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US 12,742,334 B2Granted
Concrete form bracket
OwnerGilbert Martinezinventor
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Abstract
The Concrete Form Bracket is a device used in construction, providing horizontal reinforcement to formwork used in shaping concrete structures during concrete pours. The Concrete Form Bracket prevents formwork from displacing horizontally (“blowing out”). The Concrete Form Bracket comprises a first arm, a second arm, and a transversal arm brace. One of the arms of the Concrete Form Bracket is placed against the formwork and the other arm is placed against the ground. Two stakes are inserted through one of the arms into the ground. Nails are inserted through the other arm into the formwork.
Claims4
A Concrete Form Bracket that provides horizontal reinforcement to formwork used in shaping concrete structures during concrete pours, the concrete form bracket comprising:
- (a) a first arm;
- the first arm comprising:
- (i) a first end;
- (ii) a second end;
- (iii) a plurality of nail-sized holes;
- (iv) a first stake hole;
- (v) a second stake hole;
- (vi) where the first stake hole is located closest to the first end of the first arm and the second stake hole is located closest to the second end of the first arm,
- (vii) a lateral support structure;
- (1) where the lateral support structure of the first arm is joined perpendicularly to the first arm,
- (viii) a stake support structure;
- the stake support structure comprising:
- (1) a top piece;
- the top piece comprising a hole;
- (2) a first leg;
- (3) where the first arm and the top piece are joined at a right angle,
- (4) where the top piece is joined to the lateral support structure at a right angle;
- (b) a second arm;
- the second arm comprising:
- (i) a first end;
- (ii) a second end;
- (iii) a plurality of nail-sized holes;
- (iv) a first stake hole;
- (v) a second stake hole;
- (vi) where the first stake hole is located closest to the first end of the second arm and the second stake hole is located closest to the second end of the second arm;
- (vii) a lateral support structure;
- (1) where the lateral support structure of the second arm is joined perpendicularly to the second arm;
- (viii) a stake support structure;
- the stake support structure comprising:
- (1) a top piece;
- the top piece comprising a hole;
- (2) a first leg;
- (3) where the first arm and the top piece are joined at a right angle,
- (4) where the top piece is joined to the lateral support structure at a right angle;
- (c) a transversal arm brace;
- the transversal arm brace comprising:
- (i) a first end;
- (ii) a second end;
- and
- (iii) a stake hole;
- (d) where the first end of the first arm is joined to the first end of the second arm at a right angle,
- (e) where the first end of the transversal arm brace is joined to the first arm,
- (f) where the second end of the transversal arm brace is joined to the second arm,
- (g) where the stake hole of the transversal arm brace is located along the transversal arm brace so that the stake hole of the transversal arm brace and the stake hole of the first arm are concentrically aligned and the stake hole of the transversal arm brace and the stake hole of the second arm are concentrically aligned.
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A Concrete Form Bracket that provides horizontal reinforcement to formwork used in shaping concrete structures during concrete pours, the concrete form bracket comprising:
- (a) a first arm;
- the first arm comprising:
- (i) a first end;
- (ii) a second end;
- (iii) a plurality of nail-sized holes;
- (iv) a first stake hole;
- (v) a second stake hole;
- (vi) where the first stake hole is located closest to the first end of the first arm and the second stake hole is located closest to the second end of the first arm,
- (vii) a lateral support structure;
- (1) where the lateral support structure of the first arm is joined perpendicularly to the first arm;
- (viii) a stake support structure;
- the stake support structure comprising:
- (1) a top piece;
- the top piece comprising a hole;
- (2) a first leg;
- (3) where the first arm and the top piece are joined at a right angle,
- (4) where the top piece is joined to the lateral support structure at a right angle;
- (b) a second arm;
- the second arm comprising:
- (i) a first end;
- (ii) a second end;
- (iii) a plurality of nail-sized holes;
- (iv) a first stake hole;
- (v) a second stake hole;
- (vi) where the first stake hole is located closest to the first end of the second arm and the second stake hole is located closest to the second end of the second arm;
- (vii) a lateral support structure;
- (1) where the lateral support structure of the second arm is joined perpendicularly to the second arm;
- (viii) a stake support structure;
- the stake support structure comprising:
- (1) a top piece;
- the top piece comprising a hole;
- (2) a first leg;
- (3) where the first arm and the top piece are joined at a right angle,
- (4) where the top piece is joined to the lateral support structure at a right angle;
- (c) a transversal arm brace;
- the transversal arm brace comprising:
- (i) a first end;
- (ii) a second end;
- (iii) a first stake hole;
- and
- (iv) a second stale hole;
- (d) where the first end of the first arm is joined to the first end of the second arm at a right angle,
- (e) where the first end of the transversal arm brace is joined to the first arm,
- (f) where the second end of the transversal arm brace is joined to the second arm,
- (g) where the first stake hole of the transversal arm brace is located along the transversal arm brace so that the first stake hole of the transversal arm brace and the stake hole of the first arm are concentrically aligned,
- (h) where the first stake hole of the transversal arm brace is located along the transversal arm brace so that the second stake hole of the transversal arm brace and the stake hole of the second arm are concentrically aligned.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.