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US3216156A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Flexible and extensible building wall constructions

Assignee: CAREW STEEL Co
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Filing: 1963-04-08
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Granted: 1965-11-09
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Expires: 1983-04-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Howard J Carew

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 05:56
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/18; E04B1/24; E04B1/2403; E04B2001/2463; E04B2001/2466; E04B2001/2472; E04B2001/2481; E04B2001/2484

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 220 words
A FLEXIBLE WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR READILY EXTENSIBLE BUILDINGS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL COLUMNS, A ROW OF ALIGNED AND SPACED INDIVIDUAL FOTTERS, A LEVELED PLATE, A SET GROUTING BETWEEN EACH LEVELED PLATE AND ITS FOTTER, THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID COLUMNS RESTING UPON SAID LEVELED PLATES, A TRUSS SUPPORTED FROM SAID COLUMNS, A ROOF SUPPORTED UPON SAID TRUSS, WHICH ROOF INCLUDES A REINFORCED FASCIA ELEMENT HAVING A DEPENDING LIP, SAID TRUSS CARRYING AN END MEMBER SPACED FROM THE FASCIA TO LEAVE A SPACE BETWEEN THE INNER FACE OF SAID LIP AND SAID END MEMBER TO ACCOMMODATE A WALL PANEL, AND A PLURALITY OF REMOVABLE WALL SECTIONS FILLING THE SPACE BETWEEN A PAIR OF THE COLUMNS, THE VERTICAL SIDES OF THE SECTIONS OVERLAPPING THE FRONT FACES OF THE COLUMNS AND BEING SECURED THERETO SAID WALL SECTIONS EACH COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF REINFORCED, HORIZONTAL PANELS SUPERIMPOSED EDGE TO EDGE THEREBY CONSTITUTING THE LOWER PORTION OF THE WALL SECTION AND A PANEL OF LIGHTER WEIGHT MATERIAL ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL PANELS OF HEIGHT TO EXTEND TO AND FORM THE TOP EDGE OF SAID WALL SECTION, WHICH TOP EDGE IS DIMENSIONED TO BE AND IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE SPACE BEHIND THE DEPENDING LIP OF THE FASCIA, THE OUTER ENDS OF THE LOWERMOST HORIZONTAL PANEL RESTING AND BEING WHOLLY SUPPORTED FROM THE LEVELED PLATES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 220 words
A FLEXIBLE WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR READILY EXTENSIBLE BUILDINGS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL COLUMNS, A ROW OF ALIGNED AND SPACED INDIVIDUAL FOTTERS, A LEVELED PLATE, A SET GROUTING BETWEEN EACH LEVELED PLATE AND ITS FOTTER, THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID COLUMNS RESTING UPON SAID LEVELED PLATES, A TRUSS SUPPORTED FROM SAID COLUMNS, A ROOF SUPPORTED UPON SAID TRUSS, WHICH ROOF INCLUDES A REINFORCED FASCIA ELEMENT HAVING A DEPENDING LIP, SAID TRUSS CARRYING AN END MEMBER SPACED FROM THE FASCIA TO LEAVE A SPACE BETWEEN THE INNER FACE OF SAID LIP AND SAID END MEMBER TO ACCOMMODATE A WALL PANEL, AND A PLURALITY OF REMOVABLE WALL SECTIONS FILLING THE SPACE BETWEEN A PAIR OF THE COLUMNS, THE VERTICAL SIDES OF THE SECTIONS OVERLAPPING THE FRONT FACES OF THE COLUMNS AND BEING SECURED THERETO SAID WALL SECTIONS EACH COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF REINFORCED, HORIZONTAL PANELS SUPERIMPOSED EDGE TO EDGE THEREBY CONSTITUTING THE LOWER PORTION OF THE WALL SECTION AND A PANEL OF LIGHTER WEIGHT MATERIAL ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL PANELS OF HEIGHT TO EXTEND TO AND FORM THE TOP EDGE OF SAID WALL SECTION, WHICH TOP EDGE IS DIMENSIONED TO BE AND IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE SPACE BEHIND THE DEPENDING LIP OF THE FASCIA, THE OUTER ENDS OF THE LOWERMOST HORIZONTAL PANEL RESTING AND BEING WHOLLY SUPPORTED FROM THE LEVELED PLATES.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-11-08 1969-05-10 1969-11-09 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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