A truss
AssigneeFramecad Licensing Limited
InventorsDaniel Jerry SPENCER, Stewart Mark TAYLOR
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Abstract
A truss, comprising: a first truss member; a second truss member; and a third truss member configured to join the first truss member to the second truss member; wherein the third truss member comprises an end portion comprising: a flat base; an arm; and a shoulder raised relative to the base between the base and the arm; wherein the shoulder is substantially parallel to the base.
Claims28
A truss, comprising:
- a first truss member;
- a second truss member;
- and
- a third truss member configured to join the first truss member to the second truss member;
- wherein the third truss member comprises an end portion comprising:
- a flat base;
- an arm;
- and
- a shoulder raised relative to the flat_base between the flat_base and the arm;
- wherein the shoulder is substantially parallel to the flat base,
- wherein the flat base engages substantially flush with a surface of the first truss member at a contact surface.
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A truss member comprising an end portion, the end portion comprising:
- a flat base;
- an arm;
- and
- a shoulder raised relative to the flat base between the flat base and the arm;
- wherein the shoulder is substantially parallel to the flat base, wherein the flat base engages substantially flush with a surface of the first truss member at a contact surface.
A method for manufacturing a truss member, comprising:
- cutting a sheet of steel in a first direction at a first position;
- cutting the sheet of steel in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- cutting the sheet of steel in a third direction that is substantially parallel to the first direction at a second position different from the first position;
- forming the sheet of metal into a substantially C-channel frame;
- and
- reducing a width of an end portion of the steel frame, the width being a lateral dimension.
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A method for manufacturing a truss member, comprising:
- cutting an end portion of a steel frame along its height at a first longitudinal position;
- cutting the end portion of the steel frame along its length to a second longitudinal position;
- cutting the end portion of the steel frame along its height at the second longitudinal position;
- and
- reducing a width of the end portion of the steel frame, the width being a lateral dimension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.