ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTR............................JDIM350 (Ver 2.1 Jan 2001) 1990980/0 1620000/01251212EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320030924EP02251737.92002031220020330EnEnEn010985420010421GB020079220020115GB20030924200339200210232002437 7E 04B 5/12 A 7E 04B 5/48 BdeVerbesserungen in Bezug auf BödenenImprovements in and relating to flooringfrAméliorations concernant des planchers1Marlow & Co. Ltd.03230900KWN/C1362.01/MMarlow House, Hollow RoadBury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 7APGBSmith, RogerThe Firs, Old Norton Road, ThurstonBury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 3PBGBNash, Keith Wilfridet al00034253KEITH W. NASH & Co., 90-92 Regent StreetCambridge CB2 1DPGBATBECHCYDEDKESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSETRALLTLVMKROSI20030924200339

A strut for supporting services between parallel spaced apart I-beam flooring joists is described. The strut has a main section adapted to fit transversely between the two joists and has two end regions which extend beyond and above the main section for resting on the joists, so that the main section is supported so as to extend between the two beams below or in line with the upper faces of the joists. This enables services such as cables, ducting or pipes to be supported below the floorboarding carried by the joists. A number of such struts are located at intervals along the length of the joists in the form of the rungs of a ladder to enable lengths of cables, ducting or pipes to be supported below the floorboarding.