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US 12,168,868 B2Granted
Valley clip for valley truss connections of a roof system
AssigneePT-Enginuity, LLC
InventorsMichael Alex Pellock, Herbert Larry Troyer
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Abstract
A valley clip for a valley truss to deck panel connection of a roof system is disclosed. The valley clip includes a base and a tab. The base includes a plate shape. The base is adapted to fasten to one or more ribs of the deck panel. The tab includes an end connected to the base. The tab is adapted to rotate relative to the base into a vertical position for fastening to a side of a bottom chord of the valley truss.
Claims19
A valley clip for a valley truss to deck panel connection of a roof system, the valley truss having a bottom chord, and the valley clip comprising:
- a base including a plate shape defining a plurality of fastening holes, a portion of the plurality of fastening holes defined adjacent to each of two opposing ends of the base, the base being adapted to fasten to one or more ribs of the deck panel;
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- a tab including an end connected to the base at a connection between the base and the tab, the connection centrally located such that the base completely surrounds the tab, and the tab being adapted to rotate relative to the base into a position substantially parallel to a side of the bottom chord such that the side and the tab are substantially aligned in order to fasten the tab and the side together, for fastening to the valley truss,
- wherein the valley clip is configured such that utilization of the portion of the plurality of fastening holes defined adjacent to each of the two opposing ends of the base to fasten the base to two adjacent ribs of the deck panel positions the tab over a flute defined between the two adjacent ribs of the deck panel.
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A valley
- clip for a valley truss to deck panel connection of a roof system, the valley truss having a bottom chord, and the valley clip comprising;
- a base including a plate shape defining a plurality of fastening holes, a portion of the plurality of fastening holes defined adjacent to each of two opposing ends of the base, the base being adapted to fasten to one or more ribs of the deck panel;
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- a tab including an end connected to the base at a connection between the base and the tab with one or more perforations formed along the connection between the base and the tab, the tab being adapted to rotate relative to the base into a position substantially parallel to a side of the bottom chord such that the side and the tab are substantially aligned in order to fasten the tab and the side together, for fastening to the valley truss,
- wherein the valley clip is configured such that utilization of the portion of the plurality of fastening holes defined adjacent to each of the two opposing ends of the base to fasten the base to two adjacent ribs of the deck panel positions the tab over a flute defined between the two adjacent ribs of the deck panel.
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A method for forming a valley truss to deck panel connection of a roof system, the method comprising steps of:
- securing a base, including a plate shape defining a plurality of fastening holes, a portion of the plurality of fastening holes defined adjacent to each of two opposing ends of the base, of a valley clip to one or more ribs of a deck panel, wherein utilization of the portion of the plurality of fastening holes defined adjacent to each of the two opposing ends of the base to fasten the base to two adjacent ribs of the deck panel positions a tab connected to the base over a flute defined between the two adjacent ribs of the deck panel;
- rotating the tab connected to the base into a position substantially parallel to a side of a bottom chord of the valley truss such that the side and the tab are substantially aligned in order to fasten the tab and the side together;
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- connecting the tab to the valley truss.
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A valley clip for a valley truss to deck panel connection of a roof system, the valley truss having a bottom chord, and the valley clip comprising:
- a base including a plate shape defining a plurality of fastening holes, a portion of the plurality of fastening holes defined adjacent to each of two opposing ends of the base, the base being adapted to fasten to one or more ribs of the deck panel;
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- a tab including an end connected to the base at a connection between the base and the tab, wherein stress relief features are formed adjacent to ends of the connection between the base and the tab, and the tab being adapted to rotate relative to the base into a position substantially parallel to a side of the bottom chord such that the side and the tab are substantially aligned in order to fasten the tab and the side together, for fastening to the valley truss,
- wherein the valley clip is configured such that utilization of the portion of the plurality of fastening holes defined adjacent to each of the two opposing ends of the base to fasten the base to two adjacent ribs of the deck panel positions the tab over a flute defined between the two adjacent ribs of the deck panel.
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