Patent ID: 6826880
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
In a form assembly used for concrete construction, wherein the concrete is poured between spaced-apart plastic form panels, the form panels being retained during the pouring of the concrete, the improvement comprising a metal corner assembly having two bent sheet metal members, an inner member and an outer member spaced apart a preselected distance, each bent metal sheet metal member having at least one horizontal slot formed therein,the plastic form panels being received within the respective first and second metal members and retained thereby during the pouring of the concrete into the space between the respective plastic form panels, at least one receiver plate, the at least one receiver plate having a length, a wider end and an opposite narrower end, the narrower end having an opening therethrough, the narrower end of the at least one receiver plate being received in the at least one horizontal slot on the sheet metal member such that the opening in the narrower end extends through the plastic panel within the sheet metal member such that the at least one receiver plate is approximately perpendicular to the bent sheet metal member, the at least one receiver plate having a stop means on the wider end, at least one bridge member having a length, a bent first end and a bent opposite second end, the bent first end of the at least one bridge being received in the opening in the at least one receiver plate in the outer bent sheet metal and the second bent end of the at least one bridge member being received in the opening in the at least one receiver plate in the inner bent sheet metal member, such that the inner and outer sheet metal members are secured and spaced apart by the preselected distance.