Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Cover with exterior holddown
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-04
2001-04-24
Stephan, Beth A. (Department: 3635)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Cover with exterior holddown
C052S092100, C052S093200, C052S262000, C052S702000, C052S712000, C052S745060
Reexamination Certificate
active
06219973
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to building stabilizing systems and more particularly to a structure stabilizing system and method wherein the structure stabilizing system includes a length of cabling and a number of joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides; each of the joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides including an L-shaped joist securing plate assembly, a rafter securing plate, and a cable guide tube assembly; the L-shaped joist securing plate assembly including a vertical joist contact plate and a horizontal joist contact plate integrally formed with and orthogonally oriented with respect to the vertical joist contact plate; the vertical joist contact plate having two fastener apertures provided therethrough; the rafter securing plate being integrally formed with and orthogonally oriented with respect to a side edge of the horizontal joist contact plate and lying in a plane parallel to a plane defined by the vertical joist contact plate; the cable guide tube assembly including a tube support plate and a cable guide tube; the tube support plate having a cable passage aperture formed therethrough and being integrally formed with and extending from a side edge of the rafter securing plate perpendicularly oriented to the horizontal joist contact plate and having a bottom edge collinear with a fold line defining the edge between the horizontal joist contact plate and the rafter securing plate; the cable guide tube having a first open end defined by a tube end rigidly secured to the tube support plate such that a cable passage formed through the cable guide tube is in connection with the cable passage aperture and a longitudinal axis of the cable guide tube is oriented in parallel with a plane defined by the horizontal joist contact plate; and wherein the structure stabilizing method includes the steps of a) providing a number of joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides as described above; b) attaching one each of the joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides to a number of sets of ceiling joists and rafters along each side of the building; c) threading a length of cabling through each of the cable guide tubes of each of the attached joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides; and d) anchoring the ends of the cable to the foundation of the structure to be stabilized.
BACKGROUND ART
Each year storms tear the roofs off many building because the buildings have not been adequately constructed or stabilized. It would be a benefit, therefore, to have a structure stabilizing system that could be used to stabilize new and old buildings so that the likelihood of damage from storms is reduced.
GENERAL SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a structure stabilizing system that includes a length of cabling and a number of joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides; each of the joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides including an L-shaped joist securing plate assembly, a rafter securing plate, and a cable guide tube assembly; the L-shaped joist securing plate assembly including a vertical joist contact plate and a horizontal joist contact plate integrally formed with and orthogonally oriented with respect to the vertical joist contact plate; the vertical joist contact plate having two fastener apertures provided therethrough; the rafter securing plate being integrally formed with and orthogonally oriented with respect to a side edge of the horizontal joist contact plate and lying in a plane parallel to a plane defined by the vertical joist contact plate; the cable guide tube assembly including a tube support plate and a cable guide tube; the tube support plate having a cable passage aperture formed therethrough and being integrally formed with and extending from a side edge of the rafter securing plate perpendicularly oriented to the horizontal joist contact plate and having a bottom edge collinear with a fold line defining the edge between the horizontal joist contact plate and the rafter securing plate; the cable guide tube having a first open end defined by a tube end rigidly secured to the tube support plate such that a cable passage formed through the cable guide tube is in connection with the cable passage aperture and a longitudinal axis of the cable guide tube is oriented in parallel with a plane defined by the horizontal joist contact plate.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a structure stabilizing method that includes the steps of a) providing a number of joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides as described above; b) attaching one each of the joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides to a number of sets of ceiling joists and rafters along each side of the building; c) threading a length of cabling through each of the cable guide tubes of each of the attached joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides; and d) anchoring the ends of the cable to the foundation of the structure to be stabilized.
Accordingly, a structure stabilizing system and method is provided. The structure stabilizing system includes a length of cabling and a number of joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides; each of the joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides including an L-shaped joist securing plate assembly, a rafter securing plate, and a cable guide tube assembly; the L-shaped joist securing plate assembly including a vertical joist contact plate and a horizontal joist contact plate integrally formed with and orthogonally oriented with respect to the vertical joist contact plate; the vertical joist contact plate having two fastener apertures provided therethrough; the rafter securing plate being integrally formed with and orthogonally oriented with respect to a side edge of the horizontal joist contact plate and lying in a plane parallel to a plane defined by the vertical joist contact plate; the cable guide tube assembly including a tube support plate and a cable guide tube; the tube support plate having a cable passage aperture formed therethrough and being integrally formed with and extending from a side edge of the rafter securing plate perpendicularly oriented to the horizontal joist contact plate and having a bottom edge collinear with a fold line defining the edge between the horizontal joist contact plate and the rafter securing plate; the cable guide tube having a first open end defined by a tube end rigidly secured to the tube support plate such that a cable passage formed through the cable guide tube is in connection with the cable passage aperture and a longitudinal axis of the cable guide tube is oriented in parallel with a plane defined by the horizontal joist contact plate.
The structure stabilizing method includes the steps of a) providing a number of joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides as described above; b) attaching one each of the joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides to a number of sets of ceiling joists and rafters along each side of the building; c) threading a length of cabling through each of the cable guide tubes of each of the attached joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides; and d) anchoring the ends of the cable to the foundation of the structure to be stabilized.
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Breaux Joseph N.
Glessner Brian E.
Stephan Beth A.
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