Patent ID: 8176706
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A column assembly module for a building framework, said column assembly comprising: a vertically elongate column member defining a horizontal dimension, the column member having opposing vertical outside edges; and a pair of horizontally spaced vertically and horizontally extending side plate members spanning the horizontal dimension of said column member and projecting together and generally in parallel horizontally therefrom, at least one of the side plates being attached to the column member at an inner surface of the side plate and in opposing relation to one of said opposing vertical outside edges of the column member at an interface, a vertical interface plane that lies at the interface of the inner surface of said at least one side plate and said one outside opposing vertical edge, the vertical interface plane being coincident with said one outside opposing vertical edge at the interface; at least a portion of the inner surface of the at least one side plate in a region remote from the interface being spaced away from said vertical interface plane.