u2033 u2033 of the variant shown in fig1 the side walls 58 of the support portion 44 are supported along generally vertical lines by the mounting flange 42 and thus have a greater resistance to bending under a vertical load imposed thereupon relative to a typical l shaped member used in connectors of the prior art this is true even though the side walls 58 extend outward from the mounting flange 42 at an angle such that they are not orthogonal to the mounting flange 42 the side walls 58 of the support portion 44 are shown in fig5 as being supported along vertical lines by the mounting flange 42 it is not necessary that the support be provide along strictly vertical lines however referring to fig1 the support member 16 u2033 u2033 is advantageous relative to l shaped members of the prior art even though the side walls 58 are not strictly vertical and are supported by the mounting flange 42 along lines that are off of vertical by some small amount throughout this disclosure and the accompanying claims the term u201c generally vertical u201d is meant to include lines or planes that are strictly vertical and those that.