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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322158 | Intersectional reinforcing bar support with C-shaped clamps A concrete reinforcing bar support has a base, a support structure extending upwardly from the base with a channel formed at an upper surface thereof, a first clamping structure affixed to the support structure on one side of the channel, and a second clamping struc... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7302770 | Stabilized A-frame sign stand An improved A-frame sign stand is disclosed. The sign stand includes front and rear panels hingedly attached. A support rod is removably attachable to the panels and prevents both separation and buckling of the panels. The support rod can be placed into various stor... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7252456 | Portable form and method for using same for concrete strike-off A form for concrete strike-off includes a pan adapted to float on a plastic concrete surface, a rigid straightedge, and a support. The straightedge is coupled on one end to the pan and the support is coupled to the opposing end of the straightedge with the straighte... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7222460 | Cover for a concrete construction A cover for a concrete construction has a pair of anchor-engaging members extending from a disk-shaped body. The anchor-engaging members include fins which are configured to engage an anchor formed into a recess of a concrete block or wall to cover the recess. The c... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7174689 | Concrete anchor float A concrete anchor float that, in one embodiment, facilitates the placement of anchor bolts that protrude from concrete constructions, such as foundations. The concrete anchor float of the present invention can be used with nearly any conventional anchor bolt to insu... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7143563 | Tie and tie method for binding together adjacent support elements A tie and a tie method for binding together adjacent support elements such as concrete reinforcing bars by employing a tie having a frame which can be disposed about the bars, and a wedge adapted to be forcibly driven between resilient portions of the frame and the ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7114695 | Tilt-up concrete wall panel form and method of fabricating same An improved, lightweight, portable, and self-contained concrete form for fabricating tilt-up concrete walls is provided. The form includes a frame made from metal frame members joined at their ends with the frame members forming the sides of the frame. The frame mem... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108453 | Support for concrete reinforcing members A structure is described for supporting concrete reinforcement bars in a concrete structure, such as a footer or foundation. The structure includes a base member having a lower surface and an opposing upper surface. A plurality of pairs of opposing first leg members... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086203 | Support A support apparatus (10) for providing a robust load bearing support for screed rails (12) during the laying of concrete in which the height of the screed rails can be accurately adjusted and supported so as to allow the screed rails to be used for car... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7000358 | System support assembly A system support assembly comprises a pair of substantially parallel footer forms, insulated concrete forms, footer form base saddles, a poly form saddle assembly and first and second vertical stabilizers. The footer form base saddle may be generally u-shaped and is... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6962029 | Chair for supporting wire mesh An improved chair for supporting intersecting wires forming a wire mesh at a pre-selected elevated position above a bearing surface during formation of a concrete slab is constructed having a base member shaped to rest on the bearing surface, a compressible support ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6866445 | Screed ski and support system and method A screed ski system includes a plurality of circlip saddles supported by corresponding stakes and a plurality of sections of screed ski tubing is snap-fit into the circlip saddles. After screeding of a first layer of aggregate or plastic material, the screed ski tub... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6591574 | Bracket assembly for installation of concrete forms for building foundations A bracket assembly for installation of concrete forms for building foundations is disclosed which includes an elongate bar structure having opposed ends for mounting on the upper portions of vertically positioned concrete forms. The bracket assembly is pr... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6502361 | Rod chairs Rod chairs for use in concrete form for positioning reinforcement rods prior to filling with concrete includes a flat rectangular metal blank for folding into a rod chair that includes an elongated planar portion having a pair of spaced portions to be ben... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6385938 | Space for concrete reinforcement rods A pair of curved arms attached to a body form an annular seat for holding a first diameter rebar, a slot through the outer diameter of the body forms a radially inward pathway to the seat for rebar, the apex of a convex bar attached to the body is yieldab... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6311453 | Form pin clip For use in securing a concrete form board, the form pin of the invention includes a clip having first portion substantially in the shape of a cylinder to be forced onto one end of a steel bar driven into sand, shale or clay and of an inside diameter subst... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6178716 | Reinforced-concrete floor slab thickness indicator/reinforcement rod spacer combination A reinforced-concrete floor slab thickness indicator/reinforcement rod spacer combination consists of a base, a spacer and an indicator erected from the base, and a bracket integrally and laterally extended from the spacer. The indicator is releasably att... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6161360 | Apparatus for supporting reinforcement bar An apparatus for supporting reinforcement bar comprises a support assembly including a first support and a second support. The first support has a ground-engaging portion. The second support is coupled to the first support so that the ground-engaging port... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6123745 | Concrete form with integral drain and reinforcing bar support bracket therefor An adjustable concrete form comprises at least one tube and an adjustable stake having a post and a tube cradle. A bracket is removably connected to the tube for supporting rebar in spaced-apart relation to the excavation bottom. The bracket includes a tu... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6076780 | Knock-down sheet metal pipe stand A support stand for pipe, conduit, cable or the like which must be held above the surface of a roof. The stand is essentially triangular with the base of the stand forming one side and two legs, joined at their upper ends, forming the other two sides. A s... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5981050 | Composite shape forming structure for sealing and reinforcing concrete and method for making same A multiple ply composite structure used to reinforce, seal and shape concrete structures has a first ply formed of unidirected continuous filament reinforcements which are bonded together by a thermosetting polymeric resin matrix. A second ply comprises a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5884439 | Concrete form with integral drain and adjustable stake therefor An adjustable concrete form comprises at least one tube and an adjustable stake having a post and a tube cradle. The tube has at least one drainage aperture providing the form with drainage. The adjustable stake is configured for adjustably supporting the... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5819493 | Height adjustable rebar support system A new Height Adjustable Rebar Support System for supporting rebar at various elevations during pouring and curing of concrete with a single adjustable support member. The inventive device includes a first panel having a first lower slot, a second panel pi... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5595039 | Chairs of adjustable height for use in concrete constructions A chair for supporting, positioning and retaining a concrete reinforcing bar in place at predetermined height in the pouring and construction of concrete slabs or beams at a jobsite wherein the concrete reinforcing bar remains as an integral, strengthenin... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5419055 | Construction apparatus Construction apparatus used for positioning column base brackets, for positioning hold down plates used to position anchor bolts for steel beams, for constructing brick or block walls and columns, and for positioning concrete forms.... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5408799 | Members for reinforcing, supporting and tying steel bars for reinforcing concrete A supporting member for supporting steel reinforcing bars before casting concrete thereover when making steel-reinforced concrete panels includes an elongated strip of sheet material folded into a U-shape to include a pair of substantially parallel legs a... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5400562 | Spacer for a reinforcement bar to be embedded in concrete A spacer for a reinforcement bar to be embedded in concrete has a band-like member adapted to wrap around and encircle the reinforcement bar and formed at its ends with a pair of screw parts with external formations which form a screwthread when the two p... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5323582 | Concrete reinforcement bar support member An apparatus for supporting concrete reinforcement bar within a form. The apparatus comprises a plurality of legs so formed that, when the apparatus is placed in any random orientation on a surface of the form, the ends of at least three legs contact the ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5301485 | Nelson stud screed post assembly A screed post assembly which may be easily and quickly interfaced to a Nelson stud extending upwardly from a horizontal support beam used in the construction of a building framework. The screed post serves as a support for a screed support system which is... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5212920 | Strongback attachment system for concrete panel tilt-up construction A fastener system for temporarily securing a reinforcing beam or the like to a poured concrete structural member includes an anchor to be set in poured concrete with an exposed handle portion free of said concrete, and a shaft with a slotted end for recei... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5058348 | Method and apparatus for forming a path for a screeding means The invention relates to a method for forming a screed guide for a vibrating screed or the like in connection with the casting and direct smoothing of especially single-course structural floors and at the locations where the walls of the next story are to... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5014485 | Chair for reinforcement rod A chair used for supporting concrete reinforcement rods provides different supporting levels by a change in position thereof, and includes top and bottom planar transverse frame members spaced by two pairs of connecting rods, a pair of first leg members e... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4928472 | Chair for reinforcement rod A chair for concrete reinforcing rods includes a body having an intermediate portion which includes two spaced apart substantially rectangular planar transverse frame members interconnected by at least one pairs of substantially parallel first connecting ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4800702 | Steel placement member A steel placement member adapted for supporting and locating a reinforcing steel bar in a concrete structural member formed by placing concrete in an area defined by a horizontal bottom surface and a vertical perimetrical surface. The steel placement memb... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4765106 | Conscreed bracket There is provided a conscreed bracket which comprises a bracket member, a conduit for receiving a rail to be retained in said conduit secured to said bracket, thread means to be receive a threaded bolt secured to said bracket on opposed sides of the condu... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4644727 | Strand chair for supporting prestressing cable and cross-mesh in elongated precast concrete plank The chairs include a lower chair portion for supporting multiple prestressing cables at the bottom of a plank and a narrow upper chair portion for supporting an upper prestressing cable located in the web between the hollow cores of the prestressed plank.... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4601447 | Conduit spacer anchoring system A system for anchoring the conduit spacers of a utility duct bank in a fixed position within a trench during encasement or burial of the duct bank. The conduit spacers comprise components having mating bosses by means of which they can be horizontally and... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4466222 | Depression rail and water stop for concrete building slabs A consumable depression rail and water stop for concrete building slabs wherein the rail when positioned forms a level for the concrete as it is poured and also acts as a guide to form a depressed area of the slab. The elongated rail also forms a water st... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4127352 | Placement and support system for strips in concrete A system of placing and supporting elongated control joint strips, headers and the like preparatory to the pouring of a concrete slab, using elongated strips having V-shaped longitudinal bends, and spaced socket members defining non-circular sockets, in c... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4060954 | Bar chair for reinforcing rods A chair for supporting reinforcing bars having means for stacking one chair upon another to provide various sizes of chairs and for supporting a single layer of reinforcing bars or multiple layers of reinforcing bars, and having novel means for mounting t... | 12/06/1977 |
