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US 8,336,263 B2Granted
Moment connection for concrete container wall and footing
AssigneeAquattica Pools & Water Parks, Inc.
InventorsGary R. Schultz, Andrew S. Bell
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Abstract
A concrete container including a concrete footing including a shear key; a concrete wall inserted in the shear key; a plurality of footing reinforcing members inserted in the concrete footing on a support side of the shear key and extending above the concrete footing; a plurality of wall reinforcing members inserted in the concrete wall on a support side of the concrete wall and extending diagonally towards the concrete footing; a poured concrete moment connection substantially covering the plurality of footing reinforcing members extending from the pre-cast concrete footing and the plurality of wall reinforcing members extending from the wall.
Claims20
A concrete container, comprising:
- a concrete footing including a shear key;
- a concrete wall inserted in the included shear key;
- a plurality of footing reinforcing members, each footing reinforcing member inserted in the concrete footing on a support side of the included shear key and extending above the concrete footing;
- a plurality of wall reinforcing members having a first end and a second end, each wall reinforcing member inserted in the concrete wall on a support side of the concrete wall and extending diagonally towards the concrete footing, wherein the first end is inserted in the concrete wall and the second end is embedded in a concrete moment connection;
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- the concrete moment connection having a rectangular shape substantially covering each of the plurality of footing reinforcing members extending from the concrete footing and substantially covering each of the plurality of wall reinforcing members extending from the wall, wherein the concrete moment connection directly contacts the concrete footing and it does not extend beyond an outer edge of the concrete footing.
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A concrete pool, comprising:
- a concrete footing including a shear key;
- a concrete wall inserted in the included shear key;
- a plurality of footing reinforcing members, each footing reinforcing member inserted in the concrete footing on a support side of the included shear key and extending above the concrete footing;
- a plurality of wall reinforcing members having a first end and a second end, each wall reinforcing member inserted in the concrete wall on a support side of the concrete wall and extending diagonally towards the concrete footing, wherein the first end is inserted in the concrete wall and the second end is embedded in a poured concrete moment connection;
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- the poured concrete moment connection having a rectangular shape substantially covering each of the plurality of footing reinforcing members extending from the concrete footing and substantially covering each of the plurality of wall reinforcing members extending from the wall, wherein the concrete moment connection directly contacts the concrete footing and it does not extend beyond an outer edge of the concrete footing.
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A method for installing a concrete pool, the method comprising:
- installing a concrete footing on a surface, wherein the preparing includes:
- shaping a shear key in the footing on a side opposite the surface;
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- casting-in-place a plurality of footing reinforcing members, each footing reinforcing member inserted in the footing on a support side of the included shear key and extending above the concrete footing;
- installing a concrete wall, wherein a bottom surface of the concrete wall is inserted in the included shear key and wherein the concrete wall includes a plurality of wall reinforcing members having a first end and a second end, each wall reinforcing member inserted in the concrete wall on a support side of the concrete wall and extending diagonally towards the concrete footing, wherein the first end is inserted in the concrete wall;
- leveling the concrete wall;
- plumbing the concrete wall;
- substantially filling the shear key with a grout;
- casting a concrete moment connection having a rectangular shape substantially covering each of the plurality of footing reinforcing members extending from the concrete footing and substantially covering each of the plurality of wall reinforcing members extending from the concrete wall, wherein the second end is embedded in the concrete moment connection, and wherein the concrete moment connection directly contacts the concrete footing and it does not extend beyond an outer edge of the concrete footing;
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- casting at least three concrete corner closures, wherein each concrete corner closure connects two adjacent concrete walls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.