Patent ID: 8904727
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A high-strength wire formative veneer tie for use with an anchoring system in a wall having an inner wythe and an outer wythe in a spaced apart relationship the one with the other and having a cavity therebetween, the outer wythe formed from a plurality of courses with a bed joint of predetermined height filled with mortar between each two adjacent courses, the veneer tie comprising: an insertion portion for disposition in the bed joint of the outer wythe, the insertion portion having an outer leg and an inner leg offset from the outer leg; two cavity portions contiguous with the insertion portion, each of the cavity portions comprising a ribbon cavity portion, each ribbon cavity portion being compressively reduced such that a height of each of the ribbon cavity portions is greater than a height of the insertion portion; and, an interconnecting portion contiguous with the two ribbon cavity portions and set opposite the insertion portion.