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US 2024/0376715 A1Published application
Rebar positioning device
OwnerPaul Dayshinventor
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Abstract
A rebar positioning device has a generally planer shape and includes top and bottom cross bars and left and right side bars forming a generally rectangular profile. Upwardly extending upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right channels are formed in upper and lower portions of the device, each channel sized to receive a length of rebar to hold and position the rebar in the interior openings of a row of masonry blocks stacked to form a wall.
Claims8
A rebar positioning device comprising:
- a generally planar body sized to fit in the interior opening of a masonry block, the body having horizontal top and bottom cross bars and one or more vertical bars extending between said top and bottom cross bars, each of the top and bottom cross bars having opposite left and right ends, and
- each of said left and right ends having a pair of spaced apart retention bars extending upwardly from each of said top and bottom cross bars, said pairs of retention bars forming upwardly extending upper left and upper right retention channels on the left and right ends of said top crossbar and upwardly extending lower left and lower right retention channels on the left and right ends of said bottom crossbar, each of said retention channels sized to receive a section of rebar, the upper left and upper right channels of said top channel horizontally spaced apart and the lower left and lower right channels of said bottom channel horizontally spaced apart, and the upper left and upper right retention channels of the top cross bar vertically spaced apart from the lower left and lower right retention channels of the bottom crossbar,
- wherein the channels are sized to receive, secure and position one or more lengths of rebar that have been inserted in the interior opening of the masonry block in spaced apart disposition.
A rebar positioning device comprising:
- a generally planar body sized to fit in the interior opening of a masonry block, the body having horizontal top and bottom cross bars and vertical left and right side bars extending between said top and bottom cross bars, each of the top and bottom cross bars having opposite left and right ends, and
- each of said left and right ends having a pair of spaced apart retention bars extending upwardly from each of said top and bottom cross bars, said pairs of retention bars forming upwardly extending upper left and upper right retention channels on the left and right ends of said top crossbar and upwardly extending lower left and lower right retention channels on the left and right ends of said bottom crossbar, each of said retention channels sized to receive a section of rebar, the upper left and upper right channels of said top channel horizontally spaced apart and the lower left and lower right channels of said bottom channel horizontally spaced apart, and the upper left and upper right retention channels of the top cross bar vertically spaced apart from the lower left and lower right retention channels of the bottom crossbar,
- wherein the channels are sized to receive, secure and position one or more lengths of rebar that have been inserted in the interior opening of the masonry block in spaced apart disposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.