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US 6,202,365 B1Granted
Suspended deck structure
OwnerAnthony Italo Provitolainventor
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Abstract
A suspended deck structure is a framework from which a ceiling and/or floor deck is suspended, and which may be employed in single story and multi-story constructions. A suspended deck structure allows the interior floor and/or ceiling decks to move within the framework horizontally relative to the framework from which it is suspended to compensate for the effects of movement of the framework.
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A suspended deck structure comprising:
- a load bearing framework for bearing a vertically downward load;
- one or more decks;
- and
- a means for suspending said one or more decks from the framework,
- so that said one or more decks are suspended within the volume bounded by the framework;
- so that said one or more decks are not in direct contact with the framework;
- so that said one or more decks can move relative to the framework;
- and
- so that movement of said one or more decks suspended within the framework is constrained by the framework to remain within the volume bounded by the framework.
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A suspended deck structure comprising:
- a load bearing framework for bearing a vertically downward load;
- one or more decks defining a respective stationary plane;
- and
- three or more suspending tension elements for each of said one or more decks suspended from the framework which are arranged so that three of said three or more suspending tension elements are attached to said each of said one or more decks in the position of the vertices of a triangle in the general plane of said each of said one or more decks,
- so that said one or more decks are suspended within the volume bounded by the framework;
- so that said one or more decks are adapted to move parallel to the stationary plane relative to the framework;
- and
- so that movement of said one or more decks suspended within the framework is constrained by the framework to remain within the volume bounded by the framework.
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A suspended deck structure comprising:
- a load bearing framework for bearing a vertically downward load;
- one or more decks defining a respective stationary plane;
- and
- a means for suspending said one or more decks from the framework,
- so that said one or more decks are suspended within the volume bounded by the framework;
- so that said one or more decks are adapted to move parallel to the stationary plane relative to the framework;
- and
- so that movement of said one or more decks suspended within the framework is constrained by the framework to remain within the volume bounded by the framework.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.