IP Library Granted Patent US 9,163,404
Granted Patent B2
US 9,163,404 · App. 14/584,601 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Truss configuration

Inventors: John Louis Vanker (Lac due Flambeau, WI); Michael J. Lastowski (Centennial, CO)
Assignee: PatCO, LLC
E04C3/08E04B2001/2466E04C2003/0495
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Patent No.
US 9,163,404
App. No.
14/584,601
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A truss comprising a top chord, a bottom chord, a plurality of exterior braces, and a plurality of interior braces, wherein the top chord further comprises a plurality of welding slots arrangements, each of the welding slots arrangements including pilot holes and welding slots, wherein the welding slots arrangement is used to securely attach one of the interior braces and the exterior braces to the top chord.

Claims (32)

1. A truss, comprising:

a top chord;

a bottom chord;

a plurality of exterior braces; and

a plurality of interior braces, wherein the top chord further comprises a plurality of welding slots arrangements, each of the welding slots arrangements including pilot holes and welding slots, wherein the welding slots arrangement is used to securely attach one of the interior braces and the exterior braces to the top chord.

2. The truss of claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of exterior braces is substantially similar and wherein the angle between each of the exterior braces and the top chord is substantially similar.

3. The truss of claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of interior braces is substantially similar.

4. The truss of claim 1 , wherein alternate of the interior braces are parallel to each other.

5. The truss of claim 4 , wherein an angle between each of the alternate interior braces parallel to each other and the top chord is substantially similar.

6. The truss of claim 4 , wherein an angle between each of the alternate interior braces parallel to each other and the top chord is substantially fifth nine (59) degrees.

7. The truss of claim 1 , wherein the bottom chord comprises:

a first flange having an inner end and an outer end with a first lip at the inner end of the first flange;

a second flange having an inner end and outer end with a second lip at the inner end of the second flange; and

a web connected to the outer end of the first flange and the outer end of the second flange and extending between the first flange and the second flange.

8. The truss of claim 1 , wherein each of the interior braces and the exterior braces is welded to the top chord using the welding slots.

9. The truss of claim 1 , wherein a width of the interior braces is less than a width of each of the top chord and the bottom chord.

10. A truss configuration, comprising:

a plurality of trusses, each of the plurality of trusses comprising a top chord, a bottom chord, a plurality of exterior braces, and a plurality of interior braces,

wherein the top chord further comprises a plurality of welding slots arrangements, each of the welding slots arrangements including pilot holes and welding slots, wherein the welding slots arrangement is used to securely attach one of the interior braces and the exterior braces to the top chord.

11. The truss configuration of claim 10 , wherein the top chords of the each of the plurality of trusses are located parallel to each other in a same planar level and the bottom chord of the each of the plurality of trusses are located parallel to each other in a same planar level.

12. The truss configuration of claim 11 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of exterior braces in each of the plurality of trusses is substantially similar.

13. The truss configuration of claim 11 , wherein a spacing between two adjacent interior braces in each of the plurality of trusses is aligned along a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the top chords of each of the plurality of trusses.

14. The truss configuration of claim 11 , wherein a width of the interior braces is less than a width of each of the top chord and the bottom chord.

15. The truss configuration of claim 11 , wherein each of the interior braces and the exterior braces is welded to the top chord using the welding slots.

16. The truss configuration of claim 11 , wherein an angle between each of the alternate interior braces parallel to each other and the top chord is substantially similar.

17. A chord for a truss, the chord comprising:

a first flange having an inner end and an outer end with a first lip at the inner end of the first flange; and

a second flange having an inner end and an outer end with a second lip at the inner end of the second flange,

wherein the chord further comprises a plurality of welding slots arrangements, each of the welding slots arrangements including pilot holes and welding slots, wherein the welding slots arrangement is used to securely attach one of an interior brace and an exterior brace to the chord.

18. The chord of claim 17 , further comprising a web connected to the outer end of the first flange and the outer end of the second flange and extending between the first flange and the second flange.

19. The chord of claim 18 , used as a bottom chord of a truss, wherein the inner end of the flanges faces an inside of the truss.

20. The chord of claim 18 , wherein a thickness of the lip is substantially equal to 0.25 inches.

Assignments (5)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: PATCO, LLC
To: GARFIELD PARK, LLC
Reel/Frame 059266/0048 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: PATCO, LLC
To: SECURITY BENEFIT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059682/0775 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT @ REEL 053016 AND FRAME 0936 Recorded Apr 16, 2021
From: ELDRIDGE CORPORATE FUNDING LLC
To: PATCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 056047/0984 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2020
From: PATCO, LLC
To: ELDRIDGE CORPORATE FUNDING LLC
Reel/Frame 053016/0936 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2014
From: VANKER, JOHN LOUIS; LASTOWSKI, MICHAEL J.
To: PATCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 034594/0725 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14133151 · Dec 18, 2013
Provisional Application 61739217 · Dec 19, 2012
Related Publication 20150107182A1 · Apr 23, 2015