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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Scott J. Anderson, Lansing, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Anderson, Bradenton, FL (US);
Inventors:
Scott J. Anderson, Lansing, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Anderson, Bradenton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 3/00 (2006.01); E04C 3/08 (2006.01); E04C 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 3/086 (2013.01); E04C 2003/0413 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a metal construction member can include at least two metal strips. Each metal strip can have a continuous nonlinear pattern along one lengthwise edge of the strip, where the continuous nonlinear pattern can include a plurality of repeating units. Each repeating unit can include at least one joining region, which can protrude away from a lengthwise axis of the metal strip. At least one of the metal strips can be joined to at least one other metal strip at a plurality of adjacent joining regions.