Modular deck structure and method for constructing same

Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Three-way corner construction – Barrier resting on top of vertical structures; e.g. – walls

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52488, 52777, 52299, E04B 100

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ABSTRACT:
A modular deck structure comprises a plurality of rectangular flooring platforms; joists that intersect in criss-cross fashion to form a plurality of rectangular frames; and planks coupled to extend along the interior surface of at least two joists of each rectangular frame; each rectangular frame and the planks coupled thereto are dimensioned to enable at least one of the platforms to be seated within a corresponding frame and to be supported by the planks coupled thereto; wherein some of the joists have at least one end with a notch thereonwhich may be reinforced; and wherein pairs of joists are joined at respective intersection points thereof by positioning a notched end of a second criss-crossing joist on the plank along a first criss-crossing joist, the second joist being supported at one end by the plank of said first criss-crossing joist where the entire deck may be supported above ground by ground posts. The invention also relates to a method of constructing the deck.

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patent: 1493470 (1924-05-01), Cash
patent: 2883711 (1959-04-01), Kump
patent: 4344262 (1982-08-01), Berman et al.
Deck & Patio Projects You Can Build, Better Homes & Gardens, p. 42.
Sweet's Catalog File, 1979, Silver Metal Products Inc., 5-79, p. 21.

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