Height adjustable hanger with compression member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12258749-B2
Application number	US-202118007617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2021
Priority date	Jun 3, 2020
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

A hanger for attaching a structural beam to a building substructure has a first panel spaced from a second panel with a web extending therebetween. The web includes a bias member or compression member for biasing a beam upward. The web may include an opening through the bias member for receipt of a fastener driven from underneath the web into a beam received by the web, whereby driving of the fastener into the beam pulls the beam downward against the bias of the compression member. Additional versions exist with different leveraging surfaces to assist the fastener in pulling the beam downward. The hanger may also include one or more openings in the side panels, each opening associating with an opening in a rear panel to receive a fastener driven obliquely through a side panel opening into a beam and a building support member to attach the beam.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hanger for supporting an elongate beam, comprising:
a first side extending from a top to a bottom;
a second side extending from a top to a bottom and spaced laterally from the first side;
a web extending between and connected to the first side and the second side proximate the respective bottoms, wherein
the web comprises an integral compression member configured for providing a bias force in a direction toward the tops of the first and second sides.

2. The hanger of claim 1 , wherein the compression member is a metal sheet panel formed integrally to the web via a bend in the metal sheet material.

3. The hanger of claim 2 , comprising a slot in the metal sheet panel at a position intermediate the first side and second side.

4. The hanger of claim 3 , wherein the slot extends through a front end of the web and compression member.

5. The hanger of claim 1 , wherein the compression member is an obliquely extending panel integral to the web formed as a bend at a front end.

6. The hanger of claim 1 , comprising a first rear flange extending perpendicular from the first side and a second rear flange extending perpendicular from the second side, each rear flange defining one or more primary holes for a fastener to pass through and one or more secondary holes having a different size from the primary holes.

7. The hanger of claim 6 , wherein each side defines at least one toenail hole that is vertically aligned with a respective secondary hole, wherein an elongate fastener can be driven obliquely through a toenail hole and associated secondary hole and into a rear building support member.

8. The hanger of claim 7 , wherein
each of the toenail holes is formed as a cutout from the first side or the second side with an outward bend forming a side support flange, and
wherein the head of a fastener driven obliquely through a toenail hole abuts the support flange.

9. The hanger of claim 1 , wherein the web includes a flat lower portion substantially perpendicular to the first side and second side and the compression member is formed as an upward bend from a front edge of the flat lower portion.

10. The hanger of claim 9 , wherein the flat lower portion and the compression member each defines an opening at a laterally intermediate position between the first side and the second side.

11. The hanger of claim 1 , wherein A hanger for supporting an elongate beam, comprising:
a first side extending from a top to a bottom;
a second side extending from a top to a bottom and spaced laterally from the first side;
a web extending between and connected to the first side and the second side proximate the respective bottoms, wherein
the web comprises a compression member configured for providing a bias force in a direction toward the tops of the first and second sides, and
the web comprises a bottom panel with the compression member positioned above a bottom panel, further comprising an opening in the bottom panel substantially laterally aligned with an opening in the compression member such that a fastener can be positioned with a shank thereof extending through openings and in contact with a beam received by the hanger laterally between the first side and second side.

12. The hanger of claim 11 , wherein the opening in bottom panel and the opening in the compression member are integral portions of a slot.

13. The hanger of claim 11 , wherein the compression member is integral with the bottom panel.

14. The hanger of claim 13 , wherein the compression member is formed as a bend from an edge of the bottom panel.

15. The hanger of claim 11 , wherein the bottom panel is substantially perpendicular to the first side and the second side.

16. The hanger of claim 11 , wherein bottom panel comprises a leveraging surface for a head of a fastener driven through the slot.

17. A hanger for supporting an elongate beam, comprising:
a first side extending from a top to a bottom;
a second side extending from a top to a bottom and spaced laterally from the first side;
a web extending between and connected to the first side and the second side proximate the respective bottoms, wherein
the web comprises a lower portion and a compression member configured for providing a bias force in a direction toward the tops of the first and second sides, and
a slot extends rearwardly from a front edge through a portion of the lower portion and a portion of the compression member, the slot positioned laterally intermediate position between the first side and the second side.

18. A building support connection, comprising:
a building support member;
a hanger comprising a first side extending longitudinally from a top to a bottom and a second side spaced laterally from the first side and extending longitudinally from a top to a bottom, a web with an integral compression member extending between the first side and second side proximate the respective bottoms; and
an elongate beam received by the hanger laterally between the first side and second side and extending outward from the building support member, wherein
the hanger is fixed to the building support with the web, first side and second side extending outward with the beam supported longitudinally by the web, and
when the beam is received between the first side and second side, the beam is supported by the web with the compression member biasing the beam member toward the top ends.

19. The building support connection of claim 18 , wherein the web further comprises a leveraging surface below the compression member, comprising at least one opening providing a passthrough from underneath the leveraging surface to the beam.

20. The building support connection of claim 19 , comprising a threaded fastener with a head positioned beneath the leveraging surface and a shank extending through the at least one opening in contact with the beam.

21. The building support connection of claim 18 , wherein the web further comprises a leveraging surface below the compression member and the compression member is an obliquely extending panel formed as an upward bend from the leveraging surface.

22. The building support connection of claim 21 , wherein the bend is formed in a front edge of the leveraging surface and the beam extends forward of the front edge.

23. The building support connection of claim 21 , wherein the leveraging surface is a surface of a flat bottom panel.

24. The building support connection of claim 21 , wherein the hanger comprises an opening extending through a portion of the web and compression member, wherein a fastener can be driven through the opening and into a lower edge of the beam and further driving of the fastener pulls the beam downward against the upward bias of the bias member.

25. The hanger of claim 1 , wherein the web defines a leveraging surface and the web, first side and second side define a beam receipt channel therebetween, further comprising one or more passthrough apertures connecting from underneath the leveraging surface, through the compression member, and into the channel, wherein
when a beam is received within the channel in abutment with the compression member in a first longitudinal position, the one or more passthrough apertures allows a shank to be inserted from underneath the leveraging surface through the one or more passthrough openings into contact with the beam to adjust the beam to a second position different from the first longitudinal posit

Assignees

• Omg Inc
• Omg Building Products Llc

Inventors

• Barenski Jr Peter
• Carlson Logan
• Gillis Timothy F
• Venkatesan Arun Srinivasan
• Enko Frederick A

Classifications

• E04B2001/2644

  Brackets, gussets or joining plates · CPC title

• E04B1/2612 Primary

  Joist hangers · CPC title