Patent ID: 6464422
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: E04H,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A seismic adapter for attachment to a steel web joist including an upper beam having laterally extending flanges and a wood nailer above the laterally extending flanges, comprisingtwo brackets, each bracket includes a plate formed to define a base section, a mounting section adjacent and perpendicular to the base section and with a hole therethrough and an engagement section adjacent and extending at an obtuse angle from the base section; a shaft extendable through the wood nailer and the holes in the mounting sections and including flanges at either end to engage the mounting sections about the holes, at least one of the flanges being forcefully movable along the shaft, the base sections and the engagement sections extending toward one another, respectively, and below the extending flanges with the mounting sections to either side of the wood nailer.