Patent ID: 7739841

Claim:
A combination for use in a frame of a building assembly, comprising: a metal hub comprised of multiple substantially planar hub portions having respective interior and exterior surfaces, said hub portions including a first hub portion, a second hub portion integrally connected to the first hub portion so as to define an internal acute angle with respect thereto, and at least one additional hub portion integrally connected between the first and second hub portions so that the multiple hub portions together define a closed three dimensional geometric figure and have their respective interior surfaces defining an interior space therein through which a central axis extends so as to be substantially parallel to each of the hub portions; a first leg comprised of only a single elongated and substantially planar metal plate having a plurality of holes therethrough, opposing inner and outer ends, and a longitudinal axis, the exterior surface of the first hub portion having only the inner end of the first leg integrally connected thereto so as to extend outwardly therefrom in a planar orientation substantially perpendicular to said central axis, with the longitudinal axis of the first leg being substantially perpendicular to the first hub portion; and a second leg also comprised of only a single elongated and substantially planar metal plate having a plurality of holes therethrough, opposing inner and outer ends, and a longitudinal axis, the exterior surface of the second hub portion having only the inner end of the second leg integrally connected thereto so as to extend outwardly therefrom in a planar orientation substantially perpendicular to said central axis and substantially coplanar with the first leg, the longitudinal axis of the second leg being substantially perpendicular to the second hub portion.