Patent ID: 8201363

Claim:
A floor system configured to provide for a balcony, the floor system comprising: a supporting member; a joist comprising an upper chord and a lower chord separated by a web, wherein the joist is positioned generally parallel to the supporting member; decking supported by the upper chord of the joist; a cementitious floor slab supported by the decking; and a cantilevered balcony extending generally perpendicularly from the top of the supporting member, the cantilevered balcony comprising a cementitious balcony slab extending from the cementitious floor slab, wherein the cementitious floor slab includes a backspan region extending from the top of the supporting member opposite the cementitious balcony slab and supported by a backspan portion of the joist, and wherein the backspan portion of the joist has an upper chord that is lower than the upper chord in the remainder of the joist such that the cementitious floor slab in the backspan region is generally thicker than the cementitious floor slab supported by the remainder of the joist.