FASTENERS FOR ROADBED CONSTRUCTION
First Claim
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, andapplying 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.
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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.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of securing a structure, the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 10, 23)
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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.
- 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.
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