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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1992
Tyrell T Gilb, Berkeley, CA (US);
Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc., San Leandro, CA (US);
Abstract
A rigid intersection connection including three intersecting elongated wood structural members and a rigid connector made from a single sheet metal blank which requires no welding. The rigid connector includes a pair of angular members joined in angular relationship and joined at a common outer edge. The rigid connector more specifically includes structure for engaging two sides of one of the elongated wood structural members and three sides of two of the elongated wood structural members. The disclosure includes a log holder, a table, a bunk bed, and a greenhouse or garden structure as examples of structures which can be readily constructed from the rigid intersection connections.