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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Steven E. Sukup, Clear Lake, IA (US);
Tun GE, Sheffield, IA (US);
William C. Shepherd, Hampton, IA (US);
Charles E. Sukup, Dougherty, IA (US);
Steven E. Sukup, Clear Lake, IA (US);
Tun Ge, Sheffield, IA (US);
William C. Shepherd, Hampton, IA (US);
Charles E. Sukup, Dougherty, IA (US);
Sukup Manufacturing Company, Sheffield, IA (US);
Abstract
A floor support for a grain bin floor made from a sheet of galvanized steel having a top surface, a bottom surface and flat ends. The floor support has a plurality of flanges and notches disposed within the top surface and a plurality of openings disposed through the sheet of galvanized steel. Positioned between each opening is a first bend. Positioned on either side of selected first bends is a second bend thereby forming a z-shaped floor support.