Patent ID: 7805910
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: E04C,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for fixing together first and second side-by-side beams, each of the first and second beams having coplanar spaced apart first flanges and coplanar spaced apart second flanges, each of the first and second flanges connected by a web, the device comprising: a unitary member having a Z-shaped cross-section and first and second opposing ends, and configured to extend from a first flange of the first beam to a second flange of the second beam and configured to transfer a load across the webs of the first and second beams in a shear direction, at least one portion extending laterally from each of said first and second opposing ends, the at least one portion at the first opposing end being configured to be fixed to an outer surface of the first flange of the first beam, the at least one portion at the second opposing end being configured to be fastened with a fastener to an outer surface of the second flange of the second beam.