Device for supporting and connecting reinforcing elements for concrete structures

• US 6,276,108 B1
• Filed: 10/19/1999
• Issued: 08/21/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John Padrun
• Original Assignee: GOPA Enterprises
• Inventors: Padrun, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Assistant Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US09/421,754
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 526/84, 526/77, 526/86, 526/87
• US Class Current: 52/684
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/167 Connection by means of clips or other resilient elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/168 Spacers connecting parts for reinforcements and spacing the reinforcements from the form
• 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

Device for supporting and connecting concrete reinforcing elements which has a base adapted to rest on a supporting surface, an upright post extending from the base, and a clip mounted on the post having a pair of orthogonal sockets engagable with two horizontally extending reinforcing elements for connecting the elements together at right angles to each other and holding the elements a predetermined distance above the supporting surface.

Claims

1. In a device for supporting and connecting concrete reinforcing elements:

a base adapted to rest on a supporting surface, a plurality of tapered vanes extending upwardly from the base and intersecting along a centerline of the device, a saddle having a pair of upstanding legs at the upper ends of the vanes, and a clip mounted on the legs having a pair of orthogonal sockets engagable with two horizontally extending reinforcing elements for connecting the elements together at right angles to each other and holding the elements a predetermined distance above the supporting surface.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the entire device is molded as a unitary structure of a resilient plastic material.

3. In a device for supporting and connecting concrete reinforcing elements:

a post consisting of a plurality of longitudinally tapered vanes which are joined together along a common central axis and extend from the axis in radial directions, and a clip at one end of the post for connecting two reinforcing elements together and holding the elements in a predetermined position while concrete is poured around them.

4. The device of claim 3 further including a base at the end of the post opposite the clip adapted to rest on a supporting surface.

5. The device of claim 3 wherein the vanes and the clip are molded as a unitary structure of a resilient plastic material.

6. The device of claim 3 wherein the clip is connected to the post by a saddle having a base affixed to the one end of the post and a pair of legs interconnecting the base and the clip.

7. The device of claim 3 wherein the outer edges of the vanes are scalloped.