Patent ID: 6554225
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
A floor structural support device adapted for use on a mobile platform comprising:a plurality of approximately parallel aligned support beams each having a first chord and a second chord, an intermediate web joining said first chord to said second chord, and a plurality of ribs each formed perpendicular to said intermediate web and joining said first chord to said second chord; at least one of said ribs of each said support beam having a bifurcated end forming an aperture through said intermediate web; and at least one cross-support beam being disposed approximately perpendicular to said support beams, said one cross-support beam including at least one support flange each mechanically connected adjacent to a preselected one of said at least one of said ribs having said bifurcated end and both a web and a stiffening flange freely suspended within said aperture.