Abstract: A container for use in shipping garments on hangers has four surrounding walls, preferably, of multiple wall, corrugated kraft board. Dependently connected flaps which form a bottom for the container are arranged to permit shipment of the box in a collapsed condition. An entry flap provided on the front wall of the container is movable between a raised and lowered position. A lid for the container with depending sides is provided. A support structure is provided inside the container. It includes a horizontal support member preferably of wood supported at either end by vertical support members preferably of wood. The support members are held in position by securement plates. The sheet metal securement plates are formed into u-shaped clips which engage the side walls. A central tongue on each clip extends outwardly at an angle. An opening in the tongues receive the horizontal support member. The lower edges of the tongues form and engage in kerfs in the tops of the vertical support members.

Abstract: A jointing connector made from a sheet metal blank for connecting two to four wood members such as 2.times.4's. The connector includes a palm portion, and a finger portion with six distinct finger members. Each finger may be bent in the field by workmen to accommodate the particular jointing of the wood members. Preferably, the connector is bent in a U-shape at the factory. Three types of nail openings are provided including circular, slotted and directional slotted tab openings. The different types of openings with the configuration of the connector enable workmen to use the same connector in nearly a universal application to all types of jointing configurations. Further, the use of the special nail openings and the connector permit many of the nails to be used in double shear applications so that the connection value is doubled.

Abstract: Male and female connectors for connecting corrugated where the male and female connectors form a firm locking relationship by means of protuberances in the female connectors cooperating with locking slots when the flange of the male connector is in locked mating position. Two female connectors can be inverted and locked in mating position by the protuberances cooperating with slots on a respectively mated connector.

Abstract: The device for fixing an object by screwing to a section having two flanges directed substantially towards one another and defining therebetween a longitudinal opening comprises an elongated plate provided with one of the threaded portions and rotatable in a plane substantially parallel to that of the flanges of the section. In a free position, the longitudinal direction of the plate corresponds substantially to that of the section. In a retained position, the plate is retained under the flanges of the section and immobilized in one at least of the directions of rotation. Resilient means are provided for urging the plate towards the flanges of section in the retained position. The resilient means bear on a wedge intended to be inserted between the external face of the flanges of the section and the object to be fixed. This wedge has a passageway for a connecting rod between the plate and the other screw fixing element.

Abstract: A connecting device for detachable connection of two perpendicularly positioned panels, such as furniture panels, by means of a grooved fastener bolt fastened in the first panel and a tightening bolt rotatably mounted in a blind bore of the second panel. The tightening bolt is mounted in a first blind bore in the second panel and the fastener bolt is adapted to be inserted into a second blind bore in the second panel perpendicular to the first bore. The tightening bolt is in operative engagement with the head of the fastener bolt in such a manner that as the tightening bolt is rotated the fastener bolt is pulled into the second blind bore firmly joining the two panels.

Abstract: A device for joining tubular members of any cross section is disclosed. Typically, two parallel tubes are joined by a transverse tube. A rod is centered inside the transverse tube by a washer disposed at each end of the transverse tube. The rod may be threaded directly to one of the parallel tubes or to a reinforcing sleeve placed inside one of the parallel tubes. The other end of the rod has a small protuberance or head that is passed through an aperture in the wall of the other parallel tube. A wedge provided with a longitudinal slot, open at the thinner end of the wedge, is forced to engage with the head of the rod. The slot of the wedge is of a width slightly greater than the diameter of the rod such that the slot is easily engaged by the rod. The rod is subjected to tension stress and the transverse tube is subjected to compression stress. A rigid structure is provided having a smooth external joint, the fastening means being wholly disposed within the tubular members.

Abstract: An article of furniture including an elongated member and a telescoping assembly receiving and securing an end of the elongated member. The telescoping assembly includes first and second axially aligned collars, for drawing the first and second collars toward one another to secure the elongated member end therebetween, structure for drawing the member end toward the axis of the collars, and a tubular member extending between the first and second collars and through which the elongated member extends to support the elongated member against significant twisting with respect to the telescoping assembly.

Abstract: A double shear angled fastener sheet metal connector for connecting a wood held member to a wood holding member wherein the connector includes a side member formed with a restricted opening and a held-holding fastener driven at an angle through a portion of the end of the held member and into the holding member. The head end of the fastener is closely held by the metal side member. In the preferred form, the connector is formed with a header side which is fastened to the holding member thereby limiting bending of the held-holding fastener.

Abstract: A connector for the interconnection in generally perpendicular array of generally C-shaped elongate structural members having a pair of flanges integrally and perpendicularly connected with the web portion thereof in which said flanges each include a flange return edge which extends inwardly of the generally C-shaped channel, which connector, upon the assembly of said interconnection, provides strengthening of the webs of each said C-shaped structural member, and a floor assembly comprising said connector and said generally C-shaped elongate structural members.

Abstract: A roof system of the type wherein a rafter and a purlin are connected by a sheet metal truss. The truss contains a pair of channel-shaped mounting flanges that are hinged to the member at each end thereof. One flange is adapted to pass over and be seated upon the rafter while the opposite flange is adapted to pass over the purlin. In assembly, the flanges are brought into alignment with holes formed in the rafter and the purlin and the truss is secured in place using a spring loaded truss pin that can be easily deformed in assembly to provide a rivet-like connection between the cojoined members.

Abstract: Corrugated panels are intercoupled by a male and a female connector, each having a part received in its respective panel. The female connector has a U-shaped receiving volume, with a receiving slot in the front portion. The male connector has a pair of flanges connected by a rib. When assembled one flange is inserted in the receiving volume, and the rib is in the receiving slot. Two female connectors can be mated, by inverting one and inserting a part of its front portion into the receiving volume of the other female connector.

Abstract: A corner bracket assembly is adapted for mounting and support of a newel or post and comprises a plurality of corner brackets each having oppositely directed flanges at its lower edge for attachment to a rigid member, such as, a floor surface so as to form an upstanding receptacle for insertion of the newel, and exterior molding or trim forms a cover in surrounding relation to the corner brackets and base portion of the newel.

Abstract: A storage rack has vertical posts with vertically spaced apertures. Rails extend horizontally between the posts and are locked onto them by means of mounting plates on the ends of the rails. Each mounting plate has a pair of contiguous perpendicular planar surfaces that receive the edge margin of the post in the corner that they provide. The rail extends from one of the planar portions of the mounting plate, while the other planar portion has apertures through it that are aligned with apertures through two parallel walls of the post. The free ends of the legs of a generally U-shaped connector extend through these holes and are fastened at the exterior surface of the apertured mounting-plate portion by nuts. Exteriorly of the opposite post wall, the U-shaped connector has an offset web portion that extends perpendicularly of the leg portions beyond the edge margin of the post and around a narrowed tongue portion of the mounting-plate portion from which the rail extends.

Abstract: A device for attaching a second component (handrail) to a first component (upright) in a secure but detachable manner. The second component has a clip in the form of an angle. The first component has a recess large enough to accept the clip. The first component works in conjunction with a locking device so designed that in one position it will accept the clip but that in a different position it will permit the locking of the clip.

Abstract: A bracket for interconnecting a vertical post and a support element, typically a vertical post for supporting a guard rail surrounding a wooden, above-ground deck. The post can be either wooden or metal, and the identical bracket which connects the post to the deck can be simply inverted and utilized to inter-connect the post and the upper guard rail. The bracket supports the upstanding post at each end from adjacent vertical and horizontal surfaces of the deck structure and/or the handrail structure by means of integrally formed flanges and flange extensions which are in flat-wise contact with the respective surfaces on either side of a central recess which receives the post. The flanges and flange extensions, which are at right angles to one another, stabilize the post both vertically and laterally, particularly since they provide laterally spaced fastener locations beyond the confines of the post itself.

Abstract: A connector to unite rail and post in a railing or the like by means of adjustable frictional engagement within the rail, adjustment being through a plurality of barbs extending from a leg of the connector and bendable toward or away from the leg to adjust fit with the rail; the barbs have free ends oriented toward the middle of the connector, making the connector easier to assemble to the rail than to pull apart from the rail.

Abstract: A two piece detachable connector for joining furniture components at right angles comprising a pin and a holding piece, and method of installation. The pin has a head, a neck, a radial shoulder to limit insertion into a bore hole in a first furniture component and an insertion shank having annular fins to retain the pin in the bore hole. The holding piece has a recess to receive the pin head, neck and radial shoulder, a portion of which recess is arcuate and forms a constriction to removably capture the neck of the pin. The holding piece also has sharp, relatively deep annular fins to engage the wall of a bore hole in a second furniture component while permitting limited lateral displacement of the holding piece within the bore hole to accommodate inaccuracies in the relative locations of the bore holes in the furniture components. The pin and holding piece have camming surfaces that cooperate to effect mating engagement during assembly of connector parts.

Abstract: An integrated roof system for buildings of the type wherein the roof structure is supported on spaced apart rafters, the system comprising a series of V-trusses extending between the rafters at spaced apart intervals, the V-trusses comprising independent load supporting units which are self-bracing and do not require interconnecting bracing members. The V-trusses are formed from half-truss sections having top and bottom chords interconnected by webbing, the half-truss sections being diagonally disposed with respect to each other with their bottom chords juxtaposed and their top chords interconnected by tie members. The system includes seat members at the ends of the top chords by means of which the V-trusses are secured to the rafters, and a roof structure adapted to be secured to the top chords of the V-trusses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toenail having a generally triangular shaped head and one or more shanks. The head has two wood bearing surfaces which are typically formed at right angles to each other and a third head surface adapted to be driven, typically by a hammer. The shanks extend from the wood bearing surfaces preferably in a direction perpendicular to and away from the head surface. The shanks are preferably formed as an integral extension of the head thus providing a very rigid fastener for joining the intersecting faces of two boards such as a vertical stud and a horizontal plate. The shanks are positioned and sized so that when the tips of the shanks are registered to the intersecting faces of the intersecting boards, the wood bearing surfaces are parallel to their opposed intersecting board surfaces.

Abstract: The staple is in the form of an integral metal wire bent into a V-shape, the vertex of the V in turn being bent at 90.degree. to form a first punching element. The diverging ends of the arms of the V-shape in turn are bent downwardly 90.degree. to form second and third punching elements. The staple can be used to fasten two members with one of the punching elements being received in one member and the remaining two punching elements being received in the other, the general V-shape of the staple providing stability at the stapled joints of the members.

Abstract: A fire rated dry wall ceiling support system having fixed, aligned main beam members spliced together in a manner so as to absorb longitudinal compression, as for example resulting from thermal expansion during a fire. Each main beam includes a web surmounted by a bead with flange portions extending laterally outwardly from the web. Each web end includes a tongue extending axially outwardly for locking engagement with the adjacent beam member web and is so configured that the tongues fold in a longitudinal manner and become laterally displaced out of the normal plane of the tongues when the beam members are longitudinally compressed towards one another. Accordingly, the bead means become laterally displaced while moving towards one another in a longitudinal direction and may in fact overlap one another in a longitudinal sense. The system further includes support channels disposed transversely to the main beam members and engaged therewith.

Abstract: A connector system for rigidly securing two intersecting wood members of a wood structure together in abutting relation. The connector system includes at least one pair of substantially congruent, L-shaped members of commercial sheet steel or the like. Each of the connectors has two legs with teeth struck therefrom and extending generally perpendicular to the plane of the connector. The pair of connectors is driven into the wood members on opposite sides thereof at an intersection of the wood members with the one leg of each of the connectors extending in opposite directions along one of the wood members and with the other of the legs of the connectors facing one another on opposite sides of the other wood member. All of the teeth in the legs of each connector are embedded in the wood members.

Abstract: A framing bracket for use in forming wall to wall connections such as "Tee" and "Corner Post" connections in for example house building using wooden building studs and sheet wall construction is comprised of a rectangular base member having a pair of side walls each, side wall connected along a portion of the base plate length. The side walls extend to the approximate central portion of the rectangular base member and provide respectively a pair of connected stop plates which are inwardly depending. The stop plates in combination with the side walls and a portion of the rectangular base plate member form a first partial enclosure for receiving the tip of a conventional building stud thereinto for connection by means of nails or the like. Typically, the upper or lower longitudinal stud of a framed stud wall will occupy this first partial enclosure during a "Tee" or "corner post" connection. (See FIGS. 5 and 6).

Abstract: A structural frame in which vertically aligned metallic studs are secured to horizontal metallic runners or the like by means of clips to create a strong, easy to erect, partition. Each clip includes two upraised legs that are connected at their upper ends by means of a sinusoidal shaped section. The lower end of each leg contains an outwardly extended locking key. In assembly, the sinusoidal section of the clip is received within a slotted hole formed in the stud with the bottom of the slotted hole being seated against one of the peaks of the sinusoidal waveform section. The clip is crimped to allow the keys to pass through a pair of receiving holes formed in the horizontal runner. The crimping force on the clip is released whereupon the locking bars are driven beneath the holes to lock the clip in place and thus secure the two structural members in assembly.

Abstract: One component, such as a rear cowling of a turbojet engine nacelle, is held o another component, such as a flange of the engine housing, by a plurality of lockbolts. The lockbolts are synchronously controlled to effect attachment or detachment of the cowling or other component. Each lockbolt includes a strap which may be fixed with respect to the stationary component such as the flange. Each lockbolt also includes a tie bar having a hook at one end for cooperation with the associated strap and a pivot shaft at the other end. The pivot shaft rides in a slide track which may be disposed in a second support attached to the removable component. There is a moving part which may be carried by the second, stationary support, the moving part including a cam which cooperates with the pivot shaft of the tie bar to impart translational movement to the tie bar. The cam has a dwell portion which enables the moving part to move beyond the position at which the hook of the tie bar is fully withdrawn.

Abstract: An intersection cap for covering the ends of a plurality of pieces of grid celing trim mounted on grid ceiling supports where such supports intersect, usually at right angles, includes a base member, usually cruciform in shape, but sometimes readily convertible to T-shape, for covering the horizontal surfaces of the trim and of any exposed support, wall members extending upwardly from the base member, for covering the sides of the trim and of any exposed support and opposed retainers located at tapered portions of the walls at the ends thereof and beyond the base member which readily, yet firmly, snap fasten onto the trim. Also described is the injection molding of such intersection caps in which the mold parts are moved together in simple linear relative motion to obviate the employment of complex mold part motions to form suitable retainers integral with the walls of the intersection cap.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a ceiling runner which has a generally U-shaped configuration. The runner has flanges to support ceiling boards. The side walls of the runner are formed with grooves which may be used to support the runner in position or define an isolated chamber within the body of the runner. The side walls of the runner have a second groove which is used for positioning ceiling boards on the flanges. Locking means are provided on the end and side of two adjacent ceiling runners to lock the ceiling runners together.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a ceiling runner which has a generally U-shaped configuration and a means for attaching a cross tee thereto. The runner has flanges to support ceiling boards. The side walls of the runner are formed with grooves which may be used to support the runner in position or define an isolated chamber within the body of the runner. The side walls of the runner have a second groove which is used for positioning ceiling boards on the flanges. A fastening means is provided to connect the end of a cross tee runner to the side of the U-shaped runner.

Abstract: A cross bar is provided for interconnecting two parallel spaced-apart beams of a rack construction, wherein each beam has an inner ledge having a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart apertures therein. The cross bar is in the form of a rectangular open-bottom channel member with one leg longer than the other, the long leg being integral along the entire lower edge thereof with a laterally outwardly extending flange. Two notches are respectively formed in the flange predetermined short distances from the opposite ends thereof, with the portions of the flange between the notches and the adjacent ends defining tabs dimensioned for insertion into selected ones of the apertures in the beams so that the short leg of the cross bar will rest upon the beam ledges with the top of the cross bar disposed substantially horizontally, the inner edges of the beam ledges being accommodated in the cross bar notches.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a ceiling runner which has a generally U-shaped configuration. The runner has flanges to support ceiling boards. The side walls of the runner are formed with grooves which may be used to support the runner in position or define an isolated chamber within the body of the runner.

Abstract: A connecting device is provided for fastening together two elements. Bed post insertion plates are mounted to a bed post for the purpose of supporting bed rails. The bed rails contain hook structures which mount on spaced pins in the bed post insertion plates. The structure interlocks bed rails with a bed post.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a ceiling runner which has a generally U-shaped configuration. The runner has flanges to support ceiling boards. The side walls of the runner are formed with grooves which may be used to support the runner in position or define an isolated chamber within the body of the runner. The side walls of the runner have a second groove which is used for positioning ceiling boards on the flanges.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a product, especially a loading pallet, comprising a sheet-like or flat part and one or more projections or spacing members attached thereto, each member being attached to the sheet part by means of a mounting having an angle-shaped cross-section, wherein one flange of the mounting is surrounding perimeterally or peripherally an end portion of the spacing member and attached thereto by a first series of anchor tabs extending inwardly from the flange and forced to penetrate into the surface of the spacing member, while the other flange of the mounting is abutted against a surface of the sheet part and attached to the sheet part by means of a second series of anchor tabs projecting from that surface of the flange which is directed away from the spacing member and penetrated into the surface of the sheet part, said second flange being slotted or cut at adequate locations so as to permit the perimeteral or peripheral surrounding of the spacing member by the first flange.

Abstract: The frame structure comprises a pair of spaced apart vertical steel columns with a generally horizontally extending steel beam interposed between but spaced slightly from the columns by spacers carried by the columns. The columns and beam each has a generally H-shape cross-section. Moment inducing wedges are interposed in the spaces between the end faces of the beam and the columns. A plurality of fastening elements are provided at each end of the beam for initially rotating the beam on the spacers and for thereafter fixedly securing the beam to the columns, with the wedges when the fastening means are stressed inducing an upward camber into the beam prior to the application of the dead load. With such a construction the inclined face on each of the wedges is at an acute angle with respect to the vertical. By varying the acute angle or the angle in inclination of the inclined face on the wedge, variable end moments can be induced into the beam.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a new type of pallet rack having decking panel retainers for positively securing the pallet rack structure to the pallet rack in unitary assembly so that the pallet rack structure cannot become accidentally disengaged from the supporting beams.

Abstract: A pallet rack is disclosed which is collapsible for storage and shipment, can be readily varied as to size, requires minimal hardware, with four corner uprights connected at the front and at the rear by pairs of beams at the same level, the uprights at each end being connected horizontally and diagonally by struts which are detachably connected at their ends by readily releasable locking mechanism which includes rods welded to the corner uprights and a slidable box cammed for application to a rod and with a holding bolt which may be readily tightened or loosened as desired.

Abstract: The waiting station comprises at least one wall structure composed of vertical columns, horizontal beams and a mullion, each of said members being contituted of aluminum tubing. Such tubular members are provided with pairs of cooperative interlatching elements, each of such pairs comprising a flanged latch plate that is wholly contained within the opening at one or both ends of a tubular member so that the outer surface of such latch plate is flush with the terminal end of the tubular member, and a Z-shaped catch having one end portion secured to the exterior surface of the wall of a tubular member and having its their end portion interlatchable with the latch plate. In such interlatched condition the two interlatching elements are entirely concealed by the connected end of one of the tubular members and the wall of the other connected tubular member.

Abstract: The invention relates to adjustable storage arrangements, such as racks, which may be readily erected and dismantled from a plurality of interconnectable, elongate shaped members comprising uprights and/or cross-pieces, at least some of which have substantially the same, open or channel cross-section, generally resembling a triple "sigma" contained within a rectangle. Trapezoidal re-entrant areas are provided on three sides of the said cross-sectional shape, and equidistant engagement apertures are situated in at least one line parallel to the longitudinal direction of each shaped member which comprises an upright, in the larger side of the upright opposite the open side thereof. Angle brackets are secured generally perpendicularly to the ends of the shaped members which form the cross-pieces, which brackets are capable of fitting round the front part, and either the right or left-hand part, respectively, of the triple-sigma-shaped upright.

Abstract: A bed frame of the knockdown type having a pair of side rails and at least one connected end crossbar cooperable to provide a supporting frame structure for an associated box spring, in which brackets on the side rails are formed to provide sockets for respectively laterally receiving associated end portions of a crossbar therein into seated position where coacting parts respectively on the brackets and crossbar have interlocking engagement and function to retain the end portion of the crossbar against endwise withdrawal from the associated socket.The crossbar and side rail connection, as noted above, provides an extremely rigid box-like structure which permits frame-supporting leg assemblies to be mounted on the crossbar at a sufficiently inwardly spaced position from the side rail to avoid possible injurious striking of the bare foot or stubbing of toes thereon.

Abstract: A clamp arrangement clamping a thermal reactor to a rotary engine comprising a clamp member that is first connected by spherically seating fasteners to the engine so as to pivot to receive the reactor which then makes these fasteners inaccessible and wherein additional fasteners are then employed at readily accessible locations to apply distributed load on the clamp member to tightly clamp the reactor to the engine.