Patent ID: 8061665

Claim:
A framing bracket, comprising: (a) a frame having a leg extending from a support arm; (b) a locking bracket attached to one end of the frame; and (c) an anchoring bracket attached to a second end of the frame, wherein the locking bracket is affixed to the frame at a non-normal angle relative to a longitudinal axis extending through the leg such that the locking bracket is locked to a framing member of a building and the anchoring bracket supports the second end of the leg against the framing member when the framing bracket is removably attached to the framing member and the framing bracket is in a locked position; wherein the longitudinal axis is substantially skew with respect to a framing member axis; wherein the support arm is perpendicular to the framing member axis when the framing bracket is in the locked position, the framing member axis extending through the framing member; and wherein the support arm is not perpendicular to the framing member axis when the framing bracket is in an unlocked position.