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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2005
John C. Stankus, Canonsburg, PA (US);
John G. Oldsen, Butler, PA (US);
Demrey G. Brandon, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Arthur J. Craven, Grand Junction, CO (US);
Jeffrey J. Stankus, Canonsburg, PA (US);
John C. Stankus, Canonsburg, PA (US);
John G. Oldsen, Butler, PA (US);
Demrey G. Brandon, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Arthur J. Craven, Grand Junction, CO (US);
Jeffrey J. Stankus, Canonsburg, PA (US);
Jennmar Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A truss shoe for a roof support system includes a base member having a bearing surface and, optionally, an end having a sweeping radius for ease of moving the truss shoe into an installation position, a bolt receiving section having a bore hole, a cable engaging section, and an intermediate section. The cable engaging section includes an opening and a slot and, optionally, a lock-in device that allows a cable to move through the slot into the opening and retains the cable in the opening. In another non-limiting embodiment of the cable engaging section, the cable is moved into an assembly mounted in a conical-shaped passageway of the cable engaging section to compress the assembly around the cable. The intermediate portion includes a pair of side flanges on the base member between the bore and the opening and, optionally, a rib between the pair of side flanges.