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 comprises: 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 comprises: 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.
Claims17
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 the end-user of the balcony to stand on;
- and
- a plurality of rafters each comprising:
- 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,
- wherein the floor portions of the rafters cooperate to define the floor, and
- wherein each of the plurality of rafters is an integrally formed component.
(canceled)
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 for the end-user of the balcony to stand on, a base below the floor;
- and
- a plurality of rafters between the floor and the base,
- wherein the rafters each comprise:
- a strengthening portion which is located below the floor and extends downwardly from the floor, and a base portion, the base portion of each rafter being formed integrally with the strengthening portion of the respective rafter, and wherein the base portions of the plurality of rafters cooperate to define the base.
A building comprising:
- a balcony comprising:
- a floor which provides a safe, usable surface for the end-user of the balcony to stand on;
- a plurality of rafters each comprising:
- 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, wherein the floor portions of the rafters cooperate to define the floor, and wherein each of the plurality of rafters is an integrally formed component;
- and
- one or more attachment beams which support the balcony.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.