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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186645 | Tilt-up concrete form brace A brace for use in tilt-up construction is disclosed. The brace includes a bottom surface and a vertical side surface. The bottom surface of the brace is affixed to a permanent horizontal surface (e.g., a slab) in a manner that allows the brace to be removed without... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8042786 | Locking system having mounting block with mounting arm and slide member for securing concrete form panels A locking system 24 for securing adjacent concrete form panels 20a, 20b together during assembly of a concrete form 22 is disclosed. The locking system 24 includes a mounting block 50 which is removably attacha... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7938380 | Column hung overhang bracket for concrete forming systems A vertically adjustable overhang bracket uses an elongate base component adapted to be supported from a support column. A frame member is slidably secured to the base component to allow movement of the frame along the length of the elongate base component. The frame... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931250 | Sidewall construction of a casting mold A sidewall construction for casting concrete elements, said sidewall construction comprising a mold surface plate (4) defining the surface of the product to be cast and a support construction (1, 2, 3), where the mold surface plate is fixed to, whereby... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7850142 | Magnetic clamp A magnetic clamp (10) for use in clamping metal formwork in precast concrete manufacture includes a housing (12). A magnet (14) is displaceably arranged within the housing (12). A displacement mechanism (18) is displaceably arrange... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832705 | Grade bracket for use in concrete form system A grade bracket for use with concrete form systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, the grade bracket forms part of a concrete form system that includes a plurality of form components, including straight forms, curved radius forms, and skin panels for interconnectin... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828263 | Concrete form brace and battering wedge A brace for securing concrete forms to a base has first and second triangularly-shaped sidewalls and a back wall extending between corresponding side edges of the sidewalls. A peripheral flange extends outwardly from the side edges of the sidewalls and the ends of t... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7350760 | Clamp for concrete forms There is provided a clamp for concrete forms which has improved durability compared with a conventional P-clamp, and can withstand vibrations necessarily produced by a vibrator when the concrete is placed. This clamp for concrete forms comprises a substantially U-sh... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7252281 | Apparatus for making a formwork for molding concrete walls A formwork making apparatus includes a bottom block, two side locating boards arranged in parallel on the bottom block, two forming boards respectively adhered to the side locating boards and set facing each other, two blocking plates set between the two side locati... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7229062 | Retention apparatus and method for stabilizing concrete forms Presented is an apparatus for stabilizing the form boards or members that define a cavity to receive wet concrete. The apparatus includes metal stakes having two sets of through-bores. The through-bores of one set are perpendicular to the through-bores of the other ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222466 | Foldable support structure with hinged sawtooth wall members A foldable truss member suitable for commercial displays includes a plurality of side members that are adjacently hinged together. The side members include support members and bridging members having extensions. The side members are joined into a foldable structure ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7089710 | Piping clamp for concrete form A piping clamp for holding a pipe to a concrete form. The piping clamp includes a base having a vertical standoff and a spring clamp extending horizontally from the base. The vertical standoff prevents the spring clamp from contacting the top surface of a poured con... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070158 | Support system for concrete column formwork and related bracket Formwork for erecting a crown on a top end of a structural concrete column of a highway bridge is supported by a pair of vertically positioned elongated jack-screws. Lower ends of these jack-screws are threaded respectively into adjusting nuts seated on outer ends o... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066440 | Waler bracket with attached wedge for concrete forms A waler bracket for use with a concrete forming systems which incorporates a captive wedge for tightening the wale against the form panels to bring them into planar alignment. The wedge is held in it's open position by means of a notch in it's edge. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055792 | Clamp device for side wall beams A clamp unit is for interconnecting side wall beams of a concrete casting mold. The side wall beams incorporate protruding upper and lower edges. The clamp unit (1) includes at least two end portions (2,3) connected to each other and members (4,5,6 | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7018138 | Pier-repairing and reinforcing panel and method of repairing and reinforcing piers using such panels A pier-repairing and reinforcing panel is used in a method of repairing and reinforcing a pier. The panel includes locking members, locking ribs, reinforcing ribs, and clips. The method includes the steps of: installing a watertight caisson around a pier and removin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7002740 | Setting module for the illumination of an optical instrument The invention refers to a setting module for an illumination apparatus (2) of an optical instrument (1), in particular of a microscope, in which the illumination apparatus (2) comprises a light source (4), an illuminating optical system, ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6945735 | Alignment and support apparatus An alignment and support device for supporting and maintaining correct alignment of at least one pipe or conduit inside a form board during a concrete pour operation, the device comprising at least two attachment points for holding a pipe or conduit, and at least on... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929234 | Tilt-up construction chamfers A chamfer for securing precast concrete wall panel forms that are used in tilt-up construction. The chamfer includes an elongate base portion and at least one chamfer portion coextensive with the lengthwise direction of the elongate base portion. The base portion de... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926245 | Mounting bracket assembly for connecting frame members of a trench-forming assembly and associated method of fabricating frame members An assembly is provided for forming a trench of a predetermined shape. The trench-forming assembly includes a removable longitudinal form body, a pair of frame members and at least one mounting bracket assembly. The form body is capable of shaping a moldable trench ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923600 | Method of repairing and reinforcing piers using stones A method of repairing and reinforcing a pier using stones. The method includes installing a watertight caisson around a pier and removing water from the gap between the caisson and pier prior to repairing the pier. The method can also include removing impurities fro... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6840490 | System for the realization of structural remaining caissons, for (reinforced) concrete casting A system for the realization of caissons for containing concrete during capstan and which are due not to be removed in a following phase, includes: panels for containing the concrete, with air spaces or with spaces filled with insulating material; inserts for connec... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6834471 | Extruded bracket with miter cut Extruded brackets for use in pre-cast panel forming systems are provided. The brackets generally have first and second mounting faces, at least one support face, and miter cut edges defined by a first and second miter plane. The brackets may have more than one suppo... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6732995 | Casting support and casting form A casting support is provided including a brace and a bracket. The brace includes bracing end portions and the bracket includes first and second bracing faces that include one or more pairs of bracing projections. A distance between the bracing end portions of the b... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6702247 | Tilt-up construction chamfers A chamfer for forming precast concrete wall panels used in tilt-up construction. The chamfer includes an elongate base portion and at least one chamfer portion coextensive with the lengthwise direction of the elongate base portion. The base portion define... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6568651 | Concrete form system A concrete form system for receiving concrete includes a plurality of interlocking form panels having opposite side ends, and which capable of being selectively arranged in series as a wall of a form configured to receive concrete. A plurality of attachme... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6539591 | Tie rod puller A construction tool to facilitate tie rod and key plate installation onto concrete forms, primarily comprising a housing and an extraction assembly. The extraction assembly having means to slidably journal generally within the housing. The housing has a m... | 04/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6390440 | Footing frame locking device A locking device for use with a concrete framing structure having a plurality of frame panels which form opposed first and second sides. The locking device includes a first locking half having a first mounting member and a first clamping member mounted to... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6361014 | Concrete form waler bracket A waler bracket is disclosed for securing a waler to a modular form system having a pair of panels being separated by a filler channel, with the filler channel including a pair of flanges with each flange being joinable to an adjacent panel edge portion. ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6322046 | Form panel clamp A concrete form panel clamp includes a threaded rod having a first pin mounted at a first end generally perpendicular to the rod. A second pin spaced away from and generally parallel to the rod is slidably mounted on the rod. A nut threaded onto the rod s... | 11/27/2001 |
