US3263381A
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Building frame structure
Assignee: RAFTERS Inc
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Filing: 1963-10-28
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Granted: 1966-08-02
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Expires: 1983-10-28
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Harold W Dickinson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 23:18
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/18; E04B1/26; E04B1/2604; E04C; E04C3/00; E04C3/38; E04C3/42; E04B2001/2644; E04B2001/2652; E04B2001/2656; E04B2001/2672
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
286 words
A PREFABRICATED BUILDING SUPPORT COMPRISING: (A) A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER, (B) A LEG MEMBER DETACHABLY SECURABLE TO ONE END OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER, (C) EACH OF SAID MEMBERS BEING FORMED OF MULTI-PLY CONSTRUCTION AND INCLUDING SKELETIONIZED FRAME ELEMENTS AND LATERALLY SPACED PLATE-LIKE COVER ELEMENTS, (D) THE FRAME ELEMENT OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER INCLUDING VERTICALLY SPACED SIDE-FORMING UPPER AND LOWER STRINGERS AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED INTERCONNECTING STRUTS, (E) THE SKELETONIZED FRAME OF SAID LEG MEMBER COMPRISING LATERALLY SPACED INNER AND OUTER GENERALLY UPSTANDING SIDE-FORMING STRINGERS, AND VERTICALLY SPACED INTERCONNECTING STRUTS, (F) THE OUTER STRINGER OF SAID LEG MEMBER PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE UPPER LIMITS OF SAID LEG MEMBER COVER ELEMENTS TO DEFINE AN EXPOSED LEG ELEMENT, (G) THE EXTREME OUTER END OF THE LOWER STRINGER OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER TERMINATING IN INWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO THE OUTER LIMITS OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING COVER ELEMENTS AND DEFINING A DOWNWARDLY AND LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OPENING PASSAGE FOR RECEPTION OF SAID EXPOSED LEG ELEMENT, (H) THE UPPER END OF THE INNER STRINGER OF SAID LEG MEMBER ABUTTING THE UNDERSURFACE OF ONE OF THE STRINGERS OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER AND DEFINING THEREWITH A FULCRUM, (I) THE UPPER END OF SAID EXPOSED LEG ELEMENT ENGAGING THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE UPPER STRINGER OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER, (J) THE UPPERMOST STRUT OF SAID LEG MEMBER CLOSELY UNDERLYING THE ADJACENT PORTION OF THE LOWER STRINGER OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER, AND (K) MEANS FOR CLAMPING SAID LEG MEMBER TO SAID ROOFSUPPORTING MEMBER, SAID MEANS INCLUDING (1) A DRAWBOLT PASSING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID UPPERMOST STRUT AND THE UPPER AND LOWER STRINGERS OF THE ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION TO THE OUTER STRINGER OF SAID LEG MEMBER, WHEREBY TO RESTRICT ROCKING MOVEMENTS OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER ABOUT SAID FULCRUM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
286 words
A PREFABRICATED BUILDING SUPPORT COMPRISING: (A) A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER, (B) A LEG MEMBER DETACHABLY SECURABLE TO ONE END OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER, (C) EACH OF SAID MEMBERS BEING FORMED OF MULTI-PLY CONSTRUCTION AND INCLUDING SKELETIONIZED FRAME ELEMENTS AND LATERALLY SPACED PLATE-LIKE COVER ELEMENTS, (D) THE FRAME ELEMENT OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER INCLUDING VERTICALLY SPACED SIDE-FORMING UPPER AND LOWER STRINGERS AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED INTERCONNECTING STRUTS, (E) THE SKELETONIZED FRAME OF SAID LEG MEMBER COMPRISING LATERALLY SPACED INNER AND OUTER GENERALLY UPSTANDING SIDE-FORMING STRINGERS, AND VERTICALLY SPACED INTERCONNECTING STRUTS, (F) THE OUTER STRINGER OF SAID LEG MEMBER PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE UPPER LIMITS OF SAID LEG MEMBER COVER ELEMENTS TO DEFINE AN EXPOSED LEG ELEMENT, (G) THE EXTREME OUTER END OF THE LOWER STRINGER OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER TERMINATING IN INWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO THE OUTER LIMITS OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING COVER ELEMENTS AND DEFINING A DOWNWARDLY AND LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OPENING PASSAGE FOR RECEPTION OF SAID EXPOSED LEG ELEMENT, (H) THE UPPER END OF THE INNER STRINGER OF SAID LEG MEMBER ABUTTING THE UNDERSURFACE OF ONE OF THE STRINGERS OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER AND DEFINING THEREWITH A FULCRUM, (I) THE UPPER END OF SAID EXPOSED LEG ELEMENT ENGAGING THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE UPPER STRINGER OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER, (J) THE UPPERMOST STRUT OF SAID LEG MEMBER CLOSELY UNDERLYING THE ADJACENT PORTION OF THE LOWER STRINGER OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER, AND (K) MEANS FOR CLAMPING SAID LEG MEMBER TO SAID ROOFSUPPORTING MEMBER, SAID MEANS INCLUDING (1) A DRAWBOLT PASSING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID UPPERMOST STRUT AND THE UPPER AND LOWER STRINGERS OF THE ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION TO THE OUTER STRINGER OF SAID LEG MEMBER, WHEREBY TO RESTRICT ROCKING MOVEMENTS OF SAID ROOF-SUPPORTING MEMBER ABOUT SAID FULCRUM.
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