Patent ID: 8087208
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A fastening device for fastening a frame member to a support member, the fastening device comprising a base having a plurality of edges; an attachment wall which extends perpendicularly from an edge of the base platform, the attachment wall further comprising straps which extend laterally from the attachment wall and configured for attachment to the support member; an opposing wall which extends from an edge of the base platform generally parallel and opposed to the attachment wall for positioning proximate to the support member; first and second end walls which extend perpendicularly from generally opposite edges of the base platform and which are generally perpendicular to the attachment wall and to the opposing wall, for positioning proximate to generally opposed surfaces of the frame member, first and second tab connectors each extending from the base, the first tab connector drawn from and aligned with and in the same plane as the first end wall and the second tab connector drawn from and aligned with and in the same plane as the second end wall, the fastening device having multiple adjustment slots in the base, wherein the first and second tab connectors are configured for connection of the fastening device to another opposing and identically configured fastening device by insertion of the first or second tab connector through corresponding slots in the base of the opposing fastening device.