Bracket having a three-layered base

Abstract

A bracket having a long leg and a base wherein the base has at least two layers. A preferred bracket has lateral support pieces connecting the long leg and the base. A method of holding a second portion of a structure which is subject to a pulling or pushing force tending to separate it from a first portion of the structure is also disclosed. The method comprises providing an “L”-shaped bracket having a long leg and a base, laterally attaching the long leg of the bracket to a first portion of the structure and laterally attaching the base of the bracket to the second portion of the structure.

1 . An “L”-shaped bracket having a first leg and a second leg forming an angle of about 90° wherein the second leg is made up of at least two layers.  
   
   
       2 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein the second leg has two layers.  
   
   
       3 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein the second leg has three layers.  
   
   
       4 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein lateral support pieces connect the first leg and the second leg.  
   
   
       5 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein each of the first leg and the second has at least one hole therethrough for the passage of attachment devices.  
   
   
       6 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein the bracket is metal and the metal has been treated to resist chemical deterioration.  
   
   
       7 . A bracket prepared by the process of providing a sheet of material so marked as to form an outline of the shape of a long leg, with one lateral support piece coming from each side thereof, and the long leg and the two lateral support pieces have extensions of at least about ⅓ of the length of the long leg, trimming the sheet of material so that it has the shape of a long leg with one lateral support piece coming from each side thereof and the long leg and the two lateral support pieces have extensions of at least about ⅓ the length of the long leg, folding the two lateral support pieces forwardly about 90° relative to the long leg, folding the extension of the long leg forwardly about 90° and folding the extensions of the two lateral support pieces inwardly to form a three-layered base.  
   
   
       8 . The bracket of  claim 7 , wherein each of the long leg and the base has at least one hole therethrough for the passage of attachment devices.  
   
   
       9 . The bracket of  claim 7 , wherein the bracket is metal and the metal has been treated to resist chemical deterioration.  
   
   
       10 . The method of holding a second portion of a structure which is subject to a pulling or pushing force tending to separate it from a first portion of the structure, which comprises: providing an “L”-shaped bracket having a first leg and a second leg, laterally attaching the first leg of the bracket to a first portion of the structure and laterally attaching the second leg of the bracket to the second portion of the structure.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the second leg of the bracket has at least two layers.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein each of the first leg and the second leg of the bracket has at least one hole therethrough for the passage of attachment devices.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the attachment steps are performed by: fitting at least one attachment device through at least one hole in the first leg of the bracket into or through a the first portion of the structure and fitting at least one attachment device through at least one hole in the second leg of the bracket into or through the second portion of the structure.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the bracket has supporting pieces connecting the first leg and the second leg.