Modular, portable, interlocking decking system
US8011148B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04F2015/02116
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Components for use in the assembly and installation of a modular decking system, comprised of structural free floating piers which distributes loads of deck pad to ground, piers have a pad bearing surface and four uniformly placed receiver blocks which interlock with corresponding recesses at four pad corners, an interlocking cam passes through pad recesses at deck surface and locks to piers by rotating cam with custom designed tool.The system is designed to be assembled without permanent fasteners to allow for expansion, reconfiguration or relocation, or addition of traditional and contemporary deck accessories that engage and interlock with the piers, pads and cams. One ideal manufacturing method of one or any of the system components is compression molded post-consumer and/or industrial thermo-plastic waste.
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