US Patent Issued to Lester Building Systems on July 1 for "Bolted truss splice" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,037, issued on July 1, was assigned to Lester Building Systems LLC (Hutchinson, Minn.).

"Bolted truss splice" was invented by Paul A. Boor (Hutchinson, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bolted truss splice that includes a first force distribution bar, a first collection plate, a second force distribution bar, a second collection plate, a tension plate, a truss member and a fastening mechanism. The first force distribution bar has a first side surface, a second side surface and an end surface. The first collection plate extends over at least part of the first side surface of the first force distribution bar, the second side surfac...