Hoisting anchor assembly for use in cast concrete panels and method

An anchor assembly to be embedded in a cast panel member together with at least one other of said anchor assemblies, said anchor assembly comprising:

• anchor head means for receiving a hoisting unit, said means being generally planar and including recess means for limiting rotational movement between said anchor head means and the hoisting unit;
• anchoring means for anchoring said anchor head means in the panel member, said anchoring means including an elongate rod member rigidly secured to said anchor head means and having an outside bottom surface, said anchoring means being disposed within a plane generally coplanar with that of the anchor head means and including at least one portion extending in oblique relationship to the elongate rod member within said plane;
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• support means for supporting said anchor assembly, independent of said at least one other of said assemblies, in a fixed position during casting of the panel member said support means including at least one plate fixed to the outside bottom surface of said elongate rod member and extending generally transverse to the plane within which the anchoring means is disposed.

A method of fabricating a horizontally-cast panel member having bottom and top panel sections and a plurality of intermediate vertical web sections, and having embedded in the member a plurality of anchor assemblies, said method comprising the following steps:

• providing a plurality of anchor assemblies, with each assembly including anchor head means for anchoring said anchor head means in the panel member;
• casting said bottom panel section;
• floating said plurality of anchor assemblies on said bottom panel section in a spaced-apart relationship prior to curing said bottom panel section while supporting each of said anchor assemblies in a vertical position, independent of other ones of said anchor assemblies;
• casting said web and said top panel sections over said bottom panel section and said anchor assemblies, with said anchor assemblies being embedded in said web sections;
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• removing a portion of said cast panel member so as to expose at least part of said anchor head means.

An anchor assembly to be embedded in a cast panel member together with an spaced apart from at least one other of said assemblies, each said assembly comprising:

• anchor head means for receiving a hoisting unit;
• anchoring means for anchoring said anchor head means in said panel member, said anchoring means having a bottom and being generally disposed in a first plane;
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• support means secured to the bottom of said anchoring means for supporting said anchor head means independent of said at least one other assembly, said support means including at least one support member which lies substantially in a second plane orthogonal to said first plane.