IP Library Granted Patent US 10,742,008
Granted Patent B2
US 10,742,008 · App. 15/411,295 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Conduit stub-up assembly

Inventor: Jeffrey Krause (Niles, IL)
Assignee: CSUE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
H02G3/0481F16L29/00F16L37/28F16L55/10H02G3/0493H02G9/06
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Patent No.
US 10,742,008
App. No.
15/411,295
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stub-up form for providing access to an in-slab connector has an opening with a threaded element of a select diameter corresponding to size of an elongate tubular element to be received therein. The form comprises a hollow unitary plastic body comprising an elongate tubular wall having a shoulder connected to a narrowed cylindrical neck closed at a distal end wall to define an interior space. The elongate tubular wall is of a diameter greater than the select diameter and the neck has a size to be removably received in the opening and is engageable by the threaded element. A receptacle extends from the distal end wall inwardly into the interior space for receiving a tool head for removal of the form from an in-slab connector, in use.

Claims (22)

1. A stub-up form for providing access to an in-slab connector having an opening with a threaded element of a select diameter corresponding to size of an elongate tubular element to be received therein, comprising:

a hollow unitary plastic body comprising an elongate tubular wall having a shoulder at a lower end connected to a narrowed cylindrical neck extending downward from the shoulder and closed at a distal end wall to define an interior space, the elongate tubular wall having a length greater than a length of the neck and being of a diameter greater than the select diameter and the neck having a size to be removably received in the opening and being engageable by the threaded element, and a receptacle extending from the distal end wall inwardly into the interior space for receiving a tool head for removal of the form from an in-slab connector, in use.

2. The stub-up form of claim 1 , wherein the neck comprises a threaded neck.

3. The stub-up form of claim 1 , wherein the receptacle comprises opposite planar walls extending across an inside of the neck.

4. The stub-up form of claim 1 , further comprising the neck extending inwardly of the shoulder into the interior space to define an inner cylindrical wall.

5. The stub-up form of claim 4 , wherein the inner cylindrical wall surrounds the receptacle.

6. The stub-up form of claim 5 , wherein the receptacle comprises opposite planar walls extending across the inner cylindrical wall.

7. The stub-up form of claim 1 , wherein the distal end wall has a reduced thickness in an area surrounded by the receptacle.

8. The stub-up form of claim 1 , wherein the tubular wall has a draft of about 2°.

9. The stub-up form of claim 1 wherein the tubular wall has a lower portion, proximate the shoulder, and an upper portion, and wherein the lower portion has a draft of about 2° and the upper portion has a uniform diameter.

10. The stub-up form of claim 1 , wherein the conduit stub-up form has a generally uniform wall thickness of about 0.08″.

11. The stub-up form of claim 1 , further comprising a foam insert in the interior space.

12. The stub-up form of claim 1 , wherein the foam insert extends into the receptacle.

13. A conduit stub-up form for providing access to an in-slab conduit connector having an opening with a threaded element of a select diameter corresponding to size of an elongate conduit to be received therein, comprising:

a hollow unitary plastic body comprising an elongate tubular wall having a shoulder at a lower end connected to a narrowed cylindrical threaded neck extending downward from the shoulder and closed at a distal end wall to define an interior space, the elongate tubular wall having a length tweeter than a length of the neck and being of a diameter greater than the select diameter and the neck having a size to be removably received in the opening and being engageable by the threaded element, and a receptacle comprising a pair of opposite planar walls extending from the distal end wall inwardly into the interior space for receiving a planar tool head for removal of the form from an in-slab conduit connector, in use.

14. The conduit stub-up form of claim 13 , further comprising the neck extending inwardly of the shoulder into the interior space to define an inner cylindrical wall and wherein the opposite planar walls extend across the inner cylindrical wall.

15. The conduit stub-up form of claim 13 , wherein the distal end wall has a reduced thickness in an area between the opposite planar walls.

16. The conduit stub-up form of claim 13 , wherein the tubular wall has a draft of about 2°.

17. The conduit stub-up form of claim 13 , wherein the tubular wall has a lower portion, proximate the shoulder, and an upper portion, and wherein the lower portion has a draft of about 2° and the upper portion has a uniform diameter.

18. The conduit stub-up form of claim 13 , wherein the form has a generally uniform wall thickness of about 0.08″.

19. The conduit stub-up form of claim 13 , further comprising a foam insert in the interior space.

20. The conduit stub-up form of claim 13 , wherein the foam insert extends into the receptacle.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 15411395 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 041508 FRAME 0342. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 20, 2017
From: KRAUSE, JEFFREY
To: CSUE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 041653/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2017
From: KRAUSE, JEFFREY
To: CSUE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 041508/0342 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation In Part 14865893 · Sep 25, 2015
Continuation In Part 14244938 · Apr 4, 2014
Provisional Application 62055013 · Sep 25, 2014
Provisional Application 62130881 · Mar 10, 2015
Provisional Application 61808785 · Apr 5, 2013
Related Publication 20170179699A1 · Jun 22, 2017
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