US 8,418,422 B2Granted

Wall anchoring device and method

AssigneeMasonry Reinforcing Corporation of America

InventorRalph O. Johnson, III

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Abstract

A masonry anchor and method of use for connecting first and second spaced-apart walls defining a cavity therebetween, the anchor including an anchor bracket including a slot and a pintle engaging and carried by the anchor bracket and extending outwardly from the anchor bracket and bridging a cavity between the first and second walls. The pintle includes first and second laterally spaced-apart hooks for being positioned and locked in the slot of the anchor bracket. The hooks have a nominal spacing between them that is greater than a width of the slot, and are deformable into a position wherein the hooks are spaced apart by a distance that is less than the width of the slot for allowing the hooks to be inserted into the slot, and have sufficient positional memory to return from its deformed position to its nominal spacing when manual pressure is released.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method for anchoring first and second spaced apart walls together to form a single wall structure, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a masonry anchor comprising:
(1) an anchor bracket including a widthwise slot at an outer end thereof cooperatively formed by a portion of the anchor bracket and a cross-member spanning widthwise across the anchor bracket;
and
(2) a pintle engaging and carried by the anchor bracket and extending outwardly from the anchor bracket and bridging a cavity between the first and second walls, the pintle including first and second laterally spaced-apart hooks positioned and locked in the slot of the anchor bracket, the first and second hooks having a nominal spacing between the first and second hooks that is greater than a width of the slot, the first hook being longer than the second hook such that the first hook extends upwardly above the level of the cross-member when locked in the slot and the second hook ends in vertical alignment with the cross-member when locked in the slot;
(b) positioning the anchor bracket on top of a course of the first wall;
(c) connecting the first and second hooks of the pintle to the anchor bracket by:
(i) narrowing the spacing between the first and second hooks to a spacing that is less than the width of the slot;
(ii) inserting the first and second hooks in sequence into the slot of the anchor bracket;
and
(iii) returning the spacing between the first and second hooks to the nominal spacing thereby locking the first and second hooks in the slot;
(d) positioning the pintle on top of a course of the second wall in generally vertical spaced-apart alignment with the course of the first wall;
and
(e) embedding the anchor bracket and pintle in mortar.

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