Patent ID: 7571576

Claim:
An apparatus for use in forming a deck comprising: (a) a platform having alternating elevated and depressed sections defining at least one trough for receiving a hardenable fill material; and (b) a first elongate cover segment positioned on a terminal edge of the platform, comprising: (i) a first side adapted for covering at least a portion of the terminal edge of the platform, (ii) a second side angled in relation to the first side and positioned underneath the depressed section of the platform, (iii) at least one outwardly extending flange positioned on the first side such that the flange contacts the elevated section; and (iv) a third side angled in relation to the first side; wherein the third side extends substantially perpendicularly from a top end of the first side, the second side extends substantially perpendicularly from a base end of the first side and the flange extends substantially perpendicularly from a position on the first side intermediate the top and base ends.