Systems for Setting Anchor Bolts

Abstract

An Anchor Bolt Bracket mechanism assembly designed to attach to various types of pre-erected foundation forms in order to properly set anchor bolts to code specifications before the concrete is poured. The Anchor Bolt Bracket (“ABB”) is robust and strong in order to withstand the force of pouring concrete. Different embodiments correspond with different types of foundation and slab-on-grade foundations forms requiring the placement of anchor bolts regardless of whether or not concrete is poured to the top of the forms and support the many different sizes of anchor bolts in both width and length, and suspends these anchor bolts before the concrete is poured. This is accomplished by an anchor bolt is placed onto ABB which suspends the anchor bolt and holds the anchor bolt in place against the force of pouring concrete. The ABB is removed after the concrete is cured and may be reused many times over.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . An Anchor Bolt Bracket (ABB) assembly mechanism used to suspend many various sizes of anchor bolts while holding them at any given specified distances from the form wall while also satisfying specified heights of how high the anchor bolt is to be above the concrete, comprising:
 a rectangular tube extender configured to hold any size of an anchor bolt at a first end of the rectangular tube extender, comprising seven holes found on the top side and seven holes on the bottom side of the rectangular tube extender, the seven holes on the top side perfectly aligning with the seven holes on the bottom side, and this extender is designed and configured to fit into any of the ABB receivers thereof, the seven holes on the top side and seven holes on the bottom side each being dimensioned to hold a duplex nail such that a single duplex nail will pass through one top hole and the corresponding aligned bottom hole;   a first ABB specified receiver made to attach to wood forms;   a second ABB receiver made to attach to steel or aluminum forms; and   an ABB shank made to attach the second ABB receiver to steel or aluminum forms.   
     
     
         2 . The ABB Assembly mechanism of  claim 1 , wherein the rectangular tube extender further comprises:
 an arc, which is a protruding ½ pie shaped arc extending vertically up and down against the horizontal length of the first end of the rectangular tube extender, which is configured to help hold an anchor bolt to specified heights above the concrete and to specified distances from the form wall;   wherein, inside the arc, six ribs each extend outward in a cone shape position, the six ribs being positioned in sets of three on each side of the inner portion of the arc, each set of three ribs starting approximately ¼″ up from the bottom of the arc, with each rib being ¼″ upwards apart from the previous rib in the set;   two open rectangle slots that travel one third of the distance of the arc from the edge on both sides of the arc, each of the two open rectangle slots being a little more than ½ inch wide and having no edge on the further outer edge of each slot,   wherein the two open rectangle slots are configured to allow a worm hose clamp to go through the slot,   a rectangular stem protruding horizontally on the back of the arc, the stem having a hook on the bottom inner top and an opening in the front of the stem, wherein the opening in the front of the stem is configured to work in conjunction with the stem to act as a clip to hold the worm clamp in place including while the clamp is loose, and configured to also act as a guide in which to place the worm key so as to permit use of the worm key to tighten the worm clamp to hold the anchor bolt in place such that the anchor bolt is held securely to the arc and remains in place as concrete is poured.   
     
     
         3 . The ABB assembly of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the holes of the extender are configured to be used as a measuring device to allow the extender to reach out from the form wall in order to place the anchor bolt at the appropriate code-specified distance between 2″ to 3″ from the concrete form wall,   wherein the alignment of any of the seven holes with the corresponding hole in the ABB receiver determines how far away the anchor bolt is from the form wall;   the extender further comprising a second end of the extender which is the opposite end away from the arc of the extender,   wherein on the bottom side of the second end of the extender is a cut out of a rectangular protruding tongue approximately/ 4 ′ long and shaped like a stub with equal spaces between the sides of the stub and the body of the extender,   wherein at the end of the stub is a rectangular protruding hook, which is configured to align with and slide into the cutout rectangular groove of the receiver;   wherein the extender and receiver are configured such that once the extender is placed inside the receiver the hook is compressed upwards until it slides past the step down in the receiver, upon which the hook is released into the cutout which then locks the extender into the receiver;   wherein the extender and receiver are configured such that the extender can be moved forwards and backwards inside the receiver but cannot be removed until the hook is pressed upwards above the step down while at the same time the extender is pulled away from the receiver.   
     
     
         4 . The ABB Assembly mechanism of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first ABB receiver comprises:   a first section, which is the outer portion of a rectangular tube;   a second section, which is the inner core of the rectangular tube;   wherein the rectangular tube has a pair of holes that is found on both the top and bottom that perfectly align with each other such that a duplex nail can be easily placed inside and through these two holes, such that in use the pair of holes can be aligned with any of one of the pairs of top and bottom holes said extender such that the anchor bolt will be set to a desired distance from the form wall and held in place at the precise distance required by putting a duplex nail inside the aligned holes;   wherein, on the bottom back side of said rectangular tube of the receiver is a rectangular groove or crevice that only extends about half way towards the opposite end of the receiver;   wherein the extender and receiver are configured such that when sliding said extender inside of the rectangular tube of the receiver, the motion will be stopped by the stem of the extender, and the stem of the extender fits into a slit in the receiver that is a circular cut out slit in the extender covering approximately a ninety eight degree arc,   wherein at the back end of the receiver there is a flat surfaced tongue that is rectangular in shape with two flat sides, and is designed so that the inner tongue faces the outside of the form wall and is pushed against the form wall such that it helps hold the receiver in proper placement when in use; and   on the upper top side of the inner tongue of the receiver is a flat surface upon which are three holes for the purpose of putting duplex nails through it in order to hold the receiver in place on top of a wood form, and in addition to these three holes are 4 sharp extending thorns that become compressed into the top of the form wall when the receiver is nailed down through any of the three guiding holes, and on the same surface as these guiding holes are two ribs placed for support in keeping the receiver strongly connected to the wood form with additional support found by an underside singular rib;   wherein the receiver is configured such that the top part of the rectangular type tube of the receiver is a flat surface, the bottom part of the rectangular tube of the receiver is flat, and the sides of the receiver are flat on both sides, and the rectangular box extends about 1½″ above the bottom portion of the ribs found on said receiver, thus allowing the concrete to be troweled around the anchor bolt before the release of the ABB system.   
     
     
         5 . The ABB Assembly mechanism of  claim 1 , wherein the second receiver comprises:
 four circular tubes extending up and down in a vertical direction, in the center of each of these tubes are holes that extend the full length of each tube, these holes are designed to hold duplex nails for the purpose of keeping the second receiver sung against the steel or aluminum concrete forms along with the ABB connecting shank, and the second receiver also has a hole near one end of the top of the rectangular box and a slit which are both identical to the rectangular box and slit found on the receiver designed for wood forms and serve exactly the same purpose of each other when connecting with the extender,   underneath the rectangular box of the second receiver is a second rectangular box type tunnel with two opening ends, and on the bottom of this second rectangular box is an opening slit designed specifically to help hold the connecting shank into place.   
     
     
         6 . The ABB Assembly mechanism of  claim 1 , wherein
 the ABB shank is an ABB connecting shank, comprising:   a main shank having a full length stretching between a first shank end and a second shank end;   a butterfly flat planetary surface attached to the main shank at the first shank end;   a long slender stem of rectangular cross section that sits and runs on top of the main shank from both sides of the main shank, the long slender stem having a first end connected to the butterfly flat planetary surface and a second end located a shorter distance from the first end of the stem than the full length of the main shank;   a cut out immediately below the second end of the long slender stem, which is configured to allow the second end of the stem to be pushed downwards thus producing a compression when the connecting shank is pushed into the opening type tunnel  36  of the receiver; wherein the ABB connecting shank is configured such that the compression of the second end of the stem helps to secure the connecting shank into place;   a first tubular bulge found at the second end of the connecting shank, wherein the tubular bulge is configured and arranged to be inserted into the cut out slit of the receiver such that the tubular bulge helps to keep the shank locked into the receiver so that it will not fall by being positioned such that when the shank is pushed all the way to the end of the cut out of the receiver said tubular bulge then falls at the end of this opening thus locking the connecting shank and the receiver into place upon the steel or aluminum form for the foundation wall; and   the receiver and the ABB connecting shank are configured such that positioning said receiver with the tubular bulge of the shank at the far end of the cut out of the receiver locks the receiver into place by the connecting shank until ready for removal, and further configured and arranged such that the receiver can be removed by grabbing the wings of the butterfly flat planetary surface found at one end of the connecting shank pulling on the wings to withdraw the shank until the tubular bulge connects into the slit of the receiver, allowing the receiver to be removed from the steel or aluminum frame while keeping the shank connected to the receiver;   the main shank further comprising a flat surface found on the undercarriage of the shank and extending from the first end of the main shank, wherein the flat surface provides for a smooth slide as the shank is pushed into the receiver;   wherein the flat surface connects at the first end of the main shank to the wings of the butterfly flat planetary surface via a curve that then flows straight downward for a small distance, followed by a delayed continuation of the curve until approximately a one hundred eighty degree circular curvature followed by a second bulge which is configured to serve as a smooth hook in order to wrap around the lip of the steel or aluminum form, such that once the second bulge slips past the lip of the steel or aluminum frame, the tubular bulge will slip past the end of the flat surface that protrudes past the opening type tunnel making the receiver strongly connected to the steel form.