Protective cover for concrete reinforcing bar
AssigneeDon De Cristo Concrete Accessories, Inc.
InventorsVasken Kassardjian, Patrick Joseph Wilson
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Abstract
A protective cover for covering an end of a concrete reinforcing bar so as to prevent injuries caused by coming into contact with the end of the concrete reinforcing bar, the protective cover including an elongated cylindrical collar for securing the protective cover to an exposed end of a concrete reinforcing bar, a cap which is arranged perpendicularly to the elongated cylindrical collar, and a bowl-shaped seat which is disposed between the elongated cylindrical collar and the cap and which is positioned such that a convex side of the bowl-shaped seat is directed toward the cap.
Claims27
A protective cover for covering an end of a concrete reinforcing bar so as to prevent injuries caused by coming into contact with the end of the concrete reinforcing bar, said protective cover comprising:
- an elongated cylindrical collar for securing the protective cover to the exposed end of the concrete reinforcing bar;
- a cap which is arranged perpendicularly to the elongated cylindrical collar;
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- a bowl-shaped seat which is disposed between the elongated cylindrical collar and the cap and which is positioned such that a convex side of the bowl-shaped seat is directed toward the cap.
A detachably assembled protective cover for covering an end of a concrete reinforcing bar so as to prevent injuries caused by coming into contact with the end of the concrete reinforcing bar, said detachably assembled protective cover comprising:
- a bar guard portion comprising a collar section integrally formed with a top portion at one end and dimensioned to receive within the collar the concrete reinforcing bar at the other end;
- a cover portion having a bar guard receptacle for detachably receiving the top portion of the bar guard portion and a cap which is arranged perpendicularly to said bar guard receptacle;
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- a bowl-shaped seat which is adapted to be placed between the bar guard portion and the cover portion and which when positioned therebetween is oriented such that a concave side of the bowl-shaped seat is directed toward the bar guard portion when the bar guard portion is detachably received in the cover portion.
A protective cover for attaching to a conventional bar guard, said conventional bar guard having a collar which includes inwardly extending fins for grasping a reinforcing bar and a mushroom-shaped top perpendicularly attached to said collar, said protective cover comprising:
- a collar-shaped receptacle having inwardly extending means for detachably securing to the mushroom-shaped top of the conventional bar guard;
- a cap which is perpendicularly attached to the collar-shaped receptacle;
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- a bowl-shaped seat disposed within the collar-shaped receptacle, wherein a convex side of the seat is directed toward the cap, and wherein when the conventional bar guard is fixedly secured to the collar-shaped receptacle a concave side of the seat is directed toward the mushroom-shaped top.
A protective cover for a concrete reinforcing bar comprising:
- a collar-shaped receptacle having an open end;
- a cap which is arranged perpendicularly to the collar-shaped receptacle;
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- a bowl-shaped seat disposed between the cap and the collar-shaped receptacle, wherein a convex side of the seat is directed toward the cap and a concave side of the seat is directed toward the collar-shaped receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.