Abstract: A wall assembly comprises a wall component and a framing member. The wall component comprises a first wall panel, a second wall panel, and at least one connecting member positioned between the first wall panel and the second wall panel. The framing member comprises a first panel receiving channel configured to receive at least a portion of the first wall panel, and a first inner flange comprising a first anchor portion configured to guide the first wall panel into the first panel receiving channel. Additional embodiments may include a second panel receiving channel configured to receive at least a portion of the second wall panel and a second inner flange comprising a second anchor portion configured to guide the second wall panel into the second panel receiving channel. Embodiments may be used to form walls made of cast-in-place concrete.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 4, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 25, 2015
Assignee:
STALA INTEGRATED ASSEMBLIES, LLC
Inventors:
John Andrew Keith, Jonathan Paul Keith, James Todd Essex
Abstract: A wall assembly comprises a wall component and a framing member. The wall component comprises a first wall panel, a second wall panel, and at least one connecting member positioned between the first wall panel and the second wall panel. The framing member comprises a first panel receiving channel configured to receive at least a portion of the first wall panel, and a first inner flange comprising a first anchor portion configured to guide the first wall panel into the first panel receiving channel. Additional embodiments may include a second panel receiving channel configured to receive at least a portion of the second wall panel and a second inner flange comprising a second anchor portion configured to guide the second wall panel into the second panel receiving channel. Embodiments may be used to form walls made of cast-in-place concrete.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 4, 2013
Publication date:
September 19, 2013
Applicant:
STALA INTEGRATED ASSEMBLIES, LLC
Inventors:
John Andrew Keith, Jonathan Paul Keith, James Todd Essex
Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for framing openings for doors, windows, store fronts, air conditioning units and other purposes, in walls formed of cast-in-place concrete. The devices include a jamb member having attached first and second inner flanges with angled guide surfaces for guiding placement of a wall forming system in alignment and engagement therewith and for anchoring the jamb member following hardening of the poured concrete. A method includes use of the disclosed jamb member to frame an opening in a building wall.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 28, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2013
Assignee:
Stala Integrated Assemblies, LLC
Inventors:
John Andrew Keith, Jonathan Paul Keith, James Todd Essex