FASTENERS FOR ROADBED CONSTRUCTION

• US 20180347610A1
• Filed: 04/09/2018
• Published: 12/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2017
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Zebulon Zuk
• Original Assignee: Zebulon Zuk
• Inventors: Zuk, Zebulon
• Application Number:
  US15/948,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20180347610A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 11/02 Arrangement or construction of joints for pavings consisting of prefabricated units E01C5/00; Methods of making joints machines therefor E01C23/02, E01C23/09; removable joint shutterings E01C23/021; Packing for joints sealing joints not restricted to road or airfield paving E04B1/68
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 11/14 Dowel assembly ; Design or construction of reinforcements in the area of joints coupling devices for prefabricated units E01C5/005; combined with characteristic packings E01C11/08 - E01C11/12; removable holders E01C23/045
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 11/18 for cement concrete pavings prefabricated reinforced units E01C5/08
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 15/0015 Staples
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 15/0092 Coated nails or staples
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 15/06 with barbs, e.g. for metal parts; Drive screws
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/0692 joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16

Abstract

Fasteners for securing reinforcing structures, such as rebar, to road beds prior to laying the road material, such as concrete or asphalt. The fasteners are particularly suited for use when a geotextile fabric, or other underlayment, is present between the reinforcing structure and the road bed. The fasteners have at least one leg having an end and an opposite end, such as a self-centering end or a radiused end. In use, a fastener is positioned over a reinforcing structure with the leg(s) extending alongside the reinforcing structure and the radiused end extending over the structure. Applying force (e.g., percussive force) to the end, such as by pounding or hammering, will drive the fastener through the fabric and fasten the reinforcing structure to the fabric.

Claims

1. A method of securing a structure, the method comprising:

placing a fastener, the fastener comprising two legs defining a plane, each leg extending from a tip at a first end to a second opposite end, each second end continuing to a transition portion, the legs joined only at a radiused end formed by the transition portions of the legs, the radiused end and the transition portions defining a plane, the plane positioned at an angle between about 100 degrees and about 170 degrees to the plane of the legs, proximate a horizontal member of a structure, the planar legs extending on either side of the horizontal member of the structure and the radiused end extending over the horizontal member of the structure, and

applying pressure to the radiused end of the fastener to force the fastener through a material positioned below the reinforcing structure, with the legs extending alongside the horizontal member and the radiused end extending over the horizontal member.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein after applying pressure to the radiused end, the radiused end extends over and contacts the horizontal member.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein after applying pressure to the radiused end, the radiused end extends over the horizontal member proximate to a vertical member of the structure.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein after applying pressure to the radiused end, the radiused end extends over and contacts the horizontal member and the vertical member.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the fastener comprises two planar legs each having a point at the first end.

23. The method of claim 1, the fastener further comprising at least one barb extending from one of the legs.

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11. A fastener comprising two legs defining a plane, each leg extending from a tip at a first end to a second opposite end, each second end continuing to a transition portion, the legs joined only at a radiused end formed by the transition portions of the legs, the radiused end and the transition portions defining a plane, the plane positioned at an angle between about 100 degrees and about 170 degrees to the plane of the legs.

12. The fastener of claim 11, wherein the plane defined by the radiused end and the transition portions forms an angle between about 120 degrees and about 150 degrees to the plane of the legs.

13. The fastener of claim 11, wherein the plane defined by the radiused end and the transition portions forms an angle between about 125 degrees and about 140 degrees to the plane of the legs.

14. The fastener of claim 11, further comprising at least one barb.

15. The fastener of claim 11, wherein the at least one barb extends from one of the legs proximate the radiused end.

22. The fastener of claim 11, wherein the two legs are parallel.

16. A fastener comprising two legs defining a plane, each leg extending from a tip at a first end to a second opposite end, each second end continuing to a transition portion, the legs joined only at a self-centering end formed by the transition portions of the legs, the self-centering end and the transition portions defining a plane, the plane positioned at an angle between about 100 degrees and about 170 degrees to the plane of the legs.

17. The fastener of claim 16, wherein the plane defined by the self-centering end and the transition portions forms an angle between about 120 degrees and about 150 degrees to the plane of the legs.

18. The fastener of claim 16, wherein the plane defined by the self-centering end and the transition portions forms an angle between about 125 degrees and about 140 degrees to the plane of the legs.

19. The fastener of claim 16, further comprising at least one barb extending from one of the legs proximate the self-centering end.

20. The fastener of claim 16, wherein the self-centering end is a radiused end.

21. The fastener of claim 16, wherein the two legs are parallel.