Structural members and joining arrangements therefor

Details Structural members and joining arrangements therefor Structural members and joining arrangements therefor

2007-05-29

2007-05-29

Stodola, Daniel P. (Department: 3679)

Joints and connections

Interfitted members

Interfitted angle or channel bars

C403S230000, C403S232100, C052S241000, C052S242000, C052S290000

Reexamination Certificate

active

09979214

ABSTRACT:
A joining arrangement for use in the construction of stud frames and for releasable attachment of a first member to a second structural member forming part of the frame. The first member includes in at least one side wall a female recess which, when the members are joined, engages a corresponding male protrusion in at least one wall of the second member. The respective formations in the first and second members engage such that they are generally in alignment thereby securing the first member to the second member and wherein the first member is a stud and the second member is a plate.

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