Patent ID: 8302356

Claim:
An elevated building surface assembly, comprising: a plurality of horizontally disposed surface tiles, the surface tiles comprising at least one top board having a top surface, at least two bottom rails supporting the top board, an outer edge having a plurality of corners, and a kerf disposed in the corners where the top board meets the bottom rails below the top surface of the top board, a bottom surface of the kerf being a top surface of a bottom rail; and a plurality of support pedestals, the support pedestals being disposed beneath the corners of a plurality of adjacent surface tiles to vertically support and elevate the surface tiles above a fixed surface, the support pedestals comprising: a base member, the base member comprising a base plate that is adapted to be placed upon a fixed surface, a cylindrical base member extension extending upwardly away from the base plate when the base member is operatively placed on a fixed surface, the base member extension comprising a base member extension cylindrical wall having base member threads disposed on a surface of the base member extension cylindrical wall; a support member operatively attached to the base member, the support member comprising a support plate having a top surface and a cylindrical support member extension extending downwardly from the support plate, the support member extension comprising a support member extension cylindrical wall having support member threads disposed on a surface of the support member extension cylindrical wall, where the support member threads are adapted to threadably engage the base member threads to attach the support member to the base member and to adjust the height of the support pedestal when the support member is rotated relative to the base member; an anchoring washer having a substantially circular outer perimeter and a notch intersecting the outer perimeter, the notch intersecting at least about 60 degrees and not more than about 130 degrees of the outer perimeter, wherein the anchoring washer is received within the kerfs of a plurality of the surface tiles; and a fastener adapted to fasten the anchoring washer to the support plate to anchor the plurality of surface tiles to the support plate of the support pedestal.