Apparatus for bracing a tilt-up wall panel
AssigneeSuperior Concrete Accessories, Inc.
InventorDennis W. Tye
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Abstract
A tilt-up wall panel in raised position is braced with panel brace assemblies, and the panel brace assemblies are braced with a pair of knee brace assemblies for each panel brace assembly, to form a tripod-like structure which eliminates the need for the conventional lateral bracing of the panel brace assemblies. The knee brace assemblies are connected to the wall panel, and for that purpose, two knee brace assemblies extending laterally between a pair of spaced apart panel brace assemblies include a connector common to both and which is connected to the wall panel. A preferred connector includes a base plate adapted to be connected to the wall panel, and a pair of swivel means mounted on one side of the base plate and each forming part of one of the latter two knee brace assemblies.
Claims15
In combination with a tilt-up wall panel in raised position adjacent to a floor slab and a panel brace assembly extending angularly upwardly from said slab to said panel and having its lower end connected to the slab and its upper end connected to the panel to brace the panel,
- a pair of knee brace assemblies each extending angularly upwardly from said panel to said panel brace assembly, said knee brace assemblies having their upper ends connected to the panel brace assembly and their lower ends connected to the panel at spaced apart points on opposite sides of the vertical plane containing the panel brace assembly to brace the assembly.
In combination with a tilt-up wall panel in raised position adjacent to a floor slab and a pair of spaced apart panel brace assemblies extending angularly upwardly from said slab to said panel and having their lower ends connected to the slab and their upper ends connected to the panel to brace the panel,
- a pair of knee brace assemblies for each of said panel brace assemblies, the knee brace assemblies in each pair extending angularly upwardly from said panel, having their upper ends connected to one of said panel brace assemblies, and having their lower ends connected to said panel at spaced apart points on opposite sides of the vertical plane containing said one panel brace assembly to brace the assembly, whereby two of said knee brace assemblies extend laterally between said panel brace assemblies,
- said two knee brace assemblies including a connector common to both and comprising the lower end of each assembly, and said connector being connected to said panel intermediate the vertical planes containing said panel brace assemblies.
In combination with a pair of panel brace assemblies adapted for bracing a tilt-up wall panel is raised position adjacent to a floor slab with the assemblies extending angularly upwardly from said slab to said panel in spaced apart relation and with their lower ends connected to the slab and their upper ends connected to the panel,
- a pair of knee brace assemblies for each of said panel brace assemblies, the knee brace assemblies in each pair being adapted for extending angularly upwardly from said panel, for having their upper ends connected to one of said panel brace assemblies in its bracing position, and for having their lower ends connected to said panel at spaced apart points on opposite sides of the vertical plane containing said one panel brace assembly in its bracing position to brace the assembly,
- one of said knee brace assemblies in each pair including a connector at its lower end which is common to the two assemblies, and said connector being adapted to be connected to said panel intermediate the vertical planes containing said panel brace assemblies in their bracing positions.
A connector for dual connection of knee brace assemblies to a wall panel and comprising:
- a base plate having a fastener hole therein adapted for receiving a fastener to connect the base plate to a wall panel,
- a pair of swivel links fixed to one side of said base plate on opposite sides of said fastener hole, and
- a pair of connecting links each having a mounting hole therein through which one of said swivel links extends to mount the connecting link for turning movement about longitudinal and transverse axes relative to said base plate,
- each of said connecting links also having means adapted for connecting the link in a knee brace assembly with the connector forming a component thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.