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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Steven E. Pryor, Dublin, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven E. Pryor, Dublin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 9/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/24 (2006.01); E04C 3/04 (2006.01); E04C 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 9/021 (2013.01); E04B 1/24 (2013.01); E04C 3/04 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2496 (2013.01); E04C 2003/026 (2013.01); E04C 2003/0413 (2013.01); E04H 9/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elongated tension-only or centering brace for a structural frame is provided where the brace is anchored at a first attachment point and to a second attachment point that is removed from the first attachment point. The elongated tension-only brace has one or more elastic restoring force elements that have effective lengths greater than the length of the tension only brace between the attachment points.