Patent ID: 6192645
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: E04B,F16P,Y10T

Abstract:
An angle bracket for joining at least a first section bar and a second section bar, each one of the first section bar and the second section bar having a central bore hole and at least one outside surface provided with a longitudinal groove, the angle bracket comprising:a first leg having a recess corresponding to a bore hole for receiving a first fastening element coupled to one of the first section bar and the second section bar;a second leg having a recess corresponding to an elongated hole for receiving a second fastening element coupled to another one of the first section bar and the second section bar, the second leg being situated in a perpendicular arrangement with respect to the first leg; anda centering device situated on an outside surface of at least one of the first leg and the second leg and for engaging the longitudinal groove of a respective one of the first section bar and the second section bar, wherein each one of the first leg and the second leg includes at least one supporting wall having an outwardly rounded surface joining at least a section of an inside surface of one of the first leg and the second leg to at least a section of an inside surface of another one of the first leg and the second leg, the at least one supporting wall being arranged so that one of the first section bar and the second section bar is turnable without contacting the at least one supporting wall, wherein the first leg is adapted to being coupled to a longitudinal side of the first section bar, and wherein each face of the second section bar is adapted to being arranged on the second leg so that a longitudinal axis of the first section bar is adapted to being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the second section bar.