# US 10,309,110 B2 · Clip > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,309,110 B2 - Document ID: US10309110B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/575,173 - Filed: 2016-05-18 - Published: 2018-05-24 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-05-19 - Assignees: Lifting Point Pre-Form Pty Limited - Applicants: Lifting Point Pre-Form Pty Limited - Inventors: Nicholas Bruce Mullaney; James Richard Howell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309110B2 ## CPC - E04C 5/20: of material other than metal or with only additional metal parts, e.g. concrete or plastics spacers with metal binding wires {(E04C5/168 takes precedence)} - B28B 23/024: {Supporting means} - E04C 5/201: {Spacer blocks with embedded separate holding wire or clips} - E04G 21/12: Mounting of reinforcing inserts; Prestressing (shell tubes for prestressing members E04C5/10; anchoring means E04C5/12; connections of reinforcing elements and spacers E04C5/16) - E04C 5/168: {Spacers connecting parts for reinforcements and spacing the reinforcements from the form} - E04C: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S) - B28B: SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER (foundry moulding B22C; working stone or stone-like material B28D; shaping of substances in a plastic state, in general B29C; making layered products not composed wholly of these substances B32B) - E04G: SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS ## Abstract In summary, the invention provides a clip for use in the construction of a reinforced concrete panel, the panel being reinforced by a mesh comprising a plurality of parallel line wires and a plurality of parallel cross-wires connected to the line wires, the clip comprising: a base configured to engage a side wall that, in use, defines a formwork of the panel; and a body extending from the base, the body being configured to retain a line wire or a cross-wire of the mesh in an operative position of the mesh. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A clip for use in the construction of a reinforced concrete panel, the panel being reinforced by a mesh comprising a plurality of parallel line wires and a plurality of parallel cross-wires connected to the line wires, the clip comprising: a base configured to engage and be retained by a side wall that, in use, defines a formwork of the panel, wherein the base comprises a tapered profile for slidably engaging the side wall; and a body extending from the base, the body being configured to retain a line wire or a cross-wire of the mesh in an operative position of the mesh. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The clip according to claim 1, wherein the body retains the wire via a twist-lock action. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The clip according to claim 1, wherein the base is configured to be retained by the side wall via a twist-lock action. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The clip according to claim 1, wherein the body includes a passageway that can receive an end section of the line wire and a channel extending perpendicular to the passageway and positioned in relation to the passageway so that when the line wire is inserted into the passageway, the line wire can be rotated to locate the cross-wire in and be cradled by the channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The clip according to claim 4, wherein the passageway is perpendicular to the base. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The clip according to claim 4, wherein the channel is positioned laterally of the passageway so that the channel does not interfere with insertion of the wire into the passageway. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The clip according to claim 4, wherein a line that bisects the base and an axis of the channel both lie in a plane that is perpendicular to the base. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The clip according to claim 4, wherein the passageway is perpendicularly offset from the channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The clip according to claim 4, wherein the body further comprises an ear, the ear extending perpendicularly to each of the passageway and the channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The clip according to claim 9, wherein the ear includes an aperture for receiving fixings therein. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The clip according to claim 4, wherein the base, body, passageway and channel are integrally formed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The clip according to claim 1, wherein the side wall that defines the formwork, provides a continuous mounting feature. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The clip according to claim 12, wherein the continuous mounting feature of the side wall receives the clip to form a detachable connection therebetween. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The clip according to claim 12, wherein the body includes a passageway that can receive an end section of the line wire or cross-wire of the mesh and a plurality of channels extending perpendicular to the passageway and positioned in relation to the passageway so that when the line wire or cross-wire is inserted into the passageway, the other of the line wire or cross-wire is located and retained in a predetermined one of the plurality of channels. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A concrete panel comprising a clip according to claim 1, a side wall that defines an outer perimeter of the panel, concrete within the perimeter defining opposite top and bottom surfaces of the panel, a mesh comprising a plurality of parallel line wires and a plurality of parallel cross-wires connected to the line wires embedded in the concrete, wherein the clip interconnects the side wall and the mesh. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A formwork assembly comprising a plurality of clips according to claim 1, a plurality of side wall panels that define a closed outer perimeter of the assembly and a mesh comprising a plurality of parallel line wires and a plurality of parallel cross-wires connected to the line wires, wherein the plurality of clips engage and retain the side walls to the mesh. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The clip according to claim 1, wherein the body includes a passageway that can receive an end section of the line wire or the cross-wire and a channel extending perpendicular to the body and positioned in relation to the body so that when the clip is rotated, the other of the line wire and the cross-wire is received and engaged by the channel, wherein the channel extends from opposing sides of the body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A formwork assembly for a concrete panel comprising a plurality of side wall panels for defining a closed outer perimeter of the assembly, a reinforcement for the assembly comprising a plurality of parallel line wires and a plurality of parallel cross-wires, and a plurality of clips according to claim 1 for engaging and retaining the side walls and the reinforcement together.