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

Claim 3:
4. A stringer for a decking support frame, the 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; and
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;
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;
wherein each one of the plurality of apertures is round.