U.S. patent number D732,708 [Application Number D/478,004] was granted by the patent office on 2015-06-23 for flared joist and rafter connector. This patent grant is currently assigned to Simpson Strong-Tie Company. The grantee listed for this patent is Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.. Invention is credited to Larry Randall Daudet, Jin-Jie Lin, Timothy M. Stauffer.
United States Patent | D732,708 |
Stauffer , et al. | June 23, 2015 |
Inventors: | Stauffer; Timothy M. (Pleasant Hill, CA), Daudet; Larry Randall (Brentwood, CA), Lin; Jin-Jie (Livermore, CA) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | Simpson Strong-Tie Company
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Appl. No.: | D/478,004 | ||||||||||
Filed: | December 30, 2013 |
Current U.S. Class: | D25/133; D25/61; D8/354 |
Current International Class: | 2501 |
Field of Search: | ;D25/133,61,134,141-144,147,148,163,164,199,114,118,60 ;D8/354,366,394,380-382,349,353,385,499 ;D23/386,393 ;D15/28,148 ;D6/712,512,513,514,567,572 ;D14/238 ;52/655.1,696,712-715,702,481.1,241,489.1,289,92.2,285.2,93.1,105,235,719,831,838,842,844,845,846,640,641,688,582.1,582.6,745.15,745.21,645,653.2,649.1,649.2,650.1-651.08,654.1,693,701,703,709,710,293.3,295,296 ;248/351,300,354.3-354.7,694,903,220.41,228.1,56,57,499-500,507,346.01 ;403/403,231,199,167,168,187-191 ;211/70.6 ;29/897.34,897.35,897.3,897.31,897.312,897.32,897.33 ;264/31 |
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