US 12,404,640 B2
Catwalk floorbeam connection system
David Jay Brownmiller, Mason City, IA (US); Dustin Donahue Davis, Nora Springs, IA (US); and Andrew Gene Sorensen, Clear Lake, IA (US)
Assigned to SUKUP MANUFACTURING CO., Sheffield, IA (US)
Filed by Sukup Manufacturing Co., Sheffield, IA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/191,888.
Application 17/191,888 is a continuation of application No. 15/886,929, filed on Feb. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,975,584.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/454,390, filed on Feb. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0189742 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. E01D 15/133 (2006.01); E04G 5/16 (2006.01); E04G 7/02 (2006.01); E04G 7/30 (2006.01); E04G 5/06 (2006.01); E04G 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC E01D 15/133 (2013.01) [E04G 5/16 (2013.01); E04G 7/02 (2013.01); E04G 7/302 (2013.01); E04G 5/06 (2013.01); E04G 2005/068 (2013.01); E04G 5/14 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catwalk system, comprising:
a first floorbeam;
the first floorbeam extending a length between a first end and a second end;
a first side truss;
the first side truss extending a length between opposing ends;
the first side truss having a first bottom cord;
the first side truss having a first pocket formed by a first bottom plate and a first side plate and a second side plate;
wherein a portion of the first side plate and a portion of the second side plate extends outward past the first bottom plate and engages with a top side of the first bottom cord of the first side truss;
wherein the first side plate and the portion thereof has a planar surface facing toward an interior of the first pocket;
wherein the second side plate and the portion thereof has a planar surface facing toward the interior of the first pocket;
a second side truss;
the second side truss extending a length between opposing ends;
the second side truss having a second bottom cord;
the second side truss having a second pocket formed by a second bottom plate and a third side plate and a fourth side plate;
wherein a portion of the third side plate and a portion of the fourth side plate extends outward past the second bottom plate and engages with a top side of the second bottom cord of the second side truss;
wherein the third side plate and the portion thereof has a planar surface facing toward an interior of the second pocket;
wherein the fourth side plate and the portion thereof has a planar surface facing toward the interior of the second pocket;
wherein the first end of the first floorbeam is inserted in the first pocket of the first side truss and the second end of the first floorbeam is inserted in the second pocket of the second side truss thereby connecting the first side truss to the second side truss.