Claims
- 1. A deck construction on a building site, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of spaced-apart horizontally oriented support members, each of said members having a lower edge and an upper edge;
- (b) horizontal decking surface structure fastened to said upper edges of said plurality of horizontally oriented support members;
- (c) a plurality of supports, each of said supports including:
- a body having an upper construction support portion and a lower portion adapted for supporting engagement with a building site, said upper portion including an open slot formed by side walls spaced apart for receiving the lower edge of one of said horizontally oriented support members;
- an enlarged open center socket contiguous with the open slot and formed by the side walls extending at right angles away from each other to corner sections spaced apart substantially further than the width of the open slot; and
- (d) wherein each of said plurality of horizontally oriented support members is supported by at least one of said supports,
- (e) said deck construction further comprising at least one vertically oriented pillar member, wherein the bottom end of said pillar member is held within the center socket of one of said supports, and said top end of said pillar member supports the lower edge of one of said horizontally oriented support members.
REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of: (i) U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 07/745,995, filed Aug. 9, 1991, which is a continuation Of Design patent application 07/292,742, filed Jan. 3, 1989, now abandoned and (ii) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/763,870, filed Sep. 19, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,163,967, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/507,002, filed Apr. 10, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/319,852, filed Mar. 3, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/101,832, filed Sep. 28, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,839,346, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 06/926,291, filed Nov. 3, 1986, and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 4,724,642. The disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 4,724,642 is hereby incorporated by reference.
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