Patent ID: 7654057

Claim:
An anchoring insert embedded in a prefabricated concrete component, comprising: an insert body which encloses a compartment and has a face with a main opening for accessing said compartment, said insert body being embedded in said prefabricated concrete component such that said face of said insert body is arranged substantially flush with a face of said concrete component and such that a remaining part of said insert body is embedded in said concrete component, said remaining part of said insert body comprising a lateral surface and a back that lies opposite with respect to the face on which said main opening is formed, said lateral surface extending between said face on which said main opening is formed and said back of said insert body; at least one secondary opening provided in said insert body through which casted concrete has entered into said compartment during casting of said prefabricated concrete component, and said compartment being occupied partially by the casted concrete; an occupied portion of said compartment that is filled with the casted concrete that has entered into said compartment during casting of said prefabricated concrete component through said at least one secondary opening provided in said insert body, wherein said back of said insert body is completely covered by the casted concrete at said occupied portion of said compartment, and said lateral surface of said insert body comprises a covered portion that is covered by the casted concrete at said occupied portion of said compartment; a receiving portion of said compartment free of any concrete of said prefabricated concrete component, said receiving portion of said compartment being arranged between said main opening and said occupied portion of said compartment, and wherein said lateral surface of said insert body comprises a free portion that is free of concrete at said receiving portion of said compartment; an elastic protection component arranged in said receiving portion of said compartment and being removable from said receiving portion of said compartment after said prefabricated concrete component has been cast.