(19)
(11) EP 2 607 561 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.07.2013 Bulletin 2013/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.06.2013 Bulletin 2013/26

(21) Application number: 12198114.6

(22) Date of filing: 19.12.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
E04B 1/26(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 19.12.2011 GB 201121813

(71) Applicant: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Glenview, IL 60025 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • McAndrew, Scott
    Glenrothes, Fife KY7 6QS (GB)
  • Page, Michael
    Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 4BS (GB)

(74) Representative: Johnson, Lucy Elizabeth 
Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street
Glasgow G5 8PL
Glasgow G5 8PL (GB)

   


(54) Improved hanger


(57) A joist hanger comprising:
a support bracket, having a base portion and two substantially parallel side portions upstanding from opposing edges of said base portion;
at least one back flange portion adjoining at least one of said two side portions at a longitudinal edge of respective at least one of said two side portions and adapted to abut a face-fixing surface;
at least one top flange portion, adjoining said at least one back flange portion at an edge distal to said base portion and adapted to be moveable between a face-fixing position, wherein said top-flange portion is coplanar said at least one back flange portion, and a top-fixing position, wherein said top flange portion is non-coplanar to said at least one back flange portion, further comprising at least one longitudinally elongated fixing aperture and an articulation axis extending transversely of the hanger between the top flange portion and the back flange portion and being variable in location within the region defined by the length of said longitudinally elongated fixing aperture.







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