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US3296767A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Truss construction

Assignee: SPATRUSS Inc
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Filing: 1963-06-27
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Granted: 1967-01-10
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Expires: 1983-06-27
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Lebowitz Samuel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 15:07
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/18; E04B1/19; E04B7/00; E04B7/08; E04B7/10; E04B2001/1924; E04B2001/1936; E04B2001/1978; E04B2001/1981; E04B2001/1987

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 146 words
AN OCTA-TETRA TRUSS COMPOSED OF A MULTIPLICITY OF STRUCTURAL UNITS, EACH UNIT COMPRISING STRUCTURE DEFINING A PLURALITY OF REVERSELY JUXTAPOSED, COPLANAR TRIANGULAR AREAS, ARRANGED SO THAT THE BASES OF THE TRIANGULAR AREAS LIE IN RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE PARALLEL EDGES OF THE UNIT, SAID TRIANGULAR AREAS BEING DEFINED BY STRUCTURAL PORTIONS IN EACH UNIT EXTENDING OBLIQUELY BETWEEN THE PARALLEL EDGES, SAID UNITS BEING ENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER ALONG SAID OBLIQUE PORTIONS, AND BEING ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF SETS OF PARALLEL ROWS, EACH ROW CONSISTING OF ENDWISE SUCCESSIVE UNITS DISPOSED OBLIQUELY BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER FACES OF THE TRUSS, WITH THE PARALLEL EDGES OF EACH UNIT RESPECTIVELY LYING IN SAID FACES, AND THE AFORESAID SETS OF ROWS BEING ARRANGED TO INTERSECT EACH OTHER ALONG OBLIQUE PORTIONS OF THE UNITS SO THAT THE PARALLEL EDGES OF THE UNITS DEFINE OBLIQUELY-ANGLED GRID PATTERNS IN THE FACES OF THE TRUSS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 146 words
AN OCTA-TETRA TRUSS COMPOSED OF A MULTIPLICITY OF STRUCTURAL UNITS, EACH UNIT COMPRISING STRUCTURE DEFINING A PLURALITY OF REVERSELY JUXTAPOSED, COPLANAR TRIANGULAR AREAS, ARRANGED SO THAT THE BASES OF THE TRIANGULAR AREAS LIE IN RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE PARALLEL EDGES OF THE UNIT, SAID TRIANGULAR AREAS BEING DEFINED BY STRUCTURAL PORTIONS IN EACH UNIT EXTENDING OBLIQUELY BETWEEN THE PARALLEL EDGES, SAID UNITS BEING ENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER ALONG SAID OBLIQUE PORTIONS, AND BEING ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF SETS OF PARALLEL ROWS, EACH ROW CONSISTING OF ENDWISE SUCCESSIVE UNITS DISPOSED OBLIQUELY BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER FACES OF THE TRUSS, WITH THE PARALLEL EDGES OF EACH UNIT RESPECTIVELY LYING IN SAID FACES, AND THE AFORESAID SETS OF ROWS BEING ARRANGED TO INTERSECT EACH OTHER ALONG OBLIQUE PORTIONS OF THE UNITS SO THAT THE PARALLEL EDGES OF THE UNITS DEFINE OBLIQUELY-ANGLED GRID PATTERNS IN THE FACES OF THE TRUSS.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

GB115466A Cited
US2964147A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-01-09 1970-07-11 1971-01-10 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-01-09 1974-07-11 1975-01-10 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-01-09 1978-07-11 1979-01-10 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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