Abstract: A reinforced structural member comprising a solid structural member of recycled plastic having a reinforcing bar inserted therein, extending inwardly from one surface. A notch is formed in the solid structural member extending inwardly with respect to the surface against which force is to be exerted. An untensioned reinforcing bar formed of a material having characteristics of resilience and compressibility different from that of the structural member is inserted and locked into the notch. The reinforcing bar is complementary in shape to the notch, and is held in place by the density of the solid structural member and fasteners such as screws. In this way, two dissimilar materials, neither of which alone has sufficient strength, rigidity, or "memory" can be combined to create a durable, inexpensive set of components which substantially exceed the mechanical qualities of either material by itself.

Abstract: A tire slip-preventing construction formed on a floor plate to be installed as a floor surface of a self-running type sky parking-place or as a surface of a road being repaired comprising a floor plate main body made of a rectangular steel plate. A plurality of slip preventing portions is formed on the upper surface of the floor plate main body as a slip preventing portion. The projection portion comprises a first projection and a second projection extending from a certain point disposed on the first projection toward a certain point disposed on the upper surface of the floor plate main body. Preferably, the first projection, the second projection, and the floor plate main body are integral with each other. As the slip preventing portion, a sheet-shaped slip preventing material layer comprising silica sand and a coating material may be formed on a concave formed in the floor plate main body.

Abstract: A storm shutter assembly comprising a plurality of panels designed to be disposed in an operative position defined by overlying, covering relation to doors, windows, and like structures or openings of a building. Each panel includes an oppositely disposed longitudinal edge specifically structured, disposed and configured to provide an interlocking engagement with a correspondingly positioned longitudinal edge of a next adjacent one of the plurality of panels so as to define a substantially closed seam along a common length of the interlocked adjacent panels, wherein the closed seam is resistant to separation as well as the passage of moisture under high wind conditions therethrough.

Abstract: A modular platform floor system for advantageous use at trade shows and conventions includes a plurality of interconnectable floor modules, wherein each module includes a supporting rectangular frame and a panel supported thereon, the platform having cutout, notched corners defining openings between two or more adjacently located floor modules, and plastic plugs which seat within these openings to interconnect the adjacently located modular units via downwardly depending prongs which engage the supporting frames of the modular units. Carpet pieces are secured separately to the top surfaces of the panels and to the plugs, to provide an aesthetic and comfortable surface for the floor. The plug is integrally formed, preferably of injection molded thermoplastic, to provide a unitary one piece plug for interconnecting the adjacently located floor modules.

Abstract: An arrangement in a protective membrane (1; 101; 201), particularly for floors (11; 111; 211), comprising a substantially plane membrane of a preferably rigid material, e.g.

Abstract: A corrugated panel structure, for use in the construction of a building wall or other structural application, includes a corrugated panel of broad, planar configuration and a pair of elongated caps mounted on opposite edges of the corrugated panel. Each of the elongated caps has a protruding central channel which is slotted to receive the individual corrugations of the corrugated panel. Each elongated cap is secured in place over an end of the corrugated panel by a rod disposed within the central channel and extending through apertures in the corrugations and end portions of the corrugated panel. Between the end portions, the corrugations form a zig-zag pattern of diagonally oriented planes which alternate in direction. Such corrugations extend in spaced-apart, parallel fashion between the opposite edges of the panel. The slots in the central channels for receiving the individual corrugations are diagonally oriented and alternate in direction relative to the directions of elongation of the elongated cap.

Abstract: An extruded, one-piece metal slat unit for attachment to a frame member of a trailer. The slat unit includes an elongated body portion having at least one leg member connected to and longitudinally extending along the interior surface of the body portion between the ends thereof. The leg member includes a foot portion suitable for welding to the frame member. The foot portion is spaced from the interior surface of the body portion such that an open space is provided therebetween. The open space dissipates heat generated during the welding process thereby preventing nonaesthetic weld and heat track marks from appearing on the exterior surface of the slat unit and hence the trailer. A livestock trailer including the slat unit is also provided.

Abstract: An extruded foam polystyrene sheet is formed into a roof vent panel for a sloping roof at the eaves. The panel has flanges and an offset wall and is formed into through troughs end-to-end which are divided by truncated triangular ridges extending from the offset wall. The ridge is reinforced by gussets and saddles which are formed as sets along the ridges. The gussets extend from the offset wall to the ridge side walls and the saddles connect the ridge side walls below the truncated apex of the ridge. The gussets on each side wall are spaced and paired with one of each pair at the end of a saddle.

Abstract: There is provided a panel structure for the side walls of an inground pool, the panel having vertical lines of weakening formed therein permitting it to assume various arcuate configurations, both concave and convex. This arrangement permits a single panel to be used for both straight and curved wall sections.

Abstract: A modular building panel construction comprises an elongated panel member having a least one generally V-shaped reinforcing stud member formed integrally with or secured to one surface of the panel. The reinforcing stud member runs parallel to the long dimension of the panel, and is located along the long side edge of the panel member and extend laterally beyond the edge of the panel member. The other long edge of the panel member is free from any reinforcing stud members. The building panel may be made without any old growth lumber.

Abstract: A tool box has an upstanding side wall structure which may have a front opening to receive one or more drawers, the side wall structure being closed at the upper end by a top panel and at the lower end by a unitary, one-piece bottom panel. The bottom panel has three parallel depending ribs deformed from the plane of a base wall, with one rib disposed along a front edge of the base wall and being unitary with an upstanding front flange with a rearwardly extending lip. Side flanges, spaced apart by the ribs, depend from each side edge of the base wall. In one embodiment a rear flange depends from the rear edge of the base wall and in a second embodiment a channel-shaped upstanding rear wall is provided. The flanges and rear wall of the bottom panel provide means for attachment thereof to the side panel structure and slots are provided in the bottom panel for attachment of casters.

Abstract: A roofing system has a sheet surface which may include standing ridges or batten ridges, and the sheet surface has a predetermined arrangement of three dimensional features in addition to the standing ridges or the batten ridges. A snow stop may be installed in conjunction therewith, and may have lower protrusions which may be generally complimentary thereto and/or a snow wedge so as to further help keep it from being disengaged by typical shear and/or peel forces after installation. Thus, for example, as with aluminum or steel standing seamed roofs, added fence type snow guards with their brackets and so forth can be avoided, and/or individual snow stops can be installed so as to have greatly increased holding power to the roofing surface, even in notable cases when applied by underskilled workers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ribbed plate for a composite slab, the profile of which consists of protruding ribs formed in an essentially planar plate, the upper flanges of the ribs being surface profiled in order to achieve better adhesion between the ribbed plate and the concrete of the composite slab. According to the invention, the surface profiling of the upper flange of each rib consists of spaced apart corrugations extending essentially across the upper flange. Additionally, in the junction of the web between the sides of the rib and the upper flange there is formed a protruding longitudinal corrugation extending at least partly along a length of the rib.

Abstract: In a high-rigidity structure made of sheet metal, in order to prevent increases of vibrations and noises owing to deterioration of the rigidity caused by decreasing the thickness of the sheet-metal, ribs having a height 10 times or more larger than the sheet-metal thickness are formed on bent portions of the sheet-metal structure, corrugated continuous grooves having two or more crest portions are formed on a surface of each of the bent portions on a smaller-radius side, and concave/convex sections corresponding to the continuous grooves are formed on side surfaces of each of the ribs which connect a larger-radius side and the smaller-radius side.

Abstract: Provided is a composite building panel including, in accordance with a preferred embodiment, a planar concrete slab portion at the front and a plurality of elongated frame members at the rear. Each frame member includes a first end and an opposite second end that define a length therebetween, and a front side and a rear side which define a width therebetween which is less than the length. The front side of each frame member is imbedded in the concrete slab portion along the entire length of the frame member, and the rear side of each frame member is oriented opposite from the concrete slab portion. The frame members are, in accordance with preferred embodiments, all oriented on one side of the concrete slab portion and function to reinforce the concrete slab portion; to define cavities therebetween for the installation of plumbing, electrical wiring, and insulation; and to provide for the attachment of wallboard.

Abstract: A lawn crypt is fabricated from molded unitary plastic structural members. The structural members are attached to one another so as to inhibit lateral movement therebetween by pins inserted through interengaging protuberances extending outward from the sides of the structural members. The protuberances resemble half-circles or partially open knuckles. Every adjacent protuberance of each structural member opens in the opposite direction. The lawn crypt allows burial chamber lids to be cast in place by the use of a unitary plastic molded lid form that becomes part of the lid after casting. The lid form includes molded-in sockets for restraining concrete reinforcing bars placed therein.

Abstract: A roof construction has vibration dampening ability and includes a body member in contact with a waffle-like surface of a moulded porous compressed fibrous web which is designed to have a self-supporting stability. The waffle-like surface exhibits an anisotropic air resistant structure.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing stiffened composite skin panel structures possessing novel hollow crown-shaped stiffener elements, and further including any combination of forward spars, aft spars, and transversely extending shear ties. The novel process embraces fabrication and curing of these structures without the use of mandrels. In practicing the method, the crown-shaped stiffeners, spars and shear ties are integrally bonded to a planar or curved skin structure to provide axial stiffness in semimonocoque components such as aircraft wings, stabilizers, fuselages, etc. The method of fabrication yields highly producible, structurally efficient composite aircraft components.

Abstract: A floor for a vehicle body, the floor including a plurality of modular floor panels adhesively bonded to one another in adjoining series relation to form joints therebetween. Each floor panel includes an integrally formed panel member that is pultruded of composite material and that includes a floor section which interfits with the floor sections of adjoining panels. The floor section includes spaced apart upper and lower sheet members interconnected by webs having filamentary reinforcing material predominantly oriented lengthwise of the panel member to improve structural and thermal performance of the panel member. The floor section can be optionally filled with an insulating material. The panel member of each floor panel also includes a reinforcing section for resisting bending moments applied to the associated floor section and for reinforcing one of the joints.

Abstract: A floor panel having a substantially planar upper tread surface comprises a cast grating havingfirst and second pairs of substantially planar, external sidewalls with upper side edges of the sidewalls approximately coinciding with the upper tread surface;a pair of substantially planar slats spaced closely adjacent to each other and extending from the first pair of opposite sidewalls across the frame, with the central, longitudinal planes of the slats being oriented substantially perpendicular to the upper tread surface of the floor panel and substantially parallel to each other, and further with upper side edges of the slats approximately coinciding with the upper tread surface, wherein the spacing between the slats is such that a fastener can be frictionally engaged between the slats for secure attachment to the slats;a plurality of substantially planar ribs extending from the first pair of opposite sidewalls across the frame, and being spaced apart from each other and from the pair of slats; anda plurality

Abstract: A paneling material of superior rigidity to the conventional paneling material of the similar type is presented. The paneling material includes a base section and uniformly distributed protrusions which protrude out from the base section. The paneling material is reinforced without adding much weight by providing hollow ribs which can be placed strategically depending on particular requirements of the application. The ribs can be provided on the protrusions, on the base section or on both the protrusions and the base section. The paneling material of such a design can be produced readily by superplastic forming processes. The basic paneling material may serve as a core for a composite paneling material by attaching sheet members on each side of the core paneling material. Other uses for the paneling material include decorative applications in which case the protrusions themselves may form part of the decorations.

Abstract: A curved panel including a panel body and a pair of reinforcing members fixed to the panel body and arranged so that a planar restorative force of the panel body is balanced by a resilient force of each of the pair of reinforcing members so as to keep the panel body at a predetermined curvature. The panel body is made of resiliently deformable material including a face portion at (a) each of a first pair of opposite sides to which a deformable bent portion is attached which allows the face portion of the panel body to be curved to the predetermined curvature and at (b) each of a second pair of opposite sides to which a reinforcing bent portion is attached which keeps the second pair of opposite sides linear. The reinforcing members have a curvature greater than the predetermined curvature and are fixed to the deformable bent portions of the panel body.

Abstract: The steel coffer is provided in the form of a box-like coffer element (1) of great load-bearing capacity, having a wall (2), flat per se, and a circumferential, multiply-folded edge section (3), which has stiffening sections (4) fastened underneath the coffer wall (2), has perforations (5) and connecting holes (6) in the circumferential edge section (3) and has, in the corners, notches (7) for folding the edge sections (3) and for insertion of the supports (8).

Abstract: A precast, waffle corner panel is featured for modular construction of buildings and edifices. The corner panel maintains dimensional incrementing in wall construction previously lost by the practice of overlapping two adjacent walls to form a corner. All connections and securements are achieved within the interior framework of the panel.

Abstract: A wall assembly used in the construction of passenger boarding bridges or other box type structures. The wall assembly includes an exterior panel with V-shaped folds or corrugations and a vertical flange on the end of each panel for attachment to adjacent panels.

Abstract: A liner for a primary vessel comprises a plurality of attached, corrugated continuous sheets of membrane-type material. Each sheet has a herringbone pattern of repetitive parallelogram-like elements. Each parallelogram-like element is bounded at its four sides by bends to adjacent parallelogram-like elements, each sheet having minimally developed corrugations. The continuous sheets are therefore supportable by bearing walls of the primary vessel and may follow any deflections of these walls under conditions of structural stress and thermal deformation.

Abstract: A construction panel with edges adapted to be coupled together includes a horizontal flat plate and a first edge rib coupled to an edge of the flat plate and extending orthogonal thereto. The first edge rib has a male coupling member with a first cross-section and a first portion extending parallel to the flat plate. A second edge rib is coupled to another edge of the flat plate and extends orthogonal to the flat plate and parallel to the first edge rib. The second edge rib has a female coupling member with a second cross-section and a second portion extending parallel to the flat plate. The female coupling member is adapted to be coupled to the male coupling member of an adjacent construction panel so that the first and second portions are adjacent and parallel. Preferably, an intermediate rib is coupled to the flat plate and extends parallel with and between the first and second edge ribs.

Abstract: A reinforcing structure useful in the formation of an energy absorbing composite suitable for use as a motor vehicle body panel which resists deformation upon absorbing impact loads by distribution of a deforming load to areas of the composite surrounding the area of impact. The composite has a plurality of particulate, reinforcing members in a polymer matrix and at least one undulating, reinforcing, sheet member as a reinforcing structure between the external walls of the composite. The load distributing, particulate, reinforcing members and the undulating, reinforcing, sheet member components are retained in a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin matrix. Preferably, the load distributing components include at least one undulating, reinforcing sheet which is formed on a molding means having a first and second series of intersecting parallel axes so as to form an undulating sheet having alternating troughs and crests.

Abstract: A panel lifting insert to be used in combination with a lifting apparatus to lift pre-cast panels and move them from one point to another. The lifting insert comprises a body with an aperture formed therein which is embedded within the pre-cast panel. Attached to the body are a pair of spaced apart legs with one end of the legs being attached to the body and the second ends being attached to one another to form a U-shaped portion. The legs are curved back upon themselves proximal to the U-shaped portion to form a hook. The hook is used to attach the lifting insert to a segment of a reinforcing means that is embedded within the panel. A lifting attachment is then connected to the aperture in the body to provide a means for connecting a lifting apparatus to the panel lifting insert and thus to the panel itself.

Abstract: A closure for a pressure vessel of the type in which the pressure vessel door is preferably slidably attached to the pressure vessel by door retention assemblies. The door is constructed of a plate member to which bars are attached at opposing edges of the door. Slider portions are inset in a portion of the surface of each slider bar to enhance sliding contact with the door retention assemblies in sliding door embodiments of the invention. A plurality of reinforcing members span the plate member between slider bars and taper from a maximum elevation at or adjacent the center of the reinforcing member to a minimum elevation at the edges of the reinforcing member, where a flange sandwiches the slider bars between the plate member and the flange.

Abstract: A roofing panel construction with at least one upstanding projection which holds accumulating precipitation in the form of snow in stasis from movement. Each projection has a smoothly rounded contoured back body with a front wall having a generally flat front outer face to arrest or inhibit the downward motion of accumulated snow or ice. The body of each projection is generally triangularly shaped in cross section throughout its longitudinal dimension for strengthening the body and wall under snow or ice loading. The front wall of each projection is disposed at an acute angle relative to the transverse dimension of its associated panel for helping to prevent the accumulation of standing water as accumulated snow or ice melts gradually. Similar projections are staggered and angularly displaced relative to one another. In another form of the invention, different types of projections are spaced apart and aligned relative to one another.

Abstract: A filament wound composite structure, its tooling and method of manufacture. The isogrid filament wound composite structure is formed having at least one or more pseudo-isotropic laminate zones in its joint regions. This structure is realized through the use of specialized tooling. The ribs of the isogrid filament wound composite structure are discontinued by tapering them out into a thin skin. This is accomplished by gradually widening the grooves in the mandrel while simultaneously decreasing the depth of the grooves. This gradual change in the tooling redistributes the material in the ribs into a thin skin. The fibers that are redistributed into this thin layer, coupled with the skin wound over the top of the ribs, provide the necessary reinforcement in the joints.

Abstract: An improved vehicle bed assembly, and process of manufacture, which involves formation of the floor pan by roll forming, with the floor pan having strengthening ribs extending longitudinally throughout the entire length of the floor pan so as to terminate at the front and rear free edges thereof. The rear free edge of the floor pan cooperates with a rear sill member which has rib-end defining projections formed thereon and cooperating with the ends of the ribs on the floor pan for closing off said ribs and creating a transition to a flat horizontal surface defined on the rear sill member. The rib ends of the rear sill member preferably have guide portions which nest into and are fixedly secured, as by spot welding, to the rearward ends of the ribs defined on the floor pan.

Abstract: The operating components of a forced air furnace are disposed within a double-walled cabinet structure having inner and outer metal walls which define therebetween an insulating air space that replaces the fibrous insulation normally adhered to the interior surface of furnace cabinetry. The illustrated cabinet structure representatively comprises a coil housing positioned atop a return housing. Each housing is formed from initially flat inner and outer sheet metal panels having rectangular configurations and various transverse projections thereon which permit the panels to be nested in a spaced apart, laterally facing relationship. Opposite end portions of the nested panels are then transversely bent in the same direction to form from the nested panels three interconnected sides of the housing, and the outer ends of the bent panel structure are secured together by elongated metal joining members extended across the resulting open fourth side of the housing.

Abstract: A floor construction for refrigerated vehicles is provided with longitudinal elements having parallel upstanding walls supporting a load supporting surface and providing substantially retilinear ducts between the longitudinal elements and providing for rectilinear end sealing plates.

Abstract: A railway car body structure has a panel assembly forming at least part of a side, the roof, an end or the floorplate. Each panel has inner and outer spaced metal sheets and a cellular metal core bonded to the sheets and maintaining them spaced apart. To join the panels, a metal connecting member is joined to at least one of the inner and outer sheets by continuous metal-to-metal bonding and has a projection for use in welding the panel to the neighboring panel. The projection extends in the lateral direction of the panel and is of material thicker than the general sheet thickness of the sheets. A frame member of the body structure may be welded to the panels at the joint.

Abstract: A door made by assembling a plurality of laminas and having ventilating holes is disclosed. The door is provided with longitudinal and lateral ventilating holes, so that twisting and other deformation of the door is prevented.

Abstract: A free access floor panel including a flat top plate and a bottom plate which are crimped at the upper peripheral edges into a single unit, the bottom plate having an upright wall along the peripheral edges and projected props inside thereof. The top and bottom plates may be made from surface-treated metal sheets so as to prevent damage thereto, and the floor panel thus formed can be filled with porous inorganic materials to upgrade sound proofing.

Abstract: An architectural cover panel system of individually adaptive panels for covering structural support members of an underlying structure such as girders. An individual adaptive panel includes a sheet of flexible material having a generally convex cross-section and is provided with corrugations oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the panel. In one preferred embodiment the convex panel is provided with edge portions attached to the lateral sides of the panel. The edge portions are similarly provided with corrugations oriented parallel to and intersecting or merging into the corrugations of the convex panel portion. In other embodiments of the invention, panels having radial corrugations are used allowing the panels to respond to dimensional changes due to temperature effects and to resist wind forces without deforming the shape of the overall structure, and panels with diagonal corrugations provide bidirectional flexibility.

Abstract: A coated steel roof cladding panel comprises upwardly projecting, inverted channel, edge and stiffening ribs with essentially flat pans between the ribs. At or near each junction of a rib and panel there is a small bead extending in the same direction as the ribs, and projecting downwardly. If the panel is walked upon after or while being laid on supporting purlins, the beads deform sacrifically and prevent unsightly transverse marks forming in the pans due to flexing of the panel.

Abstract: A door for railroad boxcars has a balsa core sandwich construction in which a balsa core is sandwiched between thin fiberglass skins and reinforced at the perimeter by steel tubes to provide an economical and lightweight door that exhibits the requisite structural strength. The door has a concavo-convex configuration that prevents thermally induced warpage from deforming the door in a manner to cause significant interference in its opening and closing movement.

Abstract: A cavity floor that includes a profiled sheet material. The sheet material has support feet that are substantially rigid. The surface of the sheet material extending between the support feet is substantially flexible. The thickness of the sheet material and the mutual spacing of the support feet are selected so that the sheet material is sufficiently rigid to support a person and sufficiently flexible to adapt to an uneven floor surface. The deformable surface enables automatic vertical adjustment of the support feet relative to one another when under load.

Abstract: A building system includes a plurality of building panels which are connected together to form a wall structure and are then connected to roof panels to form a roof structure. Each of the panels is formed by rotational molding to form a hollow body. The hollow body can be filled with a foamed insulation material. Side edges of the hollow body include either a projection or a correspondingly shaped recess which has a web and a bulbous part of increased width on the outer end of the web so that the panels can be connected only by longitudinal sliding movement. Metal plates are embedded in the top and bottom surfaces for connection to metal plates in the roof panels and to a footing respectively.

Abstract: An improved cold formed, sheet metal profiled building unit and method of making the same are disclosed. The building unit incorporates at least one longitudinal stiffening rib in a longitudinal flat region of the type having a tendency to buckle when subjected to compressive forces. The longitudinal stiffening rib is formed not by drawing-in sheet metal as in current roll forming practices, but, instead, by stretching a segment of the sheet metal. Each longitudinal rib has a profile width, as measured along the centerline of the rib, which is greater than the linear of the sheet metal segment from which it was stretched-in. Roll forming machines incorporating the principles of this invention utilize fewer roll stands than do roll forming machines incorporating the principles of current roll forming practices.

Abstract: A roof covering suitable for use on flat or shallow angle roofs is of sheet-like form and has at least one raised region (7) in the sheet, the raised region (7) merging into undulations (5) of the border (2) surrounding the raised region (7). The shape of the covering enables differential expansion and or contraction effects between the covering and a substrate (3) on which it is laid to be accommodated.

Abstract: A lightweight, high strength moldable structure is comprised of a core having a plurality of interconnected cavities. Each solid-walled cavity has a hexagonal base so that the core of the structure has upper and lower surfaces. Each solid-walled cavity has a unique tetrahexagonal shape in which a regular tetrahedron is located on top of and integrated with a hexagonal base. The walls of the cavities may be solid or they may be defined by a series of support struts for an even lighter weight structure. The upper and lower surfaces may be covered by skins, making it suitable for boat hulls, vacuum chambers, and aircraft.

Abstract: A plastic sheet is disclosed which is used as a subcarrier for insulating linings of building surfaces. The sheet is formed by parallel, alternating, dovetail-shaped channels and grooves. A coarse-meshed lattice matting, having filaments, is glued or partially fused to the backside of the plastic sheet and serves to anchor the sheet to the underlying foundation. This lattice matting stretches over the entire backside or inner surface of the sheet. The webs of the plastic sheet are expandable and can compensate for stresses occurring between the underlying foundation and the external facing material such as ceramic tile.

Abstract: A lumber door and manufacturing method thereof which is constructed by perforating the plurality of the pipe inserting holes at each of the unit lumbers in the direction of transverse and thickness with the predetermined diameter, depth and location, inserting the plurality of the metal pipes into the pipe inserting holes, and assembling the unit lumbers and the pipes one by one with spreading over the adhesive resin to both of the surfaces of the pipes and to the contacting surfaces so as to be adhered each other to form a single integrally formed lumber door, and pressing at once the plurality of the lumber door assembly piled up one above one within a press machine for about two hours, and forming the engraving patterns on the surfaces of the lumber door within the region where pipes are not arranged, so that a single integrally formed lumber door can be prevented or excluded from the bending, twisting and cracking phenomena due to the changes of the temperature and the humidity of the environment, thereby

Abstract: A sound insulating space board apparatus (10) comprising an evacuated cellular array (14) sealingly engaged to an upper (18) and lower (19) planar member, wherein each of the planar members are provided with a layer of air impervious material (100), and each of the individual evacuated cells (15) in the cellular array (14) define a nine sided polyhedron configuration.

Abstract: A diaphragm for use in a building structure includes a fluted deck supported by horizontal support beams and includes a contoured shear resisting member disposed internally from an end of the fluted deck for stiffening the fluted deck against horizontal shear loads imposed upon the diaphragm. The bottom flutes of the fluted deck overlie at least one horizontal support beam with which the shear resisting member is associated. Both the shear resisting member and the associated support beam extend perpendicular to the flutes within the fluted deck. The shear resisting member includes a substantially planar horizontal flange which spans a number of the top flutes of the fluted deck, and a first series of welds secures the upper flange of the shear resisting member to the underlying top flutes. A series of spaced tabs extend downwardly from a side edge of the upper flanged, each spaced tab lying within a trough of the fluted deck.