Clip for joining reinforced members for use in reinforced concrete slabs and/or columns
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1. A system for joining reinforcing members comprising:
- a first reinforcing member;
a second reinforcing member, which resides perpendicular to the first reinforcing member; and
a clip comprising;
a first pair of legs, each of the legs of the first pair of legs having a portion having a curvature thereto and adapted to wrap around a lower surface of a first reinforcing member;
a second pair of legs, each of the legs of the second pair of legs having an inner surface adapted to exert a force against at least a portion of a side surface of a second reinforcing member forming a set of fork-like members, which do not extend around a lower surface of the second reinforcing member, anda mid-portion, which connects the first pair of legs to the second pair of wherein the clip is formed from one or more pieces of wire, and wherein a first and second end of the midportion is formed by wrapping the wire around itself.
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Abstract
A clip for joining reinforcing members, which includes a first pair of legs, each of the legs of the first pair of legs having a portion having a curvature thereto and adapted to wrap around a lower surface of a first reinforcing member; a second pair of legs, each of the legs of the second pair of legs having an inner surface adapted to exert a force against at least a portion of a side surface of a second reinforcing member, and a mid-portion, which connects the first pair of legs to the second pair of legs.
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1. A system for joining reinforcing members comprising:
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a first reinforcing member; a second reinforcing member, which resides perpendicular to the first reinforcing member; and a clip comprising; a first pair of legs, each of the legs of the first pair of legs having a portion having a curvature thereto and adapted to wrap around a lower surface of a first reinforcing member; a second pair of legs, each of the legs of the second pair of legs having an inner surface adapted to exert a force against at least a portion of a side surface of a second reinforcing member forming a set of fork-like members, which do not extend around a lower surface of the second reinforcing member, and a mid-portion, which connects the first pair of legs to the second pair of wherein the clip is formed from one or more pieces of wire, and wherein a first and second end of the midportion is formed by wrapping the wire around itself. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of joining reinforcing members comprising:
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positioning a first reinforcing member perpendicular to a second reinforcing member; and attaching the first reinforcing member to the second reinforcing member with a clip, the clip comprising; a first pair of legs, each of the legs of the first pair of legs having a portion having a curvature thereto and adapted to wrap around a lower surface of a first reinforcing member; a second pair of legs, each of the legs of the second pair of legs having an inner surface adapted to exert a force against at least a portion of a side surface of a second reinforcing member forming a set of fork-like members, which do not extend around a lower surface of the second reinforcing member, and a mid-portion, which connects the first pair of legs to the second pair of wherein the clip is formed from one or more pieces of wire, and wherein a first and second end of the midportion is formed by wrapping the wire around itself. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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