Hip ridge connection

Details Hip ridge connection Hip ridge connection

1993-10-14

1995-01-10

Reese, Randolph A.

Joints and connections

Rod end to transverse side of member

Stirrup

403231, 403170, E04B 100

Patent

active

053801164

ABSTRACT:
A hip ridge connection in a building structure in which two hip rafters are connected to a ridge member by a sheet metal hip ridge connector having a base which is in registration with the end face of the ridge member and has flanges fastened to the side faces of the ridge member, and two seat members holding the two hip members in selectable sloping relation to the ridge member. The same sheet metal hip ridge connector may also be used to connect two hip rafters to a wall or the face of two common rafters. Modified forms of the sheet metal hip ridge connector may be used to connect 2x or 4x dimensional lumber hip rafters to 2x or 4x dimensional ridge members. One sheet metal hip ridge connector is slope adjustable in the field up to a 12/12 pitch for the hip rafters.

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