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US 11,713,577 B2Granted
Reinforcement positioner with clip
AssigneeDayton Superior Corporation
InventorsJack Reese Clarke, Brandon Lee Cross
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Abstract
A system including a reinforcement positioner having a body with a longitudinally-extending spine and a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and at least partially extending away from the spine. The positioner further includes an opening or recess positioned in the body, and a clip configured to be received and retained in the opening or recess.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- accessing a reinforcement positioner including a body having a longitudinally-extending spine, a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and at least partially extending away from the spine, an opening or recess positioned in the body, and a clip received in the opening or recess, wherein the clip is generally “U” shaped in end view having a pair of opposed sides and a base portion positioned between the sides, wherein an open end of the “U” faces away from the spine, and wherein the opening or recess is sized and shaped to receive a leg of another reinforcement positioner therein to thereby enable the reinforcement positioner to be coupled to the another reinforcement positioner;
- securing a longitudinal reinforcing structure to the clip;
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- positioning the reinforcement positioner such that the spine is oriented generally vertically.
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A system including a reinforcement positioner comprising:
- a body including a longitudinally-extending spine and a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and at least partially extending away from the spine;
- an opening or recess positioned in the body at or adjacent to an end of the longitudinally-extending spine;
- and
- a clip configured to be received and retained in the opening or recess, wherein the clip is generally “U” shaped in end view having a pair of opposed sides and a base portion positioned between the sides and configured that, when received and retained in the opening or recess, an open end of the “U” faces away from the spine.
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A system including a reinforcement positioner comprising:
- a body including a longitudinally-extending spine and a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and at least partially extending away from the spine;
- an opening or recess positioned in the body;
- and
- a clip configured to be received and retained in the opening or recess, wherein the opening or recess is sized and shaped to receive a leg of another reinforcement positioner therein to thereby couple the reinforcement positioner to the another reinforcement positioner.
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A system including a reinforcement positioner comprising:
- a body including a longitudinally-extending spine and a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and at least partially extending away from the spine;
- an opening or recess positioned in the body;
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- a clip configured to be received and retained in the opening or recess, wherein the clip is generally “U” shaped in end view having a pair of opposed sides and a base portion positioned between the sides and configured that, when received and retained in the opening or recess, an open end of the “U” faces away from the spine, wherein the body includes a coupling protrusion that is configured be received through a coupling opening of another reinforcement positioner to thereby couple the reinforcement positioner to the another reinforcement positioner.
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A system including a reinforcement positioner comprising:
- a body including a longitudinally-extending spine and a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and at least partially extending away from the spine;
- an opening or recess positioned in the body;
- and
- a clip configured to be received and retained in the opening or recess, wherein the positioner includes a distal leg located at an opposite end of the positioner relative to the opening or recess, and wherein the opening or recess is sized and shaped to closely receive the distal leg therein.
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A system including a reinforcement positioner comprising:
- a body including a longitudinally-extending spine and a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and extending at least partially away from the spine, wherein the body includes an opening or recess therein that is sized and shaped to receive a leg of another reinforcement positioner therein to thereby couple the reinforcement positioner to the another reinforcement positioner;
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- a clip configured to be received in the opening or recess to thereby be coupled to the body, wherein the clip is configured to receive and retain therein a longitudinal reinforcing structure inserted into the clip in a direction parallel to a height direction of the positioner.
A system including a reinforcement positioner comprising:
- a body including a longitudinally-extending spine and a plurality of legs coupled to the spine along a length thereof and extending at least partially away from the spine, wherein the positioner includes an opening or recess positioned in the body;
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- a clip coupled to the body and configured to receive a reinforcing structure therein, wherein the spine is oriented vertically, wherein the clip is lockingly receivable in the opening or recess, and wherein the opening or recess is sized and shaped to receive a leg of another reinforcement positioner therein to thereby enable the reinforcement positioner to be coupled to the another reinforcement positioner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.