Reinforced building wall
First Claim
1. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
- a) a foundation;
b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation;
c) a first stud wall disposed above said foundation, said first stud wall including a first bottom plate and a first top plate, said first top plate is disposed at an upper end portion of said first stud wall;
d) a second stud wall disposed above said first stud wall, said second stud wall including a second bottom plate and a second top plate, said second top plate is disposed at an upper end of said second stud wall;
e) a first tie rod including first and second threaded end portions, said first threaded end portion is operably connected to said anchor rod;
f) a second tie rod including third and fourth threaded end portions, said third threaded end portion is operably connected to said second threaded end portion of said first tie rod;
g) said fourth threaded end portion is operably attached to said second stud wall; and
h) an intermediate portion of said first tie rod is unthreaded, said intermediate portion and said second threaded end portion extending through said first top plate and said second bottom plate, said second threaded end portion is not disposed within said first top plate and said second bottom plate.
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Abstract
Reinforced building wall comprises a foundation; an anchor rod extending from the foundation; first stud wall disposed on the foundation and second stud wall disposed above the first stud wall; first tie rod including first and second threaded end portions, the first threaded end portion is operably connected to the anchor rod; second tie rod including third and fourth threaded end portions, the third threaded end portion is operably connected to the second threaded end portion of the first tie rod; the fourth threaded end portion operably attached to the second stud wall; an intermediate portion of the first tie rod is unthreaded, the intermediate portion extending through a first top plate of the first stud wall and a second bottom plate of the second stud wall and the second threaded end portion is not disposed within the first top plate and the second bottom plate.
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Citations
35 Claims
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1. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
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a) a foundation; b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation; c) a first stud wall disposed above said foundation, said first stud wall including a first bottom plate and a first top plate, said first top plate is disposed at an upper end portion of said first stud wall; d) a second stud wall disposed above said first stud wall, said second stud wall including a second bottom plate and a second top plate, said second top plate is disposed at an upper end of said second stud wall; e) a first tie rod including first and second threaded end portions, said first threaded end portion is operably connected to said anchor rod; f) a second tie rod including third and fourth threaded end portions, said third threaded end portion is operably connected to said second threaded end portion of said first tie rod; g) said fourth threaded end portion is operably attached to said second stud wall; and h) an intermediate portion of said first tie rod is unthreaded, said intermediate portion and said second threaded end portion extending through said first top plate and said second bottom plate, said second threaded end portion is not disposed within said first top plate and said second bottom plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
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a) a foundation; b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation; c) a first stud wall disposed on said foundation, said first stud wall including a first bottom plate and a first top plate; d) a second stud wall disposed above said first stud wall, said second stud wall including a second bottom plate and a second top plate; e) a first tie rod including first and second end portions with respective first and second threaded bores, said first threaded bore is operably connected to said anchor rod, said first tie rod including an unthreaded exterior surface extending from said first end portion to said second end portion; f) a second tie rod including third and fourth threaded end portions, said third threaded end portion is operably connected to said second threaded bore of said first tie rod; g) said fourth threaded end portion operably attached to said second stud wall; and h) said first and second threaded bores together constitute about 25% of the length of said first tie rod. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
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a) a foundation; b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation; c) a first stud wall disposed above said foundation, said first stud wall including a first bottom plate and a first top plate, said first top plate is disposed at an upper end of said first stud wall; d) a topmost stud wall disposed above said first stud wall, said topmost stud wall including a second bottom plate and a second top plate, said second top plate is disposed at an upper end of said topmost stud wall; e) a first tie rod operably connected to said anchor rod and a second tie rod operably connected to said first tie rod; f) said second tie rod including an outer end portion operably attached to said topmost stud wall, said outer end portion is threaded; g) said second tie rod including an unthreaded intermediate portion; h) said unthreaded intermediate portion and said threaded outer end portion of said second tie rod extending through said second top plate, said threaded outer end portion of said second tie rod is not disposed within said second top plate; i) said second tie rod extending through a bearing plate disposed on said second top plate; and j) a nut screwed to said tie rod to secure said second tie rod and said bearing plate to said second top plate. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
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a) a foundation; b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation; c) a stud wall disposed above said foundation, said stud wall including a bottom plate and a top plate, said top plate is disposed at an upper end of said stud wall; d) a tie rod having lower threaded end portion and upper threaded end portion; e) said lower threaded end portion is operably connected to said anchor rod; f) said upper threaded end portion is operably attached to said stud wall; g) said tie rod including an unthreaded intermediate portion disposed between said lower and upper threaded end portions; h) a cross member attached to said stud wall; i) said tie rod extending through said cross member; j) a bearing plate disposed on said cross member; k) a nut screwed to said tie rod to secure said tie rod and said bearing plate to said cross member; and l) said unthreaded intermediate portion and said upper threaded end portion extending through said cross member, said upper threaded end portion is not disposed within said cross member. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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24. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
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a) a foundation; b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation; c) a stud wall disposed above said foundation, said stud wall including a bottom plate and a top plate, said top plate being disposed at an upper portion of said stud wall; d) a tie rod having first and second end portions, said tie rod extending a majority of the distance between said bottom plate and said top plate; e) said first and second end portions include threaded bores; f) said first end portion is threaded to said anchor rod; g) said second end portion is operably attached to said stud wall; h) said tie rod including an unthreaded exterior surface extending from said first end portion to said second end portion. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
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a) a foundation; b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation; c) a topmost stud wall disposed above said foundation, said topmost stud wall including a bottom plate and a top plate, said top plate is disposed at an upper end of said topmost stud wall; d) a tie rod including first and second threaded end portions, said first threaded end portion is operably connected to said anchor rod; e) said tie rod including an unthreaded intermediate portion, said second threaded end portion and said unthreaded intermediate portion extending through said top plate; f) said tie rod extending through a bearing plate disposed on said top plate, said second threaded end portion is not disposed within said top plate; and g) a nut screwed to said tie rod to secure said tie rod and said bearing plate to said top plate.
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33. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
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a) a foundation; b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation; c) a first stud wall disposed above said foundation, said first stud wall including a first bottom plate and a first top plate, said top plate is disposed at an upper end of said first stud wall; d) a topmost stud wall disposed above said first stud wall, said top stud wall including a second bottom plate and a second top plate, said second top plate is disposed at an upper end of said topmost stud wall; e) a first tie rod including first and second threaded end portions, said first threaded end portion is operably connected to said anchor rod; f) a second tie rod including third and fourth threaded end portions, said third threaded end portion is operably connected to said second threaded end portion of said first tie rod, said second tie rod including an unthreaded intermediate portion, said fourth threaded end portion and said unthreaded end portion extending through said first top plate and said second bottom plate, said third and fourth threaded end portions are not disposed within said first top plate and said second bottom plate, respectively; g) said second tie rod extending through a first bearing plate disposed on said second bottom plate; h) a first nut attached to said fourth threaded end portion, said first nut operably bearing on said first bearing plate; i) a cross member attached to said topmost stud wall; j) a third tie rod having a fifth end portion attached to said fourth end portion of said second tie rod; k) said third tie rod including an unthreaded intermediate portion and a sixth threaded end portion extending through said cross member, said threaded sixth end portion is not disposed within said cross member; l) said third tie rod extending through a second bearing plate disposed on said cross member; and m) a second nut attached to said threaded sixth end portion, said second nut operably bearing on said second bearing plate.
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35. A reinforced building wall, comprising:
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a) a foundation; b) an anchor rod extending from said foundation; c) a first stud wall disposed above said foundation, said first stud wall including a first bottom plate and a first top plate, said top plate is disposed at an upper end of said first stud wall; d) a second stud wall disposed above said first stud wall, said second stud wall including a second bottom plate and a second top plate, said second top plate is disposed at an upper end of said second stud wall; e) a tie rod including first and second threaded end portions, said first threaded end portion is operably connected to said anchor rod; f) said tie rod including an unthreaded intermediate portion extending through said first top plate and said second bottom plate; g) a cross member attached to said second stud wall; h) said second threaded end portion extending through said cross member, said second threaded end portion is not disposed within said cross member; i) said tie rod extending through a bearing plate disposed on said cross member; and j) a nut screwed to said tie rod to secure said tie rod and said bearing plate to said cross member.
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Specification