Utility dowel bracket

• US 8,844,224 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: James Scot Lindquist
• Original Assignee: James Scot Lindquist
• Inventors: Lindquist, James Scot
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilbert, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): AKBASLI, ALP A
• Application Number:
  US13/754,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20130283724A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 524/15, 524/26, 526/77, 526/80, 526/81, 526/86, 526/87, 526/89, 522/94, 525/88, D25/199, D83/54
• US Class Current: 52/294
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/16 Auxiliary parts for reinforcements, e.g. connectors, spacers, stirrups E04C5/06 takes precedence; tools connecting reinforcing elements E04G21/12
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/163 the reinforcements running in one single direction
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/166 the reinforcements running in different directions
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/168 Spacers connecting parts for reinforcements and spacing the reinforcements from the form
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 13/00 Falsework, forms, or shutterings for particular parts of buildings, e.g. stairs, steps, cornices, balconies foundations, sills E04G11/365 takes precedence; flat foundations, e.g. with lost forms E02D27/01; removable forms or shutterings for road-building purposes E01C19/50
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/02 Conveying or working-up concrete or similar masses able to be heaped or cast in connection with finishing work E04F; construction and surfacing of floorings made of similar material to roads or pavements E01C; in connection with barrages E02B7/00; in connection with foundations E02D15/00; composition of concrete C04B; working concrete in general, e.g. mixing machines B28C
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/185 for anchoring elements or elements to be incorporated in the structure

Abstract

A dowel bracket is used for concrete wall or masonry wall construction. A rebar support bracket includes an elongated vertical member. The elongated vertical member has a first edge and an opposing second edge, where the first edge defines recesses. The rebar support bracket further includes a horizontal member projecting perpendicularly at a lower end of the elongated vertical member making an angled portion. The horizontal member has a planar surface that defines at least one mounting aperture provided to mount the rebar support bracket.

Claims

1. A rebar support system for concrete construction, the system comprising:

a footer assembly including a plurality of horizontally extending spaced apart footing forms creating a formwork defining a volume for a footing of the concrete construction;

a plurality of rebar support brackets;

each of the plurality of rebar support brackets comprising;

a main body having a first edge and an opposing second edge, wherein the first edge defines a plurality of recesses; and

a flange member extending perpendicularly from the main body at a lower end making an angled portion, the flange member having a planar surface defining at least one mounting aperture provided to mount the rebar support bracket;

a fastener configured to be received in the at least one mounting aperture of the flange;

a plurality of spreader bars extending between upper edges of the spaced apart footing forms and over the volume for the footing, each of the plurality of rebar support brackets removably mounting the flange member to a corresponding one of the plurality of spreader bars and over the volume for the footing of the concrete construction;

a horizontal reinforcing bar extending along the plurality of rebar support brackets, and configured to be received within and supported by and secured to one of the plurality of recesses of each of the plurality of rebar support brackets; and

a plurality of dowels attaching to the horizontal reinforcing bar, one or more of the plurality of dowels having a vertical section and a horizontal section, the horizontal section projecting substantially perpendicularly to the vertical section at a lower end thereof making an angled portion positioned beneath a plane of one of the plurality of spreader bars and within the volume for the footing of the concrete construction.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an aperture located laterally in the middle of the angled portion having an equal distance between the first edge and the opposing second edge.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising additional horizontal reinforcing bars secured together to construct a wall.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the fastener is a threaded fastener, a thumb screw, a captive fastener, a pin, a bolt, a dowel, a rivet, a latch, or a wire tie.