Patent ID: 8945442
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
1. A frame assembly supporting a separable concrete formwork during pouring and curing of concrete, the separable formwork being secured to the frame assembly using fasteners or clips, the frame assembly comprising a lower frame portion that is configured to engage at least one of a floor or ground and an upper frame portion that is moveable with respect to the lower frame portion, wherein the lower frame portion has four lower legs configured to engage the floor or ground and the upper frame portion has four legs, each one of the four legs of the upper portion is configured to move telescopically with respect to a respective lower leg of the lower portion, and at least one adjustable foot adjacent to and separate from each of the lower legs of the lower frame portion, each adjustable foot assembly being adapted to selectively extend or retract relative to its associated lower leg with fine adjustment, wherein, in use, each foot assembly is configured to be extended until all of the foot assemblies are in floor or ground contact during pouring and curing, but the lower legs are not, and wherein retraction of at least one foot assembly out of ground or floor contact strips the formwork from cured concrete using the combined weight of the formwork and the frame assembly.