Steven Howell Walker
Engineers in Windermere, FL
License number
Utah 5174326-2202
Issued Date
Sep 18, 2002
Expiration Date
Mar 31, 2009
Category
Engineer/Land Surveyor
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Windermere, FL
Professional information
Structural Metal Member For Use In A Roof Truss Or A Floor Joist
US Patent:
6964140, Nov 15, 2005
Filed:
Jun 29, 2001
Appl. No.:
09/896505
Inventors:
Steven H. Walker - Windermere FL, US
Raymond C. Frobosilo - Lido Beach NY, US
Raymond C. Frobosilo - Lido Beach NY, US
International Classification:
E04C002/38
US Classification:
52715, 527295, 527317, 527376
Abstract:
A cold formed, sheet metal structural member having a first planar web member with two longitudinally extending legs such that the structural member or chord comprises an elongated member of substantially U-shaped cross section being longitudinally symmetric and being closed at one end and open at the other end. The legs are mirror images of each other and terminate with outwardly extending hollow flanges having a margin area juxtaposed to the leg. The bracing web members are slidably receivable within the U-shaped cross section and can be secured to the depending legs by suitable fasteners. A secondary web is positionable on the structural member in parallel relationship to the first web to provide additional resistance for sheathing fasteners.