US 12,392,126 B2
Hanger with removable leveling member
Jonathan W. Dezielle, Agawam, MA (US); Mark J. Guthrie, West Springfield, MA (US); Logan Carlson, Wilbraham, MA (US); Timothy F. Gillis, Florence, MA (US); and Mark A. Dicaire, Boylston, MA (US)
Assigned to OMG Building Products LLC, Agawam, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/040,537
Filed by OMG Building Products LLC, Agawam, MA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/044573
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/031867, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/062,022, filed on Aug. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304277 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/26 (2006.01); E04G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/2612 (2013.01) [E04G 21/1841 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2652 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hanger for attaching an elongate beam to a support member, comprising:
a base member comprising a left side laterally spaced from a right side with a support web extending therebetween, the support web being substantially perpendicular to the left side and right side; and
a leveling member having an upper platform that is substantially parallel to the support web when engaged to the base member in a vertically movable connection, wherein
the base member and the leveling member are vertically movable relative to one another with the upper platform supported on a surface of the support member,
the leveling member is detachable from the base member,
the leveling member comprises at least one post extending downward from the upper platform, and
the base member comprises at least one cuff that defines a vertically open slot that receives a post of the at least one post in a vertically slidable relationship, and
the post of the at least one post includes a series of vertically spaced apart teeth that engage a cuff in a ratchet engagement.