Tilt-up wall panel construction method and form blocks
OwnerThomas L. Brackininventor
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Abstract
A method for fabricating a tilt-up concrete wall panel atop a concrete slab includes reinforcing a form atop the concrete slab with at least one stick-on block to avoid making nail or screw holes in the concrete slab. The block is removably secured to the slab adhesively. One common form block includes an injection molded body of material with a stick-on base portion and two upstanding flange portions that define a channel adapted to receive a common form member. A preferred edge form block is triangularly shaped. `
Claims11
A method for fabricating a concrete wall panel atop a concrete slab, comprising:
- providing a form atop the concrete slab;
- providing a plurality of blocks adapted to reinforce the form;
- securing the blocks to the concrete slab in reinforcing positions adjacent the form;
- pouring concrete in the form
- allowing the concrete to cure to thereby produce the concrete wall panel;
- tilting the concrete wall panel upwardly from the concrete slab into a desired position;
- and
- removing the blocks from the concrete slab;
- wherein the step of securing the blocks to the concrete slab includes securing the blocks to the concrete slab adhesively using adhesive material between the blocks and the concrete slab that is adapted to function as means for securing the blocks to the concrete slab adhesively without the need for securing the blocks to the concrete slab with fasteners such as nails and screws extending through the blocks into holes in the concrete slab.
A block for reinforcing a form member atop a concrete slab for purposes of fabricating a concrete wall panel of predetermined thickness atop the concrete slab, the block comprising:
- a body of material having an overall height no greater than the predetermined thickness of the concrete wall panel;
- an upstanding flange portion of the body of material for placement alongside the form member;
- a base portion of the body of material for placement atop the concrete slab;
- a downwardly facing surface of the base portion;
- and
- an adhesive material attached to the base portion of the of the body of material, which adhesive material is adapted to function as means for securing the base portion to the concrete slab adhesively without the need for securing the base portion to the concrete slab with fasteners such as nails and screws extending through the base portion into a hole in the concrete slab.
A common form block for reinforcing a common form member atop a concrete slab for purposes of fabricating a wall panel of predetermined thickness, the common form block comprising:
- a body of material having an overall height no greater than the predetermined thickness of the concrete wall panel;
- first and second upstanding flange portions of the body of material that define a channel adapted to receive the common form member;
- a base portion of the body of material for placement atop the concrete slab;
- a downwardly facing surface of the base portion;
- and
- an adhesive material attached to the base portion of the of the body of material, which adhesive material is adapted to function as means for securing the base portion to the concrete slab adhesively without the need for securing the base portion to the concrete with fasteners such as nails and screws extending through the base portion into a hole in the concrete slab.
An edge form block for reinforcing an edge form member atop a concrete slab for purposes of fabricating a concrete wall panel of predetermined thickness, the edge form block comprising:
- a body of material having an overall height no greater than the predetermined thickness of the concrete wall panel;
- an upstanding flange portion of the body of material having a sideways facing surface for placement against the edge form member;
- a base portion of the body of material for placement atop the concrete slab;
- a downwardly facing surface of the base portion;
- and
- an adhesive material attached to the base portion of the of the body of material, which adhesive material is adapted to function as means for securing the base portion to the concrete slab adhesively without the need for securing the base portion to the concrete slab with fasteners such as nails and screws extending through the base portion into a hole in the concrete slab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.