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US 8,572,905 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for anchoring beam
OwnerTab F. Driggersinventor
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for anchoring and supporting a member in an upright position in the ground. An upper portion disposed above the ground receives and supports the upright member along with a lower portion disposed beneath the surface of the ground in a manner so as to secure the member in an upright position. The upper portion is attached to the lower portion using an anchor plate secured to the lower portion using threaded studs which are mounted into the cement of the foundation. The anchor plate is attached to a lower box sunk into the cement foundation with the lower box being secured into the foundation using a plurality of generally upright standing rebars.
Claims13
An assembly for anchoring a beam, comprising:
- a) a vertically extending solid beam to be anchored;
- b) a receptacle enclosing a bottom portion of said beam;
- c) said receptacle resting on and attached to a horizontally extending base plate;
- d) said base plate forming a top cover for a downwardly extending enclosure, said enclosure having walls with interior surfaces and a bottom opening;
- e) a U-bolt being disposed in an interior of said enclosure, said U-bold having a pair of upwardly extending legs with bottoms of said legs connected to each other by a base portion, wherein said legs extend through and are secured to said base plate;
- f) a plurality of reinforcing bars disposed against and attached directly to the interior surfaces of the walls of said enclosure and extending downwardly from said enclosure, wherein said reinforcing bars terminate below said base plate;
- g) a joining rebar looped over said base portion of said U-bolt and extending downwardly and having distal ends;
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- h) a structure for attaching the distal ends of said joining rebar to said reinforcing bars below said enclosure, whereby said assembly when embedded in ground forms a structure having flexibility contributing to structural strength resistant to lateral forces produced by a tornado or hurricane.
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A method for anchoring a beam comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a vertically extending solid beam to be anchored;
- b) providing a receptacle enclosing a bottom portion of said beam, said receptacle resting on and attached to a horizontally extending base plate;
- c) using said base plate to form a top cover for a downwardly extending enclosure, said enclosure having walls with interior surfaces and a bottom opening;
- d) providing a U-bolt in an interior of said enclosure, said U-bolt having a pair of upwardly extending legs with bottoms of said legs connected to each other by a base portion, wherein said legs extend through and are secured to said base plate;
- e) providing a plurality of reinforcing bars, wherein each reinforcing bar has upper and lower end portions, wherein the reinforcing bars are spaced apart from each other, said upper portions being disposed against and directly attached the interior surfaces of the walls of said enclosure, said lower portions extending downwardly from a lower end of said enclosure, wherein said reinforcing bars terminate below said base plate;
- f) using a joining rebar to connect said base portion of said U-bolt to said reinforcing bars below said enclosure and said base portion of said U-bolt;
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- g) disposing portions of the plurality of reinforcing bars, the enclosure, and the U-bolt in a concrete foundation so that the beam is anchored whereby said assembly when embedded in ground forms a structure having flexibility contributing to structural resistant to lateral forces produced by a tornado or hurricane.
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A method for anchoring a beam supporting a wall structure, comprising the steps of:
- a) enclosing a bottom portion of a vertically extending solid beam to be anchored with a first receptacle, said receptacle resting on and attached to a horizontally extending base plate;
- b) said base plate forming a top cover for a downwardly extending enclosure, said enclosure having walls with interior surfaces and a bottom opening;
- c) disposing a U-bolt in an interior of said enclosure, said U-bolt having a pair of upwardly extending legs with bottoms of said legs connected to each other by a base portion, with said legs extending up through and secured to said base plate;
- d) placing and attaching a plurality of reinforcing bars up against the interior surfaces of the walls of said enclosure, said reinforcing bars extending downwardly from said enclosure, wherein said reinforcing bars terminate below said base plate;
- e) looping a joining rebar over said base portion of said U-bolt and extending said joining rebar having distal ends downwardly;
- f) attaching said distal ends of said joining rebar to said reinforcing bars below said enclosure and said base portion of said U-bolt;
- g) embedding a portion of said first receptacle in a ground opening;
- h) enclosing a top portion of said beam with a second enclosure having an open bottom to receive said beam and a top plate covering a top opening;
- i) mounting floor joists supporting said wall structure on said top plate, whereby a crawl space is created under said top plate;
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- j) filling said ground opening with concrete, whereby said assembly forms a structure having slight flexibility contributing to structural strength resistant to lateral forces produced by a tornado or hurricane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.