Plastic rebar harness

• US 5,699,642 A
• Filed: 06/05/1996
• Issued: 12/23/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles Joseph Jr. Mcdevitt
• Original Assignee: Charles Joseph Jr. Mcdevitt
• Inventors: McDevitt, Charles Joseph Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McTigue, Aimee E.
• Application Number:
  US08/658,722
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 52/686, 52/685, 52/719, 403/389, 403/392, 403/397, 403/400, 24/336, 24/339, 24/16 PB
• US Class Current: 52/719
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/162 Connectors or means for connecting parts for reinforcements E04C5/168 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1498 Plastic band
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7129 Laterally spaced rods
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7147 Connected by flexible tie
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7194 Crossed rods

Abstract

A harness system used with steel reinforcement bars or rods to hold them at a desired orientation during and after concrete is poured. The system has two substantially identical harnesses each with its own strap section and a one direction end clasp. A common spacer joins the harnesses together and orients them with respect to each other in different directions. Preferably, the harnesses and spacer are made of a moisture proof plastic material. Two steel reinforcement bars may be oriented in a desired direction--it could be parallel or at right angles to each other--and an appropriate harness system used to hold them in place as concrete is poured over them. One strap of one harness goes around a bar and is put in through its clasp end to a tightened position to hold the bar.

Claims

1. The combination of a harness system and steel reinforcement bars comprising:

two steel reinforcement bars oriented at a desired angle with respect to each other;

two interconnected flexible harnesses each with a one direction clasp at one end and a free end at the other end;

each of said harnesses having a strap section between its free end and clasp, each of said harness'"'"'s straps and free ends being capable of engaging their respective one direction clasps to form a closed looped configuration around each of said steel reinforcement bars; and

a common moisture proof spacer element for interconnecting together and orienting each of said harnesses between their free ends and clasps;

said spacer being located between said two steel reinforcement bars and oriented at a desired angle to space the bars apart and hold them in the desired angular orientation when said harnesses are looped around the bars with their free ends extending through the one direction claps and pulled to tighten the harnesses around the bars; and

wherein said steel reinforcement bars are oriented at approximately right angles with respect to each other and held at this orientation by the spacer and tightened harnesses.