Patent ID: 7712283

Claim:
A bracket system comprising: a first and second wood beam; a first bracket having first, second, third, and fourth walls; said second and third wall connected on opposing sides of the first wall, the third wall parallel to the second wall and perpendicular to the first wall, and the fourth wall parallel to the first wall and connected directly to one of second and third walls, said fourth wall perpendicular to the second and third walls; and a second bracket having first, second, third, and fourth walls; said second and third wall connected on opposing sides of the first wall, the third wall parallel to the second wall and perpendicular to the first wall, and the fourth wall parallel to the first wall and connected directly to one of second and third walls, said fourth wall perpendicular to the second and third walls; wherein at least one of the fourth walls of the first and second bracket is separated by a channel from the first wall, and a first selected one of the second, third and fourth walls of the first bracket overlaps a second selected one of the second, third and fourth walls of the second bracket in an installed configuration providing adjacent first and second selected ones and the first bracket is connected to the first beam and the second bracket is connected to the second beam with the first selected one is between the second selected one and the second beam and the second selected one is between the first selected one and the first beam.