(19)
(11) EP 1 281 815 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/06

(21) Application number: 02255476.0

(22) Date of filing: 02.08.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E02D 31/10, E02D 35/00, E04G 11/48
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 03.08.2001 GB 0119024

(71) Applicant: Abbey Pynford Holdings plc
Watford WD2 4AE (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Kiss, Paul
    Kings' Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 9HS (GB)

(74) Representative: Brunner, Michael John 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Foundation raft


(57) A support mechanism for use in the formation of a concrete foundation raft or low level beam for a building or other superstructure, the support mechanism comprising: a base member (11) for engagement, in use, with the ground; a platform (16) for engagement, in use, with the raft or beam; connecting means (14,15) for connecting the base member and the platform such that they are relatively movable between a close configuration and an open configuration; and means (18) for, in use, retaining the base member and the platform in the open configuration.






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