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Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1981

Filed:

Mar. 24, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kenneth T Snow, Jr, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Robert N Snow, Elgin, IL (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52738 ; 52 90 ; 52639 ;
Abstract

A steel brace for reinforcing an offset truss intermediate its heel joint and its ridge board. The steel brace has one end thereof nailed into the ceiling joist on one side and has its other end nailed into the roof rafter on the other side. The brace is provided with a deep rib extending longitudinally from one end to a position beyond the center of the brace and a laterally spaced apart deep rib extending longitudinally from the other end to a position beyond the center of the brace in the opposite direction. One of the deep ribs being convexly formed in said steel brace and the other spaced apart deep rib being concavely formed therein. The ribbed steel brace is thus provided with oppositely disposed flat surfaces at the ends thereof to abut the oppositely disposed ceiling joist and roof rafter for nailing thereto.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Snow, Jr, Kenneth. (1981). Rigid steel brace for offset trusses (U.S. Patent No. 4288961). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4288961

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