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US 8,146,321 B2Granted
Structural wall building product
AssigneeTecton Products, LLC
InventorsRobert Plagemann, John Jambois
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Abstract
A structural building component includes a pultruded member adapted to be used as a structural frame member of a building.
Claims9
A structural building component comprising:
- a pultruded profile formed in an I-beam shape having a first end and a second end and a central wall extending from the first end to the second end and including a hollow area at each end of the pultruded member, the pultruded profile including a first C-shaped channel extending along the length of the pultruded profile on a first side of the central wall and a second C-shaped channel extending along the length of the pultruded profile member on a second side of the central wall, each of the first and second C-shaped channels being partially defined by a first overhang extending inward from the hollow area at the first end and spaced apart from the central wall such that there is a first recessed mounting area between the first overhang and the central wall and a second overhang extending inward from the hollow area at the second end and spaced apart from the central wall such that there is a second recessed mounting area between the second overhang and the central wall;
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- a fastening component having opposing arms, wherein the first and second recessed mounting areas are configured to receive the respective opposing arms of the fastening component such that the first and second overhangs overhang the respective opposing arms.
A structural building component comprising:
- a pultruded member including a fiberglass reinforced plastic structure, wherein the pultruded member includes a pultruded profile having outer perimeter dimensions of either about 1.5 inches × about 5.5 inches or of about 1.5 inches × about 3.5 inches and an I-beam shape having a first side and a second side and a central wall extending from the first side to the second side, the first side and the second side having relatively flat outer surfaces to receive a fastener, the pultruded member having sufficient strength so as to be adapted to be used as a structural frame member of a building, wherein the central wall includes a plurality of holes each separated by about 16 inches on center and are adapted to receive a fastening component, wherein the pultruded profile further includes a first C-shaped channel extending along the length of the pultruded profile on a first side of the central wall and a second C-shaped channel extending along the length of the pultruded profile member on a second side of the central wall, each of the first and second C-shaped channels being partially defined by a first overhang extending inward from the first end and spaced apart from the central wall such that there is a first recessed mounting area between the first overhang and the central wall and a second overhang extending inward from the second end and spaced apart from the central wall such that there is a second recessed mounting area between the second overhang and the central wall;
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- a fastening component having opposing arms, wherein the first and second recessed mounting areas are configured to receive the respective opposing arms of the fastening component such that the first and second overhangs overhang the respective opposing arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.