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US 2017/0284090 A1Published application
Spacer braces in tandem for walls, joists & trusses
OwnerDennis LeBlanginventor
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The present invention relates to using interlocking spacer braces between support members to construct wood and metal framed walls, floors and building trusses. Spacer braces have indentations, extensions, with hook fingers, hook tongues and hook receivers along with U & W shaped clips that interlock horizontally, vertically or diagonally between support members. The spacer braces can form diagonal and lateral wall bracing, diagonal and vertical chords within building truss with either horizontally or vertical orientations, headers above doors and windows and shear walls. The spacer braces can be installed individually or in tandem between wood or metal framing.
A tongue for a self-locking connector for components of metal wall framing having the tongue and a receiver having spaced apart and roughly parallel first and second walls forming a space between the two walls, each wall having an inner side facing the inner side of the other wall and an outer side, the inner side of the first wall having fixation means, the receiver adapted to receive the tongue in the space between the first and second wall, the tongue comprising a connecting plate with a first side and an opposing second side, one or more fixation means extending out the first side of the plate, the fixation means adapted to engage fixation means in the inner side of the first wall of the receiver to lock the tongue in the receiver.
A receiver for a self-locking connector for components of metal wall framing having the receiver and a tongue having a connecting plate with a first side and an opposing second side, one or more fixation means extending out the first side of the plate, the receiver comprising spaced apart an roughly parallel first and second walls forming a space between the two walls with an opening, the walls having a first side and an opposing second side, the opening positioned on the first side, each wall having an inner side facing the inner side of the other wall and an outer side, the inner side of the first wall having fixation means, the receiver adapted to receive the tongue through the opening and into the space between the first and second walls, the fixation means of the tongue engaging the fixation means of the receiver to lock the tongue in the receiver to form a locked connection between the tongue and the receiver.
The receiver according to claim 3 wherein the receiver is joined back to back to a second receiver to form a self-locking connector having a roughly w-shaped cross section, wherein the self-locking connector has a receiver at each of its ends, the receivers joined with a connecting wall connecting the second wall of each receiver on the first side of the receivers, the receivers separated from each other by an anchor space between their respective second walls, the anchor space having an opening position on the second side of the receivers, the self-locking connector adapted to be received on a building component via its anchor space.
A spacer brace for building construction comprising
A add-on connector is a hook tongue or a hook receiver that is added on as an extension of a spacer brace wherein the hook tongue or hook receiver has a web that extends over the flange of the support member with an extension that is fastened to the web of the spacer brace and the opposing end of the add-on connector has a hook tongue or hook receiver shape that extends over and against the web forming a first leg then bent away forming the second leg leaving a gap for the third leg or have a bent angle that forms a tongue that fits into the gap of the hook receiver of the adjacent spacer brace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.