Patent ID: 8839581
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A high-strength wire-formative 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, said outer wythe formed from a plurality of courses with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses, said bed joint being filled with mortar, said wire formative veneer tie comprising: an insertion portion for disposition in said bed joint of said outer wythe, said insertion portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface being compressibly deformed and having a pattern of recessed areas impressed thereon for receiving mortar therewithin; two cavity portions contiguous with said insertion portion; two interengaging portions contiguous with said cavity portions and set opposite said insertion portion, said two interengaging portions each being compressively reduced and depend therefrom at a substantially 90 degree angle; and, two securement portions contiguous with said interengaging portions opposite said cavity portion, said two securement portions each curved at a substantially 150 degree angle.