SUPPORT MEMBER FOR PLACING REINFORCING BARS

• US 20100307098A1
• Filed: 06/07/2010
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Yee
• Original Assignee: Michael Yee
• Inventors: Yee, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,312,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/677
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/168 Spacers connecting parts for reinforcements and spacing the reinforcements from the form

Abstract

A support frame system for placing and securing reinforcing bars, which includes an elongated beam member which includes a plurality of saddles at a predetermined spacing. Support legs extending from the beam member hold the beam member, and thus also the re-bars, at a fixed distance above the mold. Once re-bars have been laid in the desired saddles, mating clips can be placed around each re-bar and locked onto the beam member to prevent movement of the re-bars during a subsequent concrete pour. Two or more of these beam members can be connected together end-to-end using mating prongs and holes at opposite ends of each beam member.

Claims

1. A support frame system for placing and securing reinforcing bars, comprising:

an elongated beam member;

a plurality of saddles at a predetermined spacing along the elongated beam member, each saddle defining a V-shaped notch for receiving a reinforcing bar;

notches at a predetermined spacing along the elongated beam member proximal at least a portion of the saddles;

means for locking the elongated beam member to a second elongated beam member, wherein the predetermined spacing between saddles is preserved along the joined-together beam members; and

a clip designed to engage a respective pair of the notches for securing a reinforcing bar in a respective one of the saddles.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clip comprises a U-shaped member having a pair of barbed arms, each arm configured to engage a respective notch of the beam member.