IP Library Granted Patent US 8,375,671
Granted Patent B1
US 8,375,671 · App. 13/208,994 · Granted Feb 19, 2013

System and method for providing basement wall stabilization

Inventors: Daniel J. Thrasher (Omaha, NE); Aaron W. Ruskamp (Waverly, NE)
Assignee: Thrasher Basement Systems, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,375,671
App. No.
13/208,994
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system for stabilizing an existing basement wall includes a wall stabilizing system including a first wall anchoring device installed on a surface of the existing basement wall. The first wall anchoring device may further include a first anchoring plate fastened to a surface of the existing basement wall tethered via a substantially rigid rod to a second anchoring plate embedded underground outside the existing basement wall at a distance away from the existing basement wall. The system may include a first layer of sprayable concrete material applied over the existing basement wall. System may further include a third anchoring plate installed on a surface of the first layer of sprayable concrete material. The system may also include a second layer of sprayable concrete material applied over the first layer of sprayable concrete material.

Claims (29)

1. A system for stabilizing an existing basement wall comprising:

a wall stabilizing system including a first wall anchoring device installed on a surface of the existing basement wall, the first wall anchoring device further including a first anchoring plate fastened to a surface of the existing basement wall tethered via a substantially rigid rod to a second anchoring plate embedded underground outside the existing basement wall at a distance away from the existing basement wall;

a first layer of sprayable concrete material applied over the existing basement wall;

a third anchoring plate installed on a surface of the first layer of sprayable concrete material, the third anchoring plate attached to the first anchoring plate by the rigid rod which passes through the first layer of sprayable concrete material and one or more fasteners for fastening the third anchoring plate to a surface of the first layer of sprayable concrete material; and

a second layer of sprayable concrete material applied over the first layer of sprayable concrete material.

2. The system of claim 1 , further including a framing system installed substantially about the perimeter of the basement wall.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first layer of sprayable concrete material is between about 1 to 5 inches in thickness.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second layer of sprayable concrete material is between about 1 to 5 inches in thickness.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein a total thickness of the first layer of sprayable concrete material and the second layer of sprayable concrete material is between about 5 to 10 inches.

6. The system of claim 1 , further including a plurality of vertically disposed thin wires spaced apart across the existing basement wall or the first layer of sprayable concrete material to maintain a substantially uniform application of the first layer of sprayable concrete material or the second layer of sprayable concrete material.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first anchoring plate has an area less than the area of the third anchoring plate.

8. The system of claim 1 , further including a plurality of concrete anchors disposed within a top edge and a bottom edge of the first layer of sprayable concrete material or the second layer of sprayable concrete material supporting the first layer of sprayable concrete material or the second layer of sprayable concrete material.

9. The system of claim 1 , further including one or more supporting floor joists installed along the top edge of first layer of sprayable concrete material and the second layer of sprayable concrete material.

10. The system of claim 1 , further including one or more reinforcement beams installed vertically along at least one of the existing basement wall or the first layer of sprayable concrete material, the one or more reinforcement beams substantially concealed by the second layer of sprayable concrete material.

11. A method for stabilizing an existing basement wall comprising:

installing a first wall anchoring device on the existing basement wall further including fastening a first anchoring plate to the existing basement wall and tethering the first anchoring plate via a substantially rigid rod to a second anchoring plate embedded underground outside the existing basement wall at a distance away from the existing basement wall, the first anchoring plate may provide a first amount of support to the existing basement wall;

applying a first layer of sprayable concrete material over the existing basement wall, the first layer of sprayable concrete material substantially covering the first anchoring plate device;

allowing the first layer of sprayable concrete material to substantially or completely cure;

installing a third anchoring plate on the first layer of sprayable concrete material, further including fastening a third anchoring plate via a fastener to the first anchoring plate through the first layer of sprayable concrete material; and

applying a second layer of sprayable concrete material over the first layer of sprayable concrete material, the second layer of sprayable concrete material substantially covering the third anchoring plate.

12. The method of claim 11 , further including installing a framing system substantially about the perimeter of the basement wall.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first layer of sprayable concrete material is between about 1 to 5 inches in thickness.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second layer of sprayable concrete material is between about 1 to 5 inches in thickness.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein a total thickness of the first layer of sprayable concrete material and the second layer of sprayable concrete material is between about 5 to 10 inches.

16. The method of claim 11 , further including utilizing a plurality of vertically disposed thin wires spaced apart across the existing basement wall or the first layer of sprayable concrete material to maintain a substantially uniform application of the first layer of sprayable concrete material or the second layer of sprayable concrete material.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first anchoring plate has an area less than the area of the third anchoring plate.

18. The method of claim 11 , further including supporting the first layer of sprayable concrete material or the second layer of sprayable concrete material via concrete anchors disposed within a top edge and a bottom edge of the first layer of sprayable concrete material or the second layer of sprayable concrete material.

19. The method of claim 11 , further including installing one or more supporting floor joists along the top edge of first layer of sprayable concrete material and the second layer of sprayable concrete material.

20. The method of claim 11 , further including installing one or more reinforcement beams vertically along at least one of the existing basement wall or the first layer of sprayable concrete material, the one or more reinforcement beams substantially concealed by the second layer of sprayable concrete material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: THRASHER BASEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
To: THRASHER, INC.
Reel/Frame 048692/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2011
From: THRASHER, DANIEL J.; RUSKAMP, AARON W.
To: THRASHER BASEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 026890/0083 →