Patent ID: 7198242

Claim:
A bracket comprising: a rectangular plate having a front face, a back face, a length and a width where the length is greater than the width, and opposing side edges extending in respective length and width directions with the length direction being longer than the width direction; at least two openings in the plate, each opening wholly contained within the front and back faces so as to not intersect with the side edges and wherein the at least two openings consisting of only a single row of slots and the slots have a length and a width where the length is greater than the width and with the length extending parallel to the length direction of the plate and the slots are each located on or along a center axis of the plate relative to the length direction of the plate; and, at least one pair of orifices in the plate, the pair of orifices located adjacent opposite side edges of the plate along the length of the plate so as to form a weakened zone widthwise for bending the plate along the weakened zone.