Deck framing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11066830-B2
Application number	US-202016779000-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2020
Priority date	Oct 5, 2016
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A deck framing system includes a perimeter support member that has a joist support wall and a web wall extending perpendicularly from the joist support wall. Each of a plurality of joist support brackets comprising an attachment portion configured to be attached to the web wall of the perimeter support member and a joist support portion. The joist support portion includes a pair of opposed lateral walls with each lateral wall configured to be attached to a corresponding lateral wall of a joist supported by the joist support wall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A deck framing system, comprising:
a perimeter support member comprising a joist support wall and a web wall extending perpendicularly from the joist support wall; and
a plurality of joist support brackets each comprising at least one attachment wing configured to be attached to the web wall of the perimeter support member and a joist support portion, the joist support portion comprising a pair of opposed lateral walls and a bracket web wall, the bracket web wall configured to be disposed spaced apart from the web wall of the perimeter support member, each of the pair of opposed lateral walls configured to be attached to a corresponding lateral wall of a joist supported by the joist support wall.

2. The deck framing system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of joists each configured to be supported by the joist support wall and attached to the joist support portion of a respective one of the plurality of joist support brackets.

3. The deck framing system of claim 2 wherein each of the plurality of joists comprises a pair of opposed lateral walls and a deck support wall extending between the pair of opposed lateral walls.

4. The deck framing system of claim 1 wherein the bracket web wall is configured to be disposed parallel to the web wall of the perimeter support member.

5. The deck framing system of claim 1 wherein the perimeter support member has an s-shape in profile.

6. The deck framing system of claim 1 wherein the web wall of the perimeter support member defines a first set of attachment holes disposed spaced apart a predetermined distance from a second set of attachment holes.

7. The deck framing system of claim 1 wherein the at least one attachment wing of each of the plurality of joist support brackets comprises a pair of attachment wings, each of the attachment wings configured to be secured to the web wall of the perimeter support member.

8. The deck framing system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of joists, wherein each of the plurality of joists is a tube joist configured to receive a respective joist support portion.

9. The deck framing system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the joist support portions is configured to extend from the web wall of the perimeter support member at a non-perpendicular angle.

10. The deck framing system of claim 9 wherein the non-perpendicular angle is 45 degrees.

11. A deck framing system, comprising:
a perimeter support member comprising a web wall defining a plurality of slots spaced apart along a length of the perimeter support member; and
a plurality of joist support brackets each of the joist support brackets being configured to engage the web wall of the perimeter support member and comprising a joist support portion configured to be received through one of the plurality of slots, the joist support portion comprising a pair of opposed lateral walls configured to be attached to a joist.

12. The deck framing system of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of joists, an end of each of the joists configured to be attached to the pair of opposed lateral walls of a respective one of the plurality of joist support brackets.

13. The deck framing system of claim 11 wherein each of the joist support brackets is configured to bias toward a relaxed configuration where the pair of opposed lateral walls are oblique.

14. The deck framing system of claim 13 wherein each of the pair of opposed lateral walls of each of the joist support brackets is configured to exert a force on walls of a respective one of the plurality of slots to couple the joist support bracket to the perimeter support member.

15. The deck framing system of claim 11 wherein each one of the plurality of joist support brackets further comprises a pair of wing walls.

16. A deck framing system, comprising:
a perimeter support member comprising a web wall; and
a plurality of joist support brackets each comprising at least one attachment portion configured to be attached to the web wall of the perimeter support member and a joist support portion, the joist support portion comprising a pair of lateral walls configured to be attached to and support a joist at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the perimeter support member.

17. The deck framing system of claim 16 wherein each of the plurality of joist support brackets is an adjustable angle bracket comprising an attachment wing joined to the joist support portion by a bendable junction, an angle between the attachment wing and the joist support portion being hand adjustable by bending.

18. The deck framing system of claim 17 wherein the bendable junction defines at least one void.

19. The deck framing system of claim 17 wherein the angle is adjustable between 15 and 90 degrees.

20. The deck framing system of claim 16 wherein the perimeter support member comprises a rim joist having a plurality of tabs and a notch disposed between adjacent tabs, the rim joist configured to be coupled to a plurality of joists in either a straight or a curved configuration.

Assignees

• Fortress Iron Lp

Inventors

• Burt Kevin T
• Sherstad Matthew Carlyle
• Flatt Kevin B
• Jesiolowski Aaron
• Luczycki Geoff T

Classifications

• E04B1/2403

  Connection details of the elongated load-supporting parts · CPC title

• E04C3/09

  at least partly of bent or otherwise deformed strip- or sheet-like material · CPC title

• E04C3/065

  with special adaptations for the passage of cables or conduits through the web · CPC title

• E04B2001/2466

  Details of the elongated load-supporting parts · CPC title

• E04B1/003

  Balconies; Decks · CPC title