Cement form with brick ledge
AssigneeMono Slab Ez Form LLC
InventorsLance N. Boyce, Amber C. Boyce
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Abstract
A cement form can be made of foam and include a brick ledge portion that forms a brick ledge in a cement foundation. In some embodiments, the cement form includes a ground facing surface extending horizontally and configured to contact a ground surface and a cement facing surface extending vertically and configured to contact and support a volume of cement used to create the cement foundation. The cement facing surface can include two vertical surfaces offset horizontally from each other and configured to form a brick ledge in the cement foundation. The cement form can be a single unitary component having an elongated shape and a solid, continuous construction. The foam material can form at least a portion of the cement facing surface.
Claims17
A cement form comprising:
- a ground facing surface extending horizontally and configured to contact a ground surface;
- a cement facing surface extending vertically and configured to contact and support a volume of cement used to create a cement foundation;
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- a connector groove extending along at least a portion of a length of the cement form, the connector groove being configured to receive a connecting member that extends between adjacent positioned cement forms, the connector groove being open in a vertically upward direction and having a closed bottom end,
- wherein the cement facing surface includes two vertical surfaces offset horizontally from each other, and the cement facing surface is configured to form a brick ledge in the cement foundation;
- wherein the cement form has an elongated shape and a solid, continuous construction;
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- wherein the cement form includes a foam material that forms at least a portion of the cement facing surface.
A cement foundation comprising:
- a volume of cement;
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- a cement form comprising:
- a ground facing surface extending horizontally on a ground surface;
- a cement facing surface extending vertically in contact with and supporting the volume of cement, the cement facing surface including two vertical surfaces offset horizontally from each other to form a brick ledge in the cement foundation;
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- a connector groove extending lengthwise along at least a portion of the cement form and spaced away from the cement facing surface, the connector groove being open in a vertical direction and sized to receive a connecting member that spans between adjacent cement forms,
- wherein the cement form has an elongated shape and a solid, continuous construction;
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- wherein the cement form includes a foam material that forms at least a portion of the cement facing surface.
A method of forming a cement foundation comprising:
- positioning a foam cement form on a ground surface, the cement form having a cement facing surface including a brick ledge portion and a connector groove extending along a length of the cement form in a horizontal direction;
- inserting a connector member into the connector groove to interconnect adjacent positioned cement forms;
- positioning a volume of cement against the cement facing surface and the brick ledge portion;
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- removing the brick ledge portion from the cement form to expose a brick ledge in the cement foundation, the brick ledge being configured to support a plurality of bricks along an edge of the cement foundation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.