Ledger Board to Rim Board Connector

Abstract

A bracket includes a connector rod for mounting through aligned openings in a rim board of an original building structure and through the ledger board of an adjacent add-on building structure. The connector rod includes a stabilizer end of a length extending beyond the rim board and ledger board for connection to a support structure displaced from the rim board and ledger board. The fasteners there against the rim board, the ledger board, and a third fastener is displaced from the rim and ledger boards for connection to a supported structure.

1 . A bracket for mounting through aligned openings in a rim board of an original building structure and in a ledger board of an adjacent add-on building structure, said bracket comprising
 a connector rod for mounting through the aligned openings formed in the rim board of the original building structure and through the ledger board of the adjacent add-on building structure, said connector rod including a stabilizer end of a length for extending beyond the rim board and ledger board for connection to a supportive structure displaced from said rim board and ledger board,   fasteners positioned on said rectilinear connector rod,   a first of said fasteners positioned on said connector rod for bearing against the rim board,   a second of said fasteners positioned on said connector rod for bearing against the ledger board, and   a third of said fasteners positioned on said connector rod displaced from the rim board and the ledger board for connecting the stabilizer end to a supportive structure displaced from said rim and ledger boards.   
     
     
         2 . The bracket of  claim 1  wherein said third fastener is positioned at a distance from the rim board and the ledger board to resist pivoting of said connector rod. 
     
     
         3 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein said third fastener is positioned on said connector rod to connect the connector rod to the add-on building structure at a position spaced from said ledger board. 
     
     
         4 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein said third fastener is positioned to connect the connector rod to the original building structure at a position spaced from said rim board. 
     
     
         5 . The bracket of  claim 4  wherein said first fastener and said second fastener hold said ledger board and said rim board at a predetermined distance from each other. 
     
     
         6 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein said connector rod is at least one foot long. 
     
     
         7 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein the distance from the stabilizer end of said connector rod to the next adjacent fastener is at least six inches. 
     
     
         8 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein said fasteners include a washer for facing said rim board and said ledger board. 
     
     
         9 . The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein fasteners include a cylindrical spacer positioned about the connector rod sized for fitting into an opening of the rim board or the ledger board that is of a larger breadth than the breadth of said the connector rod for reducing the likelihood of application of contact of the connector rod to the exterior cladding of the original building structure. 
     
     
         10 . A double shear bracket for mounting through aligned openings in a rim board of an original building structure and in a ledger board of an adjacent add-on building structure, said bracket comprising
 a rectilinear connector rod of a length sufficient to mount through the aligned openings formed in the rim board of the original building structure and the ledger board of the adjacent add-on building structure, and said connector rod including a stabilizer end of a length for extending away from the rim board and the ledger board for connection to a supportive structure displaced from the rim board and ledger board,   three cylindrical fasteners mounted about said rectilinear connector rod,   a first of said fasteners positioned about said connector rod at a position for bearing against the rim board,   a second of said fasteners positioned about said connector rod at a position for bearing against the ledger board, and   a third of said fasteners positioned about the stabilizer end of the connector rod and displaced from the rim board and the ledger board for connecting the stabilizer end to a supportive structure displaced from the rim board and the ledger board.   
     
     
         11 . The double shear bracket of  claim 10  wherein said third fastener is positioned to connect the connector rod to the original building structure at a position spaced from said rim board. 
     
     
         12 . The bracket of  claim 10  wherein said rim board and ledger board have vertical surfaces that face away from each other, and wherein said first and second fasteners engage the opposite facing surfaces and urge the ledger board toward the rim board. 
     
     
         13 . The bracket of  claim 10 , wherein said connector rod is at least one foot long. 
     
     
         14 . The bracket of  claim 10 , wherein the distance from the stabilizer end of said connector rod to the next adjacent fastener is at least six inches. 
     
     
         15 . The bracket of  claim 10 , wherein said fasteners include washers for facing said rim board and said ledger board. 
     
     
         16 . The bracket of  claim 15 , wherein said washers further include cylindrical spacers positioned about the opening of the washer and sized-for fitting into an opening of the rim board or the ledger board that is of a larger breadth than the breadth of said the rectilinear connector rod for reducing the likelihood of application of vertical force by the connector rod directly to the exterior cladding of the original building structure. 
     
     
         17 . The bracket of  claim 15 , wherein said washers further include holes for receiving screws extending through the holes and extending into the ledger board and rim board. 
     
     
         18 . A method of connecting an add-on building structure to an original building structure, comprising
 forming a rim opening in the rim board of the original building structure,   forming a ledger opening in the ledger board of the add-on building structure that is aligned with the rim opening in the original building structure,   inserting a connector rod through both the aligned rim opening and ledger opening that includes a stabilizer end that reaches beyond the rim board and ledger board to form a stabilizer end spaced away from the rim board and ledger board,   applying fasteners on the rectilinear connector rod at a positions that straddle and engage the rim board and ledger board and hold the rim board and ledger board in closely spaced relationship, and   connecting the stabilizer end of the connector rod to a support structure displaced from said rim board and ledger board at a distance to resist pivoting of the connector rod.   
     
     
         19 . A bracket mounted through aligned openings in a rim board of an original building structure and in a ledger board of an adjacent add-on building structure, said bracket comprising
 a rectilinear connector rod extending through the aligned openings formed in the rim board of the original building structure and extending through the ledger board of the adjacent add-on building structure, and said connector rod including a stabilizer end of a length for extending beyond the rim board and ledger board for connection to a supportive structure displaced from said rim board and ledger board,   fasteners mounted on said rectilinear connector rod,   a first of said fasteners including a cylindrical sleeve positioned on said connector rod extending into the opening in the rim board and a washer positioned against the rim board,   a second of said fasteners including a cylindrical sleeve positioned on said connector rod extending into the opening in the ledger board and a washer positioned against the ledger board, and   a third of said fasteners positioned at said stabilizer end of said connector rod displaced from the rim board and the ledger board and connecting the stabilizer end to a supportive structure displaced from said rim and ledger boards,   
     
     
         20 . The bracket of  claim 19  wherein said rim board and ledger board have opposite facing surfaces that face away from each other, and wherein said fasteners engage the opposite facing surfaces of said rim board and said ledger board and urge the ledger board toward the rim board. 
     
     
         21 . The bracket of  claim 20 , wherein said connector rod is at least one foot long.