Deck platform hanger
AssigneeElytron Construction Services, MN S-Corp
InventorsRonald Gene Latterell, Duane G. Plumski
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Abstract
A deck platform hanger/joist runner includes a flat platform, and a joist engager coupled to the flat platform. The joist engager includes a top joist engagement structure having a top joist engager and a bottom joist engagement structure having a bottom joist engager. The top joist engagement structure includes a pivot point configured to engage with a joist to pivot the deck platform hanger to engage the joist with the top joist engager and the bottom joist engager.
Claims19
A joist runner, comprising:
- a flat platform;
- a joist engager coupled to the flat platform, the joist engager comprising a top joist engagement structure having a top joist engager and a bottom joist engagement structure having a bottom joist engager, the top joist engagement structure comprising a pivot point configured to engage with a joist to pivot the joist runner to engage the joist with the top joist engager and the bottom joist engager;
- a bottom joist bracket;
- and
- a joist side weldment secured to the bottom joist bracket to extend substantially parallel to a side face of the main body;
- wherein the side weldment, the bottom joist bracket, and the main body form a structure into which a bottom of a joist can be fit.
A joist runner, comprising:
- a flat platform;
- and
- a joist engager coupled to the flat platform, the joist engager comprising a top joist engagement structure having a top joist engager and a bottom joist engagement structure having a bottom joist engager, the top engagement structure comprising a pivot point configured to engage with a joist to pivot the joist runner to engage the joist with the top joist engager and the bottom joist engager;
- wherein the top joist engager further comprises a side bracket, a top joist bracket, and a roller, the side bracket substantially parallel to a side face of the main body, and the top joist bracket positioned between the side bracket and the main body to form a structure into which a top of a joist can be fit, and the roller rotatably mounted between the side bracket and the main body and rotatable about an axis extending perpendicular to the side face of the main body;
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- wherein the bottom joist engager further comprises a bottom joist bracket and a joist side weldment secured to the bottom joist bracket to extend substantially parallel to a side face of the main body, the side weldment, the bottom joist bracket, and the main body forming a structure into which a bottom of a joist can be fit.
A method of preparing a deck installation platform, comprising:
- mounting a first joist runner, having a first flat platform, on a first joist;
- mounting a second joist runner, having a second flat platform, on a second joist;
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- placing a working surface bridged between the first flat platform and the second flat platform;
- wherein the first joist runner and the second joist runner each include a joist engager coupled to the flat platform, each joist engager comprising a top joist engagement structure having a top joist engager and a bottom joist engagement structure having a bottom joist engager, for engaging a top and a bottom of the joist therebetween;
- and further comprising moving a joist runner of the joist runners on a joist by camming the joist runner to a first angle onto a rotatable roller of its top joist engager for movement of the joist runner along a joist without laterally disengaging the joist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.