Connector for Pre-Fabricated Walls

Abstract

An apparatus wherein a sill member or anchored member is connected to a concrete foundation or anchoring member by a connector, the connector having an embedment member and an attachment member connected to the upper end of the embedment member and extending away from the embedment member. The connector attaches to the side of sill member with fasteners.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A connection anchoring an anchored structural member to an anchoring structural member with a connector, comprising:
 a. the anchoring structural member which is a cementitious foundation having a generally horizontal top surface and a perimeter face that meets said top surface at a perimeter edge;   b. an anchored structural member, having a lower support member having a top face and a side surface, said side surface of said lower support member being positioned in substantial parallel relationship with said perimeter face of the said concrete foundation; wherein   c. said connector includes an embedment member embedded at an angle to said top surface of said foundation, said embedment member having a plurality of legs each having a selected length along a longitudinal axis of the connector, said legs being substantially separated from each other along substantial portions of their selected lengths, said embedment member having an upper end with an upper terminal edge positioned adjacent the perimeter edge of said foundation and extending downwardly within said foundation, each said leg having a distal end positioned inwardly from said perimeter face of said foundation, and each said leg extending substantially to the upper end of said embedment member;   d. said connector includes an extension member connected to said upper end of said embedment member at said upper terminal edge of said embedment member, extending away from said upper terminal edge of said upper end of said embedment member and said foundation perimeter surface;   e. said connector includes an elongated, unitary attachment member connected to said extension member and said legs of said embedment member through said extension member, said unitary attachment member having a lower elongated border where said unitary attachment member connects to the extension member, each said leg connecting to the unitary attachment member by having a portion that makes up the upper end of the embedment member that is connected to the extension member that is connected to the lower elongated border of the unitary attachment member;   f. said unitary attachment member is in alignment with the side surface of said lower support member; and   g. fastenings connect said attachment member to said side surface of said lower support member.   
     
     
         2 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the attachment member is wider than the embedment member along a lateral axis of the connector perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the connector.   
     
     
         3 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 said extension member is formed as a plurality of extension sections connecting the legs to the attachment member with one or more open notches formed in the extension member between the extension sections.   
     
     
         4 . The connection of  claim 3 , wherein:
 the upper edge of the one or more open notches in the extension member coincides with the border between the attachment member and the extension member.   
     
     
         5 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 said attachment member of said connector is only attached to the lower support member of the anchored structural member by fasteners that pass through the connector and the side surface of the lower support member.   
     
     
         6 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. said extension member extends away from the perimeter edge of the cementitious foundation and substantially parallel to the top surface of the cementitious foundation, and   b. said attachment member extends upwardly and substantially parallel to the perimeter face of the foundation.   
     
     
         7 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a. said extension member extends away from the perimeter edge of the cementitious foundation at an angle to the top surface of the cementitious foundation, and   b. said attachment member extends upwardly and substantially parallel to the perimeter face of the foundation.   
     
     
         8 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a plurality of fastener openings for the fasteners received by the attachment member of the connector are formed in the attachment member of the connector and a plurality of surrounding embossments are formed around the fastener openings.   
     
     
         9 . The connection of  claim 8 , wherein
 selected surrounding embossments of the plurality of surrounding embossments have lower edges that are substantially aligned with the border between the attachment member and the extension member.   
     
     
         10 . The connection of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the surrounding embossments formed around the fastener openings are connected to each other.   
     
     
         11 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 said legs have stiffening embossments.   
     
     
         12 . The connection of  claim 11 , wherein:
 said stiffening embossments in said legs extend the substantial length of said legs and said embossments are aligned with the longitudinal axis of the connector.   
     
     
         13 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 said upper terminal edge of said upper end of said embedment member substantially coincides with a bend line between said embedment member and said extension member.   
     
     
         14 . The connection of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 openings are formed in the connector along the bend line between the embedment member and the extension member.   
     
     
         15 . The connection of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the openings formed in the connector along the bend line are formed as laterally elongated openings with the lateral elongation extending along the bend line between said embedment member and said extension member.   
     
     
         16 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the legs have distal portions at the distal ends of the legs that are formed with upturned portions.   
     
     
         17 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the legs are formed with enlarged flow openings.   
     
     
         18 . The connection of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the attachment member is formed with a plurality of fastener openings for receiving fasteners to attach said attachment member to said side surface of said lower support member, and the fastener openings are disposed along a grouping line that runs parallel to a lateral axis of the connector with no fastener opening being spaced farther from the grouping line than a diameter of the fastener opening  19 .   
     
     
         19 . The connection of  claim 18 , wherein:
 the grouping line passes through all of the fastener openings.   
     
     
         20 . The connection of  claim 17 , wherein:
 the grouping line intersect with some of the plurality of fastener openings and substantially intersects with a peripheral edge of the remainder of the plurality of fastener openings.