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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:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael A. Pellock, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Assignee:
MiTek Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 5/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 5/01 ;
Abstract
A truss system utilizing braces to retain the trusses in spaced relation. The braces include a beam with retainers at opposite ends for forming a snap lock connection to adjacent trusses, fixing the spacing between the trusses. One retainer includes a yoke which will automatically position the brace in an orientation generally normal to the truss to which the brace is mounted. The other retainer is adapted to mount to an adjacent truss and form an interlock with a second brace extending to the next truss. The braces are lined in a row across a plurality of trusses positioned in generally parallel relationship.