Patent ID: 8943776
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A steel joist assembly for use in association with a concrete slab to form a composite steel joist, and for use in association with a support with a generally planar top surface, comprising: a steel joist having a top portion with a generally planar top surface and a planar web generally orthogonal to the generally planar top surface wherein the generally planar top surface of the steel joist is coplanar with the generally planar top surface of the support; a pair of end connectors, each attached at each end of the steel joist and extending outwardly therefrom, each end connector having a strut, a diagonal member and a shoe, the strut having a generally planar bottom surface which is attached to a portion of the generally planar top surface of the steel joist, the shoe being attached to the distal end of the strut and the diagonal member being attached at one end thereof to the strut and at the other end thereof to a portion of the planar web of the steel joist.