Truss setting bracket and method for use
OwnerRaymond E. Koetterinventor
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Abstract
A truss setting bracket and a method relating to setting a truss using the truss setting bracket are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the truss setting bracket includes an elongated body member having a first cradle, a second cradle, an elongated catch guide, and a locking arm. In other embodiments, the truss setting bracket includes an elongated body member having a first cradle, a bracket, an elongated catch guide, and a locking arm. In yet other embodiments, the method of setting the truss may include sliding the truss setting bracket over a member of a first truss, lifting the first truss towards a second truss, and removably locking the truss setting bracket to a member of the second truss.
Claims20
A truss setting bracket, comprising:
- an elongated body member having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, and an axis of elongation;
- a first cradle located at said first end of said elongated body member and depending downwardly from said second side, wherein said first cradle has a first finger and a second finger creating a first cradle surface disposed between said first finger and said second finger;
- a brace located at said second end of said elongated body member and depending downwardly from said second side, said brace having a leg and a first ramp, said first ramp located between said first cradle and said leg, wherein said leg further comprises a second ramp at a terminal end thereof and a leg surface;
- an elongated catch guide pivotally connected to said first ramp for guiding said truss setting bracket toward a member of a truss, wherein said elongated catch guide is pivotable between at least a first position and a second position;
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- a locking arm connected to said leg, wherein said locking arm removably retains the member of the truss.
A truss setting bracket, comprising:
- an elongated body member having a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side;
- said first end having:
- a first cradle depending downwardly from said second side, said first cradle slidable over a member of a first truss;
- and
- said second end having:
- a brace depending downwardly from said second side, said brace having a leg and a first ramp, wherein said leg further comprises a second ramp at a terminal end thereof and a leg surface,
- an elongated catch guide pivotally connected to said first ramp for guiding said truss setting bracket toward a member of a second truss, said elongated catch guide is pivotable between at least a first position and a second position, and
- a locking arm connected to said leg, wherein said locking arm removably retains the member of the second truss.
A method for setting a truss comprising:
- providing a truss setting bracket having a first cradle, a brace having a leg and a leg surface, an elongated catch guide, and a locking arm;
- sliding said first cradle of said truss setting bracket over a member of a first truss;
- securing said first cradle of said truss setting bracket to the member of the first truss;
- pivoting said elongated catch guide of said truss setting bracket from a first position to a second position to create a channel;
- lifting the first truss toward a second truss;
- guiding said elongated catch guide of said truss setting bracket into engagement with a member of the second truss, such that said brace of said truss setting bracket receives the member of the second truss;
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- securing said truss setting bracket onto the member of the second truss such that said locking arm of said truss setting bracket removably retains said truss setting bracket on the second truss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.