Rebar saddle

• US 4,575,985 A
• Filed: 06/24/1985
• Issued: 03/18/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard H. Eckenrodt
• Original Assignee: Richard H. Eckenrodt
• Inventors: Eckenrodt, Richard H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Application Number:
  US06/747,917
• Time in Patent Office: 267 Days
• Field of Search: 52/684, 52/685, 52/686, 52/677, 52/699, 52/370, 52/244, 52/300
• US Class Current: 52/677
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/161 Protective caps for the ends of reinforcing bars
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/20 of material other than metal or with only additional metal parts, e.g. concrete or plastics spacers with metal binding wires E04C5/168 takes precedence

Abstract

A rebar saddle for receiving reinforcing bars used in strengthening concrete consisting of an elongated cylinder having at one end a saddle to receive and secure the reinforcing bar and at the other end a blind hole to receive the top of a stake or bar driven into the ground which suspends the reinforcing bar saddle and thus the held reinforcing bar, in position to have concrete poured around it. By the utilization of a plastic or non-rusting rebar saddle, rust which might enter the concrete structure by way of a metal stake which penetrates the ground is halted by the rebar saddle.

Claims

1. A rebar saddle for securing and suspending above ground reinforcing bars used in strengthening concrete comprising:

an elongated solid cylinder having a first and second end, sides, and longitudinal axis;

said elongated solid cylinder first end defining a saddle formed therein adapted to receive and secure the reinforcing bar; and

said elongated solid cylinder second end defining a blind hole formed therein adapted to receive a stake driven into the ground whereby the rebar saddle suspends the reinforcing bar in position to have concrete poured around it and cured.

2. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 1 wherein said saddle includes a horseshoe shaped opening with a trough situated transversely to the longitudinal axis of said cylinder.

3. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 2 wherein said horseshoe shaped opening defines an opening having upper enclosing lips separated by a distance less than the diameter of the horseshoe trough.

4. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 3 wherein said blind hole formed in said cylinder includes a hole having its longitudinal axis parallel to longitudinal axis of the cylinder.

5. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 1 wherein said saddle adapted to receive reinforcing bar defines a "U" shaped opening with a trough situated transversely the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.

6. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 1 further including a flared skirt proximate the blind hole, said flared skirt formed by enlarging the cylinder sides proximate its second end.

7. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 6 further including a pair of nail openings penetrating the cylinder sides to the second end, the nail openings adapted to receive nails to nail the rebar saddle to an associated object.

8. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 1 wherein said blind hole includes threads formed therein, said threads adapted to receive an associated threaded bolt in order to secure said rebar saddle thereon.

9. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 1 wherein said elongated solid cylinder first end additionally defines a second saddle formed therein, said second saddle also adapted to receive and secure the reinforcing bar.

10. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 1 wherein said solid cylinder comprises non-rusting material.

11. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 10 wherein said solid cylinder comprises plastic material.

12. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 11 wherein said solid cylinder comprises pliable, flexible material.

13. A rebar saddle for securing and suspending in space reinforcing bars used in strengthening concrete comprising:

an elongated solid cylinder having a first and second end, sides, and a longitudinal axis;

said elongated solid cylinder first end defining a saddle formed therein adapted to receive and secure the reinforcing bar; and

said elongated solid cylinder second end defining a blind hole formed therein adapted to receive a rod connected to an associated object whereby the rebar saddle suspends the reinforcing bar in position to have concrete poured around it and cured.

14. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 13 further including a pair of nail openings penetrating the cylinder sides to the second end, the nail openings adapted to receive nails to nail the rebar saddle to an associated object.

15. The rebar saddle as defined in claim 13 wherein said blind hole includes threads formed therein, said threads adapted to receive an associated threaded bolt attached to an associated object in order to secure said rebar saddle to said associated object.

16. In combination, a rebar saddle and stake adapted to receive and suspend reinforcing bars above ground comprising:

an elongated solid cylinder having a first and second end, sides, and longitudinal axis;

said elongated solid cylinder first end defining a saddle formed therein adapted to receive and secure the reinforcing bar;

said elongated solid cylinder second end defining a blind hole formed therein, said blind hole having a longitudinal axis parallel to the solid cylinder longitudinal axis; and

a stake having two ends, one end of which adapted to be driven into the ground and the other end adapted to be received by said blind hole formed in said solid cylinder second end whereby the stake may be driven into the ground, the cylinder placed upon said stake, and said saddle formed in said cylinder first end securing and suspending reinforcing bars above ground in order that concrete may be poured around the bars and cured.

17. The combination as defined in claim 16 wherein said solid cylinder comprises non-rusting material and said stake comprises rustable material whereby rust, rusting the stake, is stopped by the solid cylinder and can not reach the associated reinforcing bar held in the saddle formed in the solid cylinder.