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US3299585A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Building construction

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-05-14
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Granted: 1967-01-24
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Expires: 1983-05-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Arnold H Wilkins

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 08:44
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/32; E04B7/00; E04B7/08; E04B7/10; E04B7/102; E04B2001/3258; E04B2001/3264

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 138 words
A FREE STANDING BUILDING UNIT COMPRISING A CONTINUOUS, MONOLITHIC, SELF-SUPPORTING, EXTENDED AREA ROOF MEMBER FORMED OF CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL AND HAVING FOUR PERIMETRAL SIDES RESPECTIVELY LYING IN VERTICAL PLANES WHICH DEFINE A QUADRANGLE, SAID ROOF MEMBER BEING OUTWARDLY ARCHED ABOUT A STRAIGHT AXIS EXTENDING BETWEEN A FIRST TWO DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS THEREOF, AND TWO SPACED APART PILLAR MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY HAVING UPPER ENDS SUPPORTING THE OTHER TWO DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS OF SAID ROOF MEMBER AT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL DISTANCES ABOVE A GROUND PLANE, SAID PILLAR MEMBERS BEING THE SOLE VERTICAL SUPPORT FOR SAID ROOF MEMBER, SAID FIRST CORNERS BEING SPACED FROM SAID GROUND PLANE BY DISTANCES GREATER THAN SAID OTHER CORNERS, SAID ROOF MEMBER INCLUDING REINFORCING MEANS THEREIN AND FORMING THEREWITH AN ARCHED CROWN BEAM EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY BETWEEN AND INTO SAID PILLAR MEMBERS FOR PROVIDING CANTILEVER SUPPORT FOR SAID FIRST CORNERS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 138 words
A FREE STANDING BUILDING UNIT COMPRISING A CONTINUOUS, MONOLITHIC, SELF-SUPPORTING, EXTENDED AREA ROOF MEMBER FORMED OF CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL AND HAVING FOUR PERIMETRAL SIDES RESPECTIVELY LYING IN VERTICAL PLANES WHICH DEFINE A QUADRANGLE, SAID ROOF MEMBER BEING OUTWARDLY ARCHED ABOUT A STRAIGHT AXIS EXTENDING BETWEEN A FIRST TWO DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS THEREOF, AND TWO SPACED APART PILLAR MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY HAVING UPPER ENDS SUPPORTING THE OTHER TWO DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS OF SAID ROOF MEMBER AT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL DISTANCES ABOVE A GROUND PLANE, SAID PILLAR MEMBERS BEING THE SOLE VERTICAL SUPPORT FOR SAID ROOF MEMBER, SAID FIRST CORNERS BEING SPACED FROM SAID GROUND PLANE BY DISTANCES GREATER THAN SAID OTHER CORNERS, SAID ROOF MEMBER INCLUDING REINFORCING MEANS THEREIN AND FORMING THEREWITH AN ARCHED CROWN BEAM EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY BETWEEN AND INTO SAID PILLAR MEMBERS FOR PROVIDING CANTILEVER SUPPORT FOR SAID FIRST CORNERS.

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