Patent ID: 8850764
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: E04B,E04H,F16B,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A structure anti-torsion device, comprising: a structural column, the structural column positioned between adjacent studs of a structural stud wall construction and oriented vertically between the studs; a lower end of the structural column is fastened to a pair of anchor bolts secured to a foundation, the anchor bolts straddling the structural column to prevent torsional rotation of the structural column; a lower base plate assembly including a telescopically adjustable column fixed to a lower base plate wherein the anchor bolts extend through the lower base plate, the telescopically adjustable column being connected to the structural column using at least one fastener oriented transverse to a centerline of the structural column and received in an aperture created through the lower end and through one of multiple fastener receiving apertures of the telescopically adjustable column; an upper end of the structural column is fastened using first and second fasteners to a double top plate of the wall construction such that the double top plate is connected by the structural column to the foundation; and wall siding supported on the structural column wherein the structural column includes a planar surface aligned parallel with and flush to the wall siding and an outside face of the adjacent studs, the lower base plate, and the double top plate of the wall construction such that the wall siding is butted up against the planar surface and each of the adjacent studs, the lower base plate, and the double top plate; and wherein the planar surface of the structural column defines multiple holes that receive multiple fasteners to fasten the wall siding to the planar surface of the structural column.