Patent ID: 7255319

Claim:
A frame for preventing relative movement between a concrete footing form inner and outer form walls, said frame being affixed to, and extending between, said inner and outer form walls along an upper portion of said form walls, said frame comprising: a first tubular member having an inner portion and outer portion, said outer portion having an inside bracket member and an outside bracket member, each bracket member being affixed to the underside of said outer portion, said inside bracket member extending downwardly from said outer portion and engaging an inner surface of one of said inner and outer form walls, said outside bracket member extending downwardly from said outer portion and engaging an outer surface of one of said inner and outer form walls, a second tubular member having an inner portion and outer portion, said outer portion having an inside bracket member and an outside bracket member, each bracket member being affixed to the underside of said outer portion, said inside bracket member extending downwardly from said outer portion and engaging an inner surface of the other of said inner and outer form walls, said outside bracket member extending downwardly from said outer portion and engaging an outer surface of the other of said inner and outer form walls, said first tubular member and said second tubular member being telescopically engaged at their inner portions, means for preventing relative movement between said first tubular member and said second tubular member, said means being attached to the inner portion of one of said first or second tubular members and selectively engaging the other of said first or second tubular members, additional means for preventing relative movement between the inner and outer form walls and a ground surface, said additional means being affixed to said outer portions of each of said first and second tubular members, wherein said inside and outside bracket members of said first tubular member engage one of said inner and outer form walls, and said inside and outside bracket members of said second tubular member engage the other of said inner and outer form walls, thereby preventing relative movement between the inner and outer form walls.