US 11,987,982 B2
Structural support system for rockwork with mechanical fastening of adjacent chip assemblies
Zsolt Hormay, Tokyo (JP); Philip J. Jackson, Glendale, CA (US); Tammy Tosounian, Altadena, CA (US); Robert W. Jewell, Winter Garden, FL (US); Angela M. Orovets, Los Angeles, CA (US); Robert Pontrelli, Glendale, CA (US); and Maeis Heshmati, Tujunga, CA (US)
Assigned to Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/541,001.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175261 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. E04C 5/16 (2006.01); E04C 5/18 (2006.01); E04G 21/12 (2006.01); E04F 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC E04C 5/163 (2013.01) [E04C 5/16 (2013.01); E04C 5/167 (2013.01); E04C 5/168 (2013.01); E04C 5/18 (2013.01); E04G 21/122 (2013.01); E04F 13/047 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An underlying structural support system for use in fabricating a physical structure, comprising:
a plurality of rebar assemblies, wherein each of the rebar assemblies comprises a first set of pieces of rebar extending about an exterior border and a second set of pieces of rebar arranged in a crisscross pattern to infill a space within the exterior border; and
a plurality of two-bar crimps interconnecting adjacent pairs of the plurality of rebar assemblies, wherein each of the two-bar crimps receives a piece of rebar from the first set of pieces of rebar from each of the adjacent pairs and retains the two received pieces of rebar in abutting contact,
wherein each of the two-bar crimps comprises a body with a pair of recessed surfaces configured for receiving the two received pieces of rebar and with a pair of spaced apart arms encircling the two received pieces of rebar, and
wherein the body is reconfigurable via plastic deformation under a deforming force from a first configuration, in which tips of the spaced apart arms define an opening greater than an outer diameter of each of the two received pieces of rebar to provide access to the pair of recessed surfaces, to a second configuration, in which the opening is less than the outer diameter of each of the two received pieces of rebar.