Patent ID: 7310914

Claim:
A bracket for connecting a roof to a shipping container, comprising: a flat rectangular sheet of material; a longitudinally extending fold line formed in said sheet of material; said longitudinally extending fold line dividing said sheet of material into a first part and a second part; said first part and said second part being disposed at a predetermined angle relative to one another when a fold is formed in said fold line; said first part adapted to be secured to a vertical wall of a shipping container; said second part adapted to be engaged to a roof; a plurality of openings formed in said first part; each opening of said plurality of openings formed in said first part adapted to receive an interconnecting means that joins said first part to said vertical wall of said shipping container; a plurality of square “C”-shaped cuts formed in said second part; a folding line associated with an uncut end of each of said square “C”-shaped cuts; each of said “C” shaped cuts adapted to be folded at its respective folding line; a medial flange formed when each of said square “C”-shaped cuts is folded about ninety degrees relative to its associated folding line; each of said medial flanges adapted to be engaged to a roof construction; whereby said bracket is adapted to interconnect said vertical wall of said shipping container and said roof construction.