Patents by Inventor Travis Keys

Travis Keys has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Truss hold-down connectors and methods for attaching a truss to a bearing member
    Publication number: 20070209311
    Abstract: A truss hold-down connector for attaching metal trusses to a bearing member. One embodiment of the truss hold-down connector has a vertical connector web that has a bottom attachment leg protruding therefrom for attachment to a bearing member and first and second attachment tab portions for attachment to the flanges of a vertically extending truss web. Stiffeners may be embossed into the vertical connector web to provide the connector with additional strength. The first and second attachment tabs may be configured to enable the connector to be attached to vertically extending truss webs that have one or more diagonally extending truss webs attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Travis Keys
  • Truss hold-down connectors and methods for attaching truss to a bearing member
    Publication number: 20070209312
    Abstract: A truss hold-down connector for attaching metal trusses to a bearing member. One embodiment of the truss hold-down connector has a vertical connector web that has a bottom attachment leg protruding therefrom for attachment to a bearing member and first and second attachment tab portions for attachment to the flanges of a vertically extending truss web. Stiffeners may be embossed into the vertical connector web to provide the connector with additional strength. The first and second attachment tabs may be configured to enable pairs of identical connectors to be attached to vertically extending truss webs that have one or more diagonally extending truss webs attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Travis Keys, Michael Pellock