Patent CA-1194673-A (CA)
Inventor: RIONDA CARLOS S
IPC: E04C5/16
Filed: 1983-07-18
Granted: 1985-10-08
Abstract: TRUSS ASSEMBLY AND TRUSS HANGER AND CONNECTOR HANGER FOR USE WITH TRUSSES     ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE         A truss assembly and truss hanger and connector hanger for use with trusses is disclosed.  The truss hanger is used for attaching a truss assembly to a beam running transverse to the longitudinal axis of the truss and includes a bracket having a first leg disposed in a first plane with first and second ends and two outside edges running between the first and second ends, the first leg having a side which is adapted to engage a first side of the beam across its width a base, disposed in a second plane, having first and second ends, the first end of the base being attached to the first end of the leg at approximately a 90° angle, the base being adapted to engage the top of the beam, a second leg, disposed in a third plane which is parallel to the second plane and which is attached to the second end of the base at an approximate 90° angle, the second leg being adapted to engage a second side of the beam across its width; and a connecting plate disposed in fourth plane, the connecting plate being attached to the first leg along one of the outside edges, the fourth plane being substantially perpendicular to the first plane, the connecting plate having a plurality of sharp projections extending generally perpendicular from the connecting plane toward the other outside edge.  A connector hanger in accordance with the invention is used for attaching the end of a truss to a beam running transverse to the longitudinal axis of the truss and includes a connecting plate having a plurality of sharp projections extending generally perpendicular from the connecting plate, the connecting plate being disposed in a first plane and having a plurality of outside edges; a strap, disposed in a second plane, which is joined to an outside edge of the connecting plate, the second plane being substantially perpendicular to the first plane, the strap having a plurality of apertures adapted for receiving nails and extending the entire length of the edge of the connecting plate to which the strap is joined and projecting past the connecting plate to provide a surface for nailing the strap to the beam; and the strap being rectangular in shape, the strap being joined to the connecting plate along one of its two longest sides with the end of the longest side to which the strap is connected being coterminous with the end of the outside edge of the connecting plate to which the strap is attached and the sharp projections extending toward the other of the two longest sides.    CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS           United States Patent No. 4,455,805 entitled "Truss Assembly and Truss Hanger for Use with Trusses" filed on September 24, 1982 which names Carlos S. Rionda and Joaquim Jack Palacio as the inventors and which is assigned to the assignee of the present invention discloses a truss hanger which may be used for attaching trusses to wooden beams running transverse to the longitudinal axis of the truss.                 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to wooden trusses used for supporting structural loads and to hardware used in constructing wooden trusses which enhances the ease of instal-lation and increases the resultant structural rigidity of the installed trusses for bearing structural loads, DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART constructing various types of wooden truss