Patent ID: 6467230
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: E04F,Y10S

Abstract:
A structural interconnection device for attachment of an elongate member to a rigid frame of an access hatch, said interconnection device comprising:two flange portions each adapted for attachment to the rigid frame, and a receiving portion comprising locking means for selectively releasably securing thereto an end portion of an elongate member, each said flange portion having a location surface for bearing against said rigid frame and said location surface lying, in use, in a plane which is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of an end portion of an elongate member secured to said receiving portion, said plane of the location surface of one of said two flange portions lying, in use, in a plane displaced from said longitudinal axis of an end portion of the elongate member and extending substantially perpendicular relative to a plane of the location surface of an other of said two flange portions, each of the two flange portions having a respective intermediate portion integrally connecting the location surface of said flange portion with the receiving portion, each said intermediate portion extending substantially parallel with one another and spaced apart from one another to define a void space therebetween, and an end of the receiving portion extending beyond an edge of each flange portion location surface in the direction of said longitudinal axis.