Patent ID: 11959270
Assignee: MORSE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 0:
1. A stud rail system for a reinforced concrete structure defining a column portion and a slab portion, the stud rail system comprising:
at least one stud rail assembly comprising
a plurality of rail portions,
a plurality of cross portions,
a plurality of pin projections, where each rail portion supports at least one pin projection,
a plurality of support assemblies,
a plurality of support projections extending from at least one of
the plurality of the rail portions, and
the plurality of the cross portions, and

a plurality of support openings formed in at least one of
the plurality of the rail portions, and
the plurality of the cross portions; wherein

each of the support projections extends through one of the support openings such that the plurality of rail portions are rotatably connected to the plurality of cross portions at a plurality of axis points to allow the stud rail assembly to be reconfigured between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration;
before and during pouring of concrete to form the slab portion, the plurality of support assemblies is arranged to support the at least one stud rail assembly at a desired location and orientation relative to the column portion; and
when supported at the desired location and orientation during pouring of the concrete slab portion, the at least one stud rail assembly is arranged within the slab portion such that at least the cross members, the pin projections, the support projections, and the support openings of each stud assembly are outside an area above the column portion.