Embeddable mounting device and method

Abstract

A embeddable mounting device and method for permanently affixing a fixture to a concrete block wall. The embeddable mounting device comprises a first rectangular metal plate member; a second rectangular metal plate member having dimensions equal to the first metal plate; and a pair of vertical spacer members secured between the first inner surface and the second inner surface in a manner to create at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity between the first and second metal plate members, and in a manner to hold the first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface the first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to the planar surface. A method of installing a fixture utilizing the mounting device is also described.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. An embeddable mounting device comprising: 
       a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length measuring between fifteen (15″) and seventeen (17″) inches, a first width measuring between seven (7″) and nine (9″) inches, and a first thickness, said first metal plate member being a one- piece unitary member;    
       a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness, said second metal plate member being a one- piece, unitary member; and    
       a pair of verticalthree spacer members rigidly and fixedly secured between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least onea pair of reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavitycavities and a pair of end cavities between said first and second metal plate members, in a mannersaid spacer members having dimensions to non- movably  hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a spacing distance measuring between seven (7″) and eight (8″) inches, said pair or reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities and said pair of end cavities being alignable with reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks.  
     
     
       2. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 1 , wherein: 
       said first length  width is between eight and one-half (8½″) and eight and three-quarters (8¾″) inches.  
     
     
       3. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 1 , wherein: 
       said first width  length is between sixteen and one-half (16½″) and seventeen (17″) inches.  
     
     
       4. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 3  wherein: 
       said mounting device further includes a third vertical spacer member positioned between said first and second vertical spacer members to create a pair or reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities that are alignable with said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks.  
     
     
       5. The  An embeddable mounting device of  claim 3  wherein  comprising: 
       
         a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length measuring between fifteen ( 15 ″) and seventeen ( 17 ″) inches, a first width measuring between seven ( 7 ″) and nine ( 9 ″) inches, and a first thickness;  
       
       
         a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; and  
       
       
         a pair of vertical spacer members secured between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity between said first and second metal plate members, in a manner to hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate member simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a spacing distance measuring between seven ( 7 ″) and eight ( 8 ″) inches, said pair of reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities being alignable with said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks, and 
       
       a plurality of vertical reinforcing bars are  being secured to said mounting device in a manner such that, when said mounting device is placed atop  a top a first concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities and below a second concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities, a length of each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars extends into at least one of said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of each of said first and second cement blocks.  
     
     
       6. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 5  wherein: 
       each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars is connected in fixed relationship to said mounting device.  
     
     
       7. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 6  wherein: 
       each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars has four bends formed therein in a manner to create a central bar section in each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars that is offset from two end sections of each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars.  
     
     
       8. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 1 , wherein: 
       at least two threaded-connector receiving apertures are provided through one of said first and second plate members.  
     
     
       9. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 1 , wherein: 
       said first length  width is between eight and one-half (8½″) and eight and three-quarters (8¾″) inches; and  
       said first width  length is between sixteen and one-half (16½″) and seventeen (17″) inches.  
     
     
       10. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 9  wherein: 
       said mounting device further includes a third vertical spacer member positioned between said first and second vertical spacer members to create a pair of reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities that are alignable with said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks.  
     
     
       11. A method of permanently affixing a furnishing fixture to a concrete block wall comprising the steps of: 
       a) providing at least one embeddable mounting device comprising:  
       a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length measuring between fifteen (15″) and seventeen (17″) inches, a first width measuring between seven (7″) and nine (9″) inches, and a first thickness;  
       a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; and  
       a pair of vertical spacer members secured between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity between said first and second metal plate members, in a manner to hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a spacing distance measuring between seven (7″) and eight (8″) inches;  
       b) installing said mounting device into said concrete block wall in place of a conventional concrete block, said mounting device being placed into said concrete block wall in a manner such that said reinforcing bar receiving cavity of said mounting device is aligned with at least one reinforcing bar receiving cavity of a said concrete block;  
       c) providing at least one vertical reinforcing bar that is insertable through one of said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting device;  
       d) inserting said at least one vertical reinforcing bar into one of said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete bock and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting device;  
       e) providing a cementing slurry;  
       f) pouring said cementing slurry into said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting device;  
       g) waiting a period of time sufficient to allow said cementing slurry to harden; and  
       h) permanently affixing a fixture to one of said plate members of said mounting device.  
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11  further including the steps of: 
       I) providing a fixture mounting bracket; and  
       j) permanently securing said fixture mounting bracket between one of said plate members and said fixture.  
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 11  wherein: 
       said mounting device further includes a third vertical spacer member positioned between said first and second  pair of vertical spacer members to create a pair of reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities that are alignable with said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks.  
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 11  wherein: 
       said mounting device further includes a plurality of vertical reinforcing bars secured to said mounting device in a manner such that, when said mounting device is placed atop a first concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities and below a second concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities, a length of each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars extends into at least one of said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of each of said first and second cement blocks.  
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 14  wherein: 
       each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars is connected in fixed relationship to said mounting device.  
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 15  wherein: 
       each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars has four bends formed therein in a manner to create a central bar section in each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars that is offset from two end sections of each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars.  
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 11  wherein: 
       said mounting device provided further includes:  
       a third vertical spacer member positioned between said first and second  a pair of vertical spacer members to create a pair of reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities that are alignable with said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks; and  
       a plurality of vertical reinforcing bars secured to said mounting device in a manner such that, when said mounting device is placed atop  a top a first concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities and below a second concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities, a length each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars extend into at least one of said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of each of said first and second cement blocks, each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars being connected in fixed relationship to said mounting device, each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars having four bends formed therein in a manner to create a central bar section in each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars that offset from two end sections of each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars.  
     
     
       18. An embeddable mounting device comprising: 
         a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length, a first width, and a first thickness, said first metal plate member being a one - piece, unitary member;    
         a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness, said second metal plate member being a one - piece, unitary member;    
         a pair of spacer members rigidly and fixedly secured between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity and a pair of end cavities between said first and second metal plate members, in a manner to non - movably hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a predetermined spacing distance, said at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity and said pair of end cavities being arranged to align with corresponding cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks; and    
       
         an additional spacer member positioned between said pair of spacer members to create a pair or reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities that are alignable with said corresponding cement receiving cavities of said conventional concrete blocks. 
       
     
     
       19. An embeddable mounting device comprising: 
       
         a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length, a first width, and a first thickness;  
       
       
         a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; and  
       
       
         a pair of spacer members secured between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity between said first and second metal plate members, in a manner to hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a predetermined spacing distance;  
       
       
         a plurality of vertical reinforcing bars are secured to said mounting device in a manner such that, when said mounting device is placed a top a first concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities and below a second concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities, a length of each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars extends into at least one of said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of each of said first and second concrete blocks. 
       
     
     
       20. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 19 , wherein 
       
         said mounting device further includes an additional spacer member positioned between said pair of spacer members to create a pair or reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities that are alignable with said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks. 
       
     
     
       21. A method of permanently affixing a furnishing fixture to a concrete block wall comprising the steps of: 
       a) providing at least one embeddable mounting device comprising: 
       a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, 
       a first outer surface, a first length, a first width, and a first thickness; 
       a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; and 
       a pair of vertical spacer members secured between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity between said first and second metal plate members, in a manner to hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a predetermined spacing distance; 
       b) installing said mounting device into said concrete block wall in place of a conventional concrete block, said mounting device being placed into said concrete block wall in a manner such that said reinforcing bar receiving cavity of said mounting device is aligned with at least one reinforcing bar receiving cavity of a said concrete block; 
       c) providing at least one vertical reinforcing bar that is insertable through one of said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting block; 
       d) inserting said at least one vertical reinforcing bar into one of said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting device; 
       e) providing a cementing slurry; 
       f) pouring said cementing slurry into said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting device; 
       g) waiting a period of time sufficient to allow said cementing slurry to harden; and 
       h) permanently affixing a fixture to one of said plate members of said mounting device. 
     
     
       22. The method of  claim 21  further including the steps of: 
       i) providing a fixture mounting bracket; and 
       j) permanently securing said fixture mounting bracket between one of said plate members and said fixture. 
     
     
       23. A method of permanently affixing a furnishing fixture to a concrete block wall, comprising the steps of: 
       a) providing at least one embeddable mounting device comprising: 
       a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length, a first width, and a first thickness; 
       a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; 
       a pair of spacer members secured between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity between said first and second metal plate members, said pair of spacer members having dimensions to hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a predetermined spacing distance; and 
       a third spacer member positioned between said pair of spacer members to create a pair of reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities that are alignable with said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks; 
       b) installing said mounting device into said concrete block wall in place of a conventional concrete block, said mounting device being placed into said concrete block wall in a manner such that said reinforcing bar receiving cavity of said mounting device is aligned with at least one reinforcing bar receiving cavity of a said concrete block; 
       c) providing at least one vertical reinforcing bar that is insertable through one of said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting block; 
       d) inserting said at least one vertical reinforcing bar into one of said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting device; 
       e) providing a cementing slurry; 
       f) pouring same cementing slurry into said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting device; 
       g) waiting a period of time sufficient to allow said cementing slurry to harden; and 
       h) permanently affixing a fixture to one of said plate members of said mounting device. 
     
     
       24. The method of  claim 22 , wherein 
       said mounting device further includes a plurality of vertical reinforcing bars secured to said mounting device in a manner such that, when said mounting device is placed atop a first concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities and below a second concrete block having a pair of conventional reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities, a length of each of said plurality of vertical reinforcing bars extends into at least one of said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavities of each of said first and second cement blocks. 
     
     
       25. A method of forming a mounting device for a concrete block wall, comprising the steps of: 
       providing at least one embeddable mounting device comprising: 
       a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length, a first width, and a first thickness; 
       a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; and 
       a pair of vertical spacer members secured between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity between said first and second metal plate members, in a manner to hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a predetermined spacing distance;  
       
         installing said mounting device into said concrete block wall in place of a conventional concrete block, said mounting device being placed into said concrete block wall in a manner such that said reinforcing bar receiving cavity of said mounting device is aligned with at least one reinforcing bar receiving cavity of said concrete block; 
       
       providing a cementing slurry; and 
       pouring said cementing slurry into said reinforcing bar receiving cavities of said concrete block and said reinforcing bar and cement receiving cavity of said mounting device. 
     
     
       26. An embeddable mounting device comprising: 
       a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length, a first width, and a first thickness; 
       a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; and 
       three rigid spacer members extending between said first inner surface and said second inner surface to form at least two cement cavities, said spacer members having dimensions to non-movably hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a predetermined spacing distance, said cement cavities being arranged to align with corresponding cement receiving cavities of conventional concrete blocks. 
     
     
       27. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 26 , wherein 
       said three spacer members are further dispose between said first inner surface and said second inner surface to form a pair of end cavities between said first and second metal plate members. 
     
     
       28. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 26 , wherein 
       said three spacer members are plate members that extend between said first and second inner surfaces of said first and second metal plate members, respectively. 
     
     
       29. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 28 , wherein 
       each of said plate members forming said three spacer members has an U- shaped cross section with a central section extending perpendicularly between said first and second metal plate members, respectively, and a pair of leg sections secured to said first and second metal plate members, respectively.   
     
     
       30. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 29 , wherein 
       said central sections of said plate members forming said three spacer members are free of openings. 
     
     
       31. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 26 , wherein 
       said three spacer members are shorter than said first and second widths of said first and second metal plate members. 
     
     
       32. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 26 , wherein said three spacer members are identical, except for orientation. 
     
     
       33. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 26 , wherein 
       each of said three spacer members is a one-piece, unitary member with said three metal spacer members being arranged parallel to each other. 
     
     
       34. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 26 , wherein 
       said first and second rectangular metal plate members have peripheral edges with each of said three spacer members being spaced inwardly from said peripheral edges. 
     
     
       35. An embeddable mounting device comprising: 
       a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length, a first width, and a first thickness; 
       a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; and 
       a pair of rigid spacer members extending between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one cement cavity between said first and second metal plate members, said spacer members having dimensions to hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a predetermined spacing distance; 
       a reinforcing bar having a portion extending into said at least one of said cement cavities of said mounting device, such that when said mounting device is placed a top a first concrete block having a pair of conventional cement cavities and below a second concrete block having a pair of conventional cement cavities said reinforcing bar extends into at least one of said cement cavities of each of said first and second concrete blocks. 
     
     
       36. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 35 , wherein 
       said spacer members are further dispose between said first inner surface and said second inner surface to form a pair of end cavities between said first and second metal plate members. 
     
     
       37. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 35 , wherein 
       said spacer members are plate members that extend between said first and second inner surfaces of said first and second metal plate members, respectively. 
     
     
       38. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 37 , wherein 
       each of said plate members forming said spacer members has an U-shaped cross section with a central section extending perpendicularly between said first and second metal plate members, respectively, and a pair of leg sections secured to said first and second metal plate members, respectively. 
     
     
       39. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 38 , wherein 
       said central sections of said plate members forming said spacer members are free of openings. 
     
     
       40. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 35 , wherein 
       said spacer members are shorter than said first and second widths of said first and second metal plate members. 
     
     
       41. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 35 , wherein said spacer members are identical, except for orientation. 
     
     
       42. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 35 , wherein 
       each of said spacer members is a one-piece, unitary member with said spacer members being arranged parallel to each other. 
     
     
       43. The embeddable mounting device of  claim 35 , wherein 
       said first and second rectangular metal plate members have peripheral edges with each of said spacer members being spaced inwardly from said peripheral edges. 
     
     
       44. A method of forming a mounting device for a concrete block wall, comprising the steps of: 
       providing at least one embeddable mounting device comprising: 
       a first rectangular metal plate member having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first length, a first width, and a first thickness; 
       a second rectangular metal plate member having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a second length of a measurement equal to said first length, a second width of a measurement equal to said first width, and a second thickness; and 
       a pair of rigid spacer members extending between said first inner surface and said second inner surface in a manner to form at least one cement cavity between said first and second metal plate members, said spacer members having dimensions to hold said first and second metal plate members in parallel relationship with each other such that when said first and second metal plate members simultaneously contact a planar surface said first and second metal plate members are both perpendicularly oriented to said planar surface, and in a manner such that said first and second outer surfaces are spaced apart a predetermined spacing distance, said first and second rectangular metal plate members having peripheral edges with each of said spacer members being spaced inwardly from said peripheral edges; 
       installing said mounting device into said concrete block wall in place of a conventional concrete block; said mounting device being placed into said concrete block wall in a manner such that said cement cavity of said mounting device is aligned with at least one cement cavity of said concrete block; 
       providing a cementing slurry; and 
       pouring said cementing slurry into said cement cavities of said concrete block and said cement cavity of said mounting device.