	US 12,129,650 B2
	Assembly for bracing suspended non-structural building components
Peter Luscombe, Rowville (AU); John Van Vuuren, Rowville (AU); James Renshaw, Rowville (AU); Lachlan Rhodes, Rowville (AU); Tinus Smith, Rowville (AU); and Daryl Wong, Rowville (AU)
Assigned to POLYPAS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD, Rowville (AU)
Appl. No. 17/618,548
Filed by POLYPAS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD, Rowville (AU)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AU2020/050592 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 13, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/248016, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019902020 (AU), filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243467 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 9/00 (2006.01); E04B 9/18 (2006.01); E04B 9/22 (2006.01); F16B 2/06 (2006.01); F16L 3/26 (2006.01); F24F 13/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/38 (2006.01)

CPC E04B 9/006 (2013.01) [E04B 9/18 (2013.01); E04B 9/22 (2013.01); F16B 2/065 (2013.01); F16L 3/26 (2013.01); F24F 13/0254 (2013.01); E04B 2001/389 (2023.08)]

19 Claims

1. An assembly for bracing a non-structural building component mounted adjacent a surface of a building, the assembly comprising:

a rigid elongate member having first and second ends, and one or more substantially planar wall portions that extend at least part of the length of the elongate member from a respective end;

a first fastener, and second fasteners;

a first mount that includes:

an attachment portion with a first mounting point through which the first fastener is to extend to secure the first mount to one of: the non-structural building component or the building, the attachment portion having a substantially planar first mounting face that in use of the assembly is to be oriented towards the respective non-structural building component or the surface of the building, and

at least one connecting portion that is rigidly joined to the attachment portion and that projects away from the attachment portion in a direction that is oblique to the first mounting face, the connecting portion having two fixing elements, each having a second mounting face, and two through-holes that each extend therethrough in a direction that is generally transverse to the projecting direction of the connecting portion and opens onto the second mounting face, the two second mounting faces being substantially parallel to the normal of the plane of the first mounting face and substantially orthogonal to the axes of the through-holes, and the two fixing elements being configured so that a planar wall portion of the elongate member is locatable adjacent each of the second mounting faces, and such that second fasteners are to extend through the through-holes of the fixing elements to engage the wall portion of the elongate member and thereby rigidly fix the elongate member to the first mount;

and

a third fastener, and a second mount that includes a second mounting point through which the third fastener is to extend to secure the second mount to the other of the building or the non-structural building component, the second mount being fixed to, or fixable to one end of the elongate member,

whereby, in use, the assembly is to be installed between the surface and the non-structural building component, with the first mount secured by the first fastener to one of the building and the non-structural building component, the second mount secured by the third fastener to the other of the non-structural building component and the building, and the elongate member extending between the first and second mounts and rigidly fixed thereto, and

wherein the first mount is configured such that the elongate member is fixable to the first mount in a relative orientation in which the longitudinal direction of the elongate member is non-parallel to the centreline of the connecting portion.

19. An assembly for bracing a non-structural building component mounted adjacent a surface of a building, the assembly comprising:

a rigid elongate member having first and second ends, and one or more substantially planar wall portions that extend at least part of the length of the elongate member from a respective end;

a first mount that includes:

an attachment portion with a first mounting point through which a first fastener is to extend to secure the first mount to one of: the non-structural building component or the building, the attachment portion having a substantially planar first mounting face that in use of the assembly is to be oriented towards the respective non-structural building component or the surface of the building, and

whereby the elongate member is fixable to the first mount by locating the planar wall portion of the elongate member adjacent the second mounting face, and passing one or more second fasteners through the through-holes so as to engage the wall portion of the elongate member and thereby secure the elongate member to the first mount;

and

a second mount that includes a second mounting point through which a third fastener is to extend to secure the second mount to the other of the building or the non-structural building component, the second mount being fixed to, or fixable to one end of the elongate member,

the height of the or each substantially planar wall portion, in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction of the elongate member, is greater than the thickness of the tines, and

each tine has an inner portion that is adjacent the base of the slot, and an outer portion that extends from the inner portion to the tip of the respective tine, and wherein the width of each tine within the inner portion increases in a direction that is away from the outer portion.