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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7730692 | Truss bearing 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... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7669379 | Metal truss system A metal truss system comprising a pair of chord members of generally U-shaped cross-sectional configuration is joined together by a web formed of a single continuous piece having a wave shape. The apexes of the web are adapted to be received in each chord. The legs ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7587877 | Cold-formed steel joists A joist comprised of at least one cold-formed steel elongated chord member; a cold-formed steel web having a plurality of web members and means for securing said web to said chord member. A plurality of joists are generally for use in a support system for a platform... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7325362 | Steel roof truss system A truss system and method for use in constructing a building structure comprising a first and second truss member connected to one another a distal end thereof thereby forming a peak joint. A cross bar is connected to each of the first and second truss members at an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7257932 | Light weight building material The present invention relates to a light weight building material (1) for structural work. The light weight building material (1) comprises at least three walls, a first wall (11), a second wall (12) and a third wall (13) formed fr... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7231746 | Sheet metal stud and composite construction panel and method Steel studs for use in construction having a web, main web openings through the web, a right angular flange formed on a free edge of the web, and depressions in the web and depression openings in the depressions. An alternate form of stud has a triangular tube struc... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228670 | Structural truss and method of making same An improved structural truss (3) and method of making same having oppositely disposed U-shaped channel chords (2) and struts (1) interconnected to one another at alternately extending apices (6) wherein the apices (6) form an inver... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7197856 | Modular truss assembly Truss assemblies of this invention comprise elongate chord elements having opposed first and second axial ends. Brace elements are used to orient and connect together the chord elements in a desired spatial orientation and have a plate structure. The brace elements ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7134629 | Structural panels for use in aircraft fuselages and other structures Structural panels for use in manufacturing aircraft fuselages and other structures are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a structural panel configured in accordance with the invention includes a skin and at least first and second stiffeners. The first stiffener c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7040069 | Long-span transition beam An elongate, long-span transition beam employable between columns in a building frame structure. This transition beam includes (a) an elongate central portion having one, principal cross-sectional vertical depth, and (b) joined to the opposite ends of the central po... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6994398 | Seating bracket A seating bracket for connection to a base having a top surface and a vertical side surface to support a seat and a back joist adjacent to the seat. The bracket may include a generally horizontal top portion for supporting the seat and a generally horizontal bottom ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964140 | Structural metal member for use in a roof truss or a floor joist A cold formed, sheet metal structural member having a first planar web member with two longitudinally extending legs such that the structural member or chord comprises an elongated member of substantially U-shaped cross section being longitudinally symmetric and bei... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955023 | Unitary metal structural member with internal reinforcement A metal unitary structural member for structural support. The member includes a plurality of web portions extending radially from each other and extending with each other in an axial direction, and a plurality of outer portions extending in an axial direction with t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6871469 | Triangulation of a lattice girder, in particular of a jib element for a tower crane For a lateral face of the lattice girder, defined by an upper chord and a lower chord, the triangulation comprises compression bars substantially perpendicular to the chords, oblique tension bars of smaller length connecting the top of a compression bar to the lower... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6837446 | Unitary boom structure The present invention comprises a sprayer boom and is incorporated in a spraying apparatus which includes a vehicle, a tank, hoses connected to nozzles, and the sprayer boom. The sprayer boom includes a number of wing sections each including at least one single-piec... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6817155 | Structural shape for use in frame construction A structural section for use in frame construction where the section includes a horizontal segment and a pair of spaced apart legs. Each leg has a first end portion attached to the horizontal segment, a second end portion opposite the horizontal segment, and a flang... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6708459 | Sheet metal stud and composite construction panel and method A composite construction panel having a thin panel of concrete material and a reinforcing grid of sheet metal studs with embedment portions which are actually embedded into the concrete panel, each of the studs having a web, main web openings through the web, a righ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6481175 | Structural member A structural member including a web portion having a plurality of triangular regions to provide additional strength and stiffness. The triangular regions are recessed from the web and may have a floor area or the floor may be cut out to provide apertures ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6360509 | Metal building truss and method of construction A truss for supporting a roof of a building and the like includes a bottom chord member having a first end and a second end, and a top chord member fixedly attached to the bottom chord member and having arcuately curved upper surface. The upper surface is... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6295766 | Building construction The present invention, in certain aspects, includes a portable building structure with a bottom section, a top section on the bottom section, the bottom section having at least one bottom support for supporting the top section, the at least one bottom sup... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6205736 | Structural frame element A space frame including at least two elongate structural frame elements arranged side by side and being interconnected by a plurality of elongate struts spaced along the length of the elements, each structural frame element comprising an elongate hollow b... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6167674 | Light-gauge truss framing element A light-gauge truss framing element constitutes a longitudinal constructional beam having a uniform generally T-shaped cross-section, in which a vertical portion of the cross-section defines a web of the beam and a transverse horizontal portion defines a ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6115986 | Stackable box stud A structural member of the kind including a strip of metal sheet folded over onto itself at its lateral edges so that the member has respective boxed edge formations (20, 21) which extend between a pair of notional substantially parallel planes and are li... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6079178 | U-shaped stackable truss A U-shaped stackable truss for use in temporary, demountable construction for exhibition, display, and concert staging.... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5970676 | Outrigger support for building structure An improved outrigger is disclosed for a building structure having a longitudinally extending I-beam. The outrigger comprises an inner member having an upper end and a lower end and an outer member having an upper end and a lower end. A brace coacts betwe... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5927036 | Floor joist system A floor joist system for building construction comprising interconnected steel girders and joists. The girders may be castellated I beams having a plurality of large openings and regularly spaced vertical slots through its web, which extend between opposi... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5865008 | Structural shape for use in frame construction A structural section for use in frame construction where the section includes a horizontal segment and a pair of spaced apart legs. Each leg has a first end portion attached to the horizontal segment, a second end portion opposite the horizontal segment, ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5749256 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a hot rolled beam A method of manufacturing a one piece integral metallic beam (22) having flanges (24), and a web (26) joining said flanges, the beam having been hot rolled from a heated metal workpiece (20) to produce an integral one piece beam having flanges and a web e... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5588273 | Structural beam A structural beam for use in buildings and other structures, and a process of forming the structural beam. The structural beam exhibits the structural advantages of a truss without the high labor costs normally associated with a truss. The beam includes a... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5535569 | Sheet metal structural member and frames incorporating same A sheet metal, elongate structural member is cold roll-formed from a strip of sheet metal no thicker than 1.2 mm, preferably 0.6 mm, including a central zone and two edge zones flanking the central zone and each having a free edge margin. The member inclu... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5527625 | Roll formed metal member with reinforcement indentations A metal member having at least one edge formation, and a web extending from the edge formation, a plurality of generally triangular openings formed in the web at spaced intervals, the triangular formations being alternately reversed relative to one anothe... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5463837 | Metal roof truss A metal roof truss for building construction includes top and bottom chord members. Each member is of U-shaped cross-section with each leg of the U having a radiused or rolled hem at the end of the legs of the U. The radiused or rolled hem provides stiffe... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5457928 | Slope and skew hanger connectors A sheet metal slope and skew hanger connector has first and second side support members located at opposite sides of a backplate and being bendable relative to the backplate. Each of the side support members is formed with a pair of parallel ribs extendin... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5457927 | Truss A truss fabricated of cold rolled sheet metal structural members having chord members, web members, and connectors for joints thereof, of such construction as to enable fabrication of the truss with the chord members lying flat on a fabrication table and ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5079884 | Extendible interconnected Z-studs An extendible stud, consisting of two substantially identical Z-studs each of which has opposed flanges of substantially different widths and inwardly turned lips at the flange outer edges, and each Z-stud having a central raised ridge in its web, raised ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4909007 | Steel stud and precast panel A precast panel having a slab of cast material having a first surface, and a plurality of steel studs on one side, the steel studs having two angle members parallel to one another, a plurality of struts extending from one angle member to the other, openin... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4869040 | Framing system A framing system for providing structural support to walls and the like which includes a first metal channel with two parallel flanges having two or more longitudinal rows of longitudinally elongated slots. Each elongated slot in one flange lies opposite ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4793113 | Wall system and metal stud therefor A wall having metal wall studs in parallel spaced-apart relation, and each, in turn, having two parallel angles each defining a panel supporting flange, to which wall panels may be attached, and each further defining a bracing strip, integral with the pan... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4490958 | Sheet metal beam A panel of thin sheet metal is roll-formed into a beam having upper and lower first flange portions integrally connected by a web portion. The first flange portions are reinforced by corresponding second flange portions which may be separate or formed fro... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4385476 | Web stiffener for light-gauge metal framing members A web stiffener for use with a channel-shaped framing member to inhibit web crippling is disclosed wherein said web stiffener comprises two opposing integral compression members each having a J-shaped cross-sectional configurational whereby said compressi... | 05/31/1983 |
