Patent ID: 6161352
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A shear reinforcement system for embedding in a slab floor, said system comprising:elongate shear reinforcement members positionable transverse to a plane of a slab floor;at least one securing element fixedly securing said elongate shear reinforcement members;said at least one securing element extending transverse to said elongate shear reinforcement members and positionable parallel to the plane of the slab floor, wherein said at least one securing element is an elongate rail, having a U-shaped cross-section with sidewalls, receiving a plurality of said elongate shear reinforcement members;wherein said elongate shear reinforcement members are bolts having a first and a second end and wherein at least said first end has a head;said heads inserted into said rail and positive-lockingly and non-displaceably secured by said rail by bending wall portions of said sidewalls inwardly behind said heads.