US 6,314,697 B1Granted

Concrete form system connector link and method

OwnerJames D. Moore, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

A connector link component for use in an insulated concrete form system having first and second side panels and at least two connectors, each side panel having an exterior surface, an opposed interior surface, and at least one attachment coupling, the panels arranged in spaced parallel relationship with their interior surfaces and attachment couplings facing each other so that a cavity is formed therebetween, each connector having a first end and a distal second end, a first length extending therebetween, and a pair of opposed connector couplings, one connector coupling formed in the first end and the other connector coupling formed in the second end, so that the each connector coupling of each connector is adapted to engage one attachment coupling of the side panel, the connector link having a proximal end, having a first link coupling for engagement to the connector coupling of one connector of the concrete form system, a distal end, having a second link coupling for engagement to the connector coupling of one other connector of the concrete form system, and a substantially rigid body portion extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the connector link so that the connector link may be operatively engaged to the opposed connectors to structurally connect one attachment coupling on one side panel to one other attachment coupling on the other side panel.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An insulated concrete form system, comprising:

a) first and second longitudinally-extending panels, each panel having an exterior surface and an opposed interior surface, wherein a portion of the interior surface of said first panel faces a portion of the interior surface of said second panel, wherein said interior surfaces are spaced apart from each other so that a cavity is formed therebetween;
b) a plurality of web members, at least one web member partially disposed and integrally formed within a respective one of each of said first panel and said second panel so that a portion of each of said web members extends through the respective interior surfaces of said first panel and said second panel, wherein an attachment coupling is formed from the portion of each web member extending from the respective interior surfaces of said first panel and said second panel, wherein the attachment couplings of said respective web members are disposed within the cavity between said first and second panels and spaced apart from the interior surfaces of said first and second panels;
c) at least two connectors, disposed within the cavity between said first panel and said second panel, each connector having a first end, an opposed second end, a first length extending therebetween, and a pair of opposed connector couplings, wherein one connector coupling is formed in the first end of the connector and the other connector coupling is formed in the second end of the connector, and wherein the connector coupling of the first end of one connector is adapted to engage one attachment coupling of said first panel and the connector coupling of the first end of the second connector is adapted to engage one attachment coupling of said second panel so that the connector couplings of the second ends of the two connectors are spaced apart from, and oppose, each other within the cavity;
and
d) a connector link, disposed within the cavity between two opposing connectors, having a proximal end having a first link coupling, a distal end having a second link coupling, and a second length extending therebetween, wherein the first link coupling of said connector link is adapted to engage the connector coupling of the second end of one connector and the second link coupling of said connector link is adapted to engage the connector coupling of the second end of one other opposing connector.

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A connector link for use in an insulated concrete form system having first and second side panels and at least two connectors, each side panel having an exterior surface, an opposed interior surface, and at least one attachment coupling, the panels arranged in spaced parallel relationship with their interior surfaces and attachment couplings facing each other so that a cavity is formed therebetween, each connector having a first end and a distal second end, a first length extending therebetween, and a pair of opposed connector couplings, one connector coupling formed in the first end and the other connector coupling formed in the second end, so that the each connector coupling of each connector is adapted to engage one attachment coupling of the side panel, the connector link comprising:

a) a proximal end having a first link coupling for engagement to the connector coupling of one connector of the concrete form system;
b) a distal end having a second link coupling for engagement to the connector coupling of one other connector of the concrete form system;
and
c) a substantially rigid body portion extending between said proximal end and said distal end of said connector link,
wherein the connector link is operatively engaged to the connectors to structurally connect one attachment coupling on one side panel to one other attachment coupling on the other side panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/426,572Filed 25 Oct 1999 · us provisional application
Priority: 26 Oct 1998
Granted: 13 Nov 2001
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

E04B 2/8635
Made in permanent forms: with ties attached to the inner faces of the forms
E04B 2002/565
Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members: with a brick veneer facing
E04B 2002/867
Made in permanent forms: corner details
E04B
General building constructions