Patent ID: 6367205
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
A method of attaching a top plate of a wall to a slab disposed beneath the wall, the method comprising the steps of:a) drilling a selected number of holes into the slab, each of the holes extending into the slab by more than an embedment length of an anchor bolt; b) inserting each of the selected number of anchor bolts through a respective throughhole in a sill plate and into a respective hole in the slab, each anchor bolt comprising a respective embedment portion having the embedment length, each anchor bolt having a respective upper threaded portion having a selected length; c) turning each anchor bolt, by means of a connecting nut having a bottom end thereof threaded onto the respective upper threaded portion, until the sill plate is fixedly captured between the connecting nut and the slab, d) threadably connecting a lower end of each of the selected number of vertical tensile fasteners to the top end of a respective connecting nut, each of the vertical tensile fasteners comprising an attachment means adjacent an upper end thereof, each of the attachment means attaching the respective vertical tensile fastener to the top plate.