Patent ID: 6820390
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A device for supporting a weldment plate, which is used during formation of a poured concrete wall, the weldment plate having a plate member and projections extending from the plate member with a head portion at each projection's end opposite the plate member, the weldment plate projections being Nelson studs welded to the nether side of the plate member, said device comprising:an elongate body portion having a length substantially equal to a thickness of a concrete wall, which is contemplated to be poured, minus a dimension of the weldment plate extending in a direction of the thickness of the concrete wall; a surface engaging portion for contacting a surface on which the concrete wall will be poured and for supporting the weldment plate in a position appropriately spaced from that surface; the elongate body portion further having means for attaching the elongate body portion to the head portion, said means for attaching the elongate body portion to the head portion including at least one vertically oriented finger portion having a snap clip portion for engagement with the head portion of the stud and for holding the stud in place; and flat walled doughnut spacers adapted to be placed over the head portion of each stud to adjust the head size so as to compensate for differences between head portion diameter and a diameter of the means for attaching the elongate body portion to the head portion, wherein the device is capable of maintaining the weldment plate in a desired position when wet concrete is poured and sets up to form the concrete wall.