Patent ID: 6893199

Claim:
A shear resistant fastener assembly for supporting structures from a wall having a predetermined thickness and behind which there are no supporting studs, the wall defining therethrough an opening having a predetermined size and a predetermined configuration and bordered by an interior peripheral surface having said thickness of said wall, said fastener assembly comprising: a) an anchor plate means for attachment to said wall and having a predetermined length, a predetermined width and a predetermined thickness and defining at least a flat front surface, said anchor plate means adapted to be inserted through said opening in said wall and for its flat front surface to be positioned flatly against the rear surface of said wall; b) An insert means for connecting to said anchor plate means and for fitting closely within said opening and into engagement against said interior peripheral surface of said opening, said insert means defining a center and having a predetermined size and a predetermined configuration that are the same as that of said opening and defining a flat front surface and a flat rear surface; and c) means for connecting together said anchor plate means and said insert means and adapted to urge said anchor plate means and its flat front surface toward and against the flat rear surface of said insert means and also flatly against said rear surface of said wall; d) said anchor plate means extending along its said predetermined length a predetermined distance from said center of said insert means and from one side of said insert means and also at a predetermined distance from said center of said insert means and from the other side of said insert means and being adapted to be attached to said wall by at least one fastener structure extending through the wall and into said anchor plate means at any location space from said insert means along said predetermined length of said anchor plate means.