Pier bracket assembly
AssigneeIndependence Materials Group, LLC
InventorWilliam A. Gantt
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Abstract
A pier bracket comprises a seat including a base plate and an upper plate extending orthogonally from the base plate wherein, when the base plate is positioned for supporting a structure, the upper plate is adjacent to the structure for securing the upper plate to the structure. A tubular member is mounted to the seat and adapted to slidably receive structural piers. A planar support plate is distally spaced from and parallel to the base plate. Each of a pair of side plates extend between an opposite side edge of the base plate and the support plate.
Claims20
A pier bracket for use in an anchor assembly including one or more structural piers inserted a depth into ground using a drive assembly after securing the pier bracket to a structure, the pier bracket securing the one or more structural piers to the structure and being configured for supporting the structure, the pier bracket comprising:
- an L-shaped seat including a base plate, and an upper plate extending from the base plate, wherein the seat is configured to be operatively coupled to the structure;
- a tubular member fixedly mounted to the seat, wherein an entirety of an upper end of the tubular member is fixedly mounted below a top portion of the upper plate;
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- wherein, in a sliding configuration, the tubular member slidably receives a sleeve, the sleeve slidably receives the one or more structural piers for insertion of the one or more structural piers into the ground, and a proximal end of the sleeve is located below the top portion of the upper plate.
An anchor assembly for underpinning and supporting a structure, the anchor assembly comprising:
- at least one structural pier for being sunk a depth into ground;
- a pier bracket configured for securing the at least one structural pier to the structure, the pier bracket comprising:
- an L-shaped seat including a base plate and an upper plate extending from the base plate, wherein the seat is configured to be operatively coupled to the structure,
- a tubular member fixedly mounted to the seat, wherein an entirety of an upper end of the tubular member is fixedly mounted below a top portion of the upper plate;
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- a sleeve, wherein the sleeve is hollow therethrough;
- wherein, in a sliding configuration:
- the tubular member slidingly receives the sleeve;
- a proximal end of the sleeve is located below the top portion of the upper plate;
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- the sleeve slidingly receives the at least one structural pier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.