US 12,529,221 B2Granted

Dovetail decking system with a full top flange sidelap and method of securing

AssigneeVerco Decking, Inc.

InventorBrian Hansen Bogh

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Abstract

Structural dovetail decking panel systems that utilize dovetail decking panels with a proximal edge having a proximal arm extending outwardly away from the dovetail decking panel, and a distal edge having a distal arm extending inwardly towards the dovetail decking panel. When adjacent dovetail decking panels are joined, the proximal edge having the proximal arm of a panel is placed over the distal end having the distal arm of the adjacent panel to create a dovetail sidelap. The proximal arm and/or the distal arm aid in restricting movement of the proximal edge and the distal edge of adjacent panels in order control the dimensions of a sidelap cavity and opening in the dovetail sidelap, which improves the strength of the dovetail decking panel systems, allows for the reduction of the thickness of the panels or number of couplings used, and/or allows for anchors to be utilized within the sidelap cavity.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A structural dovetail panel system, comprising:

a first structural dovetail panel comprising:
a plurality of first dovetail flutes wherein each of the plurality of first dovetail flutes comprise a first top flange, portions of two first bottom flanges, and two first webs operatively coupling the first top flange to the portions of the two first bottom flanges, wherein the two first webs converge from the first top flange towards the portions of the two first bottom flanges to form a first flute cavity with a first flute opening;
and
a first distal edge comprising a first distal top flange;
a second structural dovetail panel comprising:
a plurality of second dovetail flutes, wherein each of the plurality of second dovetail flutes comprise a second top flange, portions of two second bottom flanges, and two second webs operatively coupling the second top flange to the portions of the two second bottom flanges, wherein the two second webs converge from the second top flange towards the portions of the two second bottom flanges to form a second flute cavity with a second flute opening;
and
a second proximal edge comprising a second proximal top flange and a second proximal arm extending outwardly away from the second structural dovetail panel at an obtuse internal angle with the second proximal top flange;
wherein the second proximal top flange and the second proximal arm are located over the first distal top flange to create a dovetail sidelap and a sidelap cavity with a sidelap opening;
one or more couplings formed in the dovetail sidelap for operatively coupling the first structural dovetail panel to the second structural dovetail panel.

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A method of assembling a structural dovetail panel system, the method comprising:

assembling a first structural dovetail panel to one or more support members, wherein the first structural dovetail panel comprises:
a plurality of first dovetail flutes wherein each of the plurality of first dovetail flutes comprise a first top flange, portions of two first bottom flanges, and two first webs operatively coupling the first top flange to the portions of the two first bottom flanges, wherein the two first webs converge from the first top flange towards the portions of the two first bottom flanges to form a first flute cavity with a first flute opening;
and
a first distal edge comprising a first distal top flange;
assembling a second structural dovetail panel to the first structural dovetail panel and the one or more support members, wherein the second structural dovetail panel comprises:
a plurality of second dovetail flutes, wherein each of the plurality of second dovetail flutes comprise a second top flange, portions of two second bottom flanges, and two second webs operatively coupling the second top flange to the portions of the two second bottom flanges, wherein the two second webs converge from the second top flange towards the portions of the two second bottom flanges to form a second flute cavity with a second flute opening;
a second proximal edge comprising a second proximal top flange and a second proximal arm extending outwardly away from the second structural panel at an obtuse internal angle with the second proximal top flange;
and
wherein the second proximal top flange and the second proximal arm are located over the first distal top flange to create a dovetail sidelap and a sidelap cavity with a sidelap opening;
and
forming one or more couplings in the sidelap to operatively couple the first structural dovetail panel to the second structural dovetail panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/138,782Filed 25 Apr 2023 · us provisional application
Priority: 28 Apr 2022
Published: US 2023/0349144 A12 Nov 2023
Granted: 20 Jan 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

E04B 1/003
Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs: balconies; Decks
E04B 1/167
Structures made from masses, e.g. of concrete, cast or similarly formed in situ with or without making use of additional elements, such as…: with…
E04C 2/08
Characterised by specified materials: of metal, e.g. sheet metal
E04C 2/322
Formed of corrugated or otherwise indented sheet-like material; composed of such layers with or without layers of flat sheet-like material: with…