US 7,730,692 B1 · Truss bearing

Abstract

A truss bearing supports a web-type construction truss and has an elongated metal member that is secured along its length to the primary supporting chord of a truss. The truss bearing can include a pair of substantially parallel spaced-apart elongated wooden members sandwiching the metal member extending along and secured to the bottom of the primary chord, with the metal member adhesively secured to the primary chord through being adhesively secured to the pair of wooden members. An optional metal bearing plate can be substantially rigidly secured to the bottom surface of the elongated metal member near one or both ends of the truss, forming therewith a T-shaped cross-section, and can be welded to a supporting member of a larger structure using metal-to-metal connection. The bearing plate can have an angled extension affixed to the first diagonal truss member.

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Dependent claims

A truss bearing formed as part of a truss having a wooden primary supporting chord, the truss bearing comprising:

(a) an elongated metal member that is secured along a substantial portion of its length to the primary supporting chord of the truss at a bottom surface of the primary supporting chord;
and
(b) a pair of substantially parallel spaced-apart elongated wooden members, one on either side of the elongated metal member, extending along and secured to the bottom surface of the primary supporting chord near an end of the truss, wherein the elongated metal member is secured to the primary supporting chord through being adhesively secured to the pair of elongated wooden members.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Truss bearing

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