Apparatus for temporarily supporting one end of a cross piece during the construction of a deck of fence rail
US5673903A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S269/904
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus which is used to temporarily support one end of a cross piece during construction of a deck or fence rail. The apparatus is in the form of a C-shaped frame having an elongated base plate and a pair of leg plates extending from each end of the base plate. An adjustable clamp member is attached to one of the legs for securing the apparatus to a first vertical beam. A platform is attached to the other leg and receives one end of the cross piece for holding that end of the cross piece in position on one beam while the other end is secured to a second adjacent spaced apart beam. Once a cross piece has been attached to the two adjacent beams, the clamp may be flipped over and the other side of the clamp may be attached to the second beam so that another cross piece may be abutted against the first cross piece and attached between the second beam and a third beam. The apparatus enables cross pieces to be attached to beams by one person.
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