Concrete anchor rod positioning and securement device and method
OwnerYuri Grigoryantsinventor
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Abstract
A securement device having a rod receiver attachable to the end of an anchor rod, the securement device having a headless nail slidably extendable from a first position within the device to a second position protruding outwardly from the end of the securement device opposite the rod receiver, and a method of positioning and securing an anchor rod attached to the securement device in a desired location on a concrete form deck within a rebar structure for a concrete formation, so that the headless nails may release from the securement device body when the deck is removed after the concrete sets, leaving an innocuous nail void in the concrete that may serve as a functional attachment recess.
Claims8
A securement device, comprising:
- a rod receiver sized to receive an anchor rod;
- a nail housing having a nail void extending through the length of the nail housing, connected to the rod receiver at an interface between the rod receiver and the nail void, and extending to a nail void opening distal the rod receiver;
- a rod side engagement within the rod receiver configured to engage and secure a side of the anchor rod, the rod side engagement comprising a thread segment protrusion protruding from the side wall of the rod receiver;
- the nail void sized to slidably accommodate a headless nail, and
- the headless nail having a nail first position characterized by the headless nail completely contained within the securement device.
A method for positioning and securing an anchor rod in structural
- concrete, the method comprising:
- inserting an anchor rod into a securement device, the securement device comprising a rod receiver sized to receive the anchor rod, a nail housing having a nail void extending through the length of the nail housing, connected to the rod receiver at an interface between the rod receiver and the nail void, and extending to a nail void opening distal the rod receiver,
- a rod side engagement within the rod receiver engaging and securing a side of the anchor rod, the rod side engagement comprising a thread segment protrusion protruding from a side wall of the rod receiver, the nail void sized to slidably accommodate a headless nail, the headless nail slidably secured within the nail void of the nail housing, the headless nail having a nail point, a nail second position characterized by the nail point protruding outwardly from the nail void opening, and a nail impact end positioned at the interface between the rod receiver and the nail void in the nail second position to contact the inserted anchor rod;
- positioning the nail point at a desired location on a framing deck within a concrete form;
- hammering the anchor rod to sink the nail into the framing deck at the desired location;
- pouring the concrete into the concrete form;
- allowing the concrete to harden to form a concrete structure;
- and
- removing the framing deck and nails from the concrete structure together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.