Connector assembly

Claim 1

A connector assembly for use in a structure formed of initially fluid condition and subsequently solid aggregate and having an aggregate form base over which the aggregate is placed in said initial condition, comprising the combination of: a connector socket body having a closed top wall, a tubular side wall, and having a bore formed therein; a lower flange on the side wall defining the opening of the bore, said bore being threaded internally adjacent said opening; an elongated, substantially cylindrical locking member having a main body section, said main body section being externally threaded and being threadedly engaged in said bore of said socket body; the locking member having a reduced lower end portion and having a lower engagement segment; a sleeve fixedly secured on said reduced lower end portion; a plurality of resilient splines extending from the sleeve in circumferentially spaced, radially outward, angular relation thereto, and being directed toward the socket body; the form base having a hole formed therein, and the locking member being inserted through said hole by compression of the splines to extend therethrough, the splines expanding upon passage through the holes to engage against the form base and to clampingly grip the form base as the socket body is tightened on the locking member, the locking member being disengageable when the aggregate is in its solid condition and the socket is embedded therein, said socket body sidewall having a series of projections thereon to prevent rotation of the socket body upon hardening of the aggregate, and the lower engagement segment terminating in a bolt head to effected threaded engagement of the cylindrical locking member to said socket body.