Patent ID: 6560940
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A device for transferring tension and compression forces incident on a vertical support of a building to an anchor bolt extending out of a foundation of the building, the device comprising:an attachment member having at least one planar surface that is sized to be attached to the vertical support of building wherein the attachment member includes a laterally extending section that extends outward from the planar surface; and a load piece that is attached to the attachment member, wherein the load piece includes a mounting section that defines a recess that receives the laterally extending section such that the laterally extending section reinforces the mounting section and wherein the mounting section has an upper and lower surface that are substantially perpendicular to planar surface, wherein the upper and lower surfaces include openings through which the anchor bolt extends such that the anchor bolt can be coupled to the load piece with the laterally extending section of the attachment member reinforcing the mounting section of the load piece.