Patent ID: 7870703

Claim:
A bolster for use in construction comprising: a beam; a pair of spaced apart foot members; a plurality of first leg members arranged in spaced relationship on one side of said beam, said plurality of first leg members connected to one of said pair of spaced apart foot members and to said beam; a plurality of second leg members arranged in spaced relationship on an opposite side of said beam, said second plurality of leg members connected to a another of said pair of spaced apart foot members and said beam, said beam and said pair of spaced apart foot members and said first and second pluralities of leg members being integrally formed together of a polymeric material; and each of said beam and said pair of spaced apart foot members having a connecting means thereon, said connecting means for joining said beam and said pair of spaced apart foot members to a beam and a pair of foot members of an adjacent bolster, said connecting means comprising: a downwardly facing slot and a downwardly facing key member on one end of each of said pair of spaced apart foot members, said downwardly facing slot having a wall defining an angle acute to vertical; and an upwardly facing slot and an upwardly facing key member on an opposite end of each of said pair of spaced apart foot members, said upwardly facing key member having a vertical wall.