Tactile embedment plate assembly with an alignment bracket
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1. A tactile embedment plate assembly comprising:
- a first plate;
a first bracket joined to the first plate;
a second plate arranged co-planar and adjacent to the first plate;
a second bracket joined to the second plate and aligned with the first bracket to define a receiver yoke there between; and
a wedge joined to the first bracket and disposed in the receiver yoke.
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Abstract
Tactile detection embedment plates used in pedestrian walkways releasably aligned by a bracket on at least one of the embedment plates. The bracket can be mated with a bracket on another plate engage a wedge or wedge parts for a releasable plate assembly connection.
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31 Claims
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1. A tactile embedment plate assembly comprising:
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a first plate; a first bracket joined to the first plate; a second plate arranged co-planar and adjacent to the first plate; a second bracket joined to the second plate and aligned with the first bracket to define a receiver yoke there between; and a wedge joined to the first bracket and disposed in the receiver yoke. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A tactile embedment plate assembly comprising:
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a first plate; a first bracket joined to the first plate and the first bracket includes a shoulder; a second plate adjacent to and co-planar with the first plate and bearing at least partially on the first bracket shoulder; a second bracket joined to the second plate, and the second bracket includes a shoulder and the first plate bears at least partially on the second bracket shoulder;
whereina receiver yoke is defined by the first bracket and the second bracket; a first wedge part joined to the first bracket and disposed in the receiver yoke; and a second wedge part joined to the second bracket and engaging the first wedge part. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An alignment bracket for aligning a first tactile embedment plate to a second tactile embedment plate in a substantially co-planar relationship, the alignment bracket comprising:
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a first bracket joined to the first tactile embedment plate; a second bracket joined to the second tactile embedment plate and aligned with the first bracket; and a clip releasably joined to the first bracket and the second bracket. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of installing plate assemblies for being cast in concrete or asphalt pavement which includes the steps of:
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setting a first plate with a first edge in a desired position; setting a second plate with a second edge adjacent to the first edge of the first plate so that the second plate is substantially co-planar position with the first plate and to insert a bracket extending from the second plate under the first plate to bring the bracket into bearing support of the first plate by aligning the bracket on the second plate with a bracket on the first plate to define a receiving yoke; and sliding the first plate first edge relative to the second plate second edge to insert a wedge joined to the second bracket into the receiving yoke. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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