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Method for assembly of structural system

OwnerJoseph Elliotinventor

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Abstract

A method for assembly of structural systems comprising structural members with slots. Specific structural members are sequentially interconnected in rigid alignment. A first structural member is positioned with two upward facing slots. A second structural member having a downward slot and an upward slot is engaged with the first structural member by engaging the downward slot with one of the upward slots of the first structural member providing a stable structure. A third structural member having a downward slot and an upward slot is engaged with the second structural member by engaging the downward slot with the upward slot of the second structural member providing a stable structure. A fourth structural member having two downward slots is engaged with the third structural member and the first structural member by engaging the downward slots with the upward slots providing a finished structure.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A method for sequentially interconnecting structural members in rigid alignment, the method comprising the ordered steps of:

constructing a structure by a single individual;
positioning a first structural member of the structure having vertically side by side first and second parallel slots with the first and second parallel slots facing upward;
lifting a second structural member of the structure having vertically offset third and fourth parallel slots above the first structural member with the third slot facing downward;
lowering the second structural member and engaging the third slot of the second structural member with the second slot of the first structural member providing a stable structure;
lifting a third structural member of the structure having vertically offset fifth and sixth parallel slots above the second structural member with the fifth slot facing downward;
lowering the third structural member and engaging the fifth slot of the third structural member with the fourth slot of the second structural member providing a more stable structure;
lifting a fourth structural member of the structure having vertically side by side seventh and eighth parallel slots above the third structural member with the seventh and eighth slots facing downward;
lowering the fourth structural member and at the same time, comprising:
engaging the seventh slot of the fourth structural member with the sixth slot of the third structural member;
and
engaging the eighth slot of the fourth structural member with the first slot of the first structural member providing a completed stable structure;
wherein one of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth structural members includes ninth and tenth additional upward facing slots, and further including:
lifting two fifth structural members having downward facing eleventh and upward facing twelfth parallel slots above the structural member including the upward facing ninth and tenth slots;
lowering the fifth structural members over the structural member including the upward facing ninth and tenth slots;
engaging the downward facing eleventh slots of the fifth structural members with the upward facing ninth and tenth slots;
lifting a sixth structural member having downward facing side by side thirteenth parallel slots above the fifth structural members;
lowering the sixth structural member over the fifth structural members;
and
engaging the thirteenth slots of the sixth structural member with the twelfth slots of the fifth structural members.

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A method for sequentially interconnecting structural members in rigid alignment to construct a child's playhouse, the method comprising the ordered steps of:

positioning a rectangular first structural member of the structure having vertically side by side first and second parallel slots with the first and second parallel slots facing upward;
lifting a rectangular second structural member of the structure having vertically offset third and fourth parallel slots above the first structural member with the third slot facing downward;
creating a first stable construction by lowering the second structural member and engaging the third slot of the second structural member with the second slot of the first structural member providing a stable structure;
lifting a rectangular third structural member of the structure having vertically offset fifth and sixth parallel slots above the second structural member with the fifth slot facing downward;
creating a second stable construction by lowering the third structural member and engaging the fifth slot of the third structural member with the fourth slot of the second structural member providing a more stable structure;
lifting a rectangular fourth structural member of the structure having vertically side by side seventh and eighth parallel slots above the third structural member with the seventh and eighth slots facing downward;
creating a completed stable construction by lowering the fourth structural member and at the same time:
engaging the seventh slot of the fourth structural member with the sixth slot of the third structural member;
and
engaging the eighth slot of the fourth structural member with the first slot of the first structural member providing a completed stable structure,
wherein one of the first structural member, the second structural member, the third structural member, and the fourth structural member includes a doorway configured for a child;
wherein one of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth structural members includes ninth and tenth additional upward facing slots and the doorway, and further including:
lifting two rectangular fifth structural members having downward facing eleventh and upward facing twelfth parallel slots above the structural member including the upward facing ninth and tenth slots;
lowering the fifth structural members over the structural member including the upward facing ninth and tenth slots;
engaging the downward facing eleventh slots of the fifth structural members with the upward facing ninth and tenth slots;
lifting a rectangular sixth structural member having downward facing side by side thirteenth parallel slots above the fifth structural members;
lowering the sixth structural member over the fifth structural members;
and
engaging the thirteenth slots of the sixth structural member with the twelfth slots of the fifth structural members, wherein one of the fifth structural members and the sixth structural member includes a doorway configured for a child.

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A method for sequentially interconnecting structural members in rigid alignment to construct a child's playhouse, the method comprising the ordered steps of:

positioning a rectangular first structural member of the structure having vertically side by side first and second parallel slots with the first and second parallel slots facing upward;
lifting a rectangular second structural member of the structure having vertically offset third and fourth parallel slots above the first structural member with the third slot facing downward;
creating a first stable construction by lowering the second structural member and engaging the third slot of the second structural member with the second slot of the first structural member providing a stable structure;
completing constructing the playhouse by a single individual;
lifting a rectangular third structural member of the structure having vertically offset fifth and sixth parallel slots above the second structural member with the fifth slot facing downward;
creating a second stable construction by lowering the third structural member and engaging the fifth slot of the third structural member with the fourth slot of the second structural member providing a more stable structure;
lifting a rectangular fourth structural member of the structure having vertically side by side seventh and eighth parallel slots above the third structural member with the seventh and eighth slots facing downward;
creating a completed stable construction by lowering the fourth structural member and at the same time:
the seventh slot of the fourth structural member with the sixth slot of the third structural member;
engaging the eighth slot of the fourth structural member with the first slot of the first structural member providing a completed stable structure;
lifting two rectangular fifth structural members having downward facing eleventh and upward facing twelfth parallel slots above one of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth structural members includes ninth and tenth additional upward facing slots and a first doorway;
lowering the fifth structural members over the structural member including the upward facing ninth and tenth slots;
engaging the downward facing eleventh slots of the fifth structural members with the upward facing ninth and tenth slots;
lifting a rectangular sixth structural member having downward facing side by side thirteenth parallel slots above the fifth structural members;
lowering the sixth structural member over the fifth structural members;
and
engaging the thirteenth slots of the sixth structural member with the twelfth slots of the fifth structural members,
wherein one of the fifth structural members and the sixth structural member includes a second doorway configured for a child;
wherein:
one of the first structural member, the second structural member, the third structural member, and the fourth structural member includes a doorway configured for a child;
one of the fifth structural members and the sixth structural member includes a doorway configured for a child;
and
at least one of the structural panels includes a window configured for a child.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/654,693Filed 18 Oct 2012 · continuation in part
Priority: 14 Oct 2008
Granted: 7 Jan 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A47B 3/06
Folding or stowable tables: with separable parts
A47B 47/042
Made mainly of wood or plastics: panels connected without frames
A47C 4/021
Dismountable chairs: connected by slotted joints
A47C 4/03
Dismountable chairs: non-upholstered chairs, e.g. metal, plastic or wooden chairs