USD30549S - Design for a building strut or column - Google Patents

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Patented Apr. ll, I899.

DESIGN.

W. J. CALLAWAY. DING STRU BUIL T 0R COLUMN. (Application filed Mn. 17, 1899) WiZZIQGJnJ By llorgczys.

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\VILLIAM J. (JALLAVVAY, OF GORIN, MISSOURI.

DESIGN FOR A BUILDING STRUT OR COLUMN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 30,549, dated April 1 1, 1899.

Application filed March 17,1899. Serial No. 709,552. Term of patent 7 years.

To LLZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM J. GALLAWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Go rin, in the county of Scotland and State of Missouri, have invented and produced a new and original Design for a Building Strut or Column, of which the following is a speeification.

This invention relates to a new and original design for a building strut or column; and it has for its object to provide a design of this character that shall be both useful and ornamental.

The leading feature of the design resides in a strut stem or shank provided at one end with a rectangular rest-plate having at the center thereof a single upstanding spur.

A minor feature of the design is the stem or shank being of a cylindrical shape and provided at its lower end with a circular base portion having a beveled upper side and a flat lower side.

Additional minor features of the design are the rectangular rest-plate having a flat upper side, a conical under side merging into the stem or shank, and the spur of an angular shape in cross-section.

In the drawings, Figure 1. is a perspective view of; a building strut or column embodying the design contemplated by the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4c is a top plan view of the strut or column.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates the straight cylindrical stem or shank of the strut or column, which is provided at its lower end with a circular base portion 3, having a flat underside l and a beveled upper side 5. At its upper end the stem or shank 1 is provided with a rectangular rest-plate 6, having a flat upper side and a conical lower side 7, merging into the exterior outlines of the stem or shank. The said rectangular rest-plate 6 is provided at the center thereof with the single upstanding spur 8, which is of an angular shape in cross-section.

hat is claimed is The design for a building strut or column, herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. CALLAW'A'Y.

Witnesses:

.l. R. BECK, J. G. PILEs.

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