Patent ID: 8607531
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,E02D,E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A fiber-reinforced polymeric load-bearing building panel assembly, said building panel assembly comprising: (a) a building panel, having a top, a bottom, a height between the top and the bottom, and a length, said building panel comprising (b) an upper attachment bracket at the top of said building panel, secured to said building panel between adjacent ones of said studs, and having a first bracket panel aligned with the top of said building panel, whereby, with said building panel placed in an upright orientation, supported by a footing, an overlying floor and/or wall structure can be positioned over said building panel, and a respective one of the channels can be accessed through the second open side of such channel for driving mechanical fasteners through the first bracket panel and into the overlying floor and/or wall structure and thereby securing the overlying floor and/or wall structure to the underlying building panel assembly.