Patent ID: 7152382

Claim:
A method for anchoring first and second spaced apart walls together to form a single wall structure comprising the steps of: (a) providing a masonry anchor comprising: (1) an elongate support frame for being embedded in a mortar joint of said first wall, (2) a plurality of brackets carried by said support frame in spaced-apart relation along a length thereof in a common plane defined by the support frame and adapted for extending outwardly from the support frame into the cavity for connection to a like plurality of spaced-apart connecting members embedded in a mortar joint of the second wall and extending outwardly into the cavity therefrom, each of said plurality of brackets comprising: (i) first and second laterally spaced-apart arms, each arm having a connector on an outwardly extending end portion thereof for engaging a respective complementary connector carried by each of the connecting members, and (ii) a cross-member extending between the first and second arms, said cross-member shaped to define a concavity in relation to the support frame and first and second spaced-apart welding contact points where the bracket is welded to the support frame; (b) positioning the support frame on the mortar joint of the first wall; (c) engaging the connectors of each bracket with the respective complementary connectors carried by each of the connecting members; (d) positioning the connecting members on a mortar joint of the second wall; and (e) affixing the support frame to the first wall and affixing the connecting members to the second wall to form a single wall structure.