Patent ID: 11859377
Assignee: STORAGE STRUCTURES, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A support column extending in a longitudinal dimension, the support column comprising:
a plurality of outer hollow longitudinal structures, each longitudinal structure having a first longitudinal end and an opposing second longitudinal end, and each longitudinal structure having a length in the longitudinal dimension and defining an interior passage extending along the length; and
a plurality of inner members, each inner member having a first longitudinal end and an opposed second longitudinal end and having a length in the longitudinal dimension,
wherein the plurality of outer hollow longitudinal structures are aligned end-to-end along a single axis so that each outer hollow longitudinal structure has at least one adjacent outer hollow longitudinal structure, wherein one or more respective longitudinal ends of each of the outer hollow longitudinal structures are coupled to one or more respective longitudinal ends of each adjacent outer hollow longitudinal structure, wherein the interior passages of the plurality of outer hollow longitudinal structures cooperate to define an interior passage of the support column,
wherein the plurality of inner members are aligned end-to-end along the single axis within the interior passage of the support column so that each of the first and second longitudinal ends of at least one of the inner members extends to a respective longitudinal end of a respective adjacent inner member of the plurality of inner members,
wherein at least one of the first or second longitudinal ends of at least one inner member is longitudinally offset from every longitudinal end of the plurality of outer hollow longitudinal structures.