Brown truss: Difference between revisions

A '''Brown truss''' is a type of [[bridge]] [[truss]], used in [[covered bridges]]. It is noted for its economical use of materials and is named after the inventor, Josiah Brown Jr., of [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York]], who [[patent]]ed it July 7, 1857 as [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|US patent]] 17,722.<ref name="wmta">{{cite web|url=http://www.wmta.org/coveredbridges/whites_bridges.html|title=White's Covered Bridge page|work=West Michigan Tourist Association|accessmonthday=December 27|accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="google">{{cite web| publisher = [[Google]] | url= http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT17722&id=xwRXAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4 |title= "TBUSS-BEIDGE JO SI AH BROWN" (sic) |work=[[Google Patents]] |accessmonthday=December 28|accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name= "uspto">{{cite web| publisher = [[US Patent Office]] | url= http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F17722 |title=Patent 17,722|work= Full-Text and Image Database|accessmonthday=December 28|accessyear= 2006}}</ref>