Patent ID: 11866952
Assignee: nan
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 15:
16. A flooring structure for supporting objects and persons and umbrella shaft supporting stand combination, the flooring structure comprising:
a pair of parallel joists, wherein the pair of parallel joists each include parallel side surfaces which face and are spaced from each other a distance X;
a flooring surface supported above the pair of parallel joists whereupon the objects and persons are supported; and,
wherein the umbrella shaft supporting stand is secured between the pair of parallel joists, the umbrella shaft supporting stand comprising:
a bracket comprising a pair of wings and a central beam extending therebetween;
a sleeve secured to the bracket and defining an umbrella shaft receiving bore;
wherein the central beam includes an umbrella shaft receiving hole aligned with the sleeve umbrella shaft receiving bore; and,
wherein each of the wings include parallel side surfaces that face away from and are spaced from each other a distance which matches the distance X, whereby the bracket is secured to the joists by locating the wings between the joists with each of the wing side surfaces located adjacent to and facing a respective joist side surface and fastening the wings to the respective adjacent joist.