Structural framing member and prefabricated panel structure

Claim 1

A structural framing assembly comprising: two elongated structural framing members each comprising a base having two opposing sides, two opposing side walls each projecting from corresponding said sides of said base in a direction approximately perpendicular to said base, each said side wall having an intermediate flange approximately parallel to said base, each said intermediate flange dividing each corresponding said side wall into a first side wall portion and a second side wall portion, a first plane defined by said first side wall portion being approximately parallel to a second plane defined by said second side wall portion, a first distance between said first side wall portions being greater than a second distance between said second side wall portions, each said second side wall portion having an upper flange directed toward an opposite said second side wall portion and positioned approximately perpendicular with respect to said side walls, each said upper flange having a terminal end portion angled toward said base and approximately perpendicular to said upper flanges, and said terminal end portions spaced apart from each other forming a continuous slot along a length of the structural framing member, said base and said side walls defining a longitudinal hollow space; and a first of said structural framing members longitudinally aligned with respect to a second of said structural framing members, both said bases positioned within a same approximate plane; a splice plate, said splice plate having a first through hole and a second through hole, a first fastener extending through said first through hole and within said continuous slot of said first structural framing member, a second fastener extending through said second through hole and within said continuous slot of said second structural framing member, securement means for fixing said first fastener with respect to said first structural framing member and for fixing said second fastener fixed with respect to said second structural framing member; and a splice member positioned within said longitudinal hollow space of said first structural framing member and within said hollow space of said second structural framing member, said splice member spanning at least a portion of both said structural framing members, and said splice member secured to said first structural framing member and secured to said second structural framing member.