Patent ID: 6379077
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: E21D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for joining two concrete members together, the device comprising a female member for anchoring in one of the concrete members to open at a surface thereof and a male member for anchoring in the other of the concrete members, the female member being slotted and undercut and the male member having a head for mating with the female member in its undercut so as to be held therein by a wedging action; wherein the female member is of elastic material and the male member is of elastic material and the head is joined by a web to a body for anchoring the male member, the web being able to slide in said slot and the head being engageable with the female member in its undercut and at least one of the male and female members has a sloping engagement face to provide said wedging action by acting to draw the head further into the female member as the web is moved along the slot.