Patent ID: 9470339
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: E04B,E04C,F16B,F16L,F16M,H02G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A fitting for connecting first and second pieces of channel framing to one another, wherein each piece of channel framing includes an elongate channel framing body having opposite longitudinal ends, a length extending between the opposite longitudinal ends, an interior surface defining an open interior extending lengthwise of the body, and a fitting side defining an external fitting groove extending lengthwise of the body, the fitting comprising: a coupling component having first and second coupling portions, the first coupling portion having a dovetail cross-sectional shape which tapers toward the second coupling portion, the second coupling portion having a dovetail cross-sectional shape which tapers toward the first coupling portion and is inverted relative to the first coupling portion, wherein the first and second coupling portions are fixed to one another to inhibit relative rotation between the first and second coupling portions, wherein the first coupling portion is configured for reception in the fitting groove of the first piece of channel framing, and the second coupling portion is configured for reception in the fitting groove of the second piece of channel framing to connect the first and second pieces of channel framing to one another such that the fitting sides of the first and second pieces of channel framing are juxtaposed and face one another; and a washer secured to the coupling component and configured to engage the interior surface of the fitting side of the first piece of channel framing when the first and second coupling portions of the coupling component are received in the respective fitting grooves of the first and second pieces of channel framing.