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US 11,788,342 B2Granted
Tripod leg
AssigneeSorrel Quarters, LLC
InventorMichael L. Schweiss
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Abstract
An overhead door frame assembly has a horizontal header connected to tripod legs with splice assemblies. Each tripod leg has two upright columns connected to an upright I-bar and a support assembly and the upright columns and the upright I-bar are secured to a base adapted to be secured to a floor of a building. One of the splice assemblies is fastened to each upright column. Hinges pivotally mount an overhead door to the header to allow hydraulic cylinders connected to the support assemblies to move the overhead door to an open position and a closed position.
Claims17
A tripod leg comprising:
- a base,
- an upright first tubular column secured to the base,
- an upright second tubular column secured to the base, said upright second tubular column being laterally spaced from the upright first tubular column,
- an upright I-bar secured to the base,
- the upright I-bar, the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column being in a spaced parallel triangular orientation,
- members secured to the upright first tubular column, the upright second tubular column and the upright I-bar to connect the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column to the upright I-bar, and
- a support assembly secured to the upright first tubular column, the upright second tubular column and the upright I-bar,
- the support assembly comprising transverse members secured to the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column,
- the support assembly having upright right angle flanges secured to the transverse members and the upright I-bar.
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A tripod leg comprising:
- a base having a first front corner section, a second front corner section laterally spaced from the first front corner section, and a middle rear section,
- an upright first tubular column secured to the first front corner section of the base,
- an upright second tubular column secured to the second front corner section of the base,
- said upright second tubular column being laterally spaced from and parallel to the upright first tubular column,
- an I-bar secured to the middle rear section of the base,
- said I-bar, the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column located in a spaced parallel triangular orientation,
- said I-bar comprising a first lateral flange, a second lateral flange spaced from and parallel to the first lateral flange and a cross member extended between and joined to the first lateral flange and the second lateral flange,
- a plurality of horizontal plates secured to the upright first tubular column, the upright second tubular column and the I-bar to connect the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column to the I-bar in the spaced parallel triangular orientation, and
- a support assembly secured to the upright first tubular column, the upright second tubular column and the first and second lateral flanges of the I-bar,
- the support assembly comprises:
- a first transverse member secured to the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column,
- a second transverse member secured to the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column,
- a first right angle flange secured to the first transverse member, the second transverse member and the I-bar, and
- a second right angle flange secured to the first transverse member, the second transverse member and the I-bar.
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A tripod leg comprising:
- an upright first tubular column,
- an upright second tubular column laterally spaced from the upright first tubular column,
- an upright I-bar spaced from the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column,
- a plurality of members secured to the upright first tubular column, the upright second tubular column and the upright I-bar for connecting the upright first tubular column to the upright second tubular column and connecting the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column to the upright I-bar,
- a support assembly secured to the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column,
- said support assembly comprises
- a first transverse member secured to the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column,
- a second transverse member secured to the upright first tubular column and the upright second tubular column,
- a first upright right angle flange secured to the first transverse member, the second transverse member and the upright I-bar, and
- a second upright right angle flange secured to the first transverse member, the second transverse member and the upright I-bar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.