Patent ID: 7044460

Claim:
A device for affixing a first structural member to a second structural member, the first structural member positioned atop the second structural member, the device comprising: a base plate positionable atop a pair of first structural members positioned in spaced-apart relation from each other, the base plate having a bore therethrough from a top surface to a bottom surface; means for retaining the base plate in a desired position relative to the first structural members so that the base plate bore is in communication with a space between the pair of first structural members; and a jig body positionable atop the base plate in a desired orientation, the jig body having an angled bore having a bottom end extending through a bottom face of the jig body, the angled bore in communication with the base plate bore, the angled bore, when the jig body is in the desired orientation, defining a centerline extending to a position on a one of the first structural members in spaced relation from a top surface thereof, for receiving a fastener drivable through the angled bore into a side face of the one first structural member, through the one first structural member, and into the second structural member therebeneath.