Brace for restricting relative movement between a rod and building structure
OwnerSteven A. Rothinventor
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Abstract
A brace for retaining a rod at a fixed location relative to building structure. The brace includes two brace members in face-to-face engagement to define a rod receiving opening with slots formed in the brace members. The brace members are connected together by an integral rigid attachment element at a location spaced from the rod receiving opening and resisting relative movement between the brace members.
Claims19
A brace attachable by a connector to a building structure for retaining a rod at a location spaced from said building structure and for restricting relative movement between said rod and said building structure, said brace being of unitary construction and comprising, in combination:
- a double-sided first brace member having a first outer peripheral surface disposed between the sides thereof and defining a first closed ended, inwardly extending slot;
- a double-sided second brace member having a second outer peripheral surface disposed between the sides thereof and defining a second closed ended, inwardly extending slot, said first brace member and said second brace member being in overlapping condition and said first and second slots being offset from one another and in communication to form a rod receiving opening, said first brace member and said second brace member cooperable to surround said rod receiving opening, and at least one of said first and second brace members defining a connector receiving opening spaced from said rod receiving opening;
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- a substantially rigid attachment element affixed to both said first brace member and said second brace member at a location spaced from said rod receiving opening resisting relative movement between said first and second brace members and maintaining said first and second brace members in said overlapping condition.
First and second braces attachable by a connector to a building structure for retaining a rod at a location spaced from said building structure and for restricting relative movement between said rod and said building structure, each of said braces being of unitary construction and each comprising, in combination:
- a double-sided first brace member having a first outer peripheral surface disposed between the sides thereof and defining a first closed ended, inwardly extending slot;
- a double-sided second brace member having a second outer peripheral surface disposed between the sides thereof and defining a second closed ended, inwardly extending slot, said first brace member and said second brace member being in overlapping condition and said first and second slots being offset from one another and in communication to form a rod receiving opening, said first brace member and said second brace member cooperable to surround said rod receiving opening, and at least one of said first and second brace members defining a connector receiving opening spaced from said rod receiving opening;
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- a substantially rigid attachment element affixed to both said first brace member and said second brace member at a location spaced from said rod receiving opening resisting relative movement between said first and second brace members and maintaining said first and second brace members in said overlapping condition, said first and second braces being stacked, with the attachment element of at least one of the first and second braces positioned in the connector receiving opening of the other of said first and second braces to restrict relative movement between the first and second braces.
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