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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2010
Mark Shepard, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Mark Shepard, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and system is provided for constructing a multilevel structure using a hybrid top chord bearing floor framing system. The method and system may include a top chord bearing floor truss positioned on a first frame structure. The top chord of the truss may include a load-bearing interface with a top surface and a bottom surface. The truss may be wholly supported by the load-bearing interface of the top chord. The method and system may further include a second frame structure on the top surface of the truss. The first frame structure may be secured to the second frame structure via a fastener that extends through both the second bottom load bearing member and load-bearing interface of the truss into the first top load bearing member of the first frame structure.