# US 2014/0360125 A1 · Truss Hinge with Angular Variability > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0360125 A1 - Document ID: US20140360125A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/274,963 - Filed: 2014-05-12 - Published: 2014-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2010-04-30 - Assignees: Production Resource Group, LLC - Applicants: Production Resource Group, LLC - Inventors: James Kempf; Scott Gross - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360125A1 ## CPC - E04B 1/388: {Separate connecting elements (Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete E04B1/41; Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses E04B1/48)} - E04B 1/1903: {Connecting nodes specially adapted therefor} - E04B 1/2403: {Connection details of the elongated load-supporting parts} - E04B 1/34336: {Structures movable as a whole, e.g. mobile home structures (vehicles comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping or like vehicles B60P3/32)} - E04C 3/005: {Girders or columns that are rollable, collapsible or otherwise adjustable in length or height (girders as supporting members for forms E04G11/54)} - E04C 3/02: Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; {Braces}(E04C3/38 takes precedence; for structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts E04B1/343; {braced purlins E04B7/024}) - E05D 7/0009: {Adjustable hinges (E05D7/04 takes precedence)} - E04B 2001/389: {Brackets} - E04C 2003/0491: {the truss elements being located in one single surface or in several parallel surfaces} - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) - E04C: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S) - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) ## Abstract A truss hinge that allows hinging between truss parts, and also allows configuration into a different size. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of hinging trusses, comprising: connecting a first truss to a first part via first connections that hold to both first and second ends of said first truss; connecting a second truss to a second part via second connections that hold to first and second ends of said second truss; adjusting a distance between spaces on said first part and said second part, in order to accommodate a truss that is a first size for a first adjustment of distance and to accommodate a truss that is a second size for a second adjustment of distance; and hinging between said first part and said second part to thereby adjust an angle between said first truss and said second truss. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method as in claim 1, wherein said hinging comprises hinging in a first direction between said first truss and said second truss at a first time, and hinging in a second direction opposite to said first direction at a second time using the same first and second parts. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method as in claim 1, wherein said first part and said second part are shaped to be mirror images of one another. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A method as in claim 1, wherein said first and second connections are spigots that connect directly to surfaces of the trusses. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A method as in claim 1, further comprising hanging said trusses hanging from cables that are attached to at least one of said first part or said second part. ### Claim 6 A truss hinge, comprising: connecting a first connecting part to a first truss that is of a type to hold hanging equipment, where said first truss has both first and second support pieces and where said first connecting part forms a first hinging point between said truss hinge and said first truss; connecting a second connecting part to a second truss separate from the first truss and of a same type as the first truss, said second connecting part forming a second hinging point between said truss hinge and said second truss; hinging said first hinging point in a first rotational direction between said first connecting part and said first truss; and hinging said second hinging point in a second rotational direction, opposite to said first rotational direction, between said first connecting part and said second truss. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A method as in claim 6, wherein said first direction and said second direction are opposite angular directions, in which an angle between said first and second trusses gets larger in one direction and gets smaller in the other direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method as in claim 6, wherein said first hinging point is at a place where the first connecting part connects to the first truss, and said second hinging point is at a place where the second connecting part connects to the second truss. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method as in claim 6, further comprising separating a distance of both said first part and said second part, to accommodate different sized trusses for both said first connecting part and said second connecting part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method as in claim 6, further comprising connecting said first connecting part to only said first support piece of said first truss, using a non-connecting surface for pressing against said second support piece of said first truss, and wherein said second connecting part is connected to only said second support piece of said second truss, and has a second non-connecting surface for pressing against said first support piece of said first truss . ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method as in claim 10, wherein said non-connecting surface and said second non-connecting surface each comprise a rounded surface that presses against a rounded spigot end of said trusses without connecting to said rounded spigot end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method as in claim 10, wherein said first part and said second part each have free and unpinned portions in opposite corners at said non-connecting surface and said second non-connecting surface.