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Connection for hollow structural members

  • US 5,203,135 A
  • Filed: 03/05/1991
  • Issued: 04/20/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with a pair of structural members disposed in end-to-end relation, a bridging member having an irregular surface portion, a second bridging member, said second bridging member combining with the bridging member to substantially fill the portions of the structural member bores over which they extend, and securing means for securing the bridging member to the two structural members, each structural member defining a bore with a complementary irregular surface portion which mates with the irregular surface of the bridging member, the securing means placing the irregular surface of the bridging member in abutting relation with the complementary surfaces of the structural members without deforming the bridging member, a portion of the bridging member and the second bridging member extending into the bore of one structural member, and the remaining portion of the bridging member and the second bridging member extending into the bore of the other structural member.

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