Column-to-beam connector

A connector assembly for connecting vertical wooden columns with the end portions of horizontal wooden beams, said connector assembly comprising, in combination:

• (A) a connector member composed of side walls and planar top and bottom end walls for closing off substantially the entire end portions of said side walls to form said connector member in a hollow block shape, said end walls each having portions defining a small, centrally located opening extending therethrough, said connector member:
• having a plurality of receiving apertures integrally formed with said connector member side walls and disposed along substantially the entire height of the side walls;
• (B) joiner insert means for interconnecting the ends of said connector member with the adjacent end portions of a corresponding wooden column, said joiner insert means including:
• a flat liquid impervious flange section for overlying substantially an entire connector member end wall;
• a first plug section extending normally from one side of said flange section to slidably engage within a corresponding connector member end wall central opening;
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• a second plug section extending normally from the side of said flange section opposite said first plug section to slidably engage within a socket formed in the end portion of the column;
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• (C) a bracket having:
• an elongate upright wall engageable within the end portion of a wooden beam, said upright wall having a forward edge adjacent the end of the wooden beam;
• a heel plate disposed transversely to, and fixedly attached to the bottom edge of said upright wall to underlie and support the bottom edge of the beam;
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• latch means extending outwardly from the forward edge of said upright wall to slidably, detachably engage with said connector member receiving apertures to securely lock said bracket with said connector member.