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US3420014A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Anchor insert and pick-up unit therefor

Assignee: Superior Concrete Accessories Inc
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Filing: 1967-10-05
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Granted: 1969-01-07
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Expires: 1987-10-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Peter D Courtois
  • 👤 George J Ericksson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 13:34
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/38; E04B1/41; E04B1/4114; E04B1/4142; E04G; E04G21/00; E04G21/14; E04G21/142

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 233 words
IN COMBINATON, AN ANCHOR INSERT FOR EMBEDMENT IN A CONCRETE SLAB AND A COOPERATING PICK-UP UNIT THEREFOR, SAID ANCHOR INSERT COMPRISING TWO PAIRS OF SPACED PARALLEL ROD SECTIONS ARRANGED IN CROSS TIC-TAC-TOE FASHION AND WELDED TOGETHER AT COPLANAR REGIONS OF CROSSING, EACH PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS HAVING INSIDE MEDIAL REGIONS BRIDGING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OTHER PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS AND HAVING OUTSIDE END REGIONS, THE OUTSIDE END REGIONS OF ONE PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS HAVING DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING PORTIONS DESIGNED FOR SUPPORT ON A SLAB FOUNDATION, AND A CAGE MOUNTED UPON THE MEDIAL REGIONS OF SAID ONE PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS AND HAVING A CIRCULAR BOTTOM WALL, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL UPSTANDING MARGINAL WALL, AND A CIRCULAR OPEN UPPER RIM, THE MEDIAL REGIONS OF SAID ONE PAIR OF SECTIONS PROJECTING IN SECANT FASHION THROUGH SAID SIDE WALL AND PASSING THROUGH RESPECTIVE PAIRS OF OPENINGS IN THE LATTER, SAID CAGE BEING IMPERFORATE EXCEPT FOR SAID PARIS OF OPENINGS AND OPEN UPPER RIM, SAID PICK-UP UNIT COMPRISING A T-HEAD HAVING A SHANK AND DESIGNED AND PLACED IN INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEDIAL REGIONS OF SAID ONE PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS WHEN INSERTED THROUGH SAID OPEN RIM OF THE CAGE BELOW THE LEVEL OF SAID LATTER MEDIAL REGIONS AND THEN TURNED THROUGH AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 90*, AND MEANS ON THE UPPER END OF THE SHANK WHEREBY SAID PICK-UP UNIT MAY BE ATTACHED TO AN OVERHEAD HOIST.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 233 words
IN COMBINATON, AN ANCHOR INSERT FOR EMBEDMENT IN A CONCRETE SLAB AND A COOPERATING PICK-UP UNIT THEREFOR, SAID ANCHOR INSERT COMPRISING TWO PAIRS OF SPACED PARALLEL ROD SECTIONS ARRANGED IN CROSS TIC-TAC-TOE FASHION AND WELDED TOGETHER AT COPLANAR REGIONS OF CROSSING, EACH PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS HAVING INSIDE MEDIAL REGIONS BRIDGING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OTHER PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS AND HAVING OUTSIDE END REGIONS, THE OUTSIDE END REGIONS OF ONE PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS HAVING DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING PORTIONS DESIGNED FOR SUPPORT ON A SLAB FOUNDATION, AND A CAGE MOUNTED UPON THE MEDIAL REGIONS OF SAID ONE PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS AND HAVING A CIRCULAR BOTTOM WALL, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL UPSTANDING MARGINAL WALL, AND A CIRCULAR OPEN UPPER RIM, THE MEDIAL REGIONS OF SAID ONE PAIR OF SECTIONS PROJECTING IN SECANT FASHION THROUGH SAID SIDE WALL AND PASSING THROUGH RESPECTIVE PAIRS OF OPENINGS IN THE LATTER, SAID CAGE BEING IMPERFORATE EXCEPT FOR SAID PARIS OF OPENINGS AND OPEN UPPER RIM, SAID PICK-UP UNIT COMPRISING A T-HEAD HAVING A SHANK AND DESIGNED AND PLACED IN INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEDIAL REGIONS OF SAID ONE PAIR OF ROD SECTIONS WHEN INSERTED THROUGH SAID OPEN RIM OF THE CAGE BELOW THE LEVEL OF SAID LATTER MEDIAL REGIONS AND THEN TURNED THROUGH AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 90*, AND MEANS ON THE UPPER END OF THE SHANK WHEREBY SAID PICK-UP UNIT MAY BE ATTACHED TO AN OVERHEAD HOIST.

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