Patent ID: 7856787

Claim:
A joint fitting between members characterized by comprising: a single one-piece bolt having a length vertically bridging an upper floor vertical frame member having a horizontal cross section of a groove shape with lips and a lower floor vertical frame member having a horizontal cross section of a groove shape with lips at intervals along the axial direction at which bolt joint hardware being fastened to inside the grooves of the upper and lower floor vertical frame members, the joint hardware having side opening groove cross-sections, the side opening grooves in the joint hardware detachably receiving the bolt, the joint hardware being attached along the longitudinal direction of the bolt and being provided above and below thereof with upper and lower female thread fittings screwed over the bolt, the upper and lower female thread fittings clamping the joint hardware between them to hold the joint hardware at predetermined positions along the longitudinal direction of the bolt, and thereby enabling transmitting both compressive force and tensile force.