Flooring support system
OwnerPhillip Busbyinventor
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Abstract
A flooring substrate system that uses one of three substrate components upon which various types of finish flooring may be attached above a deck structure. The deck structure may be open lumber framed or may be a waterproofed planar surface. Affixation of the flooring system may be by direct connection or by gravitational placement. Height and slope adjustable components interlock through a plunge, twist and locking teeth arrangement to form supporting members beneath the substrate components. A special fastening system is utilized between two of the substrate components to compensate for high wind lift load conditions.
Claims7
A fastening system connecting a building's decking to a flooring structural panel made of an array of open cells each with an interior bottom perimeter flange defining a cell opening, said flooring structural panel to be used as a substrate for the support of finish flooring, comprising:
- a base mounting plate, said base mounting plate comprising a planar disk with a top face, a bottom face, and post receiving orifices between said top face and said bottom face,
- at least one internally threaded post connected to said base mounting plate and extending into at least one said cell opening:
- at least one bolt engaged with said at least one threaded post, said at least one bolt having a head exceeding the dimensions of said cell opening
- a post block retained within said interior bottom perimeter flange, said post block having a central through bore;
- wherein said at least one internally threaded post extends through said central through bore and into said array of open cells.
A fastening system connecting a building's decking to a flooring structural panel made of an array of open cells each with an interior bottom perimeter flange defining a cell opening, said flooring structural panel to be used as a substrate for the support of finish flooring, comprising:
- a base mounting plate, said base mounting plate comprising a planar disk with a top face, a bottom face, at least one post receiving orifice between said top face and said bottom face, and a shaped recess formed about said at least one post receiving orifice in said bottom face;
- a post block shaped for retention within said interior bottom flange, said post block having a central through bore and a set of locking lugs formed thereon an outer surface thereof;
- a spacer with a central orifice there through, said spacer sized so as to fit into said array of open cells and rest on said interior bottom flange;
- an internally threaded post with a foot flange extending from a bottom end thereof, said foot flange connectable in said shaped recess of said base mounting plate;
- a tapered helical wound compression spring sized for placement around said internally threaded post;
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- a bolt engageable with said internally threaded post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.