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US 11,268,276 B2Granted
Modular deck apparatus
AssigneeOliver Technologies, Inc.
InventorsScott Oliver, John Oliver, Daniel Oliver, Emily Oliver
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Abstract
A deck apparatus for assembly with a pair of opposing brace frames interconnected by a pair opposing connector bases and a deck board top frame having a plurality of deck boards disposed thereon, the connector bases having opposing posts for being received in openings in a lower end of the opposing brace frames ends and the deck board top frame having posts for being received in an upper end of the opposing brace frames, and optionally attaching a stairs riser having a plurality of spaced-apart treads or a ramp riser for extending from a deck surface at a height to a vertically lower support surface.
Claims17
A deck apparatus, comprising:
- a pair of opposing brace frames, each brace frame having two opposing vertical members connected by a transverse member, said base frames for disposing in spaced-relation;
- a pair of opposing connector bases, each connector base having an elongated member with a pair of posts extending in a first direction from respective end portions of the elongated member, the pair of posts for being received in a respective open end of the [aligned] vertical members of the opposing brace frames to hold the brace frames in spaced-relation;
- a deck board top frame having opposing end members and opposing side members attached at respective distal ends, a plurality of projecting deck posts each extending from a respective connection of one of the end members and one of the side members, and each of the deck posts for being received in an opposing upper end of a respective one of the vertical members of the opposing brace frames;
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- a plurality of deck boards for disposing between the end members;
- wherein each of the two vertical members of at least one of the pair of brace frames further comprises a first lower receiver attached to a respective first side of the vertical member;
- a third brace frame having the two opposing vertical members connected by the transverse member;
- a second pair of opposing connector bases, each second pair of connector bases having the elongated member with the pair of posts extending in the first direction from respective end portions of the elongated member, a respective first one of the pair of posts of the second pair of opposing connector bases for being received in a respective open end of the first lower receiver of the vertical members of the at least one of the brace frames and a respective second of the pair of posts of the second pair of opposing connector bases for being received in a respective open end of the vertical members of the third brace frame to hold the at least one of the brace frames in spaced-relation to the third brace frame;
- a second deck board top frame having the opposing end members and the opposing side members attached at respective distal ends, the plurality of projecting deck posts each extending from the respective connection of one of the end members and one of the side members, and whereby each of the deck posts of the second deck board top frame for being received in an open upper end of a respective one of the vertical members of the at least one of the brace frames and the third brace frame;
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- a second plurality of deck boards disposed between the end members of the second deck board top frame.
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A deck apparatus, comprising:
- a pair of opposing brace frames, each brace frame having two opposing vertical members connected by a transverse member, said brace frames for being disposed in spaced-relation;
- a pair of upper receivers each attached to a respective first side of a respective one of the two opposing vertical members of at least one of the pair of opposing brace frames;
- a pair of opposing connector bases, each connector base having an elongated member with a pair of posts extending in a first direction from respective end portions of the elongated member, the pair of posts for being received in a respective open end of the [aligned] vertical members of the opposing brace frames to hold the brace frames in spaced-relation;
- a deck board top frame having opposing end members and opposing side members attached at respective distal ends, a plurality of projecting deck posts each extending from a respective connection of one of the end members and one of the side members, and each of the deck posts for being received in an opposing upper end of a respective one of the vertical members of the opposing brace frames;
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- a plurality of deck boards for disposing between the end members;
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- a stairs riser assembly for being attached at a first end proximate the deck board top frame and an opposing second end for bearing on a support surface vertically lower than the deck board top frame after attaching the first end thereto, said stairs riser assembly comprising:
- a pair of opposing riser arms, each riser arm having a riser post attached at an oblique angle at the first end, said riser post for being received in an open end of a respective one of the upper receiver;
- a plurality of transverse supports disposed in spaced-apart relation between the pair of opposing riser arms;
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- a plurality of pairs of tread support arms, each pair of tread support arms attached at a first end in aligned relation to the opposed riser arms and extending as a cantilever therefrom, the pairs of tread support arms disposed in spaced-apart relation;
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- a plurality of treads, each tread for attaching to a respective pair of aligned tread support arms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.