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US 4,291,858 AGranted
Clip apparatus for concrete foundation forms
OwnerKenneth L. NeSmithinventor
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Abstract
Clip apparatus for spacing apart and holding together concrete forms includes a single wire base strut and a pair of transversely reinforced and generally vertically extending end arms with intermediate arms, for spacing the foundation forms, for holding the forms together while concrete is poured into the forms and while the poured concrete is curing.
Claims16
Form clip apparatus for securing together in a spaced apart relationship a pair of concrete forms comprising, in combination:
- base element means having a single structural member;
- first outer end means secured to the base element means and extending substantially perpendicularly thereto;
- second outer end means secured to the base element means remote from the first outer end means and extending substantially perpendicularly to the base element means;
- first inner support means secured to the base element means and spaced apart from the first outer end means, the first outer end means and the first inner support means adapted for receiving and supporting a portion of a first concrete form therebetween;
- a second inner support means secured to the base element means and spaced apart from the second outer end means for receiving a portion of a second concrete form therebetween for holding the first and second concrete forms in a spaced apart relationship;
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- alignment tab means secured to the base element means adjacent the first and second inner support means for aligning the first and second concrete forms in a predetermined relationship.
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Form clip apparatus for securing together in a spaced apart relationship a pair of concrete forms comprising, in combination:
- base element means having a single structural member;
- first outer end means secured to the base element means and extending substantially perpendicularly thereto;
- second outer end means secured to the base element means remote from the first outer end means and extending substantially perpendicularly to the base element means;
- first inner support means secured to the base element means and spaced apart from the first outer end means, the first outer end means and the first inner support means adapted for receiving and supporting a portion of a first concrete form therebetween,
- a second inner support means secured to the base element means and spaced apart from the second outer end means for receiving a portion of a second concrete form therebetween for holding the first and second concrete forms in a spaced apart relationship;
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- reinforcing means secured to the base element means and to the first and second outer end means for reinforcing the first and second outer end means for holding the concrete forms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.