Patent ID: 8522504

Claim:
A reinforcing assembly for a structural concrete member comprising: shear studs each having an elongate stem with opposed free ends and an anchor head at least at one of said ends; and a support apparatus for positioning said studs in said concrete member in at least three degrees of freedom, said apparatus having: a) an elongate rail; and b) connectors which serve to secure said stems individually to said rail, each of said connectors having: i) a first portion forming a slot slidably mountable onto said rail so that spacing between said connectors along said rail may be chosen as desired; and, ii) a second portion having opposed arms forming a channel for press fitting said stem thereinto, said arms engaging and holding said stem and, with sufficient force, allowing removal or axial adjustment of said stem relative to said rail; wherein said first portion is oriented relative to said second portion to position said stem relative to said rail in any one of perpendicular and non-perpendicular incline, so that all studs on said rail may be selected to be oriented between perpendicular to said rail, non-perpedicular incline to said rail, and a combination of both perpendicular and non-perpendicular incline to said rail.