Patents Assigned to Shigeru Goya
  • Patent number: 5438811
    Abstract: A metal fixture is employed for jointing wooden members, such as a pillar, a beam or a joist, in a wooden building or construction. The metal fixture includes a main member having a back surface adapted to be secured to the wooden member, such as a pillar, a pair of lateral extensions projected at right angles to the back surface in parallel with each other and at least one of cogged joint grooves and through-holes formed in each of the lateral extensions, a supporting member for supporting a design bracket, and a fixation unit for fixing the supporting member and the main member to each other. The wooden members may be jointed easily and fixedly to each other, while the jointed portions of the wooden members may be covered up easily with facilitated machining operations for the jointing metal fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignees: Shigeo Goya, Shigeru Goya
    Inventor: Shigeo Goya