US 2012/0247057 A1 · REBAR SUPPORT RINGS

Abstract

Structures for supporting and aligning a reinforcing bar (“rebar”) during the construction of a column, beam or other structure in which the rebar is laid out in parallel to an axis. One such structure includes a support structure having a square ring, where the corners of the square ring include a rebar receptacle configured to receive a reinforcing bar. The rebar receptacle includes an opening through which the reinforcing bar can be inserted, where the opening is configured to allow the reinforcing bar to enter the rebar receptacle and further configured to retain the reinforcing bar after the reinforcing bar has been seated due to the width of the opening being less than a diameter of the reinforcing bar.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A structure for supporting and aligning a reinforcing bar comprising:

a support structure, wherein corners of said support structure comprise:
a rebar receptacle configured to receive a reinforcing bar, wherein said rebar receptacle comprises an opening through which said reinforcing bar can be inserted, wherein said opening is configured to allow said reinforcing bar to enter said rebar receptacle and further configured to retain said reinforcing bar after said reinforcing bar has been seated due to the width of said opening being less than a diameter of said reinforcing bar.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Rebar support rings

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Rebar support rings

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Abstract

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