Patent ID: 6352237
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A concrete form brace, comprising:(a) a first elongated section and a second elongated section, said first and second sections having planar members diverging from a common end, said first and second sections each having a separate distal end and a first and second side edge; (b) a first pair of flange members on said first section for engaging form panels, said flange members diverging from the first and second side edges of the planar member of said first section; (c) a second pair of flange members on said second section for engaging form panels, said flange members diverging from the first and second side edges of the planar member of said second section; and, (d) at least one thinned-out area on one of the flange members of the first and second pairs of flange members for receiving fasteners, said thinned-out area being parallel to an area of regular thickness on the other flange member of the pair for securing fasteners extended through the form panels; and, wherein the angle formed between the longitudinal axis of said first section and the longitudinal axis of said second section is a number greater than 0 and less than 180 degrees.