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Article: U.S., New Zealand Inventors Develop Metal Roof Truss Assembly
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 18, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- Donald R. Moody and Courtney J. Hanson, both of Denton, Texas, and Thomas Corbet Ellis of Napier, New Zealand, have developed a metal structural member.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal roof truss assembly is provided comprising a plurality of elongated structural members, including a top chord, a bottom chord, and a web member. Each structural member comprises a planar base and planar legs extending from the longitudinal edges of the base. The base and the legs define an open longitudinal channel. A flange integral with the longitudinal edges of each leg has a planar first portion extending outwardly from the legs and a planar second ...