US 12,031,563 B1
Clamp and method of clamping to metal decking
Steven Andrew Roth, Alamo, CA (US)
Filed by Steven Andrew Roth, Alamo, CA (US)
Filed on May 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/323,890.
Application 17/323,890 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/178,514, filed on Nov. 1, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/580,829, filed on Nov. 2, 2017.
Int. Cl. F16B 2/06 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 2/065 (2013.01) [F16M 13/02 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp for attaching to the underside of a metal decking, where the metal decking includes a bottom flange having a width, a first web extending away from the bottom flange having a first groove, and a second web extending away from the bottom flange and having a second groove, where the first groove and second groove are parallel with a spacing of WG and with a distance H from the bottom flange, said clamp comprising:
a body including a first end, a second end, and a central portion between the first end to the second end, where said central portion includes a top surface having a length defining a top plane and a bottom surface, where the first end and the second end extend away from the top plane, where the first end includes a first threaded hole at an angle θ relative to the top surface, and where the second end includes a second threaded hole at the angle θ relative to the top surface;
a first set bolt threadably engaged with the first threaded hole such that the first set bolt forms the angle θ relative to the top surface with the tip of the first set bolt pointing towards the top surface; and
a second set bolt threadably engaged with the second threaded hole such that the second set bolt forms the angle θ relative to the top surface with the tip of the second set bolt pointing towards the top surface,
such that when the top surface is placed adjacent to the bottom flange with the first end adjacent to the first web and the second end adjacent to the second end, the tip of the first set bolt contacts the first groove and the tip of the second set bolt contacts the second groove.