US4794746A
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Joist bridging
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-02-27
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Granted: 1989-01-03
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Expires: 2007-02-27
Abstract
Abstract A joist bridging component comprising a one-piece molded plastic member generally of X-shape having crossheads at the ends of the diagonals of the X adapted for being nailed facewise against joists and to act as gauges for establishing the joist spacing.
Inventors
- 👤 James L. Ramer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 00:54
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B5/00; E04B5/02; E04B5/12; E04C; E04C3/00; E04C3/02; E04C2003/026
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
347 words
A floor comprising joists extending in spaced side-by-side relation and a bridging system therefore comprising joist bridging components between adjacent joists, each joist bridging component comprising a one-piece member generally of X-shape having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis and being generally symmetrical about the horizontal axis and generally symmetrical about the vertical axis, said member having a plate portion at the center of the X generally in the plane of the X, first and second arms integral with said center plate portion radiating from the center plate portion on one side of the horizontal axis and third and fourth arms integral with said center plate portion radiating from the center plate portion on the other side of the horizontal axis, the first and second arms being generally symmetrical with the third and fourth arms about the horizontal axis and the first and third arms being generally symmetrical with the second and fourth arms about the vertical axis, each arm having a web generally of the same thickness as the center plate portion and coplanar with the center plate portion and said webs being coplanar with each other, each arm having a flange along the outside edge of the web, the center plate portion having a first flange at the edge thereof on the said one side of the horizontal axis continuous with the flanges of the first and second arms and a second flange at the edge thereof on the said other side of the horizontal axis continuous with the flanges of the third and fourth arms, the first and third arms having at their outer ends integral heads having outside faces in a first plane generally perpendicular to the horizontal axis in facewise engagement with a side of a joist and nailed thereto, and the second and fourth arms having at their outer ends integral heads having outside faces in a second plane perpendicular to the horizontal axis in facewise engagement with a side of the adjacent joist and nailed adjacent joist, said planes being spaced a fixed distance for establishing the joist spacing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
347 words
A floor comprising joists extending in spaced side-by-side relation and a bridging system therefore comprising joist bridging components between adjacent joists, each joist bridging component comprising a one-piece member generally of X-shape having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis and being generally symmetrical about the horizontal axis and generally symmetrical about the vertical axis, said member having a plate portion at the center of the X generally in the plane of the X, first and second arms integral with said center plate portion radiating from the center plate portion on one side of the horizontal axis and third and fourth arms integral with said center plate portion radiating from the center plate portion on the other side of the horizontal axis, the first and second arms being generally symmetrical with the third and fourth arms about the horizontal axis and the first and third arms being generally symmetrical with the second and fourth arms about the vertical axis, each arm having a web generally of the same thickness as the center plate portion and coplanar with the center plate portion and said webs being coplanar with each other, each arm having a flange along the outside edge of the web, the center plate portion having a first flange at the edge thereof on the said one side of the horizontal axis continuous with the flanges of the first and second arms and a second flange at the edge thereof on the said other side of the horizontal axis continuous with the flanges of the third and fourth arms, the first and third arms having at their outer ends integral heads having outside faces in a first plane generally perpendicular to the horizontal axis in facewise engagement with a side of a joist and nailed thereto, and the second and fourth arms having at their outer ends integral heads having outside faces in a second plane perpendicular to the horizontal axis in facewise engagement with a side of the adjacent joist and nailed adjacent joist, said planes being spaced a fixed distance for establishing the joist spacing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A floor as set forth in claim 1 wherein the flanges of each said bridging component extend laterally outwardly at both sides of the arms and the central plate portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A floor as set forth in claim 1 wherein the head of each said bridging component have nail holes therein.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A floor as set forth in claim 3 wherein each said bridging component is supplied with nails preset in the nail holes for driving into the joists.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A floor as set forth in claim 2 wherein the heads of each said bridging component are crossheads at the ends of the arms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A floor as set forth in claim 3 wherein the crossheads of each said bridging component have side portions of decreasing thickness laterally outwardly from the arms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A floor as set forth in claim 6 wherein the side portions of the crossheads have nail holes therein.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
A floor as set forth in claim 7 wherein each said bridging component is supplied with nails preset in the nail holes in the side portions of the crossheads for driving into the joists.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A floor as set forth in claim 1 wherein each said bridging component is molded in one piece of plastic, the heads being crossheads at the ends of the arms, the crossheads having side portions with nail holes therein.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
A floor as set forth in claim 9 wherein the side portions of the crossheads are of deceasing thickness laterally outwardly from the arms, the nail holes are angled off 90° to the outside faces of the crossheads, and the nails are preset in the holes.
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