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US 12,416,150 B2Granted
Hold down system and building using the same
AssigneeCetres Holdings, LLC
InventorThomas M. Espinosa
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Abstract
A building includes a stud wall including a first bottom plate; a foundation; a tie rod operably anchored in the foundation and extending through the first bottom plate within the stud wall; a first bridge member disposed on the first bottom plate, the first bridge member having an opening through which the tie rod extends; a pair of spaced apart reinforcement studs; and the pair of spaced apart reinforcement studs including bottom ends bearing on the first bridge member.
Claims9
A building, comprising:
- a) a first stud wall including a first bottom plate disposed on top of a foundation;
- b) a threaded anchor rod operably anchored in the foundation and extending through the first bottom plate within the first stud wall;
- c) a first bridge member disposed on the first bottom plate, the first bridge member having a first opening, the threaded anchor rod including an end portion extending through and past the first bridge member;
- d) a coupling separate from the first bridge member;
- e) the coupling directly connecting the end portion of the threaded anchor rod to an end portion of a threaded tie rod, the threaded tie rod extending upwardly from the coupling in the first stud wall;
- f) a pair of spaced apart studs;
- g) the pair of spaced apart studs including bottom ends bearing on the first bridge member;
- h) a second bridge member having a second opening, the tie rod extending through and past the second opening, the second bridge being disposed above and spaced from the first bridge member;
- i) a fastener attached to the tie rod to bear down on the second bridge member;
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- j) the pair of spaced apart studs including top ends, the second bridge member bearing on the top ends;
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- k) a metal bearing plate disposed between the second bridge member and the fastener.
10 more elements
A building, comprising:
- a) a first stud wall including first and second vertical studs with respective first and second top ends;
- b) a foundation;
- c) a tie rod operably anchored in the foundation;
- d) a second stud wall disposed above the first stud wall;
- e) a first metallic bridge member disposed on and supported by the first and second top ends, the first bridge member having a first opening, the tie rod extending from the foundation through the first opening and past the first bridge member to the second stud wall;
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- f) a fastener attached to the tie rod to bear on top of the first bridge member to tension the tie rod.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.