Hanger apparatus for hip blocking

Abstract

An apparatus for connecting a squared hip blocking member to a vertical face of a top chord of a hip truss or girder truss in both a skewed and sloped orientation relative to the face of the top chord, the apparatus comprising: 1) a mounting plate, 2) a substantially U-shaped bucket having a floor depending from the mounting plate at a preselected slope and skew relative to normal, and 3) a stop plate mounted normal to the floor and within the U-shaped bucket against which an end of the elongated wood member is abutted when properly seated in the apparatus. Four general embodiments of the apparatus are disclosed, each differing in the direction from which the bucket depends from the mounting plate. The degree of slope and skew may vary depending on the pitch of the roof being constructed.

1 . A hip blocking hanger apparatus for connecting a hip blocking member having a squared end to a supporting hip truss or girder truss, the apparatus comprising:
 a) a mounting plate;   b) a substantially U-shaped bucket having a floor depending from said mounting plate at a preselected sloped and skewed angle relative to normal; and   c) a stop plate mounted normal to said floor and within said U-shaped bucket against which the squared end of the hip blocking member is abutted.   
   
   
       2 . A sloped and skewed hip blocking hanger connection, comprising:
 a) a generally planar supporting hip truss having a horizontal top chord in communication with a diagonally disposed rafter; said top chord and said rafter each having a generally planar front face joined at a junction,   b) an elongated hip blocking member having a squared end portion; and   c) a hip blocking hanger apparatus comprising:
 1) a mounting plate mounted to said front face of said top chord and said rafter across said junction; 
 2) a substantially U-shaped bucket having a floor depending from said mounting plate at a preselected sloped and skewed angle relative to normal, said U-shaped bucket being formed and dimensioned to receive said squared end portion of said hip blocking member; and 
 3) a stop plate mounted normal to said floor and within said U-shaped bucket against which said end portion of said hip blocking member is abutted.