Patent ID: 11920357
Assignee: RWS DESIGN AND CONTROLS, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 9:
10. A decking support frame, the decking support frame comprising:
at least two stringers, each stringer comprising:
a structural body having a front side, a back side, a top side, and a bottom side;
a plurality of weld free mounting tabs integral with the structural body extending from the top side and away from the bottom side;
wherein a plurality of apertures are a complete circle or triangular or rectangular and extend evenly spaced along a longitudinal length of the structural body and each aperture extends completely through the front side to the back side, and each aperture is completely surrounded by the structural body;
at least two cross members;
wherein each one of the at least two cross members passes through at least one of the plurality of apertures of each one of the at least two stringers to form the decking support frame;
wherein each one of the plurality of weld free mounting tabs is generally rectangular and defines a planar top surface with all sides of the mounting tab extending normal from the planar top surface, the planar top surface configured to receive steel deck decking;
wherein each one of the plurality of weld free mounting tabs has a length extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal length of the structural body; and
wherein a distance extending between two adjacent ones of the plurality of weld free mounting tabs along the longitudinal length is greater than the length of each one of mounting tabs.