Truss hinge with angular variability

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9453359-B2
Application number	US-201414274963-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2014
Priority date	Apr 30, 2010
Publication date	Sep 27, 2016
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016

Abstract

A truss hinge that allows hinging between truss parts, and also allows configuration into a different size.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of hinging trusses, comprising:
connecting both first and second ends of a first truss to a first connection part of a hinging connection device via first connections that connect to both first and second ends of said first truss;
connecting both first and second ends of a second truss to a second connection part of said hinging connection device via second connections that connect to first and second ends of said second truss;
using an adjustment plate on said hinging connection device for adjusting a distance between said first connections on said first part and said second connections on said second part,
where a first distance between said first connections on said first part and said second connections on said second part accommodates first trusses that are a first size, and a second distance between said first connections on said first part and said second connections on said second part accommodates second trusses that are a second size different than the first size; and
said hinging connection device hinging between said first part and said second part to thereby adjust an angle between said first truss and said second truss.

2. A method as in claim 1 , wherein said hinging comprises, after connecting the first truss and the second truss, first pivoting in a first direction between said first truss and said second truss using said hinging connection device, and second, while said first truss and said second truss are still connected, hinging in a second direction opposite to said first direction using the same hinging connection device.

3. A method as in claim 1 , wherein said first part and said second connection parts are shaped to be mirror images of one another.

4. A method as in claim 1 , wherein said first and second connections include spigots that connect directly to surfaces of the trusses.

5. A method as in claim 1 , further comprising hanging said trusses from cables that are attached to at least one of said first part or said second part.

Assignees

• Production Resource Group Llc

Inventors

• Kempf James
• Gross Scott

Classifications

• E04B1/34336

  Structures movable as a whole, e.g. mobile home structures (vehicles comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping or like vehicles B60P3/32) · CPC title

• E04C2003/0491

  the truss elements being located in one single surface or in several parallel surfaces · CPC title

• E04C3/02

  Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; {Braces}(E04C3/38 takes precedence; for structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts E04B1/343; {braced purlins E04B7/024}) · CPC title

• E04B1/344

  with hinged parts · CPC title

• Y10T16/52

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic