Floor construction and method of making the same

• US 3,187,853 A
• Filed: 07/06/1960
• Issued: 06/08/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kurt F. Glaser, William J. Crabbs
• Original Assignee: Kurt F. Glaser, William J. Crabbs
• Inventors: Glaser, Kurt F., Crabbs, William J.
• Application Number:
  US04/041,134
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• US Class Current: 52/377
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/2054 Load carrying floors for commercial vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/06 of metal, whether or not in combination with other material gratings as building elements E04C2/42 ; of elements with a metal upper layer; E04F15/02405 takes precedence; metal treads E04F11/112

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY FO ELONGATED FLOOR ELEMENTS SECURED TOGETHER IN SIDE BY SIDE COPLANAR RELATION, EACH FLOOR ELEMENT HAVING TOP SURFACE MEANS AND BOTTOM SURFACE MEANS INTERCONNECTED TOGETHER BY OPPOSED SIDE SURFACE MEANS, ONE OF SAID SIDE SURFACE MEANS HAVING AN INTEGRAL OUTWARDLY DIRECTED SPACING FLANGE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE OPPOSED ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING A FREE END EXTENDING LATERALLY AND ENGAGING THE OTHER SIDE SURFACE MEANS OF AN ADJACENT FLOOR ELEMENT, A LOAD ARRESTING SIDE SURFACES OF ADJACENT FLOOR ELEMENTS, A LOAD ARRESTING MEMBER DISPOSED ON A PORTION OF SAID TOP SURFACE MEANS, AND A FASTENING MEMBER DISPOSED IN SAID ARRESTING MEMBER AND EXTENDING INTO SAID SPACE BETWEEN TWO OF SAID FLOOR ELEMENTS, SAID FASTENING MEMBER RUPTURING SAID SPACING FLANGE ON ONE OF SAID TWO FLOOR ELEMENTS.