Patent ID: 8919728

Claim:
A self-release assembly for facilitating the construction of concrete foundation pads, the self-release assembly comprising: a plurality of reinforced planar forms having end plates at their sides; each of the reinforced planar forms being connected at their sides by corner pieces; each of the planar forms being configured to be angled so as to taper inwardly and upwardly from their base up to their top surfaces; each of the corner pieces include corner end plates which are connected to the end plates of the reinforced planar forms by wedge connectors; each of the corner plates include wedge shaped spreaders; the corner plates and the wedge shaped spreaders being configured to be angled so as to taper inwardly and upwardly from their base to their top surfaces; wherein the wedge shaped spreaders and corner end plates substantially form a W-shape at their bases and substantially form a V-shape at the top of each of the corner pieces; and wherein after concrete is poured into the assembly and cured, the unitary assembly is configured to be lifted vertically off of the concrete foundation pad and be reused without any disassembly.