US 8,806,833 B2Granted

Structural reinforcing system components

OwnerGeorge A. Lafferty, III, Ronald E. Lafferty +1inventors

InventorsGeorge A. Lafferty, III, Ronald E. Lafferty, David C. Mascal

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Abstract

A structural reinforcing panel system for reinforcing a structure against lateral or shear and uplift loads. The system includes a structural reinforcing panel which is installed between the studs in a wall of the structure. The panel is connected to the foundation of the structure and the sill or header. Two or more panels may be connected together at a corner, within a wall, ceiling or floor. The roof rafters of the structure may be attached to a top plate bracket mounted to the sill plate, which may also be connected to one or more structural reinforcing panels, provides uplift load support for the structure. Movable reinforcing panels may be used to barricade openings in the building structure such as windows. For structures built on piers, a pier mount bracket provides a linkage to one or more structural reinforcing panels.

Claims6

Dependent claims

In combination with a building having a wood-frame structure comprising spaced-apart studs, sill plates, footings, ceiling and floor joists, and a roof with rafters, a structural reinforcing panel system comprising:

a structural reinforcing panel comprising a rectangular back panel having a top, bottom, and longitudinal sides, a pair of rectangular side panels attached along said longitudinal sides of said rectangular back panel, a first anchor plate secured to said top of said rectangular back panel and a top edge of each of said pair of rectangular side panels, a second anchor plate secured to said bottom of said rectangular back panel and a bottom edge of each of said pair of rectangular side panels, each of said rectangular side panels having a plurality of apertures for receiving fasteners therethrough securing the structural reinforcing panel to a structure;
said structural reinforcing panel configured to be fitted between and fastened to a pair of studs in the structure;
a movable reinforcing panel comprising a rectangular back panel having a top, bottom, and longitudinal sides, a pair of rectangular side appendages attached along said longitudinal sides of said rectangular back panel, an upper appendage secured to said top of said rectangular back panel and a top edge of each of said pair of side appendages, a lower appendage secured to said bottom of said rectangular back panel and a bottom edge of each of said pair of side appendages, at least one reinforcing member spanning said back panel;
and
at least one track along which said movable reinforcing panel can move, said movable reinforcing panel being movable for the purpose of forming a barricade at a location;
wherein said structural reinforcing panel is constructed of steel plate;
and
wherein said movable reinforcing panel is constructed of steel plate.

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Facts

Application: 14/165,077Filed 27 Jan 2014 · continuation in part
Priority: 5 Aug 2005
Published: US 2014/0137485 A122 May 2014
Granted: 19 Aug 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

E04H 9/14
Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like…
E04B 1/26
Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons: the supporting parts consisting of wood
E04B 7/04
With plane sloping surfaces, e.g. saddle roofs: supported by horizontal beams or the equivalent resting on the walls
E04C 2/384
With attached ribs, flanges, or the like, e.g. framed panels: with a metal frame

Family

Application60/706,195Us provisional application · filed 5 Aug 2005
Application11/500,120Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Aug 2006
Application13/710,266Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Dec 2012
US 2014/0137485 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 May 2014
US 8,635,820 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 8,327,592 B2Parent of this continuation
Application13/710,266Parent of this continuation
US 2007/0028542 A1Published application
US 2013/0097946 A1Published application
US 8,806,833 B2This patent

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