Patent Application
20230220648
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The disclosure relates to foundation devices and more particularly pertains to a new foundation device for building a modular foundation for a home. The device includes a tarp which has holes at strategic locations which can be laid on the ground for marking the ground at each of the holes. The device includes a plurality of concrete forms that each has a trapezoidal shape such that each of the concrete forms can be lifted upwardly from a concrete member that is cured in the concrete forms. Additionally, each of the concrete forms has a crenellated edge to form a series of slots in the concrete member to facilitate the concrete member to be lifted with a forklift.
The prior art relates to foundation devices including a modular building device including a plurality of pre-cut members for constructing a building. The prior art discloses a method of employing laser imaging for building a construction template. The prior art discloses a method of erecting a structure involving locally sourced materials and labor. The prior art discloses a construction template system that includes a laser pointer for locating a proposed structural element. The prior art discloses a measuring tarp device that includes a grid of pre-determined dimensions for facilitating measurements to be made.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tarp that has a plurality of openings each strategically positioned on the tarp to facilitate the ground to be marked for a foundation. A plurality of concrete forms is provided which each has a trapezoidal shape. In this way each of the concrete forms can be lifted upwardly from a concrete member formed by the concrete forms when the concrete member has cured. Each of the concrete forms has a crenellated edge to form a series of slots into the concrete member. In this way the series of slots in the concrete member facilitate the concrete member to be lifted with a forklift.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of concrete forms 30 is provided and each of the concrete forms 30 has a front face 32 which slopes away from a rear face 34 such that each of the concrete forms 30 has a trapezoidal shape. In this way each of the concrete forms 30 can be lifted upwardly from a concrete member 36 formed by the concrete forms 30 when the concrete member 36 has cured. Thus, the concrete forms 30 can be arranged to define a rectangle for pouring a foundation for the house 28. Each of the concrete forms 30 has a crenellated edge 37 such that each of the concrete forms 30 can form a series of slots 38 into the concrete member 36. In this way the concrete member 36 can be lifted with a forklift when the concrete member 36 has been cured. Furthermore, each of the concrete forms 30 has a length that corresponds to the intended footprint of the house 28 being constructed.
Each of the concrete forms 30 has a first lateral face 40 and a second lateral face 42 each extending between the front face 32 and the rear face 34. Additionally, each of the concrete forms 30 is elongated between the first lateral face 40 and the second lateral face 42. Each of the front face 32 and the rear face 34 has a top edge 44 and a bottom edge 46, and the front face 32 is oriented to slope away from the rear face 34 between the top edge 44 and the bottom edge 46 of the front face 32. In this way each of the concrete forms 30 has a trapezoidal cross section taken along a line extending between the first lateral face 40 and the second lateral face 42.
The bottom edge 46 of each of the front face 32 and the rear face 34 is crenellated, and each of the crenellations 48 has an upper edge 50 and a pair of lateral edges 52. Each of the lateral edges 52 angles away from the upper edge 50 such that each of the crenellations 48 has a trapezoidal shape. Furthermore, each of the crenellations 48 in the front face 32 is aligned with a respective one of the crenellations 48 in the rear face 34. The first lateral face 40 has a pair of first rebar holes 54 extending through the first lateral face 40 and the first rebar holes 54 are vertically distributed on the first lateral face 40. The second lateral face 42 has a pair of second rebar holes 56 extending through the second lateral face 42 and the second rebar holes 56 are vertically distributed on the second lateral face 42. Furthermore, the first rebar holes 54 and the second rebar holes 56 facilitate rebar 58 to be slid into the concrete form 30 when the concrete form 30 is filled with concrete.
The front face 32 has a plurality of bolt holes 60 each extending through the front face 32. Each of the bolt holes 60 facilitates a bolt to be extended through the bolt holes 60 for forming a bolt hole into the concrete member 36 when the concrete member 36 has cured. Each of the bolt holes 60 is spaced downwardly from the top edge 44 of the front face 32. Additionally, the plurality of bolt holes 60 is spaced apart from each other and is distributed between the first lateral face 40 and the second lateral face 42.
A plurality of rods 62 is provided and each of the rods 62 is coupled to a respective one of the concrete forms 30. Furthermore, each of the rods 62 is bent into an arch to define a grip 63. The grip 63 defined by each of the rods 62 is gripped for lifting the concrete forms 30 from the concrete member 36 when the concrete member 36 has cured. Each of the rods 62 has a first end 64 and a second end 66, and each of the rods 62 is elongated between the first end 64 and the second end 66. Each of the rods 62 is coupled to a front surface 68 of the front face 32 and a rear surface 70 of the rear face 34 having the rods 62 curving upwardly over the top edge 44 of the front face 32 and the top edge 44 of the rear face 34. The rods 62 on each of the concrete forms 30 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed between the first lateral face 40 and the second lateral face 42 of the concrete forms 30. Additionally, each of the rods 62 is comprised of a rigid material thereby inhibiting the top edge 44 of the front face 32 from moving away from the top edge 44 of the rear face 34 when the concrete form is filled with concrete.
In use, the tarp 12 is laid onto the ground 16 and the ground 16 is marked through each of the openings 14 in the tarp 12. The ground 16 can be marked with construction chalk, spray paint or other preferred method. The tarp 12 is removed from the ground 16 and the ground 16 is excavated as required in order to level the ground 16 along the markings. Each of the concrete forms 30 is filled with concrete to form the concrete member 36 and each of the concrete forms 30 is lifted upwardly from the concrete member 36 when the concrete member 36 has cured. Additionally, each of the concrete members 36 is lifted with a forklift, or other type of machine, and each of the concrete members 36 is set into place to match the openings 14 that were marked with the tarp 12. In this way a foundation for a house 28 of predetermined dimensions can be assembled in a modular fashion.
The series of slots formed into the concrete member 36 facilitates the house 28 that is constructed on the foundation to be moved with a forklift or other similar type of machine. As is most clearly shown in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
