US 11,913,492 B2
Uni-directional and multi-directional mechanical structural bearing
Eric de Fleuriot de la Coliniere, Langley (CA); Casey Xi Wang, Maple Ridge (CA); and Duncan Robert Bohlmann, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to MARCONMETALFAB INC., Delta (CA)
Filed by MARCONMETALFAB INC., Delta (CA)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,215.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,521, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0205475 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. E02D 35/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); E04B 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 11/04 (2013.01) [E04B 1/388 (2023.08)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing apparatus for supporting a structure, comprising:
(a) a first assembly having a top surface for supporting a superstructure;
(b) a second assembly having a bottom surface mountable on a substructure; and
(c) a cassette assembly in between the first and second assemblies, and comprising
a cassette housing in contact with a top surface of the second assembly, and
a cassette removably fastened to the cassette housing and being slidably removable from the cassette housing while the cassette housing remains in between the first and second assemblies, the cassette comprising a backing plate and a sliding layer mounted to the backing plate and in sliding contact with a bottom surface of the first assembly, such that the first assembly is movable relative to the second assembly along the sliding layer.