Patent attributes
A system for mounting a ledger board to a rim board is disclosed. A rim bracket can be affixed to the rim board of a structure using one or more fasteners and includes one or more mounting bolt holes to provide a template for drilling mounting bolt holes in the rim board. The ledger bracket can be attached to a ledger board using one or more fasteners and the rim bracket using one or more fasteners. The ledger bracket can include one or more complementary mounting bolt holes to provide a template for drilling mounting bolts holes in the ledger board. The ledger bracket can be attached to the rim bracket to support the ledger board while one or more mounting bolts are installed through the ledger board, ledger bracket, rim bracket, and rim board to attach the ledger board to the structure.