Patent ID: 6837017

Claim:
Apparatus for use in holding rebar, comprising a body including: (a) a horizontal bed having an axis oriented in a first axial direction and sides to receive a transverse rebar rod in said first axial direction, (b) at least one upwardly open horizontal seat having an axis stationarily oriented in a second axial direction orthogonal to said first axial direction, said seat having opposing sides and being positioned above said bed sufficiently to permit a longitudinal rebar rod to sit in said seat such that said longitudinal rebar rod is located immediately above said transverse rebar rod and oriented in said second axial direction, and (c) at least one crook staff on one side of said at least one seat and at least one crook staff on a side of a said seat opposite said one side, staff portions of said crook staff each extending above said seat to transition to crook portions of the crook staffs, said crook portions extending downwardly toward a said seat, said downwardly extending crook portions being spaced from said staff portions, said downwardly extending crook portions being resiliently deformable toward said staff portions to vertically pass between them to be seated in a said seat a downwardly forced longitudinal rebar rod extending in the direction of said axis of a said seat, said downwardly extending crook portions of said crook staffs returning resiliently to an undeformed position after passage of said longitudinal rebar rod therebetween, said crook portions compressively and said staff portions tensilely resisting movement of a seated said longitudinal rebar rod out of a said seat.