Patent ID: 8181930
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B28B,B29D,E04F,E04G

Abstract:
1. A formliner comprising: a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick; and a plurality of ridges arranged and disposed to separate the pockets, wherein each pocket has an angle of rotation in the range of about −5.0° to about 5.0°, wherein the angle of rotation of a plurality of pockets is other than 0° and wherein the angle of rotation of at least two pockets is not the same, thereby introducing non-uniformity into a brick veneer wall formed using the formliner; wherein the angle of rotation is within any one of a x-y plane, a x-z plane, and a y-z plane, the x-axis being parallel with at least one of the plurality of courses.