Two-piece form insert for concrete structures and a mounting tool for installing the insert in a concrete form

An insert intended for use in a concrete form to make a socket in a concrete structure that is adapted for engagement with a tool, the insert comprising:

• an elongated body having an inner surface defining an interior bore extending longitudinally with respect to the body, the body including a proximal end and an opposite distal end and having an opening at the distal end communicating with the interior bore,
• the body also including at least one channel on the inner surface located adjacent the distal end of the body for engagement with a lifting tool for lifting a concrete member in which the insert has been installed,
• the body further including at least one channel spaced longitudinally toward the proximal end from the lifting tool channel for engagement with a mounting tool for supporting the insert during formation of a concrete member in which the insert is installed.

A system for holding a concrete insert in a wall on a concrete form during formation of a concrete structure, the system comprising:

• an insert having an interior bore, an open end communicating with the interior bore and an opposite closed end, the insert including two opposed channels extending longitudinally from the open end towards the closed end adapted to receive a tool, each longitudinal channel terminating near the closed end in a generally annular channel that is adapted to receive flanges of a tool such that the tool can be prevented from extraction from the insert by a quarter turn rotation of the tool, and the insert having an additional locking channel on its inner surface intersecting one of the longitudinal channels and axially spaced from the lifting tool channels;
• and
• a mounting tool including a fixed portion adapted to be connected to a form wall and a rotatable portion including a locking member adapted to be received by the additional locking channel of the insert, the locking member and the additional locking channel being adapted to draw the insert toward the mounting when the locking member is received in the channel and the rotating portion is rotated.