Roof framing system

• US 4,449,335 A
• Filed: 06/03/1982
• Issued: 05/22/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Patrick Fahey
• Original Assignee: Patrick Fahey
• Inventors: Fahey, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Murtagh, John E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rudy, Andrew Joseph
• Application Number:
  US06/384,745
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 52/90, 52/92, 52/79.5, 52/639, 52/641, 52/713, 52/715
• US Class Current: 52/92.2
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/2608 Connectors made from folded sheet metal E04B1/2612 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/2612 Joist hangers
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2616 Hinged connections of wooden members
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/02 with plane sloping surfaces, e.g. saddle roofs E04B7/12 takes precedence

Abstract

A roof framing system consisting of an apex bracket and two bracket assemblies, each bracket assembly consisting of a rafter bracket and sill plate bracket. The apex bracket has two U-shaped sections joined by a bendable intermediate section. The U-shaped sections grasp the upper end of a pair of opposing rafters, while the bendable section accommodates the desired pitch of the roof. The rafter bracket has a U-shaped section for grasping the lower end of a rafter bracket and has two arms separated by a distance sufficient to allow a rafter to be disposed therebetween. The sill plate bracket has a right-angled section for mounting a top sill plate and has two arms separated by a distance sufficient to allow a rafter to be disposed therebetween. The sill plate bracket'"'"'s arms receive and support the rafter bracket'"'"'s arms, thereby allowing opposing rafters to be mounted at their lower end and subsequently to be rotated towards the apex of the roof for joining by the apex bracket.

Claims

1. A roof framing system for a roof having a plurality of rafters extending between top sill plates, each rafter having upper and lower ends, comprising the combination of an apex bracket,

the apex bracket comprising a first section for grasping the upper end of a first rafter, a second section for grasping the upper end of a second rafter, and an intermediate section operably coupling said first and second sections for setting the pitch between said first and second rafters, and two bracket assemblies, each bracket assembly comprising a rafter bracket and a sill plate bracket,

the rafter bracket comprising a rafter grasping section and two arms adjustably extending from said rafter grasping section, said arms being separated by a distance sufficient to allow one of said rafters to be disposed therebetween, and each arm including an outermost section comprising a lip formed by bending said arm back upon itself, and

the sill plate bracket comprising a mounting section for grasping one of said top sill plates, two arms adjustably extending from said mounting section, said arms separated by a distance sufficient to allow one of said rafters to be disposed therebetween, and a rafter bracket receiving section connected to each of said arms for detachably receiving said rafter bracket lips.

2. The roof framing system of claim 1 wherein said rafter bracket receiving section connected to each of said sill plate bracket arms comprises a bend in the sill plate bracket'"'"'s arm complementary in shape to the rafter bracket'"'"'s lips.