Balcony developments
AssigneeSapphire Balconies Limited
InventorsTim Hill, Karl Pallister, Andrew Parsons
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Abstract
A balcony is attachable to an attachment beam extending from a building in order to attach the balcony with respect to the building. The balcony can include: a floor which provides a safe, usable surface for the end-user of the balcony to stand on; and a plurality of rafters. Each rafter can include: a floor portion which defines a part of the floor, and a strengthening portion which is located below the floor portion and extends downwardly from the floor portion. The floor portions of the rafters cooperate to define the floor. Each of the plurality of rafters is an integrally formed component.
Claims16
A balcony attachable to an attachment beam extending from a building in order to attach the balcony with respect to the building, the balcony comprising:
- a floor which provides a safe, usable surface for an end-user of the balcony to stand on;
- a base below the floor;
- and
- a plurality of rafters each comprising:
- a floor portion which defines a part of the floor,
- a strengthening portion which is located below the floor portion and extends downwardly from the floor portion, and
- a base portion which defines a part of the base and which is connected to the strengthening portion,
- wherein the floor portions of the rafters cooperate to define the floor and the base portions cooperate to define the base which is spaced from the floor by the strengthening portions of the plurality of rafters,
- wherein each of the plurality of rafters is an integrally formed component in which the base portion is integrally formed with the strengthening portion and the floor portion,
- wherein each of the plurality of rafters is a folded metal sheet having a first fold line between the floor portion and the strengthening portion and a second fold line between the base portion and the strengthening portion,
- wherein the floor portion includes a downwardly oriented floor portion lip for attachment to a strengthening portion of a first adjacent rafter, and
- wherein the base portion includes an upwardly oriented base portion lip for attachment to a strengthening portion of one of the first adjacent rafter or a second adjacent rafter.
A building comprising:
- a balcony comprising:
- a floor which provides a safe, usable surface for an end-user of the balcony to stand on;
- a base below the floor;
- and
- a plurality of rafters each comprising:
- a floor portion which defines a part of the floor,
- a strengthening portion which is located below the floor portion and extends downwardly from the floor portion, wherein the floor portions of the rafters cooperate to define the floor and the base portions cooperate to define the base which is spaced from the floor by the strengthening portions of the plurality of rafters, and wherein each of the plurality of rafters is an integrally formed component in which the base portion is integrally formed with the strengthening portion and the floor portion;
- wherein each of the plurality of rafters is a folded metal sheet having a first fold line between the floor portion and the strengthening portion and a second fold line between the base portion and the strengthening portion,
- wherein the floor portion includes a downwardly oriented floor portion lip for attachment to a strengthening portion of a first adjacent rafter, and
- wherein the base portion includes an upwardly oriented base portion lip for attachment to a strengthening portion of one of the first adjacent rafter or a second adjacent rafter;
- the building further including one or more attachment beams which support the balcony.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.