Armoured joint—anti-skew stake bracket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12398571-B2
Application number	US-202217862878-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2022
Priority date	Jul 12, 2021
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

An armoured joint for protecting an edge of a first component formed of settable material and an edge of a second component formed of settable material at a joint, wherein the apparatus includes a first anchorage part for anchoring to the first component and a second anchorage part for anchoring to the second component, a first plate coupled to the first anchorage part, a second plate coupled to the second anchorage part, the first plate defining a first edge, the second plate defining a second edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge are shaped to facilitate bringing together of the first edge and the second edge, and wherein the second anchorage part is adapted to be movable relative to the first anchorage part from a close configuration in which the second edge is brought together with the first edge to a spaced configuration in which the second edge is spaced relative to the first edge, wherein the first anchorage part or the second anchorage part has a support section, the armoured joint including a bracket for supporting the armoured joint relative to a ground surface, the bracket comprising an angled upper leg and an angled lower leg, wherein the bracket is fixed to the support section by the angled upper leg and the angled lower leg, the angled upper leg being fixed to the support section to extend downwardly from the support section at a first angle and the angled lower leg being fixed to the support section to extend upwardly from the support section at a second angle of the same magnitude as the first angle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An armoured joint for protecting an edge of a first component formed of settable material and an edge of a second component formed of settable material at a joint, the armoured joint comprising:
a first anchorage part configured to be anchored to the first component;
a second anchorage part configured to be anchored to the second component;
a first plate coupled to the first anchorage part, the first plate defining a first edge;
a second plate coupled to the second anchorage part, the second plate defining a second edge; and
a bracket configured to support the armoured joint relative to a ground surface, the bracket including an angled upper leg and an angled lower leg,
wherein the first edge and the second edge are shaped to facilitate bringing together of the first edge and the second edge,
wherein the second anchorage part is movable relative to the first anchorage part from a close configuration in which the second edge is brought together with the first edge to a spaced configuration in which the second edge is spaced relative to the first edge,
wherein the first anchorage part or the second anchorage part has a support section,
wherein the bracket is fixed to the support section by the angled upper leg and the angled lower leg, the angled upper leg being fixed to the support section to extend downwardly from the support section at a first angle and the angled lower leg being fixed to the support section to extend upwardly from the support section at a second angle of the same magnitude as the first angle.

2. The armoured joint of claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the upper leg is fixed relative to a distal end of the lower leg.

3. The armoured joint of claim 1 , wherein the upper leg is in the form of a first straight part and the lower leg is in the form of a second straight part.

4. The armoured joint of claim 1 , wherein the upper leg defines an aperture configured to receive a support stake to support the armoured joint relative to a ground surface, and the lower leg defines an aperture configured to receive the support stake.

5. The armoured joint of claim 4 , wherein the aperture of the upper leg and the aperture of the lower leg are arranged to receive the support stake with the support stake in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to a plane of the first plate.

6. The armoured joint as of claim 5 , wherein the apertures and the support stake are arranged to provide a sliding condition in which the support stake is able to be slide relative to the bracket and a locked condition in which the support stake is locked against sliding relative to the bracket, wherein the support stake is rotatable about its longitudinal axis relative to the bracket between the sliding condition and the locked condition.

7. The armoured joint of claim 1 , wherein the upper leg meets the lower leg at a bent portion of the bracket.

8. The armoured joint of claim 1 , wherein the upper leg meets the lower leg at an intermediate vertical section between the upper leg and the lower leg.

9. The armoured joint of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is symmetrical in a horizontal central plane.

10. The armoured joint of claim 1 , wherein the first anchorage part includes an elongated angled anchorage lacer bar, the elongated angled anchorage lacer bar being supported by a series of spaced ribs and the elongated angled anchorage lacer bar being tilted out of a plane of the ribs.

11. The armoured joint of claim 1 , wherein the first anchorage part defines a support surface configured to support the second plate as the second anchorage part is moved between the close configuration and the spaced configuration, and wherein, in the close configuration an interface between the first edge and the second edge is offset relative to a joint between the first component and the second component such that the interface of the first edge and the second edge is positioned above the support surface.

12. An assembly comprising:
an armoured joint for protecting an edge of a first component formed of settable material and an edge of a second component formed of settable material at a joint, the armoured joint comprising:
a first anchorage part configured to be anchored to the first component;
a second anchorage part configured to be anchored to the second component;
a first plate coupled to the first anchorage part, the first plate defining a first edge;
a second plate coupled to the second anchorage part, the second plate defining a second edge; and
a bracket configured to support the armoured joint relative to a ground surface, the bracket including an angled upper leg and an angled lower leg,
wherein the first edge and the second edge are shaped to facilitate bringing together of the first edge and the second edge,
wherein the second anchorage part is movable relative to the first anchorage part from a close configuration in which the second edge is brought together with the first edge to a spaced configuration in which the second edge is spaced relative to the first edge,
wherein the first anchorage part or the second anchorage part has a support section,
wherein the bracket is fixed to the support section by the angled upper leg and the angled lower leg, the angled upper leg being fixed to the support section to extend downwardly from the support section at a first angle and the angled lower leg being fixed to the support section to extend upwardly from the support section at a second angle of the same magnitude as the first angle; and

a stake, wherein the stake is extendable through the upper leg and the lower leg.

13. The assembly of claim 12 , wherein the stake is non-circular and an aperture in each of the upper leg and lower leg is non-circular, such that the stake is able to be rotated relative to the bracket between a sliding condition, in which the stake is able to be slide relative to the bracket, and a locked condition, in which the stake is locked against sliding relative to the bracket.

14. The assembly of claim 12 , wherein each of the apertures is in the shape of a slot, and the stake has a cross-sectional shape having opposed parallel flat sides connected at either end by a round portion.

Assignees

• Illinois Tool Works

Inventors

• Mason Greg Stephen
• Rogers Ryan

Classifications

• E01C11/106

  Joints with only prefabricated packing; Packings therefor · CPC title

• E04B2005/324

  with peripheral anchors or supports · CPC title

• E04B2005/322

  with permanent forms for the floor edges · CPC title

• E01C2201/16

  Elements joined together · CPC title

• E04B5/36

  with form units as part of the floor · CPC title