Christopher Ross Cates

US Patent:

20080008538, Jan 10, 2008

Filed:

May 5, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/418565

Inventors:

Gary McClure - Pasadena TX, US
Christopher Cates - Pasadena TX, US
Kenneth Dutton - Pasadena TX, US
James Dutton - Double Oak TX, US

International Classification:

E02D 31/02

US Classification:

405229000

Abstract:

A poured concrete slab foundation which has a first component comprising a poured concrete slab on soil, having at least one interior grade beam, grade beams about the periphery of said poured concrete slab, and an array of openings along and adjacent to each said interior grade beam; a second component comprising an array of driven piles in the soil below said interior and periphery grade beams; and a third component comprising poured concrete closures in said openings, which is made by preparing a poured concrete slab on soil, having at least one interior grade beam, grade beams about the periphery of said poured concrete slab, and an array of openings along and adjacent to each said interior grade beam; driving an array of pilings in the soil below said interior grade beams adjacent to the openings and the periphery grade beams and pouring concrete closures in said openings.

US Patent:

20190078319, Mar 14, 2019

Filed:

Nov 5, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/180606

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Christopher H. CATES - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

E04B 1/35
E02D 5/54
E04B 2/56

Abstract:

A method of repairing a tilt wall construction includes affixing a fixture at a bottom of the wall, installing a piling into the earth directly below the fixture, forming a support member having a link corresponding to a distance between the fixture and a head the piling, and affixing the support member to the fixture and to the head such that the piling supports the wall. The fixture is an angle member that is anchored to the wall. A plate is affixed onto a top surface of the head of the piling. The support member can include a pair of steel pipes that are welded at one end to the plate and an opposite end welded to the angle member.