- an adjustment leg comprising a threaded portion along the adjustment leg with a foot secured to an exterior end of the adjustment leg, the adjustment leg movable within the center hole at a position separated from the bottom plate to define a distance between the foot and the bottom plate and the threaded portion providing engagement between the adjustment leg and the body.
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A building support column comprising:
- a lower assembly comprising:
- a connection bracket comprising a bottom plate, first and second connection blades extending away from the bottom plate in a first direction, and a hole through the bottom plate in a position between the first and second connection blades;
- a plurality of support rods secured to the connection bracket and extending away from the bottom plate in a direction opposite the connection blades;
- a body comprising plastic defining an exterior perimeter about the plurality of support rods, a center hole oriented along a central axis of the body and aligned with the hole of the bottom plate;
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- an adjustment leg comprising a threaded portion along the adjustment leg with a foot secured to an exterior end of the adjustment leg, the adjustment leg movable within the center hole at a position separated from the bottom plate to define a distance between the foot and the bottom plate and the threaded portion providing engagement between the adjustment leg and the body;
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- an upper assembly comprising:
- a plurality of elongated layers of wood, the plurality of elongated layers of wood secured to each other along elongated faces of the layers of wood, wherein the connection bracket secures the upper assembly to the lower assembly with the connection blade extending between the elongated faces of adjacent elongated layers of the upper assembly;
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- a reinforcement plate comprising a plate and a plurality of teeth extending away from a first side of the plate, wherein the teeth of the reinforcement plate engage into a single elongated layer of the plurality of elongated layers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.