Patent ID: 8573240

Claim:
An assembly, comprising: a vertical support member; a first truss member, wherein the first truss member includes a first end, a second end, and a mid-point between the first end and the second end and wherein the first end is connected to the vertical support member; a second truss member, wherein the second truss member includes a first end, a second end, and a mid-point between the first end and the second end and wherein the first end is connected to the vertical support member; a first internal support body including an elongate body configured substantially as a rectangular prism with rounded edges having a first aperture extending vertically through the elongate body; wherein: the elongate body is situated completely within and supporting the first truss member at the mid-point between the first end and the second end of the first truss member; a portion of an exterior of the elongate body is flush with inner surfaces of the first truss member; and the first aperture is aligned with two second apertures, one through each latitudinal-vertical planar surface of the first truss assembly member; a second internal support body including an elongate body configured substantially as a rectangular prism with rounded edges having a third aperture extending vertically through the elongate body; wherein: the elongate body is situated completely within and supporting the second truss member at the mid-point between the first end and the second end of the second truss member; a portion of an exterior of the elongate body is flush with inner surfaces of the second truss member; and the third aperture is aligned with two fourth apertures, one through each latitudinal-vertical planar surface of the second truss assembly member; and a connecting that passes through the first aperture in the first internal support body, the second apertures in the first truss member, a third aperture in the second internal support body, fourth apertures in the second truss member to connect the first and second truss members together.