Patent ID: 7568320

Claim:
A method of reinforcing a veneer wall by tying it to a back-up wall, comprising: installing a fastener into the back-up wall, the fastener having a threaded portion which extends substantially at right angles from the surface of the back-up wall to provide a thread for engagement within a tubular connector; fitting the tubular connector onto the threaded portion of the fastener, the connector internally receiving the fastener and engaging with the thread such that removal of the connector from the fastener is prevented without rotation of the connector, the connector farther having a portion for receiving a reinforcement wire; fitting the reinforcement wire into said receiving portion of the connector, the reinforcement wire extending substantially at right angles to the fastener and preventing rotation of the connector with respect to the fastener, wherein the reinforcement wire is fitted by threading it through a hole in the receiving portion of the connector, wherein the reinforcing wire is threaded through the hole of one connector, through the hole of an adjacent connector and so forth along the mortar bed joint to link a plurality of connectors and fasteners to a single length of reinforcement wire; and integrating the reinforcement wire with the veneer wall by securing the reinforcement wire within a mortar bed joint of the veneer wall.