Patent ID: 6324801
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: E02D,E04B

Abstract:
A kit for assembling a deck on a building site, comprising: a decking surface structure; a plurality of support members, each of said support members having a lower edge and an upper edge, said support members being adapted to support said decking surface structure when said support members are disposed in a generally horizontal orientation; and a plurality of pier blocks each including a concrete body having upper and lower end surfaces and a peripheral side surface, said lower end surface being adapted for supporting engagement with a building site, said upper end surface of each of said blocks having two open slots extending fully across said upper end surface in substantially mutually perpendicular relation to each other and defined by wall surfaces spaced apart for fictionally receiving at least one generally horizontally oriented support member in edge relation, and an enlarged open center socket formed in said upper end surface contiguous with said open slots and defined by said wall surfaces extending at right angles away from each other to generally right-angle corners spaced apart substantially farther than the width of the open slots, said center socket being adapted to receive the bottom end of a generally upstanding pillar member with said corners providing substantial corner engagement with said pillar member.