Patent ID: 6694680
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
In combination, a lifting insert for prefabricated concrete components and a bracket for increasing the shearing strength thereof, wherein the insert is embeddable in a body of a concrete component proximate to a face thereof, so that an end of the concrete component lies proximate to said face, whereby said end is engageable by a lifting means, and wherein the bracket comprises at least one brace which is connected to said insert and is embeddable, along with said insert in the body of the concrete component, said brace being constituted by a lamina that is shaped so as to wrap around said insert with a portion thereof, wherein said insert is constituted by a tubular body that has an end which is to be open at said face of the component, which is engageable by lifting means, said brace being wrapped, in a scarf-like fashion, around said end of the tubular body so that said brace only partially surrounds said tubular body, said end of the tubular body being flattened and being provided with an axial shoulder formed by the flattening of the end, said brace of the bracket resting upon said shoulder to increase shearing strength of the insert.