Patent CA-1218824-A (CA)
Inventor: PALACIO JOAQUIN J
IPC: E04C3/292
Filed: 1986-02-05
Granted: 1987-03-10
Abstract: TRUSS ASSEMBLY AND BRACING CLIP AND ATTACHMENT MEMBER FOR USE WITH TRUSSES                           ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE   A truss assembly and truss hanger, bracing clip and attachment member for use with trusses is disclosed. The bracing clip is used for supporting a beam running transverse to a plurality of wooden trusses and includes a connector plate disposed within a first plane having a plurality of sharp projections extending generally perpendicular from the plane of the plate for use in fixedly attaching the connector plate to the top wooden member of the truss, a first surface attached to and extending from the connector plate generally within the first plane, a second surface disposed within a second plane which is attached to the first surface and forming approximately a 90° angle with the first surface, the second surface being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the beam when the second surface is in contact with the beam, a third surface disposed within a third plane which is joined to the second surface and forming approximately a 90° angle with the second plane, the third surface being substantially perpendicular to the first plane, and the third surface being adapted for attachment to said beam underneath and across its thickness. A truss hanger in accordance with the invention comprises a bracket having a first leg with first and second ends, the first leg having a side which is adapted to engage the width of a beam, a base disposed in a first 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 and a second leg disposed in a second plane which is parallel to the first plane and 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 an attachment member having upper and lower connecting plates disposed at opposite ends of an intermediate member, said attachment member being joined to the first leg to form a substantially 90° angle therewith and projecting away from the opposite side of the first leg which is adapted to engage the beam, said connecting plates having a plurality of sharp projections extending generally perpendicular from the plane of the connecting plate for use in fixedly attaching the connecting plate of each truss hanger to wooden members within the trusses. An attachment member in accordance with the invention comprises first and second connecting plates disposed at opposite ends of an intermediate section, said connecting plates each having a plurality of sharp projections extending generally perpendicular from the connecting plates, said connecting plates being disposed in the same plane, and said intermediate section having at least one projection extending from the same side as the sharp projections of the connecting plates and extending substantially the entire length of the intermediate section between the connecting plates, said projection being higher in proximity to the connecting plates than in the center of the intermediate section midway between the connecting plates and a pair of side flanges attached to and projecting upward from both outside edges of the intermediate section and extending in the same direction as the projection, the height of the projection of the side flanges varying throughout their length with the highest projection being in proximity to the connecting plates and the lowest projection being in proximity to the midpoint of the flanges located between the connecting plates.