Patent ID: 7739846
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A construction member adapted to be interconnected with other construction members to form an insulating concrete form for casting concrete, the construction member comprising: a foam panel having a top end, a bottom end, a first end, and a second end, the top end and the bottom end of the panel having an outside row of a plurality of projections and an inside row of a plurality of projections, the projections of the outside row being spaced apart to define a plurality of recesses and the projections of the inside row being spaced apart to define a plurality of recesses with the projections of the outside row being adjacent to the recesses of the inside row and the recesses of the outside row being adjacent the projections of the inside row, each projection and recess of the top end of the panel being opposed respectively to one of the recesses and one of the projections of the bottom end of the panel whereby the panel is interconnectable with a like panel in a bidirectional or reversible manner, wherein a plurality of the projections of the inside row are set back from an inner edge of the panel and a plurality of the projections of the inside row are flush with the inner edge of the panel such that when the panel is interconnected to a like panel, a plurality of spaced apart recesses are formed along an inner face defined by the interconnected foam and like panels.