Patent ID: 6810628
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: E04B,E04C,E04G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A jointing device for joining elongate members in a building structure, the device includes a first body section, a second body section configured substantially as a mirror image of said first body section, and a connection portion interconnecting the first and second body sections, each said body section having a web portion, a pair of spaced flange portions extending from the web portion and are arranged for fixing to one elongate member, and the body sections and the connection portion being formed from a single blank of a sheet material with foldlines arranged for bending thereabout to form the spaced flange portions of each of said first and second body sections and a further foldline forming the connection portion; the connection portion being arranged so that the first and second body sections are positionable relative to each other for selectively adjusting angle therebetween to correspond to a roof pitch within a range of roof pitches, whereby the device can be selectively adjusted for joining adjacent elongate members of any building structure having a roof pitch within said range of roof pitches, the connection portion being arranged to join the web portions of the first and second body sections so that each of said web portions having a free end, the spaced flange portions and the web portions being arranged to form a cavity therebetween, and a first opening adjacent to the free end of the web portions of the first body section and a second opening adjacent to the free end of the web portions of the second body section, said first and second openings being in communication with said cavity and arranged to receive said elongate members so as to extend into the cavity for fixing therein, at least one of the spaced flange portions of each of the first and second body sections having a skirt element formed remotely from the corresponding web portion and extending from corresponding one of the first and second openings in a plane that is at a substantial angle to the corresponding web portion, the skirt elements each having a bendable lip at a position remote from the corresponding one of the first and second openings and being arranged to be normally in a plane that is substantially parallel to that of the corresponding web portion and bendable for positioning to extend into the cavity to facilitate bending of the first and second sections about the connection portion.