Patent ID: 9376811
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: E04B

Claim Text:
1. A metal bar for a support structure of a false ceiling, said bar being elongated in a longitudinal direction and including at least two sheet metal portions located side by side or overlapping, in contact, or adherent, the one with the other along said longitudinal direction, wherein a transverse direction, extending transverse to, or intersecting, said longitudinal direction, is defined in said bar, wherein each of said sheet metal portions has a sheet thickness and a thickness direction, wherein both the at least two sheet metal portions have cuts that are arranged, are directed, or extend, along said transverse direction, said cuts defining between them partially cut parts, a partially cut part of one of the sheet metal portions protruding toward the other of said sheet metal portions to determine an interference of parts, wherein pairs of partially cut parts of the two sheet metal portions are overlapped and are shifted in pairs along the thickness direction with respect to an adjacent area of the respective sheet metal portions; wherein, of each pair of shifted partially cut parts, one partially cut part of one sheet metal portion is projecting outwards with respect to said sheet thickness and defines a free region in said sheet thickness of the one sheet metal portion, and the other partially cut part of the other of said sheet metal portions is arranged at least partially in said free region of the thickness of the one sheet metal portion creating an interference between the two sheet metal portions in the transverse direction and wherein longitudinally adjacent pairs of overlapped partially cut parts are present and are alternatively shifting in opposite directions to alternatively protrude along the longitudinal direction from one sheet metal portion and from the other sheet metal portion, and wherein a plurality of said cuts are located directly side by side to define a portion of a seam line such that gaps are absent between the partially cut parts.