Patent ID: 6772570
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A variable pitch, dual-connector bracket, comprising:a base member configured for attachment to a bearing member, the base member having a top section for resting on a corresponding top section of the bearing member and first and second side sections for attachment to corresponding first and second side sections of the bearing member; first and second pivotable seat members configured for attachment to first and second structural support members, respectively; the first and second pivotable seat members being pivotally attached to the respective first and second side sections of said base member at respective first and second rafter index lines so as to be rotatable to varying pitch positions relative to the base member, wherein each rafter index line is constituted by an intersection of a bottom edge of the side section of the base member and a top edge of the pivotable seat member; first and second movable side members attached to the first and second pivotable seat members, respectively, so as to be capable of rotating with the seat members relative to the first and second side sections of the base member, and first and second fixed side members attached to the first and second side sections, respectively, of the base member and attached to the first and second movable side members so as to maintain the movable side members at a desired pitch position, wherein each of the first and second pivotable seat members is not attached to a pair of movable side members, and wherein each of the first and second side sections of the base member is not attached to a pair of fixed side members.