(19)
(11) EP 0 819 802 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/04

(21) Application number: 97118158.1

(22) Date of filing: 09.08.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: E04C 3/07, E04C 3/40
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB LU NL

(30) Priority: 19.08.1993 GB 9317282

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
94305891.7 / 0639684

(71) Applicant: WARD BUILDING SYSTEMS LIMITED
Malton North Yorkshire YO17 8PQ (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Wallis, Malcolm Robert
    Near Driffield, East Yorkshire (GB)
  • St. Quinton, David
    Scarborough, Y012 6DD (GB)

(74) Representative: Leach, John Nigel et al
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
80801 München
80801 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 20-10-1997 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
Remarks:
A request for correction at the bottom of page 6 has been filed pursuant to Rule 88 EPC. A decision on the request will be taken during the proceedings before the Examining Division (Guidelines for Examination in the EPO, A-V, 3.).
 


(54) Structural members


(57) An elongate structural member comprising an elongate body part made of sheet metal which has been cold formed into the cross-sectional shape required and provided with an attachment portion at each end wherein at least one attachment portion comprises an attachment component (120) formed separately from said body part and fastened thereto characterised in that the body part has at least two opposed walls (102, 103) and the attachment portion (120) is within and in face-to-face relationship with the two opposed walls (102, 103) of the body part and adjacent to the opposed walls (102, 103), and connected thereto by fastening means (125), the body part comprising wall portions (21, 22, 104, 105) having edge portions extending lengthwise of the member and lying adjacent to one another, said edge portions being secured to one another by fastening means provided at least at spaced intervals along the members, the attachment portion being adapted (18) to co-operate with fasteners (38).






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