Patent ID: 6922968

Claim:
A one-piece, molded, plastic anchoring element holder, comprising: a sleeve adapted to receive an anchoring element and maintain it in generally a predetermined position while concrete hardens therearound, the sleeve having annular inside and outside walls circumscribing an axis of the sleeve; a base plate molded to the sleeve around at least part of the periphery thereof and extending outwardly from the sleeve in angular relation thereto, wherein the base plate comprises a rear plate; reinforcing members molded to at least one of the sleeve and the base plate; and gripping teeth integral with, and projecting radially inwardly from, the inside wall of the sleeve for gripping an anchoring element in the sleeve; wherein the sleeve and base plate have a centerline extending lengthwise of the base plate and diametrically through the sleeve; wherein the sleeve and the base plate have first and second portions separable along the centerline; and wherein the sleeve has a hinge portion joining the first and second portions of the sleeve around which the first and second portions of the sleeve and base plate are movable toward and away from each other for clamping around an anchoring element in the sleeve.