Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John W. Vandigriff
  • Patent number: 6389778
    Abstract: A prefabricated modular wall panel brace is used in the construction of long wall for buildings. Each prefabricated modular panel brace is placed beside another framing component between a top plate and a bottom plate. Every other panel maybe inverted with respect to the adjacent panel so that the ends of a diagonal brace in each panel is adjacent to the diagonal brace in the adjacent panel. Each panel may have a movable/swiveling section to accommodate an angled portion of the wall. The modular wall panel brace may be used in single or multiple floor structures for either interior or exterior walls to provide shear or diaphragm bracing of the wall units of a building to provide bracing for wind or seismic loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Itec Steel Corporation
    Inventor: J. V. Strange