Chair for supporting wire mesh
US6962029B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04C5/20
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An improved chair for supporting intersecting wires forming a wire mesh at a pre-selected elevated position above a bearing surface during formation of a concrete slab is constructed having a base member shaped to rest on the bearing surface, a compressible support structure having a lower section affixed to the base member, a middle section and an upper section affixed to a setting shaped to support the wire mess at the elevated position. The chair is constructed having an improved compressible, generally bell-shape support structure having two pairs of opposing arched-shaped openings in the middle section forming two intersecting arches, each arch having a pair of opposing flexible legs that bow outward when a pre-determined load is applied to the upper section. The support structure further having a strengthening plate affixed on an interior surface of the upper section of the support structure formed by the intersecting arches. The chair constructed from a blend of high density and low density crystalline polymer.
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