Patent ID: 8776469

Claim:
An assembly for securing a pair of spanning angles to bar joists and bracing the spanning angles against each other, the assembly comprising: a clamp plate and a washer plate each of which has a generally flat planar surface in which an aperture is formed, the apertures aligning with each other; a first pair of side legs extending perpendicularly to the clamp plate from one side thereof and a second pair of side legs extending perpendicularly to the clamp plate from an opposite side thereof, and a center tongue extending perpendicularly to the clamp plate between each respective pair of side legs so to form a passage between the center tongue and each leg of the respective pairs of legs, each passage configured to receive a flange of a spanning angle; the washer plate being free on all outermost edges so to abut against a surface of a spanning angle; and a fastener extending through the apertures in the respective plates and secured thereto thereby to attach the assembly to the spanning angles and brace the spanning angles against each other in their weak axes.