Patent ID: 8225581
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: E04B,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A light steel structural member having a longitudinal axis comprising: a web portion having a web face having opposite longitudinal sides; a pair of flange portions each extending generally orthogonally from each end of the web portion, the flange portions each being in a plane that is generally parallel to the plane of the other flange portion, each of the flange portions having a flange face having opposite longitudinal sides; and wherein at least one of the web face and the flange faces has a plurality of segmented embosses formed therein, the segmented embosses having spaces between adjacent embosses and being arranged in generally parallel rectilinear rows, the spaces between the embosses of one row being offset with spaces between the embosses of at least one other row such that any cross section extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the structural member and connecting the opposite sides of the at least one face intersects at least one of the embosses on the at least one face, the plurality of segmented embosses being portions of steel stretched out of plane one of inwardly and outwardly, being connected around the whole periphery and each emboss is fully contained within at least one of the web face and the flange faces.