Track assembly with anchoring device
OwnerKarlheinz Beineinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a track assembly, particularly adapted for embedding in a structural component, comprising a track member having a rear wall with at least one attachment aperture therein and a back surface adapted for abuttng against the structural component, at least one anchor lug extending from the back surface, the anchor lug having an extension which passes through the attachment aperture in the rear wall of the track member, the anchor lug being secured to the track member by a swaged deformation of the extension on at least one side of the rear wall.
Claims13
A track assembly of the type which is adapted to be permanently anchored to a concrete structural member by being at least partially embedded therein, the assembly comprising:
- a track member in the form of a continuous structural shape having, as part of said shape, a rear wall defining a track member positioning outer surface and an oppositely facing inner surface;
- a row of attachment apertures extending through the rear wall of the track member;
- and
- a row of anchor lugs attached to the track member, at its attachment apertures;
- and wherein
- the anchor lugs have shaft portions extending rearwardly away from the track member and attachment portions with which they reach through their associated attachment apertures;
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- the attachment portions of the anchor lugs include integral laterally upset portions with which they engage the rear wall area surrounding their attachment apertures in a longitudinally and transversely preloaded rivet-like rigid clamping engagement.
For assembly into a tie track which is to be anchored in a concrete structural member by at least partial embedding therein, a track member in the form of a continuous structural shape and a plurality of malleable anchor lugs which include:
- a rear wall as part of said structural shape forming the track member;
- a row of attachment apertures cut into said rear wall;
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- an attachment portion on each anchor lug which includes an insertion portion adapted for insertion into one of said attachment apertures, and an abutment shoulder determining the depth of insertion, so that the insertion portion protrudes a short distance to the other side of the rear wall, where it can be upset into a clamping engagement with the aperture-surrounding rear wall at assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.