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US3352073A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Prefabricated building construction

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-04-20
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Granted: 1967-11-14
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Expires: 1985-04-20
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Chester D Hipple

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 01:33
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B2/00; E04B2/56; E04B2/70; E04B2/706; E04B2/707

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 205 words
A POST AND RAFTER BEAM CONSTRUCTION FOR A PREFABRICATED BUILDING COMPRISING: (A) TWO POSTS (1) EACH POST FORMING A PART OF A SEPARATE WALL SECTION, (2) SAID POSTS ABUTTING EACH OTHER, (3) EACH POST HAVING A CUT OUT PORTION ADJACENT ITS UPPER END, SAID PORTIONS FORMING A SLOT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOPS OF THE POSTS AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE WALL OF THE BUILDING OF WHICH THE POSTS ARE A PART, AND (4) EACH POST HAVING A LONGITUDINALL EXTENDING SLOT IN THE SURFACE OF EACH POST WHICH FACES AWAY FROM THE OTHER POST, (B) A RAFTER BEAM EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT ADJACENT THE TOPS OF SAID POSTS AND SUPPORTED BY THE POSTS IN SAID SLOT, AND (C) A CONNECTOR FOR HOLDING SAID POSTS AGAINST EACH OTHER, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING, (1) AN ELONGATED U-SHAPED SHEET METAL PIECE, (2) THE BASE OF SAID SHEET METAL PIECE EXTENDING ACROSS SURFACES OF THE POSTS WHICH PARALLEL THE WALL, (3) THE FLANGES OF THE U-SHAPED PIECE EXTENDING TO THE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOTS AND HAVING INWARDLY TURNED END PORTIONS WHICH EXTEND INTO SAID SLOTS, AND (4) A SLOT IN THE CONNECTOR EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP OF THE CONNECTOR AND AROUND THE SIDES AND BOTTOM OF SAID RAFTER BEAM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 205 words
A POST AND RAFTER BEAM CONSTRUCTION FOR A PREFABRICATED BUILDING COMPRISING: (A) TWO POSTS (1) EACH POST FORMING A PART OF A SEPARATE WALL SECTION, (2) SAID POSTS ABUTTING EACH OTHER, (3) EACH POST HAVING A CUT OUT PORTION ADJACENT ITS UPPER END, SAID PORTIONS FORMING A SLOT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOPS OF THE POSTS AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE WALL OF THE BUILDING OF WHICH THE POSTS ARE A PART, AND (4) EACH POST HAVING A LONGITUDINALL EXTENDING SLOT IN THE SURFACE OF EACH POST WHICH FACES AWAY FROM THE OTHER POST, (B) A RAFTER BEAM EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT ADJACENT THE TOPS OF SAID POSTS AND SUPPORTED BY THE POSTS IN SAID SLOT, AND (C) A CONNECTOR FOR HOLDING SAID POSTS AGAINST EACH OTHER, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING, (1) AN ELONGATED U-SHAPED SHEET METAL PIECE, (2) THE BASE OF SAID SHEET METAL PIECE EXTENDING ACROSS SURFACES OF THE POSTS WHICH PARALLEL THE WALL, (3) THE FLANGES OF THE U-SHAPED PIECE EXTENDING TO THE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOTS AND HAVING INWARDLY TURNED END PORTIONS WHICH EXTEND INTO SAID SLOTS, AND (4) A SLOT IN THE CONNECTOR EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP OF THE CONNECTOR AND AROUND THE SIDES AND BOTTOM OF SAID RAFTER BEAM.

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