Stacking clip for concrete forming panel systems
AssigneeTitcomb Brothers Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsPaul S. Titcomb, Ted Titcomb
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Abstract
A stacking clip suitable for use with a concrete forming system having one or more frame elements having one or more ribs formed on a rail. The stacking clip allows an extension component to be coupled to the stacking clip and to hence extend the height or the width of the frame element.
Claims9
A stacking clip suitable for use with a concrete forming system having one or more frame elements having one or more ribs formed on a rail, comprising a main body having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is coupled to the lower portion by way of a pair of opposed first and second bent portions,
- wherein the upper portion has a relatively flat face region having a relatively flat front face,
- wherein the lower portion includes first and second foot portions, each of which includes a curved main body having a generally C-shaped configuration, the curved main body having
- a first groove formed on an upper portion of the curved main body for seating the rib of the rail and having an opening when positioned in use at a vertically bottom-most portion of the first groove,
- an upper contact region separate and distinct from the first groove formed on the upper portion of the curved main body and immediately adjacent to the first groove and having a contact surface for contacting a top surface of the rail,
- a second groove disposed on a lower portion of the curved main body, and
- a lower contact region formed at an end of the lower portion of the curved body for contacting a bottom surface of the rail,
- wherein the upper contact region formed on the upper portion of the curved main body completely overlies the second groove formed on a lower portion of the main body.
A stacking clip suitable for use with a concrete forming system having one or more frame elements having one or more ribs formed on a rail, comprising a main body having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is coupled to the lower portion by way of a pair of opposed first and second bent portions,
- wherein the upper portion has a relatively flat face region having a relatively flat front face,
- wherein the lower portion includes first and second foot portions, each of which includes a curved main body having a generally C-shaped configuration, the curved main body having
- a first groove formed on an upper portion of the curved main body for seating the rib of the rail,
- an upper contact region formed on the upper portion of the curved main body adjacent to the first groove and having a contact surface for contacting a top surface of the rail,
- a second groove disposed on a lower portion of the curved main body, and
- a lower contact region formed at an end of the lower portion of the curved body for contacting a bottom surface of the rail,
- wherein the first and second bent portions overlie the finger portions of the first and second foot portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.