Patent ID: 8555596

Claim:
An anchoring system for use in an insulated cavity wall having an inner wythe and an outer wythe with a cavity therebetween, said outer wythe formed from a plurality of successive courses with a bed joint between each two adjacent courses, said inner wythe having a wallboard exterior layer with rigid insulation disposed thereon and having an anchor-receiving channel extending through said wallboard exterior layer and said rigid insulation to said cavity, said anchoring system comprising, in combination: a wall anchor having a stepped cylinder body with steps thereof extending along a common longitudinal axis, said stepped cylinder dimensioned for a press fit relationship with said anchor-receiving channel and having a shaftway therethrough to sheath a fastener, said wall anchor comprising: a wallboard step having a configured open end, said wallboard step dimensioned for insertion within said wallboard; an insulation step adjacent said wallboard step, an anchor receptor step adjacent said insulation step and opposite said wallboard step, said anchor receptor step having a flanged end opposite said insulation step; an anchor receptor portion disposed on said anchor receptor step; a wallboard seal disposed on said stepped cylinder at a juncture of said wallboard step and said insulation step; an insulation seal disposed on said insulation step adjacent a juncture of said insulation step and said anchor receptor step; a fastener for disposition in said shaftway of said stepped cylinder, said fastener further comprising: a fastener head; a fastener shaft adjacent said head; and a fastener tip adjacent said fastener shaft and opposite said head, said tip for affixation in said inner wythe; and a stepped cylinder seal disposed about said fastener at a juncture of said fastener shaft and said fastener head.