US 12,345,045 B2
Panelized serrated beam assembly
Patrick McManus, Fort Collins, CO (US)
Assigned to Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Filed by SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY INC., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/199,592, filed on Jan. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0220734 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 5/40 (2006.01); E04B 1/24 (2006.01); E04B 1/38 (2006.01); E04C 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 5/40 (2013.01) [E04B 1/24 (2013.01); E04B 1/388 (2023.08); E04C 3/06 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2484 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structural flooring assembly spanning one or more structural supports, the structural flooring assembly comprising:
a first structural panel, comprising:
a first structural beam member comprising:
a first horizontal top flange member,
a first vertical web member having a first end extending from a longitudinal center of the first top flange member, and
a first bottom partial flange member extending at an angle from a second end of the first vertical web member;
a first length of decking defined by a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first structural beam member is fastened to the first edge of the first length of decking with the first bottom partial flange member extending in a first direction beneath the first length of decking; and
a second structural beam member fastened to the second edge of the first length of decking, the second structural beam member comprising a second vertical web member and a second bottom partial flange member extending at an angle from the second vertical web member, the second bottom partial flange member extending in a second direction beneath the first length of decking toward the first bottom partial flange member; and
a second structural panel, comprising:
a third structural beam member comprising:
a second horizontal top flange member,
a third vertical web member having a first end extending from a longitudinal center of the second top flange member, and
a third bottom partial flange member extending at an angle from a second end of the third vertical web member;
a second length of decking defined by a third edge and a fourth edge, wherein the third structural beam member is fastened to the third edge of the second length of decking with the third bottom partial flange member extending in the first direction beneath the second length of decking; and
a fourth structural beam member fastened to the fourth edge of the second length of decking, the fourth structural beam member comprising a fourth vertical web member and a fourth bottom partial flange member extending at an angle from the fourth vertical web member, the fourth bottom partial flange member extending in the second direction beneath the second length of decking toward the third bottom partial flange member;
wherein the third structural beam member is directly affixed to the second structural beam member so that the second and third structural beam members together form a beam having an “I”-shaped cross-section with top and bottom full flanges and a central portion extending between the top and bottom portions.