Patent ID: 9637911
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: E04B

Claim:
1. A joist connector includes a unitary plastic body with a first channel defined by at least two spaced apart flanges, the first channel being open at both ends, and a second channel defined by at least two spaced apart flanges, the second channel being open at both ends and offset from the first channel, wherein at least one of the first channel or the second channel have one or more full length spacer ridges extending into the respective first channel or second channel over a full length of the channel and extending parallel to the flanges defining the respective first channel and second channel, wherein at least one of the first channel or second channel have one or more bracing structures molded into the body to connect and brace the at least two spaced apart flanges of at least one of the first channel or the second channel relative to one another.