Deck-to-building lateral-load connector
AssigneeGRK Canada Limited
InventorBernd Walther
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Abstract
A connector device for connecting an exterior deck structure to a contiguous building the connector having a pair of interlocked non-contacting cable loops, with a plastic plug encapsulating the interlocked ends of the cables and separating the cables to act as a thermal barrier. An expanded head at one end of the plug, with associated foam washer seals against a deck header. The exterior cable end of the connector is attached to a deck joist and the interior end of the connector is attached to a building joist, wherein the respective joists may be laterally offset. The connector prevents detachment of the deck from the building during severe tectonic of weather activities.
Claims13
A structural connector device adapted to connect an exterior deck structure to an interior structural element of a building, the device comprising:
- a first flexible tensile loop adapted to connect to said deck structure and a second flexible tensile loop, adapted to connect to said interior structural element, the loops being interlocked, and
- an elongated cylindrical plastic plug encasing and constraining the interlocked portions of the first and second tensile loops to maintain a separation between the loops.
A structural connector device adapted to connect an exterior deck structure to an interior structural element of a building, the device comprising:
- a first tensile closed link adapted to connect to said deck structure and a second tensile closed link, adapted to connect to said interior structural element, the links being interlocked, and
- an elongated cylindrical plastic plug encasing and constraining the interlocked portions of the first and second tensile closed links to maintain a separation between the links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.