Patent ID: 8348224

Claim:
A tie system configured to support removable parallel panel structures over a footing, the panel structures including a first panel structure and a second panel structure configured to receive a hardenable pourable building material over the footing, the tie system comprising: a base tie having a longitudinal length including an elongated portion extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the base tie having an under-side surface extending continuously and planar along the longitudinal length and as the underside surface of each of the elongated portion and the first and second end portions, the first end portion and the second end portion each including an attachment portion configured to extend vertically upward and perpendicular relative to the longitudinal length of the base tie, the base tie configured to be oriented laterally over a length of the footing such that the under-side surface is positioned to seat directly against an upper surface of the footing; and a wall tie including a first elongated wall portion and a second elongated wall portion with a cross-member portion rigidly connected and extending therebetween, the first elongated wall portion and the second elongated wall portion being configured to extend vertically from and attach to the attachment portion of the first end portion and the second end portion, respectively, of the base tie, the first elongated wall portion having a first planar surface and the second elongated wall portion having a second planar surface, the first planar surface facing directly opposite from the second planar surface, the first planar surface configured to be fastened to an inner surface of the first panel structure and the second planar surface configured to be fastened to an inner surface of the second panel structure.