US Patent Issued to CRAFT PRO MASONRY RESTORATIONS on Feb. 24 for "Anchor plate system for reinforcing masonry walls that are perpendicular to support joists" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,958, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CRAFT PRO MASONRY RESTORATIONS INC. (Hulmeville, Pa.).

"Anchor plate system for reinforcing masonry walls that are perpendicular to support joists" was invented by Michael Fried (Hulmeville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of retroactively reinforcing a wall of a building. An anchoring assembly is mounted into the void space between a first joist and a second joist inside the building. The anchoring assembly has two brackets that mount to the first joist and a second element on the opposite side of the same void space. A beam is attached to both the first bracket and the ...