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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Robert A. Hills, Sr., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
Rod chairs for use in concrete form for positioning reinforcement rods prior to filling with concrete includes a flat rectangular metal blank for folding into a rod chair that includes an elongated planar portion having a pair of spaced portions to be bent to form a pair of generally curved end walls and a pair of horizontal parallel sides to be bent downwardly to form a pair of generally horizontal flanges, and having at least one three sided cut-out to form at least one elongated finger integrally with the planar portion to be bent upwardly to form a hook for holding a reinforcement rod therebeneath, a pair of recess cut-out apertures positioned at free ends of the planar portion, and elongated cuts intersecting the respective recess cut-out apertures and extend generally along the longitudinal axis to the respective free ends of the metal blank to be bifurcated and separated angularly from the recess cut-out apertures to the free ends to form a pair of leg portions wherein each leg portion to be bent to form a pair of perpendicular faces that terminate with a foot disposed on ground to support the rod chair. In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of hooks is employed for holding reinforcement rods therebeneath.