Patent ID: 9228338
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: E04B

Claim Text:
1. A connection comprising: a. a held member; b. a supporting member; and c. a hanger, said hanger, comprising: a seat member supporting said held member, said seat member having first and second side portions; d. a first side member integrally connected to said first side portion of the seat member at a first side edge of the seat member, the first side member having a transverse bend line that divides the first side member into a lower, planar portion and an upper, planar portion, and the lower, planar portion of the first side member being connected to the first side portion of the seat member, the lower, planar portion of the first side member having an inner face and an outer face, the lower, planar portion of the first side member forming a generally orthogonal angle with the seat member and extending above the seat member and along the held member to provide lateral support to the held member; e. the upper, planar portion of the first side member being connected to a first back flange, the upper, planar portion of the first side member having an inner face and an outer face; f. the first back flange being substantially planar and connected to said supporting member by a plurality of fasteners; g. a second side member integrally connected to said second side portion of the seat member at a second side edge of the seat member, the second side member having a transverse bend line that divides the second side member into a lower, planar portion and an upper, planar portion, and the lower, planar portion of the second side member being connected to the second side portion of the seat member, the lower, planar portion of the second side member having an inner face and an outer face, the inner face of the second side member being disposed towards the inner face of the first side member, the lower, planar portion of the second side member forming a generally orthogonal angle with the seat member and being generally parallel to the lower, planar portion of the first side member and extending above the seat member and along the held member to provide lateral support to the held member, the upper, planar portions of the first and second side members extend outwardly to define a maximum selected width, and the lower, planar portion of the first and second side members define a second width, and the maximum selected width between the upper, planar portions of the first and second side members is greater than the width between the lower, planar portions of the first and second side members; h. the upper, planar portion of the second side member being connected to a second back flange, the upper portion of the second side member having an inner face and an outer face, the inner face of the upper portion of the second side member being disposed towards the inner face of the upper portion of the first side member; i. the second back flange being connected to the supporting member by a plurality of fasteners, the second back flange being substantially planar and separate from the first back flange while being parallel and substantially aligned with the first back flange; wherein j. the inner face of the lower, planar portion of the first side member and the inner face of the upper, planar portion of the first side member form a reflex angle and the inner face of the lower, planar portion of the second side member and the inner face of the upper, planar portion of the second side member form a reflex angle; k. the first and second back flanges are only attached to the first and second side members at the upper, planar portions of the first and second side members above the transverse bend lines, the first and second back flanges have lower, planar portions that are disposed between the upper, planar portions of the first and second side members and the lower portion of the first back flange extending past the inner face of the lower, planar portion of the first side member and past the first side edge of the seat member toward the second side member, and the lower portion of the second back flange extending past the inner face of the lower, planar portion of the second side member and past the second side edge of the seat member toward the first side member such that the lower portions of the first and second back flanges together substantially span the maximum selected width between the upper, planar portions of the first and second side members, and the lower portions of the first and second back flanges are each connected to the supporting member by a first plurality of fasteners that are disposed vertically separated and above the seat member and are disposed between the first and second side edges of the seat member, and the lower portion of the first back flange is also connected to the supporting member by a second plurality of fasteners that are disposed vertically separated and above the lower, planar portion of the first side member and disposed outside of the area directly above the seat member and disposed on the same side and away from the outer face of the lower, planar portion of the first side member with upper fasteners of the second plurality of fasteners being laterally farther away from the outer face of the lower, planar portion of the first side member than lower fasteners of the second plurality of fasteners, and the lower portion of the second back flange is also connected to the supporting member by a third plurality of fasteners that are disposed vertically separated and above the lower, planar portion of the second side member and disposed outside of the area directly above the seat member and disposed on the same side and away from the outer face of the lower, planar portion of the second side member, with upper fasteners of the third plurality of fasteners being laterally farther away from the outer face of the lower, planar portion of the first side member than lower fasteners of the third plurality of fasteners; and l. the first back flange is formed with an exposed face and a registration face; m. the second back flange is formed with an exposed face and a registration face; n. the exposed face of the first back flange and the inner face of the upper, planar portion of the first side member form a right angle of 90 degrees that is bounded by the inner face of the upper, planar portion of the first side member and is bounded by the exposed face of the first back flange, and o. the exposed face of the second back flange and the inner face of the upper, planar portion of the second side member form a right angle of 90 degrees that is bounded by the inner face of the upper, planar portion of the second side member and is bounded by the exposed face of the second back flange.