Patent ID: 7984534

Claim:
A restraint clip for use in connecting a seismic bracing component to a braced structure, the restraint clip comprising an attachment flange having a hole therein sized and shaped for receiving a fastener to attach the restraint clip to the braced structure, and a rigid connection portion having a semi-circular shaped channel recess adapted to receive the bracing component in the form of a cable wherein said rigid connection portion is integral with and formed as one piece with said attachment flange, said rigid connection portion for connecting the bracing component to the attachment flange, the rigid connection portion defining a termination point through which force from the bracing component is applied to the clip, the termination point being located so that the bracing component extends outwardly from the termination point toward a first side of the restraint clip, the termination point lying in or to a second side of the restraint clip opposite of the first side of a plane perpendicular to the attachment flange and intersecting the fastener hole, the rigid connection portion being free of any termination point lying to the first side of the plane.