US 12,320,114 B2
Method of installing an adjustable support system for a building structure
G. Matt Krause, Allegan, MI (US)
Filed by Advanced Architectural Products, LLC, Allegan, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,743.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,288, filed on Mar. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0298779 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/388 (2023.08) [E04B 2001/389 (2023.08)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of installing a plurality of brackets comprising the steps of:
providing the plurality of brackets;
providing a story pole, wherein the story pole has a first end and a second end;
releasably attaching the plurality of brackets to the story pole, including the step of sandwiching the story pole between portions of at least one of the plurality of brackets and maintaining attachment through a biasing force exerted between the bracket and the story pole;
positioning the story pole having the plurality of brackets proximate an outside surface to which the plurality of brackets is to be attached;
attaching a first one of the plurality of brackets to the outside surface in a desired orientation;
attaching a second one of the plurality of brackets in a desired orientation;
attaching at least a plurality of remaining ones of the plurality of brackets to the outside surface; and
releasing the story pole from the plurality of brackets that are attached to the outside surface, leaving the plurality of brackets attached to the outside surface in alignment in at least one dimension.