US Patent Issued on July 7 for "Apparatus and method for securing a deck or roof structure to a brick or siding veneered building structure" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,314, issued on July 7.

"Apparatus and method for securing a deck or roof structure to a brick or siding veneered building structure" was invented by Robert P. Viviano (Coraopolis, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joist or beam hanger for securing deck joist or roof beam ends to a brick or siding veneered wall of a building structure. A horizontal spaced series of apertures are provided in the brick or siding veneer and sized for respectively receiving deck joist or roof beam end brackets. The apertures are located at and expose the wall sill plate or top plate of the veneered building structure wall and the brackets have horizonta...