Patent ID: 8621802
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: E04B,E04F

Abstract:
1. A brick bracket system including a brick bracket, the brick bracket of the system comprising: a back wall configured for attachment to a stud disposed within a building framework, wherein said back wall has a front face with projections thereon extending thereacross, the projections being interrupted to form a recess configured to receive lag bolts; a spanning wall having a first end connected to the back wall, a second end, a top surface and a bottom surface oriented to face and spaced apart from a brick veneer to prevent a force applied to the brick bracket from being transmitted to the brick veneer of the building framework; a front wall connected to the spanning wall and including a first surface extending along a portion of the brick veneer and a second ledge surface extending transversely from the first surface, the second ledge surface and the first surface configured to engage a ledger; and a triangular brace joining the back wall with the spanning wall and providing additional support to the brick bracket.