Patent ID: 8850763

Claim:
An assembly, comprising: first, second and third respective parallel, stacked anchor plates, each respective plate having a respective first aperture and a respective second threaded aperture; a first concrete block disposed between the first and second anchor plates; a second concrete block disposed between the second and third anchor plates; a first post extending through the first concrete block and engaged to the respective first aperture in the first anchor plate and threadedly engaged with the respective second threaded aperture in the anchor second plate; a second post extending through the second concrete block and engaged to the respective first aperture in the anchor second plate and threadedly engaged with the respective second threaded aperture in the anchor third plate; wherein threaded engagement of the first post with the respective second threaded in the first plate aperture exerts a tensile force on the first post and a compressive force on the first concrete block; wherein threaded engagement of the second post with the respective second threaded aperture in the second plate exerts a tensile force on the second post and a compressive force on the second concrete block; wherein the second anchor plate is compressively connected to the first and second blocks; wherein a line passing through a respective first and second aperture intersects a side of the anchor plate at a 45 degree angle; and wherein each anchor plate further includes demarcations commensurate with the orientation of each respective first and second aperture.