Patent ID: 8365484

Claim:
A connector system adapted for supporting an end portion of a structural member by a vertical cast concrete member, said connector system comprising a metal receiver embedded in said concrete member and including an upper front wall portion spaced vertically above a lower front wall portion to form upper and lower front wall portions positioned substantially flush with a vertical surface of said concrete member and defining an opening between said upper and lower front wall portions, said receiver further including a rear wall portion spaced inwardly within said concrete member from said front wall portions and rigidly connected to said front wall portions, at least one anchor member rigidly connected to said receiver and embedded in said concrete member, a metal connecting bracket including a horizontally extending support plate rigidly connected to a substantially vertical attachment plate with said support plate adapted to be connected to the end portion of the structural member, said attachment plate adapted to be inserted through said opening into a cavity within said receiver between said rear wall portion and said front wall portions in response to tilting said bracket and moving an upper portion of said attachment plate through said opening into an upper portion of said cavity behind said upper front wall portion, said cavity and said opening providing for tilting said bracket and moving a lower portion of said attachment plate into said cavity and thereafter for shifting said attachment plate downwardly within said cavity, and said upper front wall portion and said lower front wall portion of said receiver overlap and block said upper portion and said lower portion of said attachment plate of said bracket in a locked position after said attachment plate is shifted downwardly within said cavity.