US 12,331,508 B2
Folding frames for building construction
Stephen Lee Lippert, Honolulu, HI (US)
Filed by Stephen Lee Lippert, Honolulu, HI (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,897.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/400,684, filed on Aug. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,246, filed on Sep. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095414 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/344 (2006.01); E04B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/344 (2013.01) [E04B 1/3445 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frame assembly for a building, comprising:
a deck assembly, comprising:
a first end, a second end longitudinally opposite said first end, a first side extending from said first end to said second end, and a second side transversely opposite said first side;
a first longitudinal frame member extending along said first side from said first end to said second end;
a second longitudinal frame member extending along said second side from said first end to said second end;
a metal deck positioned in contact with said first longitudinal frame member and said second longitudinal frame member, said metal deck extending from said first end to said second end;
a first vertical support member rotatably coupled to said first longitudinal frame member;
a second vertical support member rotatably coupled to said second longitudinal frame member transversely opposite said first vertical support member; and
a third vertical support member rotatably coupled to said first longitudinal frame member
said first longitudinal frame member and said second longitudinal frame member each including a beam web;
a fourth vertical support member rotatably coupled to said second longitudinal frame member; said first, second, third, and fourth vertical support members each including a column flange and a column web joined to said column flange;
a hinge bolt passing through said column flange of said first vertical support member and said beam web of said first longitudinal frame member;
a second hinge bolt passing through said column flange of said second vertical support member and said beam web of said second longitudinal frame member;
a third hinge bolt passing through said column flange of said third vertical support member and said beam web of said first longitudinal frame member; and
a fourth hinge bolt passing through said column flange of said fourth vertical support member and said beam web of said second longitudinal frame member;
said deck assembly is a first deck assembly; and
a second deck assembly rotatably coupled to said frame assembly between said first deck assembly and an upper end of said first vertical support member.