Patent 7506479 was granted and assigned to Simpson Strong-Tie on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A wall either wholly or partially made from a shear-resisting assembly that has a shear transfer device, or plate, disposed between the bottom strut and the underlying foundation. The shear transfer device joins the two anchor bolts, eliminating intermediate foundation bolts by transferring lateral shear loads to the anchor bolts in combination with the bottom strut.