Concrete slab panel forming, reinforcing, joint sealing and edge protecting framing system
A device for forming, reinforcing, joint sealing and edge protecting of a concrete slab panel, wherein the concrete slab panel having a volume, a length, a width, and a surface. The device comprising of an elongated post having a body, a top end and a bottom end with a plurality of elongated grooves extending along the body; a mounting frame has a length, a width and a thickness. The mounting frames having a connecting means to connect the mounting frame to the posts. The present invention eliminates the needs for saw-cut lines for crack inducement and acts as a joint sealer for the concrete slab to relieve the tensile stresses.
1. A device for subdividing a continuous concrete slab into a plurality of a polygon concrete slabs over a prepared subgrade surface area to prevent curling, wherein the continuous concrete slab having a thickness, the device comprising:
a. a plurality of polygon shaped elements constructed by a plurality of mounting frames and mounting posts, wherein each said mounting frame forming a side of said polygon shaped element and each said mounting post forming a vertex of said polygon shaped element;
b. each said mounting post having a body, a top, a bottom and a connecting means, wherein said post is perpendicularly placed over said prepared subgrade surface area, and
c. each said mounting frame having a frame-length, a frame-height, a frame-thickness, a frame-bottom end and a frame-top end, said mounting frame connects to said post by a connecting means,
whereby said mounting frames act as saw-cut lines to induce cracks and as joint sealers between said polygon shaped elements.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom of said post has a sharp end to penetrate into said prepared subgrade surface.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom of said post has a base which sits in said prepared subgrade surface.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprising of a plurality of elongated grooves designed in said body of said post to engage with said mounting frames.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprising of a plurality of elongated slots extending outwardly from said body of said post to receive said mounting frames.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein said mounting frame material being selected from the groups consisting of a metal, a plastic, a polymer, an elastomer, a wood, a compressible foam, a fiberglass and a rubber.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the post material being selected from the groups consisting of a metal, a plastic, a fiberglass, a compressible foam, a rubber, a polymer and a wood.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein said mounting frame further having a load transfer located substantially at the middle of said frame-height.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device further having a plurality of reinforcement bars extending between said mounting frames to secure the location of said mounting frame during concrete pouring and curing processes.
10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the post further having a leveling means.