Patent ID: 8418422

Claim:
A method for anchoring first and second spaced apart walls together to form a single wall structure, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a masonry anchor comprising: (1) an anchor bracket including a widthwise slot at an outer end thereof cooperatively formed by a portion of the anchor bracket and a cross-member spanning widthwise across the anchor bracket; and (2) a pintle engaging and carried by the anchor bracket and extending outwardly from the anchor bracket and bridging a cavity between the first and second walls, the pintle including first and second laterally spaced-apart hooks positioned and locked in the slot of the anchor bracket, the first and second hooks having a nominal spacing between the first and second hooks that is greater than a width of the slot, the first hook being longer than the second hook such that the first hook extends upwardly above the level of the cross-member when locked in the slot and the second hook ends in vertical alignment with the cross-member when locked in the slot; (b) positioning the anchor bracket on top of a course of the first wall; (c) connecting the first and second hooks of the pintle to the anchor bracket by: (i) narrowing the spacing between the first and second hooks to a spacing that is less than the width of the slot; (ii) inserting the first and second hooks in sequence into the slot of the anchor bracket; and (iii) returning the spacing between the first and second hooks to the nominal spacing thereby locking the first and second hooks in the slot; (d) positioning the pintle on top of a course of the second wall in generally vertical spaced-apart alignment with the course of the first wall; and (e) embedding the anchor bracket and pintle in mortar.