Patent ID: 6240682
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
In a roofing structure comprising a plurality of generally vertically extending structural members fastened to a roof support surface, a plurality of elongated generally horizontally extending structural members and brackets that connect said horizontal members and said vertical members together, the improvement wherein each of said brackets comprises a first leg in contact with one of said vertical members and a second leg extending at an angle from said first leg and in contact with one of said horizontal members, said first leg and said second leg including a plurality of preformed holes, the holes in said second having different sizes for receiving different fasteners, and further comprising fasteners extending through the holes of said first leg and said second leg, wherein the holes in said first leg are arranged in a pattern of more than one row of holes which are spaced and arranged whereby said fasteners extend through at least two of the holes in said first leg near a generally vertical center line of each of said vertical members.