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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Travis J. Keys, Maplewood, MO (US);
Michael A. Pellock, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Travis J. Keys, Maplewood, MO (US);
Michael A. Pellock, Edwardsville, IL (US);
MiTek Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A truss assembly including truss hold-down connectors for attaching metal trusses to a bearing member. One embodiment of the truss hold-down connector has a vertical connector web that has a bottom attachment leg protruding therefrom for attachment to a bearing member and first and second attachment tab portions for attachment to the flanges of a vertically extending truss web. Stiffeners may be embossed into the vertical connector web to provide the connector with additional strength. The first and second attachment tabs may be configured to enable pairs of identical connectors to be attached to vertically extending truss webs that have one or more diagonally extending truss webs attached thereto.