US 11,808,001 B2
Foundation system
Alan Ledwith, Navan (IE); and Andrew Hammelmann, Killybegs (IE)
Assigned to Terratonics Limited, County Meath (IE)
Appl. No. 17/295,839
Filed by Alan Ledwith, Navan (IE)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/081857
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/104489, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. S2018/0511 (IE), filed on Nov. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018083 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. E02D 27/01 (2006.01); E04B 1/00 (2006.01); E04B 5/14 (2006.01); E02D 27/48 (2006.01)
CPC E02D 27/01 (2013.01) [E04B 1/0007 (2013.01); E04B 5/14 (2013.01); E02D 27/48 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foundation system for a building comprising:
a support stand attachable to a structural beam,
the support stand comprising a threaded pillar and a beam carrier mounted on the threaded pillar wherein the beam carrier comprises a wingnut construction defining at least one substantially vertical wing connectable with a structural beam and the beam carrier is threadedly mounted on the threaded pillar to define a beam carrier height adjustment mechanism on the support stand so that the beam carrier is movable between a raised and lowered position by the beam carrier height adjustment mechanism and wherein the support stand further comprises a secondary beam carrier height adjustment mechanism accessible from above the support stand,
wherein the foundation system further comprises at least one structural beam having two mortised ends at opposite ends of the at least one structural beam into which the vertical wings of the beam carrier are received, the mortised ends of the structural beam and the beam carrier being provided with cooperating beam holes and beam carrier holes through which beam fixings can be inserted to secure the structural beam to the beam carrier.