Patent ID: 7971410

Claim:
A unitary framing tie, for use in securing wooden framing members together, comprising: a base comprising a pair of longitudinally spaced apart, coplanar plates, having side, central and terminal edges, said central edges defining a first gap, and a pair of substantially parallel, opposed flanges, downwardly depending from the side edges of the plates, whereby the base defines an open-ended three-sided first channel sized to receive a first framing member; one said flange extending continuously along one side edge of the plates to join them, the other said flange forming a second gap aligned with the first gap; and a pair of substantially parallel, opposed sidewalls, each side wall extending upwardly from the first gap along the central edges of the plates and having two side edges and a top edge to form an open-ended second channel to receive a second framing member between the side and top edges of the sidewalls.