Universal bracket for objects to be cast in poured walls
US6059257A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04G9/10
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A universal bracket holds an object in place on the inside surface of a mold frame while settable material in a fluid state is poured into the frame and allowed to harden so that thereafter the frame and bracket can be removed to produce a fixed structure in the shape of the frame with the object embedded on the face of the fixed structure. The universal bracket has a plurality of wall members interconnected to form a shape corresponding to the outline of the object to be held by the bracket. Each wall member has an inside lateral continuous surface for engaging an outside lateral surface of the object. Each wall member also has an outside lateral continuous surface with an alternate pattern of lands and slots. The alternate pattern begins with a land at one end of the wall member and ends with a slot at the other end of the wall member. The land end of each wall member is adjacent to the slot end of the adjacent wall member of the bracket. A plurality of tabs on predetermined lands on selected wall members of the bracket engage slots on any wall member of an adjacent bracket whereby any wall member of the universal bracket may be placed in abutment with in any wall member of an ad…
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