Apparatus for securing a building structure
AssigneePosey Innovations, LLC
InventorBobby R. Posey
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the invention disclosed herein include an apparatus and method for securing a wall system together in a vertical direction. More specifically, an apparatus is disclosed that includes a first floor lower linkage beam attached to a foundation of a structure. In another embodiment, a method is disclosed including attaching a first floor lower linkage beam to a foundation of a structure.
Claims19
An apparatus for securing a wall system together in a vertical direction comprising:
- a. a foundation;
- b. a plurality of anchors secured to the foundation;
- c. a plurality of first floor joists supported on the foundation;
- d. a first floor platform supported on the first floor joists;
- e. a first floor lower linkage beam including
- i. an elongate first floor lower linkage beam base supported on the first floor platform above at least some of the anchors, and
- ii. a first floor lower linkage beam parallel flange extending upwardly from the first floor lower linkage beam base;
- f. a plurality of first floor elongate connectors attached to the anchors and the first floor lower linkage beam;
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- g. a plurality of first floor wall studs attached to the first floor lower linkage beam parallel flange and extending upwardly from the first floor lower linkage beam base.
An apparatus for securing a wall system together in a vertical direction comprising:
- a. a foundation;
- b. a plurality of anchors secured to the foundation;
- c. a plurality of first floor joists supported on the foundation;
- d. a first floor platform supported on the first floor joists;
- e. a first floor lower linkage beam including
- i. an elongate first floor lower linkage beam base supported on the first floor platform above at least some of the anchors, and
- ii. a plurality of first floor lower linkage beam parallel flanges extending upwardly from the first floor lower linkage beam base;
- f. a plurality of first floor elongate connectors attached to the anchors and the first floor lower linkage beam;
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- g. a plurality of first floor wall studs attached to the first floor lower linkage beam parallel flanges and extending upwardly from the first floor lower linkage beam base, wherein the first floor lower linkage beam parallel flanges are attached to at least one of the first floor wall studs by fasteners inserted into the at least one of the first floor wall studs substantially parallel to the first floor lower linkage beam base.
The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising a subfloor linkage beam including an elongate subfloor linkage beam base supported on the foundation along the anchors, and a subfloor linkage beam flange extending downwardly from the subfloor linkage beam base, wherein the subfloor linkage beam flange is attached to the foundation.
The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising:
- a. a first floor top plate supported on the first floor wall studs;
- b. a first floor upper linkage beam including an elongate first floor upper linkage beam base supported on the first floor top plate, and a first floor upper linkage beam parallel flange extending downwardly from the first floor upper linkage beam base;
- c. a plurality of second floor joists supported on the first floor upper linkage beam;
- d. a second floor platform supported on the second floor joists;
- e. a second floor lower linkage beam including
- i. an elongate second floor lower linkage beam base supported on the second floor platform, and
- ii. a second floor lower linkage beam parallel flange extending upwardly from the second floor lower linkage beam base;
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- f. a plurality of second floor elongate connectors attached to the first floor upper linkage beam and the second floor lower linkage beam.
An apparatus for securing portions of a wall system together comprising:
- a. an elongate base plate, including a first surface and a second surface;
- b. an elongate parallel flange attached along the base plate in a substantially parallel orientation to the base plate, extending substantially normal to the first surface of the base plate;
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- c. a plurality of perpendicular flanges attached to the second surface of the base plate in a substantially perpendicular orientation to the base plate, extending substantially normal to the second surface of the base plate, wherein the perpendicular flanges are arranged to receive one or more joists.
The apparatus of claim 35 further comprising a plurality of parallel flanges attached parallel to the elongate base plate, extending normal to the first surface of the elongate base plate.
The apparatus of claim 34 wherein the parallel flange comprises a plurality of apertures for attachment to a wall system.
The apparatus of claim 34 wherein the perpendicular flanges further comprise a plurality of apertures for attachment to a wall system.
The apparatus of claim 33 wherein the elongate base plate, the parallel flange, and the perpendicular flanges are made of material comprising stainless steel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.