# US 9,038,324 B2 · Field paver connector and restraining system

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- Number: US 9,038,324 B2
- Document ID: US9038324B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/777,912
- Filed: 2013-02-26
- Published: 2014-08-28
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2013-02-26
- Assignees: United Construction Products, Inc.
- Applicants: United Construction Products, Inc.
- Inventors: William E. Kugler; Stephen J. Knight, III
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038324B2

## CPC

- E04F 15/02452: {Details of junctions between the supporting structures and the panels or a panel-supporting framework}
- E04F 15/02044: {Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer (E04F15/02133, E04F15/0215 take precedence)}
- E04F 15/02405: {Floor panels}
- E04F 15/02447: {Supporting structures}
- E04F 15/02458: {Framework supporting the panels}
- E04F 15/02464: {Height adjustable elements for supporting the panels or a panel-supporting framework}
- E04F 15/0247: {Screw jacks}
- E04F 15/02494: {with a plurality of base plates or like, each base plate having a plurality of pedestals upstanding therefrom to receive the floor panels}
- E04D 11/005: {Supports for elevated load-supporting roof coverings}
- E04D 11/007: {Height-adjustable spacers}
- E04F 2015/02061: {adjustable perpendicular to the underlayer}
- E04F 2015/02122: {with fastening elements engaging holes or grooves in the side faces of the flooring elements (E04F2015/02116 takes precedence)}
- H02G 3/285: {in modular floors, e.g. access floors}
- E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)
- E04D: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00)
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES

## Abstract

An elevated building surface assembly including a plurality of surface tiles, a plurality of support pedestals disposed in spaced-apart relation on a fixed surface and having a support plate with a top surface operatively supporting the surface tiles in horizontally spaced-apart relation, and a plurality of elongate restraining members configured to restrict movement of the surface tile(s) in directions away from first and second adjacent support pedestals and/or relative to one or more adjacent surface tiles to advantageously limit movement or displacement of the surface tile(s) that may otherwise occur due to uplift forces (e.g., generated by winds and/or the like).

## Claims

### Claim 1

An elevated building surface assembly, comprising:
a plurality of surface tiles, the surface tiles comprising a top surface, a plurality of corner portions and outer edge segments disposed between adjacent corner portions;
a plurality of support pedestals disposed in spaced-apart relation on a fixed surface, the support pedestals comprising a support plate having a top surface operatively supporting the surface tiles in horizontally spaced-apart relation; and
a plurality of elongate restraining members, the restraining members comprising a restraining element and a mounting element that is spaced apart from the restraining element and operatively attached thereto, the restraining element being disposed proximate an outer edge segment of at least one of at least a pair of the plurality of surface tiles and along at least a portion of a length of the outer edge segments of at least one of the pair of surface tiles, and the mounting element being disposed adjacent the outer edge segments of at least one of the pair of surface tiles and affixed to the support plate of at least a first of the plurality of support pedestals to secure the at least one of the pair of surface tiles to the first support pedestal and restrict movement of the at least one of the pair of surface tiles in a direction away from the first support pedestal;
wherein the plurality of elongate restraining members comprises a plurality of pairs of elongate restraining members, wherein the first elongate restraining member of each pair is configured to be disposed proximate an outer edge segment of the at least one of the pair of surface tiles disposed over the first support pedestal, and wherein the second elongate restraining member of each pair is configured to be disposed proximate an abutting outer edge segment of the other of the pair of surface tiles disposed over the first support pedestal; and
wherein the restraining members further comprise a connection element interconnecting the restraining and mounting elements, and wherein the connection elements of the first and second elongate restraining members of each pair are abutting.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 1, wherein the restraining element is disposed over the top surface of the pair of surface tiles.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 2, wherein the plurality of surface tiles collectively comprise an elevated building surface having an outer periphery, and wherein the outer edge segments of the pair of surface tiles form a portion of the outer periphery.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 1, wherein the restraining element is positioned within an opening disposed in the outer edge segment of at least one of the pair of surface tiles.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 1, wherein the outer edge segments of the pair of surface tiles are collinear.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one of adhesive, a weld joint, ea spring-loaded locking member, or a fastener disposed between the mounting element and the top surface of the support plate of the first support pedestal to secure the restraining member to the first support pedestal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 1, wherein the pair of surface tiles comprises a first pair of surface tiles, wherein the restraining element of each of a first of the pairs of elongate restraining members is disposed proximate an outer edge segment of each of the first pair of surface tiles and along at least a portion of the length of the outer edge segments of the first pair of surface tiles, wherein the mounting element of each of the first pair of elongate restraining members is disposed adjacent the outer edge segments of the first pair of surface tiles and is affixed to the support plate of the first support pedestal to secure at least the first pair of surface tiles to the first support pedestal; and
wherein the restraining element of each of a second of the pairs of elongate restraining members is disposed proximate an outer edge segment of each of a second pair of the plurality of surface tiles and along at least a portion of the length of the outer edge segments of the second pair of surface tiles, and wherein the mounting element of each of the second pair of elongate restraining members is disposed adjacent the outer edge segments of the second pair of surface tiles and is affixed to the support plate of one of the support pedestals to secure at least the second pair of surface tiles to the one of the support pedestals.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 7, wherein the one of the support pedestals comprises the first support pedestal.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 8, wherein the outer edge segments of the first pair of surface tiles abut the outer edge segments of the second pair of surface tiles.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The elevated building surface assembly of claim 1, wherein the top surfaces of the plurality of surface tiles collectively comprise an elevated building surface comprising an outer periphery, wherein the plurality of elongate restraining members comprise at least interior restraining members and peripheral restraining members, and wherein a plurality of the peripheral restraining members are disposed along at least a portion of the outer periphery of the elevated building surface.