US 12,392,134 B2
Pre-manufactured floor-ceiling panel for a multi-story building having load bearing walls
Arlan E. Collins, Seattle, WA (US); Mark L. Woerman, Seattle, WA (US); Mark D'Amato, Seattle, WA (US); Eric P. Hinckley, Superior, CO (US); Calder Danz, Seattle, WA (US); Christopher J. Allen, Aloha, OR (US); and Dale V. Paul, Poulsbo, WA (US)
Assigned to Innovative Building Technologies, LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Appl. No. 18/248,796
Filed by Innovative Building Technologies, LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/056076
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/087282, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,515, filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,239, filed on Oct. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0374781 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 5/10 (2006.01); B66B 11/00 (2006.01); E04B 1/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/08 (2006.01); E04B 1/24 (2006.01); E04B 1/348 (2006.01); E04B 1/61 (2006.01); E04B 2/60 (2006.01); E04B 5/02 (2006.01); E04B 5/04 (2006.01); E04B 9/00 (2006.01); E04B 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 5/04 (2013.01) [B66B 11/0005 (2013.01); E04B 1/02 (2013.01); E04B 1/08 (2013.01); E04B 1/24 (2013.01); E04B 1/2403 (2013.01); E04B 1/3483 (2013.01); E04B 1/34869 (2013.01); E04B 1/612 (2013.01); E04B 1/6125 (2013.01); E04B 2/60 (2013.01); E04B 5/10 (2013.01); E04B 9/008 (2013.01); E04B 9/04 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2415 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2418 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2451 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2481 (2013.01); E04B 2001/6191 (2013.01); E04B 2001/6195 (2013.01); E04B 5/02 (2013.01); E04B 2103/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pre-manufactured floor-ceiling panel for a multi-story building having load bearing walls, the floor-ceiling panel comprising:
a plurality of parallel metal joists;
an end member affixed to an end of the joists;
a first angle having a horizontal section and a vertical section, wherein the horizontal section of the first angle is configured to be placed on top of a plate of a load bearing wall of the building, and wherein the vertical section of the first angle is affixed to the end member;
a second angle having a horizontal section and a vertical section, wherein the horizontal section of the second angle forms a fastening location for a horizontal member of the load bearing wall, and wherein the vertical section of the second angle is affixed to the vertical section of the first angle,
wherein the horizontal section of the first angle is formed with first holes for alignment with second holes formed in the plate of the load bearing wall.