Patent ID: 7971409

Claim:
A connection including a beam shoe ( 1 ) for attaching a first beam ( 2 ) end-on to a load-bearing construction ( 3 ), a first beam ( 2 ) and a load-bearing construction ( 3 ), said beam shoe ( 1 ) comprising: a. a channel-shaped retaining member ( 7 ) formed from a substantially strip-like sheet metal blank ( 4 ), said retaining member ( 7 ) having a rectangular web-like bottom ( 8 ), said bottom ( 8 ) having a width (a) and two retaining flanges ( 10 , 10 ′), each having a longitudinal border ( 26 ) and a lower end portion ( 27 ), bent over from said bottom ( 8 ) at right angles thereto, said bottom ( 8 ) joining said retaining flanges ( 10 , 10 ′) at first bending lines ( 20 , 20 ′), wherein: i. a pair of substantially planar fastening flanges ( 13 , 13 ′) is provided with through holes ( 12 , 12 ′) for rod-like fasteners ( 17 ), said fastening flanges ( 13 , 13 ′) being bent over at right angles along said longitudinal border ( 26 ) of each retaining flange ( 10 , 10 ′) and which faces said load-bearing construction ( 3 ), said fastening flanges ( 13 , 13 ′) each having a contact face ( 14 , 14 ′), said contact faces ( 14 , 14 ′) facing away from said retaining member ( 7 ) and being placed on said load-bearing construction ( 3 ) and fastened thereto with said rod-like fasteners ( 17 ); ii. said web-like bottom ( 8 ) and said lower end portions ( 27 ) of said retaining flanges ( 10 , 10 ′) are reinforced by a reinforcing flange ( 18 ), said reinforcing flange ( 18 ) being formed as a strip-like, continuous channel-shaped sheet-metal portion ( 18 ) running in the plane of said two fastening flanges ( 13 , 13 ′) and extending over said width (a) of said bottom ( 8 ) between said lower end portions ( 27 ) of said two retaining flanges ( 10 , 10 ′) adjacent said bottom ( 8 ), said reinforcing flange ( 18 ) being integrally connected to said bottom ( 8 ) and said lower end portions ( 27 ) of said retaining flanges ( 10 , 10 ′) such that said reinforcing flange extends above said bottom ( 8 ); and iii. said reinforcing flange ( 18 ) joins said web-like bottom ( 8 ) at a second bending line ( 21 ), and said second bending line ( 21 ) interconnects said longitudinal borders ( 26 ), said second bending line ( 21 ) connecting to each longitudinal border ( 26 ) directly, without intervening structures, so that said second bending line ( 21 ) and said longitudinal borders ( 26 ) are continuous and form a continuous bend in a single plane where said longitudinal borders ( 26 ) connect to said second bending line ( 21 ).