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A brace provides lateral support to a series of upright truss units of a truss system having at least first, second and third truss units, with each truss unit having at least one beam member having a first surface, that is generally co-planar with corresponding beam members of other truss units. Th

A brace provides lateral support to a series of upright truss units of a truss system having at least first, second and third truss units, with each truss unit having at least one beam member having a first surface, that is generally co-planar with corresponding beam members of other truss units. The brace includes a generally continuous, elongated central leg having a first surface, a second surface positioned for engaging a first surface of the beam members of the first, second and third truss units, and a longitudinally extending rib member. The rib member is unitarilly formed with the central leg and extends generally outwardly from the second side surface of the central leg and includes a first opening for receiving the first truss unit, a second unit for receiving the second truss unit, and a third opening for receiving the third truss unit. An elongated first side leg is disposed adjacent and generally perpendicular to the central leg, and includes a first opening for receiving the first truss unit, a second opening for receiving the second truss unit, and a third opening for receiving the third truss unit. First and second ears are disposed adjacent to each of the first, second and third openings of the first side leg. Each of the first ear members is positionable adjacent to the second side surfaces, and each of the second ear members are positionable adjacent to the third side surfaces of the respective beam members of the respective first, second and third truss units. The central leg is comprised of a sufficiently thin, sheetlike material to permit decking material to be placed over the first surface of the central leg and attached to the first surface of the beams of the truss units.

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A brace for providing lateral support to truss units of a truss system having at least a first, a second and a third truss unit, with each truss unit having at least one beam member, the brace comprising (1) a generally continuous, elongated central leg having a first surface and a second surface, t

A brace for providing lateral support to truss units of a truss system having at least a first, a second and a third truss unit, with each truss unit having at least one beam member, the brace comprising (1) a generally continuous, elongated central leg having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being positioned for engaging a first surface of the beam member of the first truss unit, and (2) an elongated, first side leg disposed adjacent and generally perpendicular to the central leg, the first side leg including (a) a first ear member disposed in a plane generally perpendicular to the central leg, the first ear member being adapted to be positionable generally flush to a second surface of the beam member of the first truss unit, and (b) a first opening adjacent to the first ear member for receiving the beam member of the first truss unit and (c) a second ear member placed adjacent to the first opening in an opposed relation to the first ear member, the second ear member being adapted to be positionable generally flush to a third surface of the beam member of the first truss unit, each of the first and second ear members being formed as a part of the first side leg, the first ear member comprising a first flap of the first side leg bent in a clockwise direction to be generally perpendicular to the first side leg, the second ear member comprising a second flap of the first side leg bent in a counterclockwise direction to place the first and second ear members in a generally opposed relation in parallel planes separated by the first opening having a distance adapted to be generally slightly greater than the distance between the second and third surfaces of the beam member.