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US 5,308,195 AGranted
Coping construction for a retaining wall
AssigneeThe Reinforced Earth Company
InventorDan J. Hotek
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Abstract
An improved coping construction is comprised of a precast element attached to a retaining wall. The retaining wall and precast element serve as a portion of the form for a cast in place portion of the coping construction.
Claims8
A finite length partial coping construction for a retaining wall, said partial coping construction comprising in combination:
- a plurality of reinforcing bars forming a finite length lattice for said partial precast coping construction, said bars defining a generally upright planar facing section for the partial precast coping construction, said lattice having a top and a center;
- a plurality of transverse reinforcing bars projecting outwardly from the top and center of the facing section;
- precast cast material encapsulating the lattice and at least a portion of the top projecting reinforcing bars to define a planar front facing surface and an upper edge so that the plurality of transverse reinforcing bars project from the precast material away from the front surface;
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- an upper transverse section of precast material extending from the facing section at the upper edge in the same general direction as the top transverse reinforcing bars, the finite length coping construction being constructed to comprise only one side of a coping and being cooperative with cast in place material as the other side of the coping whereby the entire coping is comprised of at least two parts, which may be of distinctive materials, but both of which comprise in combination a generally equal elevation coping for a retaining wall.
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A method for building a coping along the top of a retaining wall comprising the steps of:
- positioning a partial precast coping element along one edge of the retaining wall to partially define a form for a cast in place element of the coping, said precast coping element including a generally planar facing section with reinforcing bars projecting therefrom over the retaining wall;
- positioning the remainder of a removable form for the cast in place coping in combination with the retaining wall and partial precast coping element;
- casting the cast in place element of the coping;
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- removing the removable form.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.