Patent ID: 7261494

Claim:
A truss shoe for use in a mine roof support system, comprising: a base member comprising a bearing surface for engaging a mine roof; a body extending from the base member, the body comprising: a bolt receiving section comprising a bore extending through the bolt receiving section and the base member; a cable engaging section spaced from the bolt receiving section and having an opening therethrough to receive a portion of a cable; and an intermediate section between the bolt receiving section and the cable engaging section, the intermediate section comprising a pair of ribs extending away from the base member and extending between and connected to the bolt receiving section and the cable engaging section, wherein the pair of ribs is selected from the group of (1) each of the pair of ribs has a lip portion, the lip portion of the pair of ribs faces one another and each lip portion provides its respective rib with a recess, the recess extending from the lip to the base member; (2) an elongated member extending between and connected to each of the pair of ribs and spaced from the bolt receiving section and the cable engaging section; (3) a third rib extending upward from the base member, the third rib member between and spaced from the pair of ribs and between and spaced from the bolt receiving section and the cable engaging section; and (4) an elongated member extending upward from the base member, between each of the pair of ribs, connected to one of the ribs and spaced from the other one of the ribs, and between and spaced from the bolt receiving section and the cable engaging section.