Patent ID: 9038324
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: E04D,E04F,H02G

Abstract:
1. An elevated building surface assembly, comprising: a plurality of surface tiles, the surface tiles comprising a top surface, a plurality of corner portions and outer edge segments disposed between adjacent corner portions; a plurality of support pedestals disposed in spaced-apart relation on a fixed surface, the support pedestals comprising a support plate having a top surface operatively supporting the surface tiles in horizontally spaced-apart relation; and a plurality of elongate restraining members, the restraining members comprising a restraining element and a mounting element that is spaced apart from the restraining element and operatively attached thereto, the restraining element being disposed proximate an outer edge segment of at least one of at least a pair of the plurality of surface tiles and along at least a portion of a length of the outer edge segments of at least one of the pair of surface tiles, and the mounting element being disposed adjacent the outer edge segments of at least one of the pair of surface tiles and affixed to the support plate of at least a first of the plurality of support pedestals to secure the at least one of the pair of surface tiles to the first support pedestal and restrict movement of the at least one of the pair of surface tiles in a direction away from the first support pedestal; wherein the plurality of elongate restraining members comprises a plurality of pairs of elongate restraining members, wherein the first elongate restraining member of each pair is configured to be disposed proximate an outer edge segment of the at least one of the pair of surface tiles disposed over the first support pedestal, and wherein the second elongate restraining member of each pair is configured to be disposed proximate an abutting outer edge segment of the other of the pair of surface tiles disposed over the first support pedestal; and wherein the restraining members further comprise a connection element interconnecting the restraining and mounting elements, and wherein the connection elements of the first and second elongate restraining members of each pair are abutting.