Patents by Inventor Britten L. Perkins

Britten L. Perkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for constructing a multistory building
    Patent number: 7581363
    Abstract: A multistory concrete building formed entirely of poured in place concrete tunnels and method of making same. The structure is constructed so that the substructure can be used as a parking garage and the superstructure as residential space. The unique use of concrete tunnels in both the substructure and superstructure combines the benefits of column and plate construction with concrete tunnel construction while eliminating the need for a traditional transfer deck between the superstructure and substructure. In one embodiment, the parking structure is constructed from tunnel walls of alternating lengths such that the drive aisle in certain walls can be extended so as to allow additional parking spaces to be formed in the planes of those walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventors: Walter H. Mawby, Britten L. Perkins
  • Method for constructing a multistory building
    Publication number: 20030205022
    Abstract: A structure and method of constructing a multistory concrete building formed entirely of poured in place concrete tunnels. The structure is constructed so that the substructure can be used as a parking garage and the superstructure as residential space. The unique use of concrete tunnels in both the substructure and superstructure combines the benefits of column and plate construction with concrete tunnel construction while eliminating the need for a traditional transfer deck between the superstructure and substructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Walter H. Mawby, Britten L. Perkins