Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080209845 | QUADRUPLE MONO TRUSS CONNECTION - An improved connector and connection formed with a seat member that is stiffened by first and second reinforcing flanges and first, second and third back wall members. When used as a hanger, the connector includes a seat member, first, second and third backwall members which are connected to a supporting girder and first and second side members are connected to the seat member. First, second, third and fourth flange arms integrally connected to the third back wall member are connected to up to four supported wood trusses or supported wood framing members which rest on the seat member. | 09-04-2008 |
20090165409 | Mud-sill Anchor - A sheetmetal mud-sill anchor for anchoring a sill plate to a concrete foundation having an embedded leg and a pair of laterally spaced arms connected to the upper end of the leg extending away from the embedded leg. The arms are adapted for bending around a sill member and have fastener openings for connecting the anchor to the sill member. | 07-02-2009 |
20100011697 | Plantation Hurricane Tie - Plantation hurricane tie connection that connects exterior roof rafters in “plantation” style houses to the exterior of the supporting wall using fasteners to attach the connector to the sides of the exterior roof rafters to the wall sheathing. | 01-21-2010 |
20100031601 | Wide back flange hanger - A hanger for supporting a held member from a holding member is provided with a seat member adapted for supporting the held member, first and second side members connected to the seat member, the first and second side members having lower portions and upper portions, the lower portions of the first and second side members each having inner an face and an outer face with the inner faces facing each other, and the upper portions of the first and second side members being connected to first and second back flanges respectively, the upper portions of the first and second side members each having an inner face and an outer face, and the first and second back flanges being adapted to be connected to the holding member by a plurality of fasteners, wherein the inner faces of the lower portions of the first and second side members and the inner faces of the upper portions of the first and second side members form reflex angles with each other. | 02-11-2010 |
20100088997 | FLOOR SPAN CONNECTOR - A connector for connecting wall studs of two adjacent floors in a light frame building structure, the connector having a first attachment tab, a seat member, a diagonally slanted support leg, and a second attachment tab, all substantially planar. The connector is intended to be paired and the paired connectors joined by an elongated tie member that pierces the sill plates of the intervening floor structure. | 04-15-2010 |
20100162656 | MIDDLE POUR ANCHOR BOLT HOLDER - A connection between an anchor bolt and an anchor bolt holder that is economically efficient to produce and simple to use. This object is achieve by forming the anchor bolt holder from sheet metal and shaping the anchor bolt holder so that it can be formed on an automated die with a minimum of unused material. | 07-01-2010 |
20100162783 | SPLIT STRAP - An elongated strap member that is coiled in a box and is bent lengthwise as it is drawn out of the box, providing an economical, light, compact means of connecting multiple structural members without sagging or other disadvantageous deformations between the structural members. The structural members are bridged by strap member. The end of the strap member is bent over. | 07-01-2010 |
20120159896 | ADJUSTABLE HIP-END PURLIN - A structural connection between the upper outer edges of multiple structural members with one or more elongate connectors that span from edge to edge between pairs of structural members. | 06-28-2012 |
20120247059 | Steel Stud Clip - An improved connection between supporting and supported structural members, particularly between the sheathing and framing members of curtain walls. | 10-04-2012 |
20130025234 | Anchor Bolt Locator - An anchor bolt locator is provided that is inexpensively manufactured on automatic die-press machines from sheet steel and a structural nut that does not require any welding, while also being easy to use and install with current, commonly-used building practices and anchor designs. The anchor bolt locator is made from a galvanized sheet metal chair and a structural nut attached to the chair by way of a friction fit. | 01-31-2013 |
20130104490 | BRIDGING CONNECTOR | 05-02-2013 |
20140000212 | Anchor Bolt Locator | 01-02-2014 |
20140047792 | BRIDGING CONNECTOR - A building connection between a substantially vertical wall stud and a substantially horizontal bridging member, using a separate and distinct bridging connector that attaches the wall stud to the bridging member. The wall stud is typically one of several sequentially-arranged, cold-formed steel studs in the frame of a building wall. The bridging member is typically a separate cold-formed steel member that interfaces with and spans a plurality of wall studs. | 02-20-2014 |
20140270916 | INVERTED BRIDGING CONNECTOR - A connection between a wall stud, channel-shaped bridging member and connector that resists torsional forces, the connector being suited to interlock with the interior of the bridging member channel and to be fastened to the bridging member outside the channel, depending on the orientation of the bridging member. | 09-18-2014 |
20150033662 | Bracing Bridging Member - A building connection between a plurality of vertical wall studs made with a plurality of bridging members to brace the wall studs. The bridging members are formed with mounting sections that are received in openings of the wall studs and the mounting sections are bracketed by connecting sections that are used to join the bridging members to each other. The bridging members interface with the web of the wall studs to brace them. | 02-05-2015 |