US3471988A

US3471988A - Anchoring device for tying wooden members to brick or masonry walls

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Publication number: US3471988A
Application number: US755510A
Authority: US
Inventors: George E Allen
Original assignee: GEORGE E ALLEN
Current assignee: GEORGE E ALLEN
Priority date: 1968-08-21
Filing date: 1968-08-21
Publication date: 1969-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 1986-10-14

Description

G. E. ALLEN ANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERS TO BRICK OR MASONRY WALLS Original Filed July 11, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet l /NVE/V7'0R GEORGE E. ALLEN w Oct. 14, 1969 G. E. ALLEN 3,471,988

ANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYINC' WOODEN MEMBERS TO BRICK 0R MASONRY WALLS Original Filed July 11, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet lIlTili] //Vl /V7'0/?. GEORGE E. ALLEN Hay G. E. ALLEN ANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERS Oct. 14, 1969 T0 BRICK OR MASONRY WALLS Original Filed July ll, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 //VVE/V7'0/'?. GEORGE E.ALLE/V G. E. ALLEN ANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERS Oct. 14, 1969 TO BRICK OR MASONRY WALLS Original Filed July 11, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 5/f INVENTOR.

GEORGE E. ALLEN United States Patent 3,471,988 ANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERS TO BRICK OR MASONRY WALLS George E. Allen, 15513 S. Dobson,

Dolton, Il]. 60419 Continuation of application Ser. No. 564,079, July 11, 1966. This application Aug. 21, 1968, Ser. No. 755,510

Int. Cl. E04b 2/06, 1/41; E04c /16 US. Cl. 52-714 7 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE One-piece unitary tying devices are provided for tying a wooden member to a brick or masonry wall including so-oalled cavity masonry Walls. Each of the tying devices includes a main body portion adapated to extend vertically between two masonry wall units having at its lower end and extending right angularly therefrom an anchoring portion and having at its upper end fastening means which may be engaged with the wooden member. In some forms of the new tying devices a brace-member extends diagonally between the upright body member and part of the fastening means.

This application is a streamlined continuation of applicants parent application Ser. No. 564,079, filed July 11, 1966, and now abandoned.

This invention relates to anchoring devices for tying wooden members to brick or masonry walls.

It is common practice in the art of building construction to tie a wooden member such as a plank, board, twoby-four, or the like, to a top tier of bricks or to a top row of concrete blocks used in wall construction so that the superstructure of the building may be attached to the wooden member to complete the building construction.

Various forms of such tying devices have been used heretofore including rod-like members which are so designed and constructed as to be inserted into and through the wooden member but the use of such devices has commonly necessitated cutting 01f unneeded or superfluous end portions thereof with resulting labor and expense involved in so doing by the carpenters and masons involved in the work.

Other forms of prior tying devices have necessitate-d drilling holes in the wooden members to provide a countersunk anchoring space for a threaded nut, or the like, attached to the threaded portion of the tie member extended through the wooden member into a brick or masonry wall with resulting time and expense involved in so doing by the workmen.

An object of th present invention is to provide a new and improved tying member for tying a wooden board, plank, or the like, to a brick or concrete masonry wall and which is so designed and constructed that it may be readily installed in position of use without the necessity for cutting off end portions thereof or drilling countersunk holes in the wooden members for the reception of a nut or like fastening means.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improved member for tying a wooden board, plank, or the like, to a brick or masonry wall with a minimum of time and expense of the carpenters and masons engaged in the work.

An additional object of the invention is to provide new and improved tying members which are adapted for use with wooden members of varying dimensions, and which tying members may be made of wire or sheet metal stock, or of other suitable materials, and which are so designed and constructed that when anchored in 3,471,988 Patented Oct. 14, 1969 position of use they will maintain a flat co-planar relationship with the upper surface of the wooden member.

An additional object of the invention is to provide in the new tying members novel and efiicient fastening means for fastening the new tying members to the wooden member, eferred to above.

A further object of the invention is to provide in the new tying members a laterally extending anchoring lower end portion which may be readily installed and anchored in a concrete block masonry wall.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a combination brick-masonry wall construction showing a typical form of the new tying member in position of use therein;

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2-2 in FIG. 1 showing the new tying member in the position it assumes just prior to being anchored in position of use;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the tie member illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary sectional plan view on line 4-4 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view on a reduced scale illustrating the tying member shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating a modification of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view on line 77 in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a sectional plan view of the tying member illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7;

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary detail elevational view of a part of the new tying member illustrated in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of the tying member illustrated in FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9;

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating another modification of the invention;

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional view on line 12-12 in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the form of the new tying member illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12;

FIG. 14 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on line 1414 in FIG. 12;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of the form of the tying member illustrated in FIGS. 11, 12, 13 and 14;

FIG. 16- is a perspective view illustrating another modification of the new tying member;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on line 17-17 in FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a perspective view, on a reduced scale, of the form of the new tying member illustrated in FIGS. 16 and 17;

FIG. 19 is a perspective view illustrating another form of the new tying member;

FIG. 20 is a vertical sectional view on line 20-20 in FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of the form of the new tying member illustrated in FIGS. 19 and 20;

FIG. 22 is a sectional view illustrating another modification of the invention;

FIG. 23 is a fragmentary perspective sectional view similar to FIG. 22 but showing the tying member of FIG. 22 in fully installed position;

FIG. 24 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating another form of the invention; and

FIG. 25 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 25-25 in FIG. 24.

A typical embodiment of the new tying member is illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, of the drawings, wherein it is generally indicated at 25, and includes a main body member 26 which is preferably formed of rod-like metal, plastic resinous material, or other suitable material, and which has the fastening means in the form of bendable upper end portion 27 having a piercing element 28 formed integrally thereon. The tying member 25 also includes an angularly upwardly extending brace-like member 29, which extends laterally outwardly from a point between the upper and lower ends of the upright body member 26, and is suitably fastened at its lower end, or by welding, or otherwise, to the main body member 26 (FIG. 2). The fastening means for the tying member 25 has an upwardly extending arm portion 30, which is integral with the brace-like member 29, and terminates in a piercing element 31. The fastening means for the tying member 25 also includes a cross arm portion 32 which is integrally welded, as at 33, to the upright body member 26, and is also integrally welded, as at 34, to the angularly extending brace member 29.

The tying member 25 further includes a horizontally extending anchoring arm portion 36 which is formed at the lower end of the upright body member 26, and this anchoring portion 36 is provided with a series of corrugations 37, and terminates in an outer end portion 38 (FIG. 3).

In the use of the form of the new tying member 25 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, the tying member 25 is disposed, as shown, so that the upright body portion 26 thereof extends vertically along the inner side of a tier of bricks 39 and with the angularly extending corrugated anchoring lower arm portion 36-37 extending across the upper surface of a concrete block or like masonry unit 40 in a wall of the same; the corrugated anchoring arm portion 36-37 being overlain by another one of the concrete blocks or like masonry units 40, as shown (FIG. 2). When so disposed the wooden member 41 will rest on the member 32 and the fastening means in the form of the angled upper end portions 27-28 and 30-31 of the tying member 25 will embrace the wooden plank or board member 41 on opposite side marginal edges thereof. Hence, in order to fasten the tying member 25 in position of use the angled arm portions 27-28 and 30-31 may be driven inwardly by means of a hammer, or other tool, so to drive the piercing

elements

28 and 31 thereof into the body of the wooden member 41, and thereby anchor the wooden member 41 to the brick wall 39 and to the concrete block or like masonry wall 40. The superstructure of the building may then be readily fastened to and built upon the wooden member 41.

A modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 10, inclusive, and those parts thereof which are similar to or correspond to parts of the form of invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, have been given the same reference numerals followed by the additional and distinguishing reference character a.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 10, inclusive, differs from that shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, primarily in that the fastening means formed on the upper end portion thereof comprises an eye member 42 which is formed on the upper end portion 43 of the vertically extending body member 26a, and a corresponding eye member 44 which is formed on the upper end portion of the arm 45; these

eye members

43 and 44 being adapted to receive fastening elements in the form of headed nails 46 and 47, or the like (FIGS. 6 and 7).

In the use of the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 10, inclusive, the tying member 25a is disposed, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, with the

eye members

42 and 44 arranged on opposite sides of the wooden member 41a, and with the fastening means, in the form of the headed nails 46 and 47 driven through the

eye members

42 and 44, respectively, into the side portion of the wooden member 41a, thereby anchoring the wooden member 41a to the brick wall construction 39a and to the concrete block or like masonry wall construction 4011.

An additional modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, of the drawings, and those parts in this form of the invention which are similar to or correspond to parts in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, have been given the same reference numerals followed by the additional and distinguishing reference character b.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, is generally indicated at 48, and comprises a metal bar-like upright body member 49 having a corrugated horizontally extending lower anchoring arm portion 50. A combination anchoring and brace member 51 extends laterally from the body member 49 and is provided with anchoring means in the form of bosses 52 on both sides thereof. The combination brace and anchoring member 51 is integrally joined at one side thereof to a fastening means in the form of a vertically extending arm or strap member 53 and the arm member 53 has a hole 54- former therein (FIG. 15) for the reception of a fastening element in the form of beaded nail 55 (FIG. 12). The main body member 49 of the tying member 48 embodies additional fastening means in the form of an upward extension or strap member 56 (FIG. 15) which is provided with spaced holes 57 for the reception of fastening elements in the form of headed nails 58 (FIG 12).

In the use of the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, the tying member 48 is dis posed, as shown, with the vertically extending body portion 49 thereof extending along one side of the brick wall structure 3% (FIGS. 11 and 12) and with the lower anchoring arm portion 50 thereof extending laterally over the upper surface of one of the concrete block or like masonry units 40b (FIG. 12). When so arranged the fastening strap members 53-56 are disposed, as shown, with the fastening member 53 extending along one side of the wooden member 41b and being fastened thereto by the fastening element or nail 55 inserted through the hole 54 and with the fastening strap member 56 extending upwardly parallel to the fastening strap member or arm 53, as in FIG. 15. The upper end portion of the fastening strap member or arm 56 is then bent, by means of any suitable tool, over the top surface of the wooden member 41b and fastened thereto by the nails 58 inserted through the holes 57.

In use, the corrugated lower anchoring arm portion 50 of the tying member 48 is disposed between two tiers of concrete blocks 40b, or the like, so as to facilitate anchoring of the tying member 48 to the concrete blocks 40b, while, at the same time, the anchoring means in the form of the bosses 52 on the transverse brace member 51 extend between adjacent faces of bricks 39b, and within the mortar joint therebetween, so as further to enhance the anchoring of the tying member 48 to the brick wall structure 39b and to the concrete block wall 40b.

Another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 16, 17 and 18 of the drawings, and those parts thereof which are similar or comparable to corresponding parts in the form of the invention shown in FIGS. 11, 12 and 13 have been given the same reference numerals followed by the additional reference character c.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 16, 17 and 18 is substantially similar to the form of the invention shown in FIGUS. 13, 14 and 15 but differs therefrom in the provision of a depending and laterally outwardly extending flange 60 which is formed on the lower end portion of the arm 530.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 16, 17 and 18 has an outwardly extending supporting arm portion 59 which is formed integrally with and at the lower end of the arm 53c. This angularly extending arm 59 terminates in an upwardlly extending end portion 60 and these parts 60-61 are adapted to receive and to support the outwardlly angled lower end portion 61 of the side wall 62 of a gravel stop unit 63 which includes a horizontal upper wall portion 64 which extends over the fastening strap portion 56c of the tying member 48c (FIG. 17).

Another modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 19 to 21 inclusive, of the drawings, wherein it is generally indicated at 65, and includes a main body member in the form of a corrugated steel bar or strap member 68, having a corrugated outwardlly angled lower end portion 69 which extends right angularly therefrom in the same general vertical plane with the vertically extending corrugated member 68.

The tying member 65 also includes a generally rectangular shaped anchoring plate member 70 which is integral with the vertically extending corrugated body member 68 and has mortar-receiving anchoring holes 71 formed therein. A flexible tie bar structure 72 is formed integrally with, or may be integrally fastened to, the upper portion of the tie plate member 70, and includes a horizontally extending lower bar 73 having at one side thereof an upwardly extending and relatively short fastening arm 74 which is provided with an opening 75 for the reception of la fastening element 76 which is adapted to be driven therethrough into the wooden member 41d at one side thereof. The tie bar structure 72 includes an upwardly extending and relatively longer fastening arm 77 which is formed at the opposite end of the horizontal bar 73 and which has an integral upwardly extending end portion 78 which is adapted to be bent, by means of any suitable tool, over the upper surface of the wooden member 41a. The fastening arm 77 is provided with holes, or openings, as 79, for the reception of headed fastening elements, such as nails 80, which are adapted to be driven through the holes 79 into the upper surface of the wooden member 41d.

In the use of the form of the new tying member 65, illustrated in FIGS. 19 to 21, inclusive, the tying member 65 may be disposed, as shown, between two adjacent faces of concrete blocks 40d, and with the corrugated vertically extending body member 68 and the corrugated lower extension '69 thereof anchored in the mortar joints between the concrete blocks 40d. The tie bar structure 72 is then disposed, as shown, so that the relatively short fastening arm 74 embraces one lateral side of the wooden member 41d and with the longer fastening arm 77 extending upwardly parallel to the shorter arm 74 (as in FIG. 21) along the other side of the wooden member 41d. The flexible upper end portion 78 of the longer fastening arm 77 is then bent over the upper surface of the wooden member 41d. A fastening element, such as nail 76 is then inserted through the opening 75 in the shorter fastening arm 74 into one side wall of the wooden member 41d, and headed nails 80, or like fastening means, are inserted through the openings 79 in the flexible horizontal bentover fastening arm or strap portion 78 into the upper surface of the wooden member 41d so as to complete the anchoring of the tying member 65 to the wooden member 41d and to the concrete block or like masonry wall units 40d.

An additional modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 22 and 23 of the drawings. This form of the invention is substantially similar to the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, and those parts thereof which are similar to or comparable to parts in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, have been given the same reference numerals followed by the additional and distinguishing reference character e.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 22 and 23 differs from that in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, in that in this form of the invention the corrugated anchoring member 81, which is formed at the lower end portion of the upright body member 26e and is integral therewith, extends rightangularly from the body member 26e at the lower end thereof and in the same general vertical plane therewith, rather than being offset from the vertical plane of the body member 26, as in the form of the construction shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive.

An additional modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 24 and 25 of the drawings and this form of the invention is substantially similar to the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, and those parts thereof which are similar to or comparable to corresponding parts in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, have been given the same reference numerals followed by the additional and distinguishing reference character I.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 24 and 25 is substantially similar to the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, but differs therefrom in that in place of the anchoring means in the form of bosses 52 formed on the plate 51, as in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 24 and 25 the plate 51 has anchoring means in the form of holes 82 formed therein which are adapted to be filled with mortar 83 so as to anchor the tying member 48 in position of use, as shown.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, that the present invention provides new and improved tying means for typing a wooden member to a brick or masonry wall, or to a combination brick and concrete block wall, and that the invention thus has the desirable advantages and characteristics and accomplishes its intended objects including those hereinbefore pointed out and others which are inherent in the invention.

I claim:

1. Tying means for tying a wooden member to a brick or masonry wall comprising a one-piece unitary device including (a) an upright body member adapted to extend vertically between two masonry wall units and having integral therewith at its lower end (1) a laterally extending anchoring lower end portion integral with the said upright body member and adapted to extend under a masonry wall unit and to be anchored thereto; and

(b) fastening means on the upper portion of the said upright body member and integral therewith and adapted to engage at least a portion of the external surface of a wooden member disposed on the upper surface of a brick or masonry wall for fastening the said upright body member to the said wooden member;

(c) said fastening means including (1) a pair of spaced upper fastening arm members adapted to engage the said wooden member so as to secure the said tying means to the said wooden member; and

(2) an intermediate member integral with the said upright body member at the upper end portion of the said upright body member and extending between the said upright body member and at least one of the said upper fastening arm mem bers.

2. Tying means for tying a wooden member to a brick or masonry wall comprising a one-piece unitary device including (a) an upright body member adapted to extend vertically between two masonry wall units and having integral therewith at its lower end (1) a laterally extending anchoring lower end portion integral with the said upright body member and adapted to extend under a masonry Wall unit and to be anchored thereto; and

(b) fastening means on the upper portion of the said upright body member and integral therewith and adapted to engage at least a portion of the external surface of a wooden member disposed on the upper surface of a brick or masonry wall for fastening the said upright body member to the said wooden memher;

() said fastening means including (1) a pair of spaced flexible upper fastening arm members each having a right angularly inwardly extending piercing element at the upper end thereof adapted to penetrate said wooden member so as to secure the said tying means to the said wooden member; and

(2) a diagonally extending brace member extending between the said upright body member and one of the said flexible upper fastening arm members.

3. Tying means as defined in claim 1 in which the said intermediate member is in the form of a brace memher.

4. Tying means as defined in claim 1 in which (a) the said intermediate member is in the form of a combination brace and anchoring member having (b) anchoring means formed therein for anchoring the said combination brace and anchoring member in a mortar or like wall joint.

5. Tying means as defined in claim 4 in which the FRANK L. ABBOTT,

said anchoring means is in the form of bosses formed in the said combination brace and anchoring member.

6. Tying means as defined in claim 4 in which the said anchoring means is in the form of openings formed in the said combination brace and anchoring member for the reception of mortar or the like.

7. Tying means as defined in claim 1 in which the said intermediate member has anchoring means formed therein for anchoring the said intermediate member in a mortar or like wall surface.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,008,672 7/1935 Nieman 52-714 X 2,252,130 11/1941 Bagley 52-714 2,675,767 4/1954 Davie 52-665 X 2,903,879 9/1959 Williams 52-293 X 2,920,477 1/1960 Shaw 52-714 X Primary Examiner P. C. FAW, 1a., Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.