Patent ID: 8978329
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A hanger for a cementitious building unit, said hanger comprising: a first hanger component comprising a body having a first front surface and a plurality of first interlocking portions protruding from said first front surface and arranged in predetermined positions on the body of the first hanger component; a second hanger component comprising a body having a second front surface and a plurality of second interlocking portions being openings in said second front surface and arranged in predetermined positions on the body of the second hanger component; and an overhanging portion that transversely extends from the body of the second hanger component and is configured for being seated on and directly abutting a building support surface, wherein the first interlocking portions each engage a corresponding one of said openings in said second front surface such that said first front surface and said second front surface are in contact with each other and said first interlocking portions and said second interlocking portions have close-fitting, complementary shapes to each other such that at least two of said first interlocking portions matingly engage with corresponding ones of said second interlocking portions to provide for vertical height adjustment of the first hanger component relative to the second hanger component; and wherein the first hanger component also comprises at least one first connecting portion having an opening for accommodating a tension tie for anchorage within the cementitious building unit.