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US 9,038,325 B1Granted
Structural support device
OwnerJanet M. Callahaninventor
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Abstract
A structural support device comprising a receiver which is configured to receive and to connect a framed structure, a weight bearing member to which the receiver is attached, and a vertical support member which is attached to the weight bearing member and which may be capable of adjusting the overall height of the structural support device. The structural support device may further comprise a footing which assists in securing the structural support device to the ground and/or to a ground support.
Claims24
An assembly comprising:
- a vertical support member comprising a body, wherein the body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and joined thereto by a side wall;
- a weight bearing member having a body comprising a top side opposite to a bottom side, wherein the bottom side is directed towards the top side of the body of the vertical support member;
- a receiver comprising a first body which bends along a longitudinal axis thereof to from a first plate and a second plate, wherein each of the first plate and the second plate of the first body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and a front side opposite to a back side, wherein the bottom sides of the first plate and the second plate of the first body are directed towards the top side of the body of the weight bearing member;
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- a first beam and a second beam, wherein each of the first beam and the second beam comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side, and a front side opposite to a back side, wherein the back side of the first beam is disposed on the front side of the first plate of the first body, the back side of the second beam is disposed on the front side of the second plate of the first body, and the bottom sides of the first beam and the second beam are disposed on the top side of the body of the weight bearing member.
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An assembly comprising:
- a vertical support member comprising a body, wherein the body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and joined thereto by a side wall;
- a weight bearing member having a body comprising a top side opposite to a bottom side, wherein the bottom side is directed towards the top side of the body of the vertical support member;
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- a receiver comprising a first body which bends along a longitudinal axis thereof to from a first plate and a second plate, wherein each of the first plate and the second plate of the first body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and a front side opposite to a back side, wherein the bottom sides of the first plate and the second plate of the first body are directed towards the top side of the body of the weight bearing member, and wherein the first body of the receiver further comprises a posterior portion which extends from the first plate and the second plate wherein the posterior portion is disposed on the side wall of the vertical support member.
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An assembly comprising:
- a vertical support member comprising a body, wherein the body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and joined thereto by a side wall;
- a weight bearing member having a body comprising a top side opposite to a bottom side, wherein the bottom side is directed towards the top side of the body of the vertical support member;
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- a receiver comprising a first body which bends alone a longitudinal axis thereof to from a first plate and a second plate, wherein each of the first plate and the second plate of the first body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and a front side opposite to a back side, wherein the bottom sides of the first plate and the second plate of the first body are directed towards the top side of the body of the weight bearing member;
- wherein the bottom side of the body of the vertical support member leads into a channel formed within the body of the vertical support member, and wherein the vertical support member further comprises an interior body having a top side joined to a bottom side by a side wall, wherein the top side of the interior body is disposed within the channel.
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An assembly comprising:
- a vertical support member comprising a body, wherein the body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and joined thereto by a side wall;
- a weight bearing member having a body comprising a top side opposite to a bottom side, wherein the bottom side is directed towards the top side of the body of the vertical support member;
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- a receiver comprising:
- a first body which bends along a longitudinal axis thereof to from a first plate and a second plate, wherein each of the first plate and the second plate of the first body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and a front side opposite to a back side, wherein the bottom sides of the first plate and the second plate of the first body are directed towards the top side of the body of the weight bearing member;
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- a second body, wherein the second body bends along a longitudinal axis thereof to form a first plate and a second plate, wherein each of the first plate and the second plate of the second body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and a front side opposite to a back side wherein the bottom sides of the first plate and the second plate of the second body are directed towards the top side of the body of the weight bearing member;
- wherein the bottom sides of the first plate and the second plate of the first body of the receiver and the bottom sides of the first plate and the second plate of the second body of the receiver are disposed on the top side of the body of the weight bearing member such that the front side of the first plate of the first body of the receiver is directed towards the front side of the first plate of the second body of the receiver to thereby form a channel therebetween, and such that the front side of the second plate of the first body of the receiver is co-planar with the front side of the second plate of the second body of the receiver.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a structural support device comprising:
- a weight bearing member comprising a plate having a top side opposite to a bottom side, and a first lateral edge adjacent to a second lateral edge;
- a wheel joined to the bottom side of the plate of the weight bearing member;
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- a receiver comprising a body wherein the body bends along a longitudinal axis thereof to form a first plate and a second plate, wherein each of the first plate and the second plate comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and a front side opposite to a back side;
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- a framed structure comprising a first beam and a second beam, wherein each of the first beam and the second beam comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side, and a front side opposite to a back side, wherein the back side of the first beam is directed towards the front side of the first plate, the back side of the second beam is directed towards the front side of the second plate, and the bottom sides of the first beam and the second beam are directed towards the top side of the body of the weight bearing member.
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An assembly comprising:
- a vertical support member comprising a body, wherein the body comprises a top side joined to a bottom side by a side wall;
- a receiver comprising a body which bends along a longitudinal axis thereof to form a first plate and a second plate, wherein each of the first plate and the second plate of the body comprises a top side opposite to a bottom side and a front side opposite to a back side, wherein the back side of the first plate is directed towards the side wall of the vertical support member;
- a framed structure, wherein the framed structure comprises a beam comprising a top side opposite to a bottom side and a front side opposite to a back side, wherein the back side of the beam is directed towards the front side of the first plate of the body and the bottom side of the beam is directed towards the top side of the vertical support member;
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- a post comprising a first side wall adjacent to a second side wall, wherein the first side wall is directed towards the back side of the first plate, and the second side wall is directed towards the back side of the second plate.
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An assembly comprising:
- a structural support device comprising:
- a vertical support member comprising a top side joined to a bottom side by a side wall;
- a flange which extends from the top side of the vertical support member, wherein the flange bends along a longitudinal axis thereof to form a first plate and a second plate, wherein each of the first and second plates of the flange comprises a front side opposite to a back side;
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- a reinforcement member comprising a body having a bend along a longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the bend forms a first plate contiguous with a second plate, wherein:
- the first plate of the body of the reinforcement member is directed towards the first plate of the flange;
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- the second plate of the body of the reinforcement member is directed towards the second plate of the flange;
- a framed structure comprising:
- a first beam disposed between the first plate of the body of the reinforcement member and the first plate of the flange;
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- a second beam disposed between the second plate of the body of the reinforcement member and the second plate of the flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.