Patent ID: 8028492
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. An upright support member for an insulating sheet for use in the construction of a wall-forming system having an internal cavity with a side, wherein the upright support member is positionable along the side of the internal cavity and couplable to a tie disposed inside the internal cavity, the tie has a first end portion positioned adjacent to the side of the internal cavity, and the first end portion of the tie has a through-hole extending laterally through the first end portion, the upright support member comprising: an upright outer member; a pair of spaced apart walls adjacent to and extending away from the upright outer member and into the internal cavity of the wall-forming system, each of the walls of the pair of spaced apart walls comprising a proximal end connected to the upright outer member and a distal end spaced from the upright outer member; a slot defined between the pair of spaced apart walls, the slot being configured to receive the first end portion of the tie, the through-hole of the first end portion of the tie extending laterally between the walls defining the slot; a pair of channels flanking the pair of spaced apart walls, each of the pair of channels being configured to receive a portion of an end wall of an insulating sheet, the distal end of each of the walls of the pair of spaced apart walls comprising a flange extending away from the slot defined between the pair of spaced apart walls and defining a portion of one of the pair of channels flanking the pair of spaced apart walls; and a through-hole extending laterally through each of the walls of the pair of spaced apart walls, the through-hole of one of the walls being juxtaposed and aligned across the slot with the through-hole of the other wall, wherein the first end portion of the tie is positionable within the slot to align the through-hole of the first end portion extending laterally between the pair of spaced apart walls with the aligned through-holes of the pair of spaced apart walls.