Clamp for connecting ledger to shoring post
AssigneeTitan Formwork Systems, LLC
InventorMichael Quentin Hendricks
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a clamp for connecting a ledger to a shoring post. The clamp includes a base member, a ledger-connecting member, and a first jaw, which are fixed connected to each other. The clamp includes a rotatable member inserted into the base member, which is rotatable and slidable in the base member along a longitudinal axis. A portion of the rotatable member is accessible via the slot of the base member. The clamp includes a second jaw fixedly connected to the rotatable member. The clamp further includes a wedge, and when the wedge is inserted into the slot of the base member to engage the rotatable member in a lock position, the first and second jaws are locked to capture two sides of a shoring post.
Claims20
A clamp for connecting a ledger to a shoring post, the clamp comprising:
- a base member;
- a ledger-connecting member coupled to the base member;
- a first jaw coupled to the base member;
- a rotatable member comprising a first end and a second end, the rotatable member extending along a longitudinal axis between first and second end regions, and configured to be rotatable around the longitudinal axis and slidable along the longitudinal axis;
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- a second jaw coupled to the rotatable member.
A clamp, comprising:
- a base member coupled to a first jaw;
- a movable member coupled to a second jaw, wherein the position of the movable member is adjustable relative to the base member;
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- a wedge configured to secure the position of the base member relative to the movable member,
- wherein the wedge comprises a curved profile along a longitudinal axis of the wedge between top and bottom ends of the wedge, and
- wherein at least one of the top end or bottom end of the wedge is curvingly spaced away from a central section of the wedge.
A clamp, comprising:
- a base member coupled to a first jaw;
- a movable member coupled to a second jaw, wherein the position of the movable member is adjustable relative to the base member;
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- a wedge configured to secure the position of the base member relative to the movable member, wherein the wedge comprises a top end a bottom end,
- wherein the bottom end of the wedge is configured to be inserted into a slot of the base member,
- wherein, when the wedge is inserted into the slot of the base member and disposed in a first position, the wedge maintains the movable member in a first lock position that fixes a position of the movable member and the second jaw with respect to the first jaw such that the first and second jaws are disposed at a first distance from each other;
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- wherein, when the wedge is further inserted into the slot of the base member and disposed in a second position, the wedge maintains the movable member in a second lock position that fixes a position of the movable member and the second jaw with respect to the first jaw such that the first and second jaws are disposed at a second distance from each other, the second distance being smaller than the first distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.