US 11,920,357 B2
Platform stringer and deck support frame
David Smith, Mayfield, KY (US)
Assigned to RWS DESIGN AND CONTROLS, INC., Roscoe, IL (US)
Filed by David Smith, Mayfield, KY (US)
Filed on May 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/887,261.
Prior Publication US 2021/0372142 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. E04F 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 15/02183 (2013.01) [E04F 15/02044 (2013.01); E04F 2015/02094 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stringer for a decking support frame, the stringer comprising:
a structural body having a front side, a back side, a top side, and a bottom side;
a plurality of weld free mounting tabs integral with the structural body extending from the top side and away from the bottom side; and
wherein a plurality of apertures are a complete circle or triangular or rectangular and extend evenly spaced along a longitudinal length of the structural body and each aperture extends completely through the front side to the back side, and each aperture is completely surrounded by the structural body;
wherein each one of the plurality of weld free mounting tabs is generally rectangular and defines a planar top surface with all sides of the mounting tab extending normal from the planar top surface, the planar top surface configured to receive steel deck decking;
wherein each one of the plurality of weld free mounting tabs has a length extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal length of the structural body; and
wherein a distance extending between two adjacent ones of the plurality of weld free mounting tabs along the longitudinal length is greater than the length of each one of mounting tabs;
wherein a member width is defined between the front and back side and a mounting tab width of each one of the plurality of weld free mounting tabs is the same as the member width.