Patent ID: 7152843

Claim:
A fastening system for a forming panel for receiving thereagainst flowable cementatious material, said forming panel including a face panel having a front, cementatious-material receiving side and a rear side and a frame for supporting said face panel, said fastening system comprising: an elongated member secured to at least one of said face panel and frame and having first and second spaced-apart substantially parallel rearwardly extending elongated side walls defining therebetween an elongated threaded slot, each of said side walls having a plurality of opposing ribs extending toward the other of said side walls and into said slot, the ribs of said first side wall being offset relative to the ribs of said second side wall to render said slot threaded; a threaded member separable from said forming panel and threadably received in said elongated member for coupling a separate structural member to the forming panel; a rod extending through said face panel; and a nut threadably connected to one end of said rod; said threaded member including a collar surrounding said rod, said rod receiving said collar thereon and said collar being externally threaded and threaded into said elongated member.