Patent ID: 9322166
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: E04B

Claim Text:
1. A flush mount masonry veneer anchor for mounting on an exterior wall and tying a masonry veneer to the exterior wall, the masonry veneer anchor comprising an anchoring portion with anchor holes to receive a suitable fastener to attach the anchoring portion to an exterior surface of the exterior wall and a tie wire holding portion comprising a single body extending perpendicularly from the anchoring portion, the tie wire holding portion having one end coupled to the anchoring portion and having a slot spaced from said anchoring portion in an opposite end for holding a tie wire at a single point through the single body of the tie wire holding portion for tying the masonry veneer to the exterior wall, the anchor holes being above and below and in line with the tie wire holding portion to transfer extension and compression loads exerted .on the tie wire holding portion directly through fasteners in the anchor holes to the exterior wall without an offset of a plane of the transfer of the forces; and wherein said anchor portion and said tie wire holding portion are an integral monolithic structure.