Reinforced Hinged Connector
AssigneeSimpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
InventorsThomas G. Evans, Dustin P. Muhn, Rachel Marie Holland, Benedict Ang, Paul Howard Oellerich, James M. Benton, Timothy Patrick Murphy
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Abstract
A connector is provided to attach a supported member to a supporting member, with the supported member being in sloped and skewed relation to the supporting member. The connector has back members attached to side members. A seat member attaches to the side members through a hinged connection. The seat member interfaces with the bottom face of the supported member and can be disposed at a sloped angle. A pair of seat side members extend from the seat member.
Claims18
A connection between a supported member and a supporting member, the connection comprising:
- a. the supported member having left and right sides that are generally parallel to each other and are spaced apart a first selected distance, the supported member also having an end face that meets with the left and right sides of the supported member at left and right side edges of the end face, the supported member also having a top face and a bottom face that meet with the left and right sides and the end face;
- b. the supporting member having an attachment face with the end face of the supported member being in close proximity to the attachment face such that the end face of the supported member abuts with the attachment face of the supporting member, or one of the left and right side edges of the end face is in close proximity to the attachment face of the supporting member;
- c. a connector, the connector having back members, portions of each back member interfacing with the attachment face of the supporting member, the back members being connected to side members, and each of the side members are connected to a common generally planar seat member, each of the back members having an outer edge disposed away from where the back member connects to the side member, and the seat member interfaces with the bottom face of the supported member;
- the side members interface with the sides of the supported member, the back members are each formed with a column of elongated openings, the connector is formed with a column of slotted openings between each back member and the corresponding side member to which it is attached, and for one of the back members the portion of the back member which interfaces with the attachment of the supporting member is located between the outer edge of the back member and the column of elongated openings formed in the back member, and
- d. fasteners are driven through the side members and into the supported member, and fasteners are driven through the back members and into the supporting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.