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US 12,624,560 · App. 17/457,182 · Granted May 12, 2026

Concrete screeding depth and leveling tool

Inventors: Richard Ray Wanke (Eau Claire, WI); Todd Melby (Eau Claire, WI)
Assignee: Whitetail Management LLC
E04G21/10E01C23/01
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Patent No.
US 12,624,560
App. No.
17/457,182
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A concrete screeding tool includes an elongated stake, a disk, and a bar. The stake has a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, a first end, and a second end. The disk extends radially from the outer surface. The bar is spaced from the outer surface and is parallel to the longitudinal axis. Slurry depth is measured by vertically positioning the concrete screeding tool spaced from an outer frame; pouring a slurry into the frame; placing a screeding board between the bar and the elongated stake and on the outer frame; and leveling the slurry with a sawing motion. The tool is small and durable, is easy to set up and clean, prevents dips in concrete, makes bull floating concrete easier, and can save man hours in screeding the concrete level.

Claims (8)

1 . A measuring and supporting tool for use with concrete slurry, comprising:

an elongated stake having an upper stake portion and a lower stake portion, the upper stake portion including a plurality of pre-measured line guide notches;

a disk extending radially from the lower stake portion, configured to rest at ground level when the tool is pounded into the ground; and

a guide bracket extending from a margin of the disk, the guide bracket being parallel to the upper stake portion, forming a slot between the upper stake portion and the guide bracket configured to support a board;

wherein the upper stake portion is formed with a circumferential notch at a junction between the upper stake portion and the disk, the circumferential notch defining a weakened break point; and

wherein the elongated stake, the disk, and the guide bracket are formed as a single unitary piece.

2 . The measuring and supporting tool of claim 1 , wherein the guide bracket further comprises a reinforcing fin formed longitudinally along a surface thereof.

3 . The measuring and supporting tool of claim 1 , wherein the upper stake portion comprises bores formed therethrough orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2026
From: WANKE, RICHARD RAY; MELBY, TODD
To: WHITETAIL MANAGEMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 075337/0093 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63199009 · Dec 1, 2020
Related Publication 20220170279A1 · Jun 2, 2022
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