Patent ID: 8209925
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: E04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector system for securing an end portion of a steel structural support member to a vertical cast concrete wall member, said connector system comprising a metal receiver embedded in said concrete wall member and connected to at least one anchor member embedded in said wall member, said receiver including vertical opposing front wall portions positioned substantially flush with a vertical surface of said concrete wall member, said vertical opposing front wall portions of said receiver defining a generally triangular V-shape opening between said front wall portions, a metal support bracket including a vertical generally triangular plate having a center portion rigidly connected to a vertical support plate rigidly connected to said end portion of said structural support member, said vertical triangular plate being smaller than said V-shape opening and adapted to be inserted horizontally through said opening into a cavity in back of said front wall portions of said receiver, said triangular V-shape opening and said cavity providing for shifting said vertical triangular plate of said support bracket downwardly within said cavity after said triangular plate is inserted horizontally into said cavity, and said vertical opposing front wall portions of said receiver overlap and block elongated opposite edge portions of said vertical triangular plate of said support bracket in a locked position after said vertical triangular plate is shifted downwardly within said cavity.