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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7445192 | Shear wall template A connection is provided between a holder and a plurality of anchor bolts by means of a template. The holder is typically a form board for a cementious member such as a foundation. The template is releasably attached to the form board. The template is formed with a ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7223124 | Connector and a method of assembling it A front wall (50) is movable between a full locking position and a partial locking position on the front of a female housing (10). When the front wall (50) is at the full locking position, mating tabs (70) can enter main portions (41 | 05/29/2007 |
| 7174681 | Concrete from stake system with self-sealing plug Method and apparatus for securing a building foundation form disposed on a moisture barrier membrane. The method includes the steps of positioning one end of a concrete form stake in a mating structure of a plug, penetrating the moisture barrier membrane with a tip ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150437 | Conduit support attachable to a cementitious material form A conduit support is provided formed of a back plate and a top plate attached at right angles to each other. The two plates are removably fastenable to a top edge of a form in which cementitious material is to be poured, and in which a conduit is to be encased or ex... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7073768 | Device and method for setting a frame The present invention comprises an apparatus for supporting a frame from a utility container. The apparatus comprises a plurality of support members being configured to form a box. The support members are slidably attached to each other. The apparatus further compri... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7003863 | Apparatus and method for mounting accessory devices to panels An apparatus for mounting accessories to a panel surface includes at least one accessory interface on the panel surface. An elongate engaging section is recessed within and lies generally parallel to a part of the panel surface. An accessory device has a utility par... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6866239 | Concrete form assembly A form assembly for forming a concrete structure during drying of the concrete. The form assembly is formed of an elongated plastic form having a front wall for engaging the concrete and a rear wall. The front wall is spaced apart from the back wall to define a pock... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6854227 | Anchor bolt locating jig A jig (40) for locating anchor bolts in concrete standards of outdoor lighting installations comprises four complementary corner members (42) that can be interconnected and then secured together with fasteners (45) in the desired pattern. A seco... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6668502 | Ledger mould for building a ledger A ledger mould assembly is suitable for use with a wall form assembly of the type comprising a pair of spaced-apart parallel foam panels defining therebetween a cavity for the setting of a flowable material for building an insulated wall. The ledger mould... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6629681 | Flexible form assembly A flexible form assembly for forming concrete structures during setting of the concrete is provided. The flexible form assembly includes an elongated form having a front side for engaging the concrete and a rear side. The rear side includes a back wall di... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6378269 | Adjustable form for hub drains A cylinder possessing an externally threaded lower end mating an internally threaded drain collar bore seated in the top end of an upright hub drain is threaded into the bore and the elevation of the top end of the cylinder elevationally adjusted with res... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6332297 | Device for facilitating the removal of formwork The invention relates to a device for facilitating the removal of formwork for the end joint of a diaphragm wall panel, said formwork comprising a soleplate having two side edges. The device comprising: two substantially rectangular plates of substantially the... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5836132 | Anchor template A reusable anchor bolt template (10) and method for suspending an anchor bolt (56) into a concrete material (53) and adapted to be fastened to a single form element (54) at a top end and a bottom end of the form element (54). The preferred embodiment (10)... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5817247 | Wall supporting A device 10 is provided for supporting a wall 11 of a form for containing concrete and like fluid materials. It comprises the following components and arrangements thereof relative to each other; and normally but not necessarily arranged as in FIG. 1 rela... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5788875 | Device for a detachable securing of formwork boards Proposed for detachably securing formwork panels, formwork boards, insulation and facade panels, breastwork bars, scaffolding brackets, etc., is a holding device designed to be embedded and fixed in place in a concrete structure of a building. This holdin... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5759849 | Sludge treatment tank thereof construction method thereof In a sludge treatment tank, members made of a glass long-fiber reinforced foamed plastic composite material are used as formworks in construction and then left as an inside wall member. The composite material functions as formworks in a construction metho... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5616272 | Re-bar alignment and support clip A re-bar alignment and support clip for re-bar members that need to extend vertically upwardly from a concrete foundation. The re-bar alignment support clip is detachably secured on the horizontal 2×4 whose bottom surface is generally flush with the top ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5580480 | Form for making fence posts in situ A form for making a concrete fence post supported by the ground is disclosed. The form has two elongated halves which are hinged together and clamped along one edge. The form is supported over a post hole and concrete is poured into the form. Reinforcing ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5398909 | Channel beam and T-bolt system This invention pertains to a novel component for constructing concrete forms. More particularly, this invention pertains to a concrete form system component comprising interlocking novel channel form beams and T-bolt connections. A T-bolt channel form bea... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5388804 | Anchor bolt holder-spacer A device that is used to hold a bolt in place while concrete is poured around it, so that when the concrete has hardened the bolt will protrude vertically, a useful distance from the surface of the concrete, and will be positioned in a useful place. The s... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5375810 | Formwork component A formwork component for the erection of cast structural walls, particularly for the erection of concrete walls. The formwork components includes a formwork plate with stiffening elements, for example, frames or girders, being mounted at the rear side of ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5234654 | Concrete forming system A concrete forming system including an elongated member for extending from an exterior portion of the forming system to an interior portion of the forming system whereby the concrete or other pourable formable material exerts pressure on the interior port... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5052654 | Molded plastic void hold down device for concrete beam-slab formation The invention is a molded plastic void hold down device utilized in concrete beams to restrict and hold down the vertical and lateral movement of voids placed within the concrete beam during construction. In particular, the hold down device comprises a mo... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4921372 | Sidewalk scribing tool A tool for scribing lines in soft concrete in which the line can be impressed by a standing operator. Guides are provided on the tool to assure a proper angle of the scribed line. A grooving tool can then follow the scribed line without added guide becaus... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4882886 | Automatically-releasable pipe attachment device A pipe attachment device (12, 52) for attaching a pipe (16, 54) to a concrete form wall (14) includes an axially extending wall (12, 54) and a floor (24, 58) extending laterally from a first end of the axially extending wall. The floor is affixed to the c... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4877216 | Automatically-releasable pipe-attachment device Pipe-attachment apparatus (10) for attaching a pipe (22) to a concrete-form wall (16) includes a first attachment device (12,44,56) to be attached to the concrete-form wall and a second-attachment device (14,58) having a radially directed surface for cont... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4846438 | Molding device with hand operable mold A molding device includes at least two comonent form boards 12,13 and a wedge-shaped spacer board 14 between them. An operating mechanism is associated with the form boards and the spacer, and moves them relative to one another. The operating mechanism in... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4823527 | Plumbing concrete form accessory A plumbing concrete form accessory (10) includes a relatively large hollow displacement member (12) having a hole (18) in a wall thereof and defining a sleeve (19) about the hole for snugly fitting the outside surface of a pipe (48). A dissolving type adh... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4804160 | Automatically-releasable pipe-attachment device Pipe-attachment apparatus (10) for attaching a pipe (22) to a concrete-form wall (16) includes a first attachment device (12,44,56) to be attached to the concrete-form wall and a second-attachment device (14,58) having a radially directed surface for cont... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4718210 | Fastener for void-forming member A fastener is disclosed for affixing void-forming members to underlying concrete slabs for use in composite slab construction. Each fastener comprises a stem having a cross limb with a barbed end for insertion into a foam member, a stabilizer bar transver... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4659054 | Lightweight concrete form having a detachable equipment rail A concrete form includes a horizontal base and a vertical face joined to the base. Load bearing brackets are coupled at spaced apart intervals along the exterior side of the concrete form to loosely support a detachable equipment rail from below while mai... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4641465 | Pool construction and panel support member The specification describes an in-ground concrete pool construction is particularly concerned with the use of a panel support member during the construction. The panel support member is of elongate form, has a pair of angled surfaces adapted to provide th... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4640063 | Reinforcing bar support clip An integral wire clip one end of which is to slip over the top edge of an elongated cement form and be snugly connected thereto. The opposite end of the clip is formed into a spring biased section which includes a pocket. Within the pocket there is to be ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4533112 | Curb stake with integral support A curb stake for use in securing a concrete form in a prescribed location, the curb stake including an elongated shaft and integral support structure that cooperate to resist both outward displacement and outward pivoting of the concrete form when concret... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4405112 | Gang form bolt A gang form or tie rod holding bolt is adapted for holding a tie rod passing through abutting frames of prefabricated panel units, the frames having mating slots. The tie rod holding bolt includes a body portion and a slot leg for extending through the ma... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4381853 | Alignment apparatus Alignment apparatus for use in erecting shelter structures, the apparatus comprising an eccentrically-shaped cam portion having an endless cam surface extending between first and second faces, a recess disposed in the first face, and a shaft extending fro... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4349491 | Method for forming a concrete deck The method for forming a concrete deck includes top adjustable removable hangers depending from opposed walls, beams or girders to support length adjustable ledgers, which ledgers support deck joists and decking associated therewith and upon which concret... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4348002 | Hanger for concrete deck forming apparatus Top adjustable removable hangers depend from opposed walls, beams or girders to support length adjustable ledgers, which ledgers support deck joists and decking associated therewith and upon which a concrete deck will be poured to form a slab supported up... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4342440 | Concrete deck forming apparatus Apparatus for forming a concrete deck includes top adjustable removable hangers depending from opposed walls, beams or girders to support length adjustable ledgers, which ledgers support deck joists and decking associated therewith and upon which a concre... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4261544 | Element locator for concrete This is a universal, re-usable system to accurately locate and temporarily hold an element to-be-embedded in concrete in a form. The system includes at least two rails and at least one element locating plate. The plate is capable of being attached in comb... | 04/14/1981 |
