Patent ID: 6588164
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: E01C,E04C,E04F,E04G

Abstract:
A screed form stake comprising a cradle portion with a rear cradle wall having a vertical rear cradle wall surface in a first plane, a front cradle wall, a left cradle side wall, a right cradle side wall, and a stake top wall; a screed rod groove in the stake top wall of the cradle portion that extends from the front cradle wall to the rear cradle wall and having a groove axis that is perpendicular to the first plane; a first side flange integral with the cradle portion, extending downward from the cradle portion, and having a first flange rear surface in the first plane; a second side flange integral with the cradle portion and the first side flange, extending downward from the cradle portion and having a second flange rear surface that is in the first plane; a central flange integral with the cradle portion, the first side flange and the second side flange, extending downward from the cradle portion, and extending forward from the first side flange and the second side flange; a soil penetration point on said screed form stake at a bottom of a joint between the first side flange, the second side flange and the central flange; a first gusset, at the junction between the first side flange and the central flange, extending from the soil penetration point to the cradle portion; a second gusset, at the junction between the second side flange and the central flange, extending from the soil penetration point to the cradle portion; a stake driver having a stake driver bottom that engages the stake top wall; a stake driver top surface; and a screed rod shaped member, embedded in the stake driver, that seats in the screed rod groove and extends out of at least one end of said stake driver to expose a screed rod elevation measuring surface.