Patent ID: 6418694
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A floor system for attachment to a first wall having a top portion and a second wall having a top portion, said floor system comprising:a joist rim having a rim web and an upper rim leg protruding therefrom and a lower rim leg protruding therefrom, said lower rim leg supported on said top portion of said first wall and being attached thereto, said joist rim having a plurality of joist attachment tabs integrally formed in said rim web; another joist rim having another rim web and another upper rim leg protruding therefrom and another lower rim leg protruding therefrom, said another joist rim having a plurality of another joist attachment tabs integrally formed in said another rim web thereof and wherein said another lower rim leg of said another joist rim is supported on said top portion of said second wall and is attached thereto such that at least a number of said another attachment tabs are substantially aligned with said attachment tabs of said joist rim; a plurality of joists substantially aligned with said attachment tabs, wherein each said joist has an end attached to an attachment tab and another end attached to said another attachment tab aligned therewith; and at least one blocking member attached to at least two adjacent joists and extending therebetween.