Patent ID: 8112964

Claim:
A system for joining reinforcing members comprising: a first reinforcing member; a second reinforcing member, which resides perpendicular to the first reinforcing member; and a clip comprising: a first pair of legs, each of the legs of the first pair of legs having a portion having a curvature thereto and adapted to wrap around a lower surface of a first reinforcing member; a second pair of legs, each of the legs of the second pair of legs having an inner surface adapted to exert a force against at least a portion of a side surface of a second reinforcing member forming a set of fork-like members, which do not extend around a lower surface of the second reinforcing member, and a mid-portion, which connects the first pair of legs to the second pair of wherein the clip is formed from one or more pieces of wire, and wherein a first and second end of the midportion is formed by wrapping the wire around itself.