Patent ID: 6196356
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B66B,E04B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A connector apparatus for interconnecting a structural component with a supporting structure comprising:(a) a first bracket having a first generally planar leg connected to the supporting structure and a second angularly extending second leg connected to said first leg, said second leg having:(i) a plurality of first through holes disposed along a first reference line extending at an acute angle with respect to said first leg; and(ii) a plurality of second through holes disposed along a second reference line extending at an acute angle with respect to said first leg; and(b) a second bracket connected to said first bracket, said second bracket having a first leg connected to said structural component and a second angularly extending leg slidably movable relative to said second leg of said first bracket between first and second positions, said second leg of said second bracket having:(i) a plurality of third through holes disposed along a first reference line extending at an acute angle with respect to said first leg of said second bracket; and(ii) a plurality of fourth through holes disposed along a second reference line extending at an acute angle with respect to said first leg of said second bracket one of said first through holes being indexable with a selected one of said third through holes and a selected one of said second through holes being indexable with a selected one of said fourth through holes when said second leg of said second bracket is moved from said first position to said second position.