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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7530545 | Concrete slab form system A system of interconnecting structural components for supporting and forming suspended concrete slabs that allow removal of form panels without disturbing the slab support posts (shores). Additional features of the system accommodate changes in suspended slab thickn... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7311470 | Wale and retaining wall system A wale for use in bracing a retaining wall. The wale is comprise of a back wall, a front wall having a channel formed therein, and a plurality connecting walls connecting the back and front walls to form at least one chamber between the back and front walls. In one ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7255319 | Form frame for concrete footings having means to prevent relative movement between the form boards and the ground surface A square tubular steel frame extends between inner and outer concrete footing form walls and prevents the inner and outer form walls from bowing inwardly and causing an undesirable narrow footing width, or bowing outwardly and causing a form blowout. The steel frame... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7210664 | Concrete form having adjustable curvature Supplemental bridging straps are used to increase the strength of a flexible metal concrete form assembly. A metal form has a flexible panel member with a perimetral flange projected laterally from one side thereof. Each of a pair of transversely opposite side secti... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7182308 | Concrete form connecting apparatus An assembly (20) for releasably interconnecting a pair of concrete form panels (22, 24) having adjacent, apertured walls (30) is provided which completely eliminates loose parts and significantly reduces panel setup and knock-down times. The ass... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182309 | Concrete curbing forming device A cleat device (20) is taught for forming concrete curbing that jointly retains a back board form (22) and a front board form (24) with a spreader (25) spaced apart between the forms. The cleat device consists of three basic elements firs... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7156360 | Formwork system for forming transitions of reinforcement between concrete components and/or as termination of concrete formworks The invention concerns a formwork system (1) for forming a transition of reinforcement (8) between a concrete component and a further concrete component located adjacent thereto in a connecting direction (14), comprising two formwork elements ( | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131624 | Landscape edging form assembly and method A landscape edging form assembly for forming a concrete edging in place, includes first and second sidewalls and a series of flexible connectors extending between and interconnecting the sidewalls. The flexible connectors are spaced apart from each other in the dire... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131627 | Concrete forming panel with flexible barrier A forming panel and method for using the same in construction of self-sustaining concrete wall structures is provided wherein a flexible barrier element is provided along a margin on the forming panel for impeding the flow of water and fine particles of a concrete m... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124550 | Anchoring framework to a masonry wall An upper framed portion of a building structure may be anchored to a lower masonry wall by using a conventional concrete anchor and an anchor retainer. The anchor retainer may have a body portion longer than the width of the wall and both upper and lower reference s... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7103984 | Anchor bolt and setting template An anchor bolt setting template is used to position an anchor bolt in a wall for attachment of a first plate or a second plate to the wall. The first and second plates having different dimensions from each other. The template includes a rigid washer plate having fir... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097147 | Non-destructive form brackets and methods of using the same A non-destructive form bracket assembly and method of using the same is provided including a bracket having a vertical supporting side and horizontal supporting side for maintaining a form vertically upright; an attachment device having a first and second foundation... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7051988 | Brace for concrete forms A brace for securing concrete form members to a casting surface. First and second leg members are spaced to form an angle. A bridging member extends between opposing ends of the leg members and a strut extends between the joined ends of the leg members and the bridg... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048529 | Mould for curved panels The invention relates to a mold for the manufacture of curved insulating panels, which comprises an upper half-mold (2) and a lower half-mold (3) opposite each other. The structure of both said half-molds is formed by a respective chain of modul... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048249 | Circular formwork Disclosed is a formwork element (1) which can be assembled with other formwork elements (1) so as to form a formwork structure. A formwork shell (4) having an adjustable curvature is supported by means of back supports (5) so as to create... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036786 | Mounting system A mounting system for a shelter, which includes an angle assembly and a supporting understructure. The angle assembly is mountable on longitudinal sides of the shelter. The shelter is mountable on the understructure, the angle assembly is attached to the understruct... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7000358 | System support assembly A system support assembly comprises a pair of substantially parallel footer forms, insulated concrete forms, footer form base saddles, a poly form saddle assembly and first and second vertical stabilizers. The footer form base saddle may be generally u-shaped and is... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6969041 | Method of forming concrete structures using panels having flexible barriers A forming panel and method for using the same in construction of self-sustaining concrete wall structures is provided wherein a flexible barrier element is provided along a margin on the forming panel for impeding the flow of water and fine particles of a concrete m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6913422 | Shoring leg with node connectors A shoring post suitable for use with ledger frames uses node sleeves which surround the shoring post. Preferably, the node sleeves are an extruded component with a center cavity that closely conforms to the exterior of the shoring post. The node sleeves are secured ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6871454 | Post shoring and decking system A post shoring and decking system is for use in supporting sheet on which cement compositions can be poured. This post shoring and decking system includes a main leg member, which has a U-shaped channel, a drophead member for coupling with the main leg member and a ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6715247 | Modular bracket for supporting passage cores for concrete structures A support module for interconnecting to like support modules serves to support a number of core elements for encapsulation within a concrete structure. The module has a planar frame defining a first cutout and a second cutout. Each cutout has an arc shape, such that... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6668511 | Formwork for pillars It is constituted by several plates (1), provided in its outer side (4) with transverse ribs (5), formed by C-shaped profiles and joined together to form a prismatic contour (7), closed by the inner flat sides of all the plates, the plates comprising a me... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666428 | Method and apparatus for retaining separable coupling parts for concrete forming panel A method and apparatus for retaining separable parts for a concrete forming panel includes the provision of a retaining member on the forming panel located separately from any one of a plurality of coupling sites. Separate and discrete parts may be held o... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6655650 | Concrete forming panel with flexible barrier A forming panel and method for using the same in construction of self-sustaining concrete wall structures is provided wherein a flexible barrier element is provided along a margin on the forming panel for impeding the flow of water and fine particles of a... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6540201 | Tilt-up concrete panel forming system A system for tilt-up concrete panel forming for use on a casting surface comprising an elongated base strip having an elongated groove in an upper surface, having a chamfered edge, and having a bottom surface adapted to be adhesively attached to the casti... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536737 | Concrete form brace A concrete form brace for bracing a concrete form board. It includes a vertical member, a support member, and a means for receiving a stake. The support member holds and supports the means for receiving a stake so that it can position a stake at an angle ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6513785 | Concrete deck forming apparatus and method A deck forming system is utilized for forming and supporting concrete decks. The deck forming system includes deck panels extending between deck beams which are supported by a jack post assembly. Flat bars are used to join the deck beams to a header suppo... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6419205 | Corner bracket for concrete pouring forms A bracket for use with a system of forms for holding poured concrete forming concrete walls. The bracket is used to hold the forms at corners of the system when the concrete walls change directions. The corner bracket includes formations to hold the wall ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6378837 | Reusable concrete support frame A reusable concrete support frame removably supported by horizontal supporting beams while a concrete slab is poured on top of it to build a bridge. The frame has an angle iron end member at each end of the frame which removably engages the horizontal sup... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6189854 | Perfected horizontal formwork A formwork is structured of a lower substrate of beams that are supported on struts, and a substrate with identical beams supported on and perpendicular to the lower beams. Resting upon the upper beams, there are panels of wood that make up the surface of... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186469 | Universal corner form bracket A corner bracket for holding and securing objects to the surface of a construction form for embedding the object in a settable material, such as concrete, and exposing the face surface of the object in the finished construction, while forming a corner. Th... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6176463 | Ceiling formworking system for forming ceilings The invention relates to a formworking ceiling system in which a number of supports are erected at a distance from each other, wherein respectively a partial number thereof are to be arranged in alignment with one another and on which respectively longitu... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6059258 | Modular shoring frame and system A support structure for temporarily shoring poured concrete slabs in place. The support structure can be assembled and/or disassembled on site. The structure includes post shores which act as the legs of a shoring tower when assembled with ledgers, string... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5935482 | Plate to support a ceiling mould A plate of a support structure for a ceiling mold for the production of concrete ceilings, in particular seating plates of a support head with holding means disposed on the plate for a ceiling mold element for gap filling members. A first large protrusion... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5927043 | Housing assembly A house may be assembled from a plurality of vertically-cast wall sections and produce an aesthetically pleasing, highly desirable home at reduced cost.... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5922235 | Object bracket holder for concrete forms An individual bracket for holding and securing an object to the surface of a construction form for embedding the object in a settable material, such as concrete, and exposing the face surface of the object in the finished construction. The bracket has an ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5906076 | Removable support for concrete slab construction and method A removable support structure for concrete slab fabrication is described. A latch device secured to the ends of both shoring girders and shoring beams permits rapid and accurate placement of the shoring support across a span to be structured in concrete. ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5878541 | Ceiling construction and ceiling panel A ceiling construction, especially for a large area shuttering construction for reinforced concrete ceilings, has a plurality of ceiling panels laterally abutting to each other. On a main plate of the ceiling panel, U-profiled shackles are arranged in a r... | 03/09/1999 |
