US 12,410,613 B2
Pre-manufactured load bearing walls for a multi-story building
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. 18/248,961
Filed by Innovative Building Technologies, LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/056077
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/087283, 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 2023/0417049 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/08 (2006.01); B66B 11/00 (2006.01); E04B 1/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/24 (2006.01); E04B 1/348 (2006.01); E04B 1/61 (2006.01); E04B 2/60 (2006.01); E04B 5/04 (2006.01); E04B 5/10 (2006.01); E04B 9/00 (2006.01); E04B 9/04 (2006.01); E04B 5/02 (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 load bearing wall for a multi-story building, the load bearing wall comprising:
a plurality of parallel vertical metal studs;
a first track affixed to an upper end of the studs
a second track affixed to a lower end of the studs;
a first vertical support member at a first edge of the wall;
a second vertical support member at a second edge of the wall;
a metal plate that runs between the first and second edges of the wall, and affixed to the first and second vertical support members and to the first track, wherein the plate is configured to support a horizontal section of a first angle of a floor-ceiling panel such that the floor-ceiling panel is hung from the load bearing wall;
a horizontal member that runs between the first and second edges of the wall, that is affixed to the second track, and that extends laterally away from the second track, wherein the horizontal member is configured to be affixed to a second angle of the floor-ceiling panel to provide a load path for a lateral load; and
a stiffener device located at a top end of each of the first and second vertical support members, wherein the stiffener device is configured to provide rigidity for a joint between the first and second vertical support members and corresponding vertical support members respectively positioned serially above the first and second vertical support members.