Patent ID: 9376816
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: E04C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A metal construction member, comprising: at least two metal strips, each metal strip having a continuous nonlinear pattern along an at least one lengthwise edge of the strip wherein the at least two metal strips include all of the metal from a single metal sheet, wherein the continuous nonlinear pattern includes a plurality of repeating units that are void-free and each repeating unit includes a plurality of straight lengths and an at least one joining region having a straight length that is a portion of a length of the repeating unit and which protrudes away from a lengthwise axis of the metal strip, and at least one of the metal strips are joined to at least one other metal strip at a plurality of adjacent joining regions and the at least two metal strips include a reinforcement across the at least one joining region, wherein the reinforcement is a bead or flange formed from the two metal strips, wherein the plurality of adjacent joining regions of the first metal strip are joined with the plurality of adjacent joining regions of the second metal strip creates a plurality of voids, wherein the plurality of voids are defined by the continuous nonlinear pattern of a first metal strip and the continuous nonlinear pattern of a second metal strip.