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US 12,460,406 B2Granted
Concealed hanger
AssigneeSimpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
InventorLarry Randall Daudet
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Abstract
A connector joins a beam to a joist, the connector has two members with mating portions. The mating members are provided with shoulders that engage each other and transmit gravity loads between the members and engage angled fasteners to make the connection.
Claims18
A connection between a first structural member and a second structural member made with a connector, the connection comprising:
- a. the first structural member;
- b. the second structural member,
- c. the connector, the connector having a first connector member attached to the first structural member by one or more angled fasteners that are received by the first connector member and the first structural member, and a second connector member attached to the second structural member by one or more angled fasteners that are received by the second connector member and the second structural member, the connector having a longitudinal axis that extends from a top of the connector to a bottom of the connector with the one or more angled fasteners received in the first structural member and the one or more angled fasteners received in the second structural member being disposed at non-orthogonal angles to the longitudinal axis;
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- d. the first connector member has one or more elongated slots that receive the one or more angled fasteners received by the second structural member, and the second connector member has one or more elongated slots that receive the one or more angled fasteners received by the first structural member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.