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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur L Troutner, Boise, ID (US);
Thomas M Atwood, Kuna, ID (US);
Assignee:
Trus Joist Corporation, Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156288 ; 144 / ; 144 / ; 269 41 ; 269243 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for assembling elongate box units are disclosed. The apparatus includes plural, elongate clamping elements which are constructed to define a corner configuration for adjacent side pieces of a box unit. Plural, elongate tensioning rods typically extend through the clamping elements in an array with the rods extending perpendicular to the elongate length of the box unit. The method of the invention teaches the use of the apparatus for forming the elongate box units.