Patent ID: 8726597

Claim:
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, said outer wythe formed from a plurality of courses with a bed joint of predetermined height between each two adjacent courses and having a facial plane in said cavity, said veneer tie comprising: an insertion portion for disposition in said bed joint of said outer wythe, said insertion portion having an outer leg and an inner leg offset the one from the other; two cavity portions contiguous with said insertion portion; and, a ribbon portion comprising: two joinder portions contiguous with said cavity portions and set opposite said insertion portion; and, a substantially U-shaped interconnecting portion contiguous with said two joinder portions having a longitudinal axis lying in a plane substantially parallel to said facial plane of said outer wythe, at least said U-shaped interconnecting portion being compressively reduced.