Patent ID: 8973320
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. An elongate structural member defining therein at least one notch, the notch comprising a base surface and two side surfaces at opposite ends of the base surfaces, wherein: at least one of the side surfaces is tiered and comprises an inner portion and an outer portion that are substantially parallel to each other, the inner portion being substantially perpendicular and immediately adjacent to the base surface and the outer portion being offset from the inner portion and positioned further away from the other side surface than the inner portion; the notch is configured to receive at least a first panel and a second panel substantially parallel to each other, with at least the base surface and the inner portion of the tiered surface configured to contact the first panel, and at least the outer portion of the tiered side surface configured to contact the second panel; the notch is defined along at least a portion of the length of the elongate structural member; the other side surface is not tiered; the tiered side surface includes multiple outer portions and each outer portion is positioned increasingly further away from the base surface and increasingly further away from the other side surface; the elongate structural member is any one of a post and a beam; the elongate structural member has a round cross-section; and at least two notches are defined along the length of the elongate structural member and oriented substantially perpendicular to each other and a portion of the perimeter of the elongate structural member defined between the two notches is rounded.