Truss clip

A building frame connection including,

• a. a nailable generally horizontal frame member which under generally accepted building design assumptions is considered to move a negligible amount horizontally under normal design selected downward and upward acting frame design loads and said frame member having an upwardly facing top face and generally parallel inside and outside edge faces disposed at right angles to said top face;
• b. a nailable truss member subject to selected upward acting truss design forces and downward acting truss design load forces and said truss member having a side face and a downwardly facing bottom face disposed at a right angle to said side face and which moves a selected calculated substantial horizontal distance relative to said horizontal frame member under said selected downward acting generally accepted assumed truss design loads;
• c. the improvement including a truss clip constructed from a single sheet metal member enabling said truss member to move said selected substantial horizontal distance relative to said horizontal frame member under said selected downward acting generally accepted assumed truss design load and exercising vertical restraint between said horizontal frame member and said nailable truss member preventing relative vertical movement between said horizontal frame member and said truss member under said selected upward acting generally accepted assumed truss design loads comprising:
• 1. a base member having a restrained edge positioned upon said top face of said horizontal frame member, and having an upper planar face disposed in a first plane for slidably receiving said bottom face of said truss member;
• 2. a single generally planar sail member having a back face disposed in face to face registration with said side face of said truss member and a front face on the opposite side of said sail member and said sail member is connected to said restrained edge of said base member and disposed in a second plane at a right angle to said first plane of said base member, and extending upwardly therefrom and having a portion extending beyond one of said edge faces of said horizontal frame member providing greater sail area, and said sail member is formed with a plurality of parallel slots disposed parallel to said first plane of said base member each having a length greater than said selected substantial horizontal distance of movement of said truss member relative to said horizontal frame member, and said sail member is formed with upstanding inside and outside end edges providing load transfer paths;
• 3. an outer stabilizer member having an edge connected to said elongated upstanding outer end edge of said sail member and disposed in a third plane at a right angle to said second plane of said sail member;
• 4. an inner stabilizer member having an edge connected to said elongated upstanding inner end edge of said sail member and disposed in a fourth plane at a right angle to said second plane of said sale member;
• 5. an outer holding member connected to said outer stabilizer member and disposed in said third plane of said outer stabilizer member;
• 6. an inner holding member connected to said inner stabilizer member and disposed in a fifth plane parallel to said third plane of said outer holding member;
• 7. holding means connecting said holding members to said horizontal frame member;
• 8. nailing means having shanks dimensioned for insertion through said plurality of slots and adapted for connection to said nailable truss member enabling said selected substantial horizontal movement of said truss member with respect to said horizontal frame member and resisting vertical movement of said truss member with respect to said base member of said truss clip and having a head member dimensioned to provide a stop for said sail member;
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• 9. projection means protruding from said front face of said sail member adjacent said slots for preventing seating of said head members of said nailing means against said front face of said sail member.