Patent ID: 7124544

Claim:
A support system for floor and rafter joists comprising an I-joist and support block assembly: the I-joist consisting of a top flange with a top surface and a top flange outer side surface and a bottom flange with a bottom surface and a bottom flange outer side surface and a web connecting and extending between the top and bottom flanges and having a web side surface, and the I-joist having a depth dimension from the top surface to the bottom surface and the I-joist having an I-joist side surface comprising a said top flange outer side surface, said web side surface, and said bottom flange outer side surface, wherein said top flange outer side surface and said bottom flange outer side surface are outermost side extremities of the I-joist; and a one-piece said support block adapted to contact said I-joist side surface, the support block having a support portion with an inner surface adjacent to said web and fitting between the top flange and the bottom flange, and a load-bearing portion extending out from the support portion and extending up along the top flange outer side surface to a plane at or above the plane of the top surface and down along the bottom flange outer side surface to be coplanar with the plane of the bottom surface, so that the load-bearing portion is adapted to increase compressive load capacity of the I-joist and support block assembly.