Patent ID: 8966856
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: E04C,E04H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for reinforcing adjacent parallel spaced apart wooden structural members, each of said structural members having opposed first and second edges, the apparatus comprising: a rigid member having first and second ends and being sized to extend between the first edge of a first structural member and the second edge of an adjacent second structural member, said rigid member having a web portion extending along a upright plane; a first socket comprising downward opening c-shaped channels formed of a pair of opposed flanges and a web portion therebetween wherein said web portion of said rigid member is connected to and extends from a upright side edge of one of said flanges of said first socket, said first socket being sized to receive said first edge of said first structural member therein; and a second socket comprising downward opening c-shaped channels formed of a pair of opposed flanges and a web portion therebetween wherein said web portion of said rigid member is connected to and extends from a upright side edge of one of said flanges of said second socket, said second socket being sized to receive said second edge of said second structural member therein.