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US 2023/0392367 A1Published application
High Capacity Beam Hanger
OwnerLarry Randall Daudet, Timothy Patrick Murphy +1inventors
InventorsLarry Randall Daudet, Timothy Patrick Murphy, Michael D Weinert
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Abstract
A connector joins a beam to a header, the connector has two members with mating portions. The mating members are provided with projections and slots that engage each other and transmit gravity loads between the members.
Claims20
A connection between a first structural member and a second structural made with a connector, the connection comprising:
- a. the first structural member having an attachment face;
- b. the second structural member having an attachment face that is disposed in close relation to the attachment face of the first structural member and is generally parallel with the attachment face of the first structural member;
- c. the connector, the connector having a first connector member attached to the first structural member, and a second connector member attached to the second structural member, the first and second connector members having a longitudinal axis that extends from a top portion of the first and second connector members to a bottom portion of the first and second connector members;
- the first connector having one or more projections and the second connector member having one or more projections, and
- d. the first connector member has one or more elongated slots that receive the one or more projections of the second connector member, and the second connector member has one or more elongated slots that receive the one or more projections of the first connector member.
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The connection of claim 18, wherein:
- the meshing faces are substantially planar with the one or more projections jutting from the meshing faces.
The connection of claim 19, wherein:
- a. the one or more projections of the first connector member extend away from the attachment face of the first structural member and away from the meshing face of the first connector member;
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- b. the one or more projections of the second connector member extend away from the attachment face of the second structural member and away from the meshing face of the second connector member.
The connection of claim 20, wherein:
- the one or more projection members do not enter the first or second structural members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.