US 12,012,989 B2
System and method of releasably securing a wedge in a gap
Angus Noble, Totnes (GB)
Assigned to Pure Vista Ltd, Bodmin (GB)
Filed by Pure Vista Ltd, Bodmin (GB)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,152.
Claims priority of application No. 2004585 (GB), filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0301850 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 5/06 (2006.01); E04F 11/18 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/06 (2013.01) [E04F 11/1853 (2013.01); E04F 2011/1895 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wedge support for releasably securing a wedge in a gap between a first object and a second object, the wedge support configured to be arrangeable within the gap adjacent to the first object and orientated with a first side of the wedge support proximal to an opening of the gap, such that the wedge is forceable into the gap, between the second object and the wedge support, the wedge support comprising:
a first portion;
a second portion releasably attached to the first portion; and
a tool socket located on the first side of the wedge support, wherein,
the tool socket extends across the first portion and the second portion,
insertion of a tool into the tool socket permits separation of the first portion from the second portion, and
the first portion and the second portion each include two to seven extensions, wherein the extensions of the first portion all interlock with the corresponding extensions from the second portion.