Patent ID: 6085478
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B65D,E04C,E04G,Y10T

Abstract:
A safety system for use with a concrete reinforcing bar or rebar comprising:a cover having a cover base plate with a first surface for receiving a force and a second surface;a collar having a collar wall attached to the second surface of the cover base plate and having an inner surface defining a bore;means attached to the collar wall for maintaining the system in an operative position relative to an end of a rebar; anda plate disposed in the bore having a flange spaced from the second surface of the cover base plate to define an interior space and having a base with an engagement surface abuttable against the rebar end and a plate wall with a plate wall surface, the plate wall attached between the base and the flange with the plate wall surface generally transverse to the engagement surface to resist movement of the rebar end relative to the base with the rebar end abutting the base surface,one of the plate and the collar being deformable to resist movement of the rebar end through the interior space and the cover.