Patent ID: 6672022
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: E04F,H02G

Abstract:
A raised floor system, comprising:a) a plurality of upright support columns oriented in a predetermined grid array, the support columns spaced apart from each other a first predetermined distance, each support column having a body portion; b) a plurality of floor panels supported by the support columns; and c) a cable tray support assembly which comprises: i) a plurality of support pedestals, the plurality of support pedestals including at least one first support pedestal and at least one second support pedestal, each respective first and second support pedestal having an elongated stringer member having a proximal end and an opposed distal end, the first support pedestal further comprising a first upright sleeve member and a second upright sleeve member, each first and second sleeve member having a top end, an opposed bottom end, and defining a bore that extends from the top end to the bottom end, the first sleeve member of the first support pedestal being connected to the proximal end of the stringer member and the second sleeve member of the first support pedestal being connected to the distal end of the stringer member so that the elongated stringer member is supported above the bottom ends of the first and second sleeve members of the first support pedestal, the second support pedestal further comprising the first sleeve member and a hanger member, the hanger member having a terminal hook portion, the first sleeve member of the second support pedestal being connected to the proximal end of the stringer member and the hanger member being connected to the distal end of the stringer member so that the terminal hook portion of the hanger member is oriented downwardly away from the horizontally disposed surface of the stringer member and generally parallel to the distal end of the stringer member, wherein the hanger member of the second support pedestal is constructed and arranged for removable connection to one of the first or second sleeve members of the first support pedestal; and ii) a platform section suspended from the stringer members of a pair of opposing first support pedestals, the platform section being configured and dimensioned to support lengths of cable thereon; wherein the stringer element of the support pedestals has a horizontally disposed surface that defines a channel extending therein, wherein the platform section has a proximal edge and an opposed distal edge, at least a portion of the proximal and distal edges forming a downwardly extending flange, wherein the downwardly extending flange of the platform section is received within the channel of the stringer element, wherein the respective bores of the first and second sleeve members of one first support pedestal axe removably positioned, in overlying registration, to the respective body portions of a first pair of support columns, and wherein the respective bores of the first and second sleeve members of the opposing first support pedestal of the pair of first support pedestals, are removably positioned, in overlying registration, to the respective body portions of a second pair of support columns.