Patent ID: 6385941
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
Lap beam connectors for connecting support beams together in screened cages and screened enclosures, comprising in combination:a first hollow beam having a first U-shaped internal receptacle formed between a first inner wall and a portion of a first sidewall being triangular shaped; a second hollow beam having a second U-shaped internal receptacle formed between a second inner wall and a portion of a second side wall being triangular shaped; and a first internal planar connection plate having a first end for slidably being inserted into the first U-shaped internal receptacle forming a tight fit between the first triangular shaped sidewall and the first inner wall, and a second end for being slidably inserted into the second U-shaped internal receptacle forming a tight fit between the second triangular shaped sidewall and the second inner wall, and for allowing the first hollow beam and the second hollow beam to be attached end-to-end to one another, wherein the first and the second hollow beams are joined together without having to use external fasteners.