Masonry wall tie unit

US4738070A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Gary W. Abbott · Austin, US
• by Betty F. Abbott, heiress · Pattonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 1986
• Grant date: Apr 19, 1988
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E04B1/4178
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A brick tie unit comprises a base plate attached to a drywall construction with a plurality of brick ties slideably engaged thereon. The ties are sized to engage the mortar between successive brick layers in a brick veneer. The structure provides a means for frictionally engaging said brick ties to said base plate to prevent longitudinal movement thereof or to selectively release said brick ties to permit movement thereof to a location adjacent the surface of a brick layer to which the tie is attached using wet mortar and successive layers of bricks.