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US3085365A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Building structure

Assignee: Sheppard Enterprises
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Filing: 1958-08-05
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Granted: 1963-04-16
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Expires: 1978-08-05
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jack W Winston

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 00:34
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B7/00; E04B7/14

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 320 words
A BUILDING STRUCTURE COMPRISING: A HOLLOW ROOF HAVING UPPER AND LOWER SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL, RELATIVELY FLAT ANNULAR FRAME MEMBERS EACH DEFINING AN OPENING, SAID FRAME MEMBERS BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY IN VERTICALLY ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP AND POSITIVELY SPACED BY A PLURALITY OF RIGID, UPRIGHT SPACER MEMBERS DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN, EACH SPACER MEMBER BEING SECURED AT THE ENDS THEREOF TO OPPOSED POINTS ON THE RESPECTIVE FRAME MEMBERS, SAID SPACER MEMBERS AND SAID FRAME MEMBERS DEFINING AN INTERNALLY OPEN, RELATIVELY SHALLOW, CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION FREE OF STRUCTURAL MEMBERS THEREWITHIN, EACH OF SAID SPACER MEMBERS HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE PROVIDED WITH AN OUTWARDLY FACING GROOVE, A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL TENSION WIRES DISPOSED ABOVE THE UPPER FRAME MEMBER AND BELOW THE LOWER FRAME MEMBER IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE TENSION WIRES DISPOSED ABOVE THE UPPER FRAME MEMBER AND BELOW THE LOWER FRAME MEMBER IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP FORMING A CRISS-CROSS PATTERN WITH SAID PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL TENSION WIRES TO DEFINE SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT AND PARALLEL UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES SPANNING THE OPENINGS OF THE RESPECTIVE FRAME MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID WIRES SPANNING THE RESPECTIVE OPENING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN SPACED POINTS ON THE RESPECTIVE FRAME MEMBERS COINCIDING WITH SAID OPPOSED POINTS, THE TENSION WIRES DISPOSED ABOVE THE UPPER FRAME MEMBER BEING RECEIVED IN THE GROOVES OF CORRESPONDING SPACER MEMBERS AND CONNECTED WITH THE WIRES BELOW SAID LOWER FRAME MEMBERS AT THE LOWER END OF SAID GROOVES, LATH MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TENSION WIRES IN SURROUNDING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME MEMBERS AND SAID TENSION WIRES, A LAMINATE OF HIGH IMPACT PLASTIC SANDWICHED BETWEEN LAYERS OF POROUS MATERIAL APPLIED EXTERIORLY OF SAID LATH MEANS, SAID POROUS MATERIAL BEING ADHERED TO AND SUPPORTED BY SAID LATH MEANS, AND A SHEET OF WEATHERPROOF MATERIAL OVERLYING THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LAMINATE; AND A PLURALITY OF LEGS DEPENDING FROM THE LOWER FRAME MEMBER AND ANCHORED ON A SUPPORTING BASE TO SUPPORT THE ROOF IN AN ELEVATED POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 320 words
A BUILDING STRUCTURE COMPRISING: A HOLLOW ROOF HAVING UPPER AND LOWER SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL, RELATIVELY FLAT ANNULAR FRAME MEMBERS EACH DEFINING AN OPENING, SAID FRAME MEMBERS BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY IN VERTICALLY ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP AND POSITIVELY SPACED BY A PLURALITY OF RIGID, UPRIGHT SPACER MEMBERS DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN, EACH SPACER MEMBER BEING SECURED AT THE ENDS THEREOF TO OPPOSED POINTS ON THE RESPECTIVE FRAME MEMBERS, SAID SPACER MEMBERS AND SAID FRAME MEMBERS DEFINING AN INTERNALLY OPEN, RELATIVELY SHALLOW, CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION FREE OF STRUCTURAL MEMBERS THEREWITHIN, EACH OF SAID SPACER MEMBERS HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE PROVIDED WITH AN OUTWARDLY FACING GROOVE, A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL TENSION WIRES DISPOSED ABOVE THE UPPER FRAME MEMBER AND BELOW THE LOWER FRAME MEMBER IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE TENSION WIRES DISPOSED ABOVE THE UPPER FRAME MEMBER AND BELOW THE LOWER FRAME MEMBER IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP FORMING A CRISS-CROSS PATTERN WITH SAID PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL TENSION WIRES TO DEFINE SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT AND PARALLEL UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES SPANNING THE OPENINGS OF THE RESPECTIVE FRAME MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID WIRES SPANNING THE RESPECTIVE OPENING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN SPACED POINTS ON THE RESPECTIVE FRAME MEMBERS COINCIDING WITH SAID OPPOSED POINTS, THE TENSION WIRES DISPOSED ABOVE THE UPPER FRAME MEMBER BEING RECEIVED IN THE GROOVES OF CORRESPONDING SPACER MEMBERS AND CONNECTED WITH THE WIRES BELOW SAID LOWER FRAME MEMBERS AT THE LOWER END OF SAID GROOVES, LATH MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TENSION WIRES IN SURROUNDING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME MEMBERS AND SAID TENSION WIRES, A LAMINATE OF HIGH IMPACT PLASTIC SANDWICHED BETWEEN LAYERS OF POROUS MATERIAL APPLIED EXTERIORLY OF SAID LATH MEANS, SAID POROUS MATERIAL BEING ADHERED TO AND SUPPORTED BY SAID LATH MEANS, AND A SHEET OF WEATHERPROOF MATERIAL OVERLYING THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LAMINATE; AND A PLURALITY OF LEGS DEPENDING FROM THE LOWER FRAME MEMBER AND ANCHORED ON A SUPPORTING BASE TO SUPPORT THE ROOF IN AN ELEVATED POSITION.

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7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-04-15 1970-10-15 1971-04-16 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-04-15 1974-10-15 1975-04-16 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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