Patent ID: 8925267
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: E02D,E04G

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring the position of a rigid member used to brace a wall against bulging or bowing, the wall having a floor at a lower end thereof and a joist structure at an upper end thereof, the rigid member having a lower end thereof secured from movement and an unsecured upper end, the system comprising: a thrust bracket, adapted to be secured to the joist structure; a thrust rod, adjustably received in the thrust bracket and oriented to oppose movement of the upper end of the rigid member toward the thrust bracket beyond a predetermined distance; a warning collar, slidingly received on the upper end of the rigid member, the warning collar retained on the upper end by contact of the thrust rod with the upper end through an aperture in the warning collar, such that movement of the rigid member away from the thrust rod by at least the predetermined distance allows the warning collar to slide down the rigid member; a signal means, in communication with the warning collar, such that the sliding of the warning collar along the rigid member actuates a switch of the signal means, resulting in a signal; and wherein the thrust bracket comprises an L-shaped member with a nut affixed to a first leg of the L-shaped member and secured by a spacer to a second leg of the L-shaped member, the nut sized and adapted for threadingly receiving the thrust rod.