Adjustable roof rafter clip
OwnerAnthony Attalla, Mark Beroneyinventors
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Abstract
An adjustable roof rafter clip that can be easily pivoted to change the slope range from approximately 10 degrees to at least 30 degrees, thus providing roofs with a pitch ranging from about three to at least six. The invention has two part pivotally attached to one another via a rivet or similar attachment. One part is attached to the roof rafter and the other is attached to a vertical attachment structure. The adjustability of the clip permits the use of heavy gauge galvanized sheet metal which cannot be bent by hand on the job site thus a much stronger clip is provided than those found in the prior art.
Claims10
An adjustable clip for fastening two structural members together comprising:
- an adjusting portion having at least one radiused slot and having an opening at the center of the radius of said at least one radiused slot;
- a main body having a plurality of punched pilot holes having a radius that corresponds to the radius in said adjusting portion and having a slot with a width corresponding to the diameter of the opening in said adjusting portion with the slot positioned in said main body such the center of the radius of the punched pilot holes falls within the position of the slot;
- a pin which pivotally attaches said adjusting portion to said main body, wherein said pin is positioned with the opening of said adjusting portion and the slot of said main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.