Method and apparatus for creating a pre-fabricated kit for assembling and suspending a custom design frame for supporting a package in an elevated position

A pre-fabricated kit for assembling a structural framework comprising:

• (a) a plurality of a cut to length beams or struts where each beam or strut in the plurality of cut to length beams or struts;
• includes a web, first and second beam flanges, first and second ends, a longitudinal centerline, and an interior defined by the beam's or strut's web, first and second beam flanges, and first and second ends;
• and each beam or strut in the plurality of cut to length beams or struts having a plurality of flange openings in each beam's or strut's first and second beam flanges wherein the flange openings are longitudinally aligned with each other along at least one line that is parallel to the longitudinal centerline of each particular beam or strut from the plurality of the cut to length beams or struts;
• (b) a plurality of universal connector pieces, each of the universal connector pieces including first and second angled flanges joined to each other at a joint, and including openings in the first and second angled flanges, and each universal connector piece being insertable into the interior of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts wherein the inserted universal connector piece being positionable such that it is located entirely in the interior of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts and such that the first angled flange being angled to the longitudinal centerline of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts and being flush with the second end of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts, and the second angled flange being generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts;
• (c) wherein a first beam or strut selected from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts having a first universal connector piece from the plurality of universal connector pieces being inserted into the interior of the first beam or strut, wherein the first universal connector piece is connected to a second beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts, via a fastener passing through one of the openings in the second beam flange of the second beam or strut, and the fastener also passes through the opening of the first angled flange in the first universal connector piece from the plurality of universal connector pieces located in the first beam or strut, and wherein the longitudinal centerline of the first beam or strut being angled relative to the longitudinal centerline of the second beam or strut wherein when the first and second beams or struts from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts are attached by the fastener, both the first and second beams or struts are rotatable relative to each other;
• and, wherein, before being finally positioned the first universal connector from the plurality of universal connectors is inserted into the interior of the first beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts, the second angled support flange of the first universal connector has an angle with the web of the first beam of strut that is between ½ and 5 degrees.

A pre-fabricated kit for assembling a structural framework comprising:

• (a) a plurality of a cut to length beams or struts where each beam or strut in the plurality of cut to length beams or struts;
• includes a web, first and second beam flanges, first and second ends, a longitudinal centerline, and an interior defined by the beam's or strut's web, first and second beam flanges, and first and second ends;
• and each beam or strut in the plurality of cut to length beams or struts having a plurality of flange openings in each beam's or strut's first and second beam flanges wherein the flange openings are longitudinally aligned with each other along at least one line that is parallel to the longitudinal centerline of each particular beam or strut from the plurality of the cut to length beams or struts;
• (b) a plurality of universal connector pieces, each of the universal connector pieces including first and second angled flanges joined to each other at a joint, and including openings in the first and second angled flanges, and each universal connector piece being insertable into the interior of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts wherein the inserted universal connector piece being located entirely in the interior of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts and such that the first angled flange being angled relative to the longitudinal centerline of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts and being flush with the second end of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts, and the second angled flange being generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the selected beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts;
• (c) wherein a first beam or strut selected from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts having a first universal connector piece from the plurality of universal connector pieces being inserted into the interior of the first beam or strut, wherein the first universal connector piece is connected to a second beam or strut from the plurality of cut to length beams or struts, via a fastener passing through one of the openings in the second beam flange of the second beam or strut, and the fastener also passes through the opening of the first angled flange in the first universal connector piece from the plurality of universal connector pieces located in the first beam or strut, and wherein the longitudinal centerline of the first beam or strut being angled relative to the longitudinal centerline of the second beam or strut wherein the first and second beam flanges of the first beam or strut each include a socket, and the first and second beam flanges of the second beam or strut each include a socket, and a first gaps exists between the sockets of the first beam or strut providing access to the interior of the first beam or strut, and a second gaps exists between the sockets of the second beam or strut providing access to the interior of the second beam or strut.