Patent ID: 7448172

Claim:
An anchoring system for securing a base plate to a foundation, the anchoring system comprising: an anchor having an open bottom and an open top; a seal housing attached to the anchor the seal housing having a seal tab removably covering the open top; a clip attached to the seal housing and laterally offset from the anchor; and wherein the clip is adapted to be attached to a concrete block and a connector having an anchor bolt is adapted to be received within the anchor and once the foundation is poured, the seal tab is removed from the anchor exposing the open top such that a securement bolt threadably passes through the base plate and is received within connector through the open top and such that the seal tab has a depth gauge thereon that extends toward the bottom of the anchor whenever the seal tab is in covering relationship with the top such that the depth gauge controls the depth of insertion of the anchor bolt into the connector whenever the connector is received within the bottom of the anchor.