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US 11,643,815 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.
Claims24
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 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;
- a ramp 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 ramp assembly comprising:
- a plurality of ramp brace frames, each ramp brace frame having two opposing vertical ramp members connected by a transverse ramp member, the vertical ramp members in a first one of the plurality of ramp brace frames having a first length and the vertical ramp members in each of a subsequent one of the plurality of ramp brace frames having a respective second length, said respective second length less than the first length and said respective second length of a first one of a subsequent plurality of the ramp brace frames greater than the second length of a second one of the subsequent plurality of ramp brace frames;
- a plurality of ramp connector bases, each ramp connector base having an elongated base member with a pair of base posts extending at an oblique angle in a first direction from respective end portions of the elongated base member, the base posts for being received in a respective open end of a respective first vertical ramp member of a first one of the plurality of ramp brace frames and in a respective open end of a respective second vertical ramp member of a second one of the plurality of ramp brace frames to hold said first and second one of the plurality of ramp brace frames in spaced apart relation;
- a ramp deck board top frame having opposing end members and opposing side members attached at respective distal ends, a plurality of projecting ramp deck posts each extending from a respective connection of one of the end members and one of the side members, each of the ramp deck posts for being received in an opposing upper end of a respective one of the vertical ramp members of said first and second ones of the plurality of ramp brace frames in spaced apart relation;
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- a plurality of deck boards for disposing in adjacent relation between the end members of the deck board top frame and the ramp deck board top frame.
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A deck apparatus, comprising:
- a pair of brace frames, each brace frame having two opposing vertical members connected by a transverse member, said base frames for disposing in opposing spaced relation;
- a pair of connector bases, each connectable at a first end and a second end to a respective one of the brace frames for holding the brace frames in spaced-relation;
- a deck board top frame having opposing end members and opposing side members attached at respective distal ends, and configured for receiving the respective upper ends of the vertical members of the opposing brace frames held in spaced-apart relation;
- a ramp 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 ramp assembly comprising:
- a plurality of ramp brace frames, each ramp brace frame having two opposing vertical ramp members connected by a transverse ramp member, the vertical ramp members in a first one of the plurality of ramp brace frames having a first length and the vertical ramp members in each of a subsequent one of the plurality of ramp brace frames having a respective second length, said respective second length less than the first length and said respective second length of a first one of a subsequent plurality of the ramp brace frames greater than the second length of a second one of the subsequent plurality of ramp brace frames;
- a plurality of ramp connector bases each connectable at a first end and a second end to a respective first and second one of the plurality of ramp brace frames for holding the first and second one of the plurality of ramp brace frames in spaced apart relation;
- a ramp deck board top frame having opposing end members and opposing side members attached at respective distal ends configured for receiving the respective upper ends of the vertical ramp members of said first and second ones of the plurality of ramp brace frames;
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- a plurality of deck boards for disposing in adjacent relation between the end members of the deck board top frame and the ramp deck board top frame.
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