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US 6,385,929 B1Granted
Log and screw pin building system
OwnerRichard J. Englehartinventor
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Abstract
A building system comprising interlocking log-like construction members to be used with or without screw-like fasteners. Various real-sized structures such as cabins, play-houses and tool sheds may be formed by perpendicular arrangement of recessed surfaces formed in the log-like members. A fastening system allows semi-permanent attachment of adjacent log-like members using a flanged fastener having an axial threaded recess and an axial threaded extension. When two fasteners are axially aligned, the axial threaded extension of one fastener may be engaged in the axial threaded recess of the other. The fasteners extend through holes in the recessed surfaces of the log-like members and thereby secure adjacent log-like members together.
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A building system comprising:
- a first building member having a length as measured between first and second ends and a first notched region including a generally planar recessed first surface extending a portion of the length, the first surface having a first hole therein, wherein said first hole is pre-formed;
- a second building member having a length as measured between first and second ends and a second notched region including a generally planar recessed second surface extending a portion of the length, the second surface having a second hole therein, wherein said second hole is pre-formed, the second notched region being adapted for nesting engagement with the first notched region when the first and second building members are disposed in a predetermined relative position and the first and second holes are axially aligned;
- and,
- means for selectively fastening the first and second building members in a semi-permanent relationship, the fastening means including a first fastening member having a length, a first end, a second end, a central axis, and a threaded axial recess at the first end, the first fastening member being dimensioned and configured for reception within the first hole, the fastening means further including a second fastening member having a first end, a second end, a length, a central axis, and an axially extending threaded region at the second end, the second fastening member being dimensioned and configured for reception within the second hole and the threaded region of the second fastening member being dimensioned and configured for engagement within the threaded axial recess of the first fastening member.
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A structure comprising:
- a first building member having a length as measured between first and second ends and a first notched region including a generally planar recessed first surface extending a portion of the length, the first surface having a hole therein;
- a second building member having a length as measured between first and second ends and a second notched region including a generally planar recessed second surface extending a portion of the length, the second surface having a second hole therein, the second notched region being in nesting engagement with the first notched region whereby the first and second building members are disposed in a predetermined relative position and the first and second holes are axially aligned;
- and,
- means for selectively fastening the two building members in a semi-permanent relationship, the fastening means including a first fastening member having a length, a first end, a second end, a central axis, and a threaded axial recess at the first end, the first fastening member being received within the first hole, the fastening means further including a second fastening member having a first end, a second end, a length, a central axis, and an axially extending threaded region at the second end, the second fastening member being received within the second hole and the threaded region of the second fastening member being engaged within the threaded axial recess of the first fastening member.
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A method for building a structure comprising the steps of:
- providing a first building member having a length as measured between first and second ends and a first notched region including a generally planar recessed first surface extending a portion of the length, the first surface having a hole therein;
- providing a second building having a length as measured between first and second ends and a second notched region including a generally planar recessed second surface extending a portion of the length, the second surface having a second hole therein, the second notched region being adapted for nesting engagement with the first notched region when the first and second building members are disposed in a predetermined relative position and the first and second holes are axially aligned;
- providing means for selectively fastening the first and second building members in a semi-permanent relationship, the fastening means including a first fastening member having a length, a first end, a second end, a central axis, and a threaded axial recess at the first end, the first fastening member being dimensioned and configured for reception with the first hole, the fastening means further including a second fastening member having a first end, a second end, a length, a central axis, and an axially extending threaded region at the second end, the second fastening member being dimensioned and configured for reception within the second hole and the threaded region of the second fastening member being dimensioned and configured for engagement with the threaded axial recess of the first fastening member;
- positioning the first fastening member in the first hole;
- positioning the second notched region of the second building member into nesting engagement with the first notched region of the first building member;
- positioning the second fastening member in the second hole;
- and,
- rotating the second fastening member so that the axially extending threaded region is engaged within the threaded axial recess of the first fastening member.
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