Decking clamp and method of making the same
AssigneeCherokee Metals Company
InventorsBennick G Houston, Max D. Earwood, Jr., Billy W. Jones
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Abstract
A decking clamp for use in an underhung roof system. The clamp includes a housing having a cavity. The cavity is offset in the housing to define an opening into the cavity. The housing includes a fastening retention channel which communicated with the opening into the cavity of the clamp. A removable thread rests within the channel. The channel and removable thread are configured for receiving a fastener. The opening leading to the cavity may be narrowed with the fastener when the fastener is received in the removable thread and channel. The housing itself is free of threading and the removable thread may be removed from the housing and replaced with another removable thread.
Claims12
A clamp comprising:
- a housing;
- an intermediately disposed cavity in said housing, said cavity having an offset periphery defining a first opening into said cavity;
- a fastening retention channel in said housing;
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- a removable thread for resting within said channel, said removable thread being non-rotateable relative to said housing when resting within said channel.
A decking clamp for securing decking panels to a ceiling support structure, said decking clamp comprising:
- a substantially C-shaped housing, said housing being free of threading;
- an intermediately disposed cavity in said housing, said cavity having an offset periphery defining a first opening into said cavity;
- a fastening retention channel in said housing and communicating with said first opening;
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- a second opening in said housing sized for receiving and retaining a removable thread, and said removable thread being axially aligned with said channel when said removable thread is received and retained in said housing.
A clamp comprising:
- a housing having opposing first and second portions;
- an intermediately disposed cavity in said housing, said cavity having an offset periphery defining a first opening into said cavity;
- a fastening retention channel defined between said first and second portions of said housing;
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- a removable thread resting within said channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.