Attic flooring and storage system

摘要

An attic flooring and storage system for laying out a support floor in an attic or other framed structure, the system comprising a number of support brackets with a mounting saddle including at least one mounting guide for removably suspending the brackets over a joist type member while disposing the upper surface of at least one laterally projecting support wing to support and align a flooring panel with at least one angular brace constructed to transfer bending forces about a joint between the support wing and the adjacent mounting guide to the joist.

主权项

1. An attic flooring and storage system comprising:
a plurality of support brackets, each support bracket having:
a saddle body with a top plate with an upper surface and a lower surface;a pair of opposing first and second guides projecting downwardly from the top plate, the first and second guides having spaced apart interior surfaces to cooperate with the top plate of the support bracket to form a central recess constructed to removably suspend the support bracket from a selected joist with the lower surface of the top plate resting against the upper surface of the selected joist and with the interior surfaces of the guides disposed adjacent to opposing sides of the selected joist;a first support wing projecting laterally from an intermediate position along a length of the first guide;a second support wing projecting laterally from the same intermediate position along a length of the second guide in an opposing direction to the first support wing;a first angular brace projecting downwardly at an acute angle from the first support wing toward the first guide;a second angular brace projecting downwardly at an acute angle from the second support wing toward the second guide; and at least one flooring panel having an upper planar surface and an opposing lower planar surface, the lower planar surface being interrupted by at least one recess for each support bracket used to support the flooring panel, each recess projecting partially through the panel from the lower planar surface and constructed to receive at least a portion of a support wing of a corresponding support bracket wherein two or more support brackets may be releasably suspended atop two opposing joists, the position of at least one support wings of each bracket may be adjusted relative to the corresponding recess in the flooring panel and the flooring panel set atop the support wings of at least two support brackets on the opposing joists with at least one support wing of each support bracket at least partially nested within a corresponding recess of the flooring panel to provide a support floor with the support wings of each bracket projecting laterally from the respective adjacent guides of the same bracket at a depth to match the thickness of the flooring panel to provide a flush continuous upper surface between the upper surface of the flooring panel and the top surface of the top plate of the corresponding support brackets.