Patent ID: 6536172
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
An insulating form comprising a pair of panels made of an insulating material arranged in space parallel relationship with their inner surfaces facing each other and at least two bridging ties extending between and embedded in said panels, each of said panels including an inside surface and an outside surface, a top surface, and a bottom surface, each of said ties comprising a pair of elongated end plates integral with at least one web extending between and connected to said end plates, each of said end plates is located between said inside and said outside surfaces of each of said panels, said web of said ties includes a plurality of adjacent receptacles located along said web, a first receptacle and a second receptacle of the plurality of receptacles are adjacent to one another and each have a discrete pair of retainer arms for locating and retaining a reinforcing bar between either of the pairs of arms, each discrete pair of arms having an inner arm and an outer arm, each of the arms are individually connected to and projecting upwardly from said web such that each of the arms are individually detachable from said web, the first inner arm is positioned adjacent to the second inner arm to inhibit increasing the width of the first receptacle when the first inner arm becomes detached, wherein detachment of the first inner arm permits retaining the rebar between the first outer arm and the second inner arm when positioned there-between.