(19)
(11) EP 1 445 392 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.08.2004 Bulletin 2004/33

(21) Application number: 04250604.8

(22) Date of filing: 04.02.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E04C 3/17, E04C 3/18, E04C 3/292
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 04.02.2003 US 444818 P

(71) Applicant: MiTek Holdings, Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tadich, John
    Dandenon, South Victoria 3164 (AU)

(74) Representative: Smaggasgale, Gillian Helen 
W.P. Thompson & Co, 55 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5SQ
London WC2B 5SQ (GB)

   


(54) Building frame member


(57) A reinforcing brace for attachment to a web member of a building framework such as a truss to prevent bending or flexing out of a plane of the truss. Fasteners secure the brace to the web member at a lateral side of the web member such that front and back sides of the web member remain free from fasteners. The brace is entirely within thickness confines of the truss.






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