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US 12,571,206 B2Granted
Installation of ribbon plates
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorBernard Joseph Kennelly
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method of installing a ribbon plate over a wall plate, said method comprising, with the ribbon plate arranged over the wall plate, driving into one of the ribbon plate and wall plate at least one fastener extending along a respective preformed passage in the other of the ribbon plate and wall plate, whereby the fastener is guided by the passage to be located correctly in the plate into which it is driven in a connection thus formed between the wall plate and ribbon plate.
Claims14
A method of installing a ribbon plate over a wall plate, said method comprising:
- arranging the ribbon plate over the wall plate and against an intermediate plate disposed on the wall plate;
- driving a fastener into one of the ribbon plate and wall plate such that the fastener extends along a preformed passage in an other of the ribbon plate and wall plate, and driving the fastener into, through or extending along a passage in the intermediate plate, and such that the fastener is guided by each passage to be located correctly in the ribbon plate into which the fastener is driven in a connection formed between the wall plate and the ribbon plate, thereby securing a roof frame member to a wall frame;
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- pre-applying the fastener to said one of the ribbon plate and the wall plate such that the fastener extends in the preformed passage prior to driving the fastener into the other of the ribbon plate and the wall plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.