Patent ID: 8596927

Claim:
A flexible tie for reinforcing a barrier formed from stacked building units wherein the tie comprises a pair spaced apart plates generally oriented within the same plane linked by a connector interconnecting the plates and unitarily formed and centrally aligned therewith, each plate has barbed projections extending from opposite faces, and the connector comprises an elongate relatively narrow flexible connector strap spanning between the pair of spaced apart plates, the connector strap being more flexible than the plates to enable limited vertical deflection of a central section of the connector strap; wherein one of the rigid plates is provided with a series of slots and the other one of the rigid plates is provided with a plurality of lugs designed to interlink with the slots of an adjoining similar tie within one plane to form a larger tie assembley; and wherein the central section of the connector strap is provided with a plurality of slots sized to cooperate with the lugs of a rigid plate of a similarly shaped flexible tie oriented at a right angle.