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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6457292 | Composite structural member A metal flange member for use in making a composite structural member, the flange member having a base wall and two side walls extending from the base wall, the base wall and side walls forming a pocket to receive a portion of a web member. Each side wall... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6412246 | Structural truss A truss is disclosed which comprises a bottom chord (12) and a pair of top chords (14, 16) arranged obliquely with respect to the bottom chord (12). Webs (20) are arranged between the top chords and the bottom chord. The webs have punched nails (46) proje... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6389762 | Lintel Lintels having metal side plates are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a lintel constructed in accordance with the present invention includes a generally rectangular frame of a height, length and thickness substantially corresponding to the dimension... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6348064 | Wound site management and wound closure device A staple and stapler and introducer are disclosed for closing a wound and for wound site management. The staple is deformable, and includes a plurality of tissue-piercing prongs which are expanded outwardly, inserted into tissue and collapsed inwardly to ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6299378 | Connector plate and method of assembly To facilitate pre-plating of nail plated truss joints, a nail plate (10) has teeth (13) of increased length in a region of the plate for fixing plate to one member of a joint prior to assembly of the joint.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 5605412 | Door holding connector plate A plate for coupling a plurality of doors together for painting. The inventive device includes a first planar member coupled to a second planar member and oriented so as to extend substantially orthogonally from the first planar member. A plurality of pie... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5502942 | Panel fastener A fastener for securing panels together has a body made of spring steel member having a rosette fastener and at least one mounting flange. The rosette fastener is secured within a first polymeric panel with the mounting flange engaging the opposite surfac... | 04/02/1996 |
| 4693657 | Automotive panel bracket An automotive panel bracket 10 is formed from a strip having a central fold line 22 forming a double-walled stand-off 15 between a pair of base portions 11 and 12 interconnected with an automotive panel 20. A pair of confronting semi-cylindrical grooves 1... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4679367 | Interconnecting of wooden members A rigid wooden composite assembly such as a beam, post or the like, includes a plurality of elongated wooden boards of varying lengths disposed in face-to-face relationship and forming a plurality of layers. At least one of the layers includes a plurality... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4527933 | Spike plate and method and device for manufacturing it A spike plate which is used mainly in joining wooden parts and which is made by punching from a strip of steel sheet a set of projecting spikes. The joining capacity of the spike plate is improved by making on the broad surface of the spikes toothing or r... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4295318 | Connector for wooden truss There is disclosed a metal connector for diagonal interconnection between the upper and lower chords and two adjacent vertical studs of a wooden truss so as to form a tension web thereof. The connector is of unitary one-piece construction, including an el... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4272938 | Sheet metal clip for assembly of building components A clip for attaching together planar wooden or like members comprising a one-piece sheet metal element having a flat base adapted to be seated on one of the members and provided along one edge with an outwardly open socket-like formation above a surface o... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4078673 | Anti-slip device for the transport or the storage of parcels Anti-slip device for the transportation or storage of parcels packed on wood or consisting of wood, such as cases or beams or the like, which are surrounded by at least one strap, comprising a rectangular metal securing plate provided in the longitudinal ... | 03/14/1978 |
