Method of connecting floor joist to bearer in floor frame
AssigneeWeeks Peacock Quality Homes Pty. Ltd.
InventorKevin Weeks
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Abstract
A floor frame comprised of floor joists and bearers formed from rolled strip steel, the floor joist including an end portion, said end portion being substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the floor joist and butting a bearer which lies substantially orthogonally to the floor joist, the floor joist and bearer being fixed together with fixing elements which pass through the end portion and bearer.
Claims8
A method of connecting a floor joist to a bearer in a floor frame, where each of the floor joist and bearer is formed from rolled strip steel, the method comprising:
- forming an end portion on the floor joist, said end portion being substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the floor joist;
- butting the end portion of the floor joist with the bearer which lies substantially orthogonally to the floor joist;
- fixing the floor joist and bearer together with fixing elements which pass through the end portion and bearer.
A floor frame comprised of floor joists and bearers formed from rolled strip steel, the floor joist including an end portion, said end portion being substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the floor joist and butting a bearer which lies substantially orthogonally to the floor joist, the floor joist and bearer being fixed together with fixing elements which pass through the end portion and bearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.