Patent ID: 11965329
Assignee: nan
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 4:
5. The connection of claim 1, wherein:
a. one of the one or more fasteners having an elongated shaft, a portion of the elongated shaft being received by the structural member and entering the structural member through the attachment face, the fastener also being received by the connector; and
b. the back flange being a planar member having a planar front surface disposed away from the attachment face of the structural member and a planar back surface disposed facing the attachment face of the structural member, the back flange also having a predetermined location for the fastener, the fastener being received by the back flange at the predetermined location or adjacent thereto; the back flange having a deformed portion adjacent the predetermined location for the fastener, the deformed portion including a projecting member that projects rearwardly towards the attachment face of the structural member, the projecting member having a sloping surface that descends toward the predetermined location, the projecting member descends from an upper portion of the deformed portion, the projecting member projecting closer to the attachment face of the structural member than the planar back surface of the connector when the planar attachment face of the structural member and the planar back surface of the back flange of the connector are parallel, the upper portion being adjacent to the projecting member and radially farther away from the predetermined location for the one of the one or more fasteners than the projecting member, adjacent to the upper portion is a protruding member that projects rearwardly towards the attachment face of the structural member, the protruding member being disposed closer to the attachment face of the structural member than the upper portion of the deformed portion, the protruding member being disposed closer to the attachment face of the structural member than the planar back surface of the back flange when the planar attachment face of the structural member and the planar back surface of the back flange of the connector are parallel, adjacent to the protruding member is a second upper portion, the second upper portion being radially farther away from the predetermined location for the fastener than the protruding member, the protruding member being disposed closer to the attachment face of the structural member than the second upper portion when the planar attachment face of the structural member and the planar back surface of the back flange of the connector are parallel, and wherein
c. the one of the one or more fasteners has a head that has portions that flare outwardly from the shaft and engage the sloped surface of the projecting member.