Deck construction
AssigneePro Shop Company
InventorsPaul Hoffman, Sam H. Bright
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Abstract
A deck construction including a plurality of supports for anchoring deck construction elements to a building site. The supports include a body (which may be an integrally molded concrete pier) having upper and lower portions. The upper portion includes at least one slot for seating a horizontally oriented construction member. The slot includes a center socket portion having four extended corners for seating the bottom end of a vertically oriented construction member. The slot and center socket are defined by connecting wall portions which may be integral to the body or may be of plastic or metal and suitable secured to the body. In some cases, two mutually perpendicular slots are provided.
Claims31
A support device for anchoring a construction to a building site, comprising:
- a body having an upper construction support portion and a lower portion adapted for supporting engagement with the building site,
- the upper portion including a first open slot formed by side walls spaced apart for holding a horizontally oriented beam of corresponding width within the first open slot;
- an enlarged open center socket contiguous with the first open slot and formed by the side walls extending at right angles away from each other to corner sections spaced apart substantially further than the width of the first open slot for receiving a vertically oriented post held within the center socket, with the corner sections providing substantial corner support to the vertically oriented post.
A support device for anchoring a deck construction element to a building site, comprising:
- a body having upper and lower portions, said lower portion adapted for supporting engagement with a building site;
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- a first slot in said upper portion, said first slot extending across the entire breadth of said upper portion and including a substantially continuous and flat support floor adapted for flush engagement with a horizontally oriented deck construction element;
- said first slot including a center socket portion having four corners adapted for receiving the bottom end of a vertically oriented deck construction element in substantial engagement with said corners.
A support device for use in a deck construction, comprising:
- a body member having a substantially flat upper surface and a lower supporting portion;
- a plurality of spaced-apart projections extending from said flat upper surface, each of said projections comprising a plurality of connected wall portions;
- said projections defining therebetween at least one unobstructed slot extending fully across said flat upper surface and suitable for receiving at least one deck construction element so that said deck construction element can extend across the length of said slot;
- said slot including a center socket portion having at least one corner defined by the intersection of two of said connected wall portions.
A support device for anchoring a construction to a building site, comprising:
- a body having an upper construction support portion and a lower portion adapted for supporting engagement with a base,
- an open center socket of generally square shape formed by a plurality of socket walls which intersect to create four right angle corners for receiving a vertically oriented post with the socket walls providing substantial surface contact with the post, and
- at least one elongated narrow recess extending outward from the socket walls to an end of the upper portion to create an elongated unobstructed slot defined by slot walls which engage and hold the sides of a horizontally oriented beam to provide substantial surface contact with the beam.
A deck construction on a building site, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of spaced-apart horizontally oriented support members, each of said members having a lower edge and an upper edge;
- (b) horizontal decking surface structure fasted to said upper edges of said plurality of horizontally oriented support members;
- (c) a plurality of supports, each of said supports including:
- a body having an upper construction support portion and a lower portion adapted for supporting engagement with a building site, said upper portion including an open slot formed by side walls spaced apart for receiving the lower edge of one of said horizontally oriented support members;
- an enlarged open center socket contiguous with the open slot and formed by the side walls extending at right angles away from each other to corner sections spaced apart substantially further than the width of the open slot;
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- (d) wherein each of said plurality of horizontally oriented support members is supported by at least one of said supports.
A kit for use in assembling a deck on a building site, comprising:
- (a) a decking surface structure;
- (b) a plurality of support members, each of said members having a lower edge and an upper edge, said support members suitable for supporting said decking surface when said support members are spaced-apart and in a horizontal orientation;
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- (c) a plurality of pier blocks, each of said pier blocks including:
- a body having an upper construction support portion and a lower portion adapted for supporting engagement with a building site, said upper portion including an open slot formed by side walls spaced apart for receiving the lower edge of one of said horizontally oriented support members;
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- an enlarged open center socket contiguous with the open slot and formed by the side walls extending at right angles away from each other to corner sections spaced apart substantially further than the width of the open slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.