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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Robert Alan Rodden, Atlanta, GA (US);
Zafar Imtiaz Ali, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Matthew Douglas St. Louis, Concord, NC (US);
Randall Derek Riffle, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Eddie Kao, Skokie, IL (US);
Jimmy Lee Hall, Kannapolis, NC (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cast-in-place concrete slab load transfer apparatus and method of manufacturing same. In various embodiments, the concrete slab load transfer apparatus includes a plurality of load transfer dowels each having a top surface and a bottom surface, a basket supporting the load transfer dowels, and a plurality of welds including a plurality of breakable welds connecting the bottom surfaces of the load transfer dowels to the basket.