Patent ID: 8186645
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
1. A brace kit having component parts capable of being assembled in the field for reinforcing a form member used in the construction of a form atop a support surface, comprising: a brace shoe having a lower surface adapted to be secured to the support surface and a first locking structure; a brace member having a second locking structure and configured to directly interlock with said first locking structure of said brace shoe so that said brace member is releasably interlocking with said brace shoe, said brace member having an upwardly extending form facing surface extending generally perpendicular to said lower surface of said brace shoe; and a flange member releasably securable with said brace member and having a form engaging surface disposed at an oblique angle substantially along its entire length relative to the form facing surface of said brace member, wherein an assembled brace acts to angle the form member with respect to the support surface when the form engaging surface of said flange member is placed in contact therewith.