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Prefabricated articulating pier cap

US8006339B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 2009
Grant dateAug 30, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE01D19/042
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a support structure for a transportation passageway supported by a column. The support structure includes a bearing, a bracket and a cap. The bearing includes an anchor, a bracket base, and a bearing axis of rotation. The anchor is shaped to fix the bearing to the column. The bracket includes a column face and an arcuate face. The column face is shaped to rotate about the bearing axis of rotation relative to the bracket face of the bearing. The cap includes a top and a bottom wherein the top includes at least one beam support and the bottom includes an arcuate bottom portion. The arcuate bottom portion is shaped to accept the arcuate face of the bracket and includes a radial center point that defines a cap axis of rotation. The arcuate bottom portion is shaped to rotate about the radial center point relative to the arcuate face.

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