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US 6,604,335 B1Granted
Column guard
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsDouglas Stewart Henderson, Stephen Ambrose Doyle, Jamie Medeiros Pascoal
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Abstract
The invention is a “column guard” for vertical structural beams or columns (100). The column guard (10) is an annulet (20) that encircles the beam and is clamped thereto by means of a threaded fastener. The preferred method of attaching the column guard (10) includes positioning the device at a height of less than 30 inches, preferably about 18 inches above the floor.
Claims11
An annulet for vertical columns, the annulet comprising:
- an annular or penannular ring, the annular or penannular ring having a rounded peripheral surface and a radially inner surface;
- the annulet characterized by:
- a pair of segments, each segment being juxtaposed and extending from opposite side of the annular ring toward the center of the annulet to a channeled end, the channeled end having a channel width and a channel depth, the channel width being equal to or superior to the width of a flat side of the column to which the annulet encircles, the annulet being attached only to the column and located close to but spaced above the floor where the column is securely anchored to provide a clearance to prevent collisions from directly impacting the columns.
A method of providing a column guard on a structural vertical column, the method comprising the steps of:
- (i) placing an annulet around column, the annulet having two opposing channeled segments;
- (ii) positioning each opposing channeled segments to align with a flat portion of the column;
- (iii) adjusting the height of the annulet to be less than 30 inches (76 cm) above the floor level to which the column is attached to greater than 6 inches (15 cm) from the floor level;
- securing the annulet to the column, the annulet providing a clearance to avoid collisions from directly impacting the column.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.