Multi-function stackable chair for concrete reinforcing elements
First Claim
1. A multifunction device stackable on an identical such multifunction device and adapted for releasably gripping and positioning one of reinforcing mesh wire having a first cross-section dimension and a plurality of other reinforcing materials of a second cross-section dimension comprising:
- a base adapted for resting on a supporting surface, there being integrated into said base a plurality of receptacles adapted for stackably interconnecting the multifunction device with an identical such multifunction device and alignment guides facilitating alignment of the device with one of the reinforcing materials and the other identical such multifunction device;
a post having first and second ends and extending from said base at the first end, at least a portion of said post adjacent the second end defining in cross-section back-to-back E-shaped-beams;
a multifunction clip attached at the second end of said post and defining a first socket of a first dimension adapted for clipping onto and positioning of a reinforcing material of a first cross-section dimension a pre-determined distance above the supporting surface, the multifunction clip further defining a pair of orthogonally oriented sockets of a second dimension and adapted for connecting at right angles and positioning reinforcing materials having a corresponding second cross-section dimension a pre-determined distance above the supporting surface, the multifunction clip further defining a plurality of prongs adapted for being received and releasably retained in the receptacles of the base of the identical such multifunction device; and
means for allowing biasing of said multifunction clip so that it is adapted for insertion and releasable retention of reinforcing materials.
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Abstract
Multifunction device for positioning reinforcing materials within poured concrete comprising: an octagon-shaped base, with alternative alignment guides, for supporting the device on a supporting surface, an I-beam, or alternatively back-to-back E-beam, construction post with struts extending to the base, and a multifunction clip comprised of a saddle having a plurality of uprights extending therefrom and defining orthogonally-oriented sockets of differing dimensions adapted for clipping onto and positioning reinforcing materials a pre determined distance above the supporting surface. The multifunction clip further comprises means for allowing biasing of the uprights adapted for insertion and releasable retention of reinforcing materials in the sockets, the uprights of the multifunction clip further comprise attachment prongs, and the base of each multifunction device preferably comprises receptacles adapted for allowing alternative interconnected stacking of a plurality of the same identical devices for layered reinforcing of thicker concrete pours.
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5 Claims
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1. A multifunction device stackable on an identical such multifunction device and adapted for releasably gripping and positioning one of reinforcing mesh wire having a first cross-section dimension and a plurality of other reinforcing materials of a second cross-section dimension comprising:
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a base adapted for resting on a supporting surface, there being integrated into said base a plurality of receptacles adapted for stackably interconnecting the multifunction device with an identical such multifunction device and alignment guides facilitating alignment of the device with one of the reinforcing materials and the other identical such multifunction device; a post having first and second ends and extending from said base at the first end, at least a portion of said post adjacent the second end defining in cross-section back-to-back E-shaped-beams; a multifunction clip attached at the second end of said post and defining a first socket of a first dimension adapted for clipping onto and positioning of a reinforcing material of a first cross-section dimension a pre-determined distance above the supporting surface, the multifunction clip further defining a pair of orthogonally oriented sockets of a second dimension and adapted for connecting at right angles and positioning reinforcing materials having a corresponding second cross-section dimension a pre-determined distance above the supporting surface, the multifunction clip further defining a plurality of prongs adapted for being received and releasably retained in the receptacles of the base of the identical such multifunction device; and means for allowing biasing of said multifunction clip so that it is adapted for insertion and releasable retention of reinforcing materials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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