Patent ID: 7171788
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A system for connecting a block wall to a building frame comprising: a building frame having a generally vertically oriented rail; a block wall spaced apart from the building frame wherein the block wall has a plurality of horizontal mortar joints; a masonry connector comprising an elongate plate having an embedment end embedded in at least one of the horizontal mortar joints and a non-embedded hook end for hooking to the rail wherein the hook end is a slitted end of the plate, the slit opening up into a notch sized larger than the slit, the notch accommodating the rail wherein the notch is sized roughly equally to the cross sectional size of the rail to substantially enclose the rail generally on all sides thereof, the slit dividing the hook end into first and second tabs disposed on opposite sides of the notch wherein the tabs are bent apart in opposite directions, bent away from the plane of the plate.