Patent ID: 8978330
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A high-strength wire-formative pintle veneer tie for use with an anchoring system in a wall having an inner wythe and an outer wythe in a spaced apart relationship the one with the other and having a cavity therebetween, the outer wythe formed from a plurality of courses with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses, the bed joint being filled with mortar, the veneer tie comprising: an insertion portion for disposition in the bed joint of the outer wythe, the insertion portion comprising two contiguous hook portions; two cavity portions contiguous with the insertion portion; and, a compressively reduced interconnecting portion comprising a first ribbon pintle and a second ribbon pintle, each ribbon pintle contiguous with one of the cavity portions and set opposite the insertion portion, the first ribbon pintle comprising: the second ribbon pintle comprising: