Patent ID: 8528292
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: E04B,E04C,E04D

Abstract:
1. A system for securing support framing members between a pair of bar joists or beams, comprising: a first pair of end brackets securable to a first bar joist or beam, including a first end bracket; and a second end bracket spaced from the first end bracket a distance corresponding to at least a length of a support framing cross bar; a second pair of end brackets securable to a second bar joist or beam spaced horizontally from the first bar joist or beam, including a third end bracket disposed in alignment with, and in an orientation opposite from, the first end bracket; and a fourth end bracket disposed in alignment with, and in an opposite orientation from, the second end bracket; a first support framing bar securable between the first and third end brackets; a second support framing bar securable between the second and fourth end brackets; a first pair of T-shaped bracket assemblies securable to the first support framing bar; a second pair of T-shaped bracket assemblies securable to the second support framing bar, each of the T-shaped bracket assemblies of the second pair of T-shaped bracket assemblies disposed in alignment with, and in an opposite orientation from, a respective T-shaped bracket assembly of the first pair of T-shaped bracket assemblies, wherein each T-shaped bracket assembly of the first and second pairs of T-shaped bracket assemblies includes: a first T-bracket saddle portion forming an upper cross-portion of the T-shape, the first T-bracket saddle portion including a top plate and first and second sidewalls depending downward from the top plate and spaced apart from one another a distance sufficient to accommodate a width of one of the support framing bars; and a second T-bracket saddle portion forming a trunk portion of the T-shape and extending perpendicularly from a central region of one of the first and second sidewalls of the first T-bracket saddle portion, the second T-bracket saddle portion including a top wall and a pair of sidewalls depending downwardly from the top wall of the second T-bracket saddle portion, the sidewalls of the second T-bracket saddle portion spaced apart from one another a distance sufficient to accommodate a width of a support framing cross bar, wherein each T-shaped bracket assembly of the first and second pairs of T-shaped bracket assemblies further includes a pair of apertures through the first sidewall of the first T-bracket saddle portion and a pair of apertures through the second sidewall of the first T-bracket saddle portion aligned with a respective one of the apertures through the first sidewall of the first T-bracket saddle portion, each of the apertures being spaced below the top plate of the first T-bracket saddle portion a distance sufficient to accommodate a height of one of the support framing bars, the second T-bracket saddle portion of each T-shaped bracket assembly of the first and second pairs of T-shaped bracket assemblies further including a winged extension projecting perpendicularly from each of the first and second sidewalls of the second T-bracket saddle portion and adjacent one of the first and second sidewalls of the first T-bracket saddle portion, each of the winged extensions having an aperture therethrough aligned with a respective one of the apertures through the sidewall to which the winged extension is adjacent.