IP Library Granted Patent US 10,619,343
Granted Patent B2
US 10,619,343 · App. 15/970,053 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Adjustable foundation support system

Inventors: Timothy P. Heady (Elkhart, IA); Charles W. Heady (Perry, IA)
Assignee: Power Brace, LLC
E04B1/40B21D5/02E02D27/02E04B1/58E04G23/0229E04B1/0007E04B1/5812E04B2001/246E04B2001/405E04B2001/5875
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,619,343
App. No.
15/970,053
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An extension support member includes a bracket or web having a first planar portion or leg, a second planar portion or leg, an acute, concave angle between the first planar portion or leg and the second planar portion or leg, and a bend or backbone joining the first planar portion or leg to the second planar portion or leg. The extension support member also includes is a first mounting portion or tab joined to the second planar portion or leg via the bend or backbone at a first, convex obtuse angle and a second mounting portion or tab joined to the first planar portion or leg via the bend or backbone at a second obtuse, convex angle. The first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are located at opposite ends of the bracket or web.

Claims (27)

1. An extension support member, comprising:

a bracket having a first planar portion, a second planar portion, an acute, concave angle between the first planar portion and the second planar portion, and a first bend joining the first planar portion to the second planar portion;

a first mounting portion joined to the second planar portion via a second bend at a first obtuse, convex angle; and

a second mounting portion joined to the first planar portion via a third bend at a second obtuse, convex angle;

wherein the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are located at opposite ends of the bracket.

2. The extension support member of claim 1 , wherein the first mounting portion includes a first aperture and the second mounting portion includes a second aperture.

3. The extension support member of claim 2 , wherein the first aperture is centrally located within the first mounting portion and the second aperture is centrally located within the second mounting portion.

4. The extension support member of claim 2 in combination with an additional extension support member and a means for fastening the extension support members to one another.

5. The extension support member of claim 4 wherein the means for fastening the extension support members to one another is a pair of nuts and bolts that fasten using the first and second apertures of the extension support members.

6. The extension support member of claim 4 in further combination with a first vertical support member and a second vertical support member, wherein the extension support members and the means for fastening the extension support members secure the vertical support members to one another.

7. The extension support member of claim 6 wherein the first vertical support member and the second vertical support member are I-beams.

8. The extension support member of claim 6 wherein the first vertical support member is longer than the second vertical support member.

9. The extension support member of claim 1 , wherein the first bend is a radial bend.

10. The extension support member of claim 1 , wherein the acute, concave angle is thirty degrees, the first obtuse, convex angle is one hundred five degrees and the second obtuse, convex angle is one hundred five degrees.

11. The extension support member of claim 1 , wherein the first planar portion and the second planar portion are symmetric about a plane bisecting the first planar portion and the second planar portion.

12. The extension support member of claim 11 , wherein the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are mirrored about the plane bisecting the first planar portion and the second planar portion.

13. An extension support member, comprising:

a first tab and a second tab positioned in the same plane;

a u-shaped or v-shaped web having:

a first leg;

a second leg; and

a bend or a fold formed around a longitudinal axis separating the first leg and the second leg;

wherein the first tab extends from the web at a toe end of the longitudinal axis and the second tab extends from a head end of the longitudinal axis;

wherein the first tab is joined to the web via a first backbone or bend and the second tab is joined to the web via a second backbone or bend.

14. The extension support member of claim 13 , wherein the first and second tabs have an aperture.

15. The extension support member of claim 13 , wherein the first leg and the second leg are symmetric about a plane bisecting the first leg and the second leg.

16. The extension support member of claim 15 , wherein the first tab and the second tab are mirrored about the plane bisecting the first leg and the second leg.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2018
From: HEADY, TIMOTHY P.; HEADY, CHARLES W.
To: POWER BRACE, LLC
Reel/Frame 045751/0009 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 15939404 · Mar 29, 2018
Provisional Application 62515824 · Jun 6, 2017
Related Publication 20180347178A1 · Dec 6, 2018
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