# US 8,146,321 B2 · Structural wall building product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,146,321 B2 - Document ID: US8146321B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/469,639 - Filed: 2006-09-01 - Published: 2007-06-21 - Granted: 2012-04-03 - Earliest claimed: 2005-09-02 - Assignees: Tecton Products, LLC - Inventors: Robert Plagemann; John Jambois - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8146321B2 ## CPC - B29C 70/52: Pultrusion, i.e. forming and compressing by continuously pulling through a die - E04B 1/28: the supporting parts consisting of other material - E04C 3/28: of materials not covered by groups E04C3/04 - E04C3/20 - B29K 2101/00: Use of unspecified macromolecular compounds as moulding material {(use of unspecified rubbers B29K2021/00)} - B29K 2309/08: Glass - B29L 2031/06: Rods, e.g. connecting rods {, rails, stakes (shafts B29L2031/75; poles, masts, posts B29L2031/766)} - E04B 2001/389: {Brackets} - Y10T 29/49625: Openwork, e.g., a truss, joist, frame, lattice-type or box beam - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) - E04C: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S) - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A structural building component includes a pultruded member adapted to be used as a structural frame member of a building. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The structural building component of claim 1, wherein the central wall includes a plurality of holes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The structural building component of claim 2, wherein the plurality of holes are each separated by about 16 inches OC and are adapted to receive a fastening component. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The structural building component of claim 1, wherein the hollow areas at each end of the pultruded profile are defined by inner and outer walls, the inner walls having a thickness of about 0.125 inches or less and the outer walls having a thickness of about 0.150inches or less. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The structural building component of claim 1, wherein the pultruded profile has outer perimeter dimensions of about 1.5 inches × about 5.5 inches. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The structural building component of claim 1, wherein the pultruded profile has outer perimeter dimensions of about 1.5 inches × about 3.5 inches. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The structural building component of claim 1, wherein the pultruded profile includes a fiberglass reinforced plastic structure. ### Claim 8 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; and 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The structural building component of claim 8, wherein the first side and the second side of the I-beam shape include hollow cavities.