Pedestal floor construction

• US 3,318,057 A
• Filed: 03/24/1964
• Issued: 05/09/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George R. Norsworthy
• Original Assignee: George R. Norsworthy
• Inventors: Norsworthy, George R.
• Application Number:
  US04/354,276
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• US Class Current: 52/126.6
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02452 Details of junctions between the supporting structures and the panels or a panel-supporting framework
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02482 with a variable angle between panel and support

Claims

1. A FLOOR SUPPORTING PEDESTAL COMPRISING:

A BASE ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SURFACE;

A HEAD MEMBER SECURED TO SAID BASE AND BEING VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE THERETO, SAID HEAD MEMBER HAVING A SPHERICAL UPPER SURFACE;

A PLATE-LIKE LEVELING PAD HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT SURFACE AND OPPOSED THERETO, A GENERALLY SPHERICAL SURFACE CORRESPONDING TO THE SPHERICAL UPPER SURFACE OF SAID HEAD MEMBER;

THE SPHERICAL SURFACES OF SAID HEAD MEMBER AND SAID LEVELING PAD BEING ABUTTED WHEREBY SAID FLAT SURFACE OF SAID LEVELING PAD IS ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE TO POSITION SAID FLAT SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL;

AND A PLATE-LIKE CAP MEMBER HAVING OPPOSED UPPER AND LOWER FLAT SURFACES CORRESPONDING IN HORIZONTAL CROSS SECTION WITH SAID LEVELING PAD AND BEING LARGER IN PERIMETER THAN SAID LEVELING PAD, SAID LOWER FLAT SURFACE OF SAID CAP MEMBER RESTING ON SAID FLAT SURFACE OF SAID LEVELING PAD AND BEING SLIDEABLE THEREOVER, WHEREBY SAID UPPER FLAT SURFACE OF SAID CAP MEMBER PROVIDES A SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR PANEL PORTIONS WHICH SUPPORTING SURFACE IS VERTICALLY, ANGULARLY AND LATERALLY ADJUSTABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE.