Adjustable tension tie
AssigneeSimpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
InventorsKashane Vilasineekul, Timothy M. Stauffer
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Abstract
A connection is provided where a connector can act as a holdown or tension tie and transfer tension, uplift, or lateral load between an anchored member and an anchoring member. The connector is used in combination with separate anchor and fasteners. The anchor may be tied to a concrete foundation, another connector of the same type, a wood framing member, or structural member of a similar type, or other supporting or anchoring members.
Claims17
A connection that is part of a building structure, between an anchored member and an anchoring member made with a connector, one or more separate anchors and one or more separate fasteners, the connection comprising:
- a. the anchored member, having an attachment face;
- b. the anchoring member disposed in relatively close association with the anchored member and having an anchoring face;
- c. the one or more separate anchors penetrating and anchored in the anchoring member;
- d. the one or more separate fasteners penetrating and anchored in the anchored member;
- e. the connector having a seat member and a back member disposed at an angle to the seat member with the back member connected to the seat member at a lateral juncture, and the seat member has an end edge opposed from the lateral juncture and the seat member has opposed side edges running between the lateral juncture and the end edge, and the back member has an end edge opposed from the lateral juncture and the back member has opposed side edges running between the lateral juncture and the end edge, and wherein the seat member receives and is connected to the one or more separate anchors and the back member receives and is connected to the one or more separate fasteners;
- wherein,
- f. the seat member has one or more openings for receiving the one or more separate anchors and the end edge of the seat member is formed with an upturned flange;
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- g. two embossments are provided that start in the back member, extend through the lateral juncture and into the seat member where the embossments bracket and surround the one or more openings in the seat member and meet.
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