Interlocking shape for use in construction members

• US 8,869,490 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2014
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: D Three Enterprises, LLC
• Original Assignee: D Three Enterprises, LLC
• Inventors: Schaefer, Richard F., Kreutzman, David, Tamm, Don N.
• Primary Examiner(s): GILBERT, WILLIAM V
• Application Number:
  US14/196,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20140190090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 238 Days
• Field of Search: 52/24, 52/25, 52/58, 52/60, 521/733, 524/10, 525/43, 525/48, 525/49, 525/51, 527/04, 527/05, 527/10, 522/39, 522/821, 522/823, 526/47, 526/531, 526/541, 526/551, 248/237, 248/500, 248/505, 248/656, 248/669
• US Class Current: 52/710
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/14 Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like aspects of adjusting height or inclination of shelves or brackets A47B57/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/19 Three-dimensional framework structures
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/38 Connections for building structures in general
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/66 Sealings damp-proof courses E04B1/644; fire-proof sealings E04B1/948; additions of anti-leak properties to plaster C04B; bituminous sealing masses C08L95/00; sealings for hydraulic engineering work in general E02B3/16; against ground humidity or ground water E02D31/02; coverings against rain or other precipitations of the atmosphere E04D; composition of material or manufacture of sealing foils, see the relevant classes for these foils
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/7407 assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts E04B2/78 and E04B2/80 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/18 Special structures in or on roofs, e.g. dormer windows in connection with roof coverings E04D13/00, especially domes E04D13/03
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0421 comprising one single unitary part
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0439 the cross-section comprising open parts and hollow parts
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0465 square- or rectangular-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0473 U- or C-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0478 X-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 3/06 with substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web E04C3/10, E04C3/11 take precedence honeycomb girders E04C3/083
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/00 Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Protection against birds; Roof drainage ; Sky-lights ventilation tiles E04D1/30; ventilation slabs E04D3/40; internal channels E04F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/0459 Drainage borders, e.g. dripping edges, gravel stops or dispersers
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 2013/0468 Drip edges
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2020/17 Arrangements of solar thermal modules combined with solar PV modules
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/021 Sealing means between support elements and mounting surface
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/6006 by using threaded elements, e.g. stud bolts
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/801 having hollow parts with closed cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 2025/807 : having undercut grooves
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/20 : Peripheral frames for modules
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/30 : using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially along the supporting surface, e.g. for covering buildings with solar heat collectors extending in directions away from the supporting surface F24S25/10; peripheral frames for modules F24S25/20
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/61 : for fixing to the ground or to building structures
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/632 : Side connectors; Base connectors
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/65 : for coupling adjacent supporting elements, e.g. for connecting profiles together
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 25/70 : with means for adjusting the final position or orientation of supporting elements in relation to each other or to a mounting surface; with means for compensating mounting tolerances
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 : Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/30 : Wind power
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 : Mountings or tracking

Abstract

Interlocking support posts form an interlocking rack system which may have a single mold which provides both a male and a female joinder member. Between the support posts can be mounted panels such as solar panels. Under the support posts can be installed a roof stand off assembly which prevents water from weakening the roof. Various combinations of construction members offer a cost effective building block array of mounting panels, wind turbines, and any appliance on a roof and/or anywhere in a building. A two recess mounting bracket is ideally suited to mount solar panels on a roof. A lower recess can be fastened to a bolt anchor on the roof. The opposing recess can secure a mounting clip which attaches directly to the solar panel. Identical support posts can interlock. Various embodiments include conduit clasps, slider tracks, mounts for cabinets, sign posts, and thru roof screwed anchors.

Claims

1. A roof stand off for use in mounting a frame or rack, the stand off comprising:

a base bracket having mounting holes for a screw attachment to a roof;

said base bracket supporting a vertical bolt;

a flashing having a central hole mounted atop the vertical bolt to prevent water from getting to the base bracket mounting holes;

a soft washer mounted atop the flashing;

a cylindrical core having a threaded base hole screwed onto said vertical bolt and said cylindrical core having outer threads;

a threaded cover having a threaded base hole to threadably engage said outer threads of said cylindrical core, and said cover having a top with a threaded mounting hole.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the top threaded mounting hole further comprises a bolt therein forming a gap between a head of the bolt and a top of the cover, and wherein a jaw of a support post is connected to the head of the bolt using the gap to secure a lip of the jaw.