Connection of structural elements in the art of building

Claim 1

CONNECTING MEANS FOR CONNECTING BEAMS TO A COLUMN AT A REGION OF INTERSECTION HAVING A PREDETERMINED VERTICAL DIMENSION, COMPRISING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING BODY HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM REGIONS SEPARATED BY SAID DIMENSION, AND HAVING A CROSS-SECTION NOT SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN THE COLUMN AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF BEAM-RECEIVING VERTICAL SIDES, SAID BODY HAVING MEANS ADAPTED TO INTERFIT WITH THE COLUMN AND INCLUDING HORIZONTAL SURFACE STRUCTURE ENGAGEABLE WITH HORIZONTAL SURFACE STRUCTURE OF THE COLUMN FOR TRANSMISSION OF VERTICAL LOAD IN BEARING BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE COLUMN, AND SAID BODY HAVING HORIZONTAL EDGE MEANS PERMANENTLY INCORPORATED AT EACH OF ITS BEAM-RECEIVING SIDES, WITHIN ITS SAID CROSS-SECTION, AND SPACED BELOW ITS TOP REGION AND COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY-FACING EDGE DISPOSED FOR REMOVABLY RECEIVING A BEAM-CARRYING HANGER THEREON, FOR SUPPORTING SAID HANGER IN BEARING TO TRANSMIT LOAD FROM SAID HANGER TO SAID BODY, SAID UPWARDLY-FACING EDGE BEING DISPOSED AT AN UPPER PART OF THE SIDE OF THE BODY, AND SAID LAST-MENTIONED SIDE OF THE BODY HAVING VERTICALLY EXTENDING SURFACE STRUCTURE BELOW THE UPWARDLY FACING EDGE, ADAPTED TO BE ABUTTED BY STRUCTURE OF THE HANGER FOR RECEIVING HORIZONTALLY TRANSMITTED STRESS THEREFROM.