Patent ID: 9512619
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: E04B,E04C,E04F

Claim Text:
1. A joist assembly comprising: a joist including a first top horizontal element, a second top horizontal element, a first outer vertical element, a second outer vertical element, and a lower horizontal element extending from the first outer vertical element to the second outer vertical element, a first inner vertical element extending perpendicularly from the first top horizontal element towards the lower horizontal element, a second inner vertical element extending perpendicularly from the second top horizontal element towards the lower horizontal element, a third inner vertical element extending perpendicularly from the lower horizontal element towards the first inner vertical element, wherein the first inner vertical element is connected to the third inner vertical element, a fourth inner vertical element extending perpendicularly from the lower horizontal element towards the second inner vertical element, wherein the second inner vertical element is connected to the fourth inner vertical element, wherein a portion of the first outer vertical element extends from the first top horizontal element to the lower horizontal element, wherein a portion of the second outer vertical element extends from the second top horizontal element to the lower horizontal element, wherein the first top horizontal element and the second top horizontal element are separated from each other to form a first portion of a deck-clip slot, wherein the third inner vertical element is separated from the fourth inner vertical element by a distance to form a screw spline adjacent to deck-clip slot, wherein the first portion of the deck-clip slot comprises a narrow portion of the deck-clip slot, and wherein the first inner vertical element is recessed from an edge of the first top horizontal element and the second inner vertical element is recessed from an edge of the second top horizontal element to form a wider portion of the deck-clip slot.