Patent ID: 8739485

Claim:
A high-strength pintle 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, said bed joint being filled with mortar, said veneer tie comprising: an insertion portion for disposition in said bed joint of said outer wythe, said insertion portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface, upon being compressibly deformed and having a pattern of recessed areas impressed thereon for receiving mortar therewithin; two cavity portions contiguous with said insertion portion; and, two ribbon pintles contiguous with said cavity portions and set opposite said insertion portion, wherein said ribbon pintles are compressively reduced, said ribbon pintles each further comprising: an interengaging portion for disposition within said anchoring system, said interengaging portion rounded at a substantially 90 degree angle; and, a securement portion contiguous with said interengaging portion opposite said cavity portion, said securement portion bent at a substantially 90 degree angle from said interengaging portion; whereby upon insertion within said anchoring system, said veneer tie prevents disengagement from said anchoring system.