Corner tie bracket for use with insulated concrete form systems

A one-piece corner bracket member for use in a corner concrete form having a pair of spaced apart inner and outer panels, the corner bracket member comprising:

• at least a pair of side members, each side member having at least a pair of flange members which function as anchors for attaching exterior façade or other surfaces thereto, said at least a pair of side members sharing a common edge;
• a web structure connecting said at least pair of side members;
• said at least pair of side members, each of said flange members, and said web structure being encapsulated within the outer panel of the corner concrete form when said corner bracket member is attached thereto;
• at least one concrete-engaging member extending from said web structure in a direction so as to extend completely across the space formed by and between the inner and outer corner form panels when said corner bracket member is attached thereto, said at least one concrete-engaging member having a terminal end portion which is encapsulated within the inner corner form panel when said corner bracket member is attached thereto, said at least one concrete-engaging member having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction which is parallel to and offset laterally from the line bisecting the shared common edge of said at least a pair of side members.

A corner block concrete form comprising:

• a pair of opposed spaced apart panels, each panel having top and bottom horizontal longitudinal edges, first and second vertical end portions, and inner and outer surfaces;
• a plurality of ties extending between said pair of opposed panels for holding said panels in said spaced apart relationship;
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• at least one corner bracket member extending between said pair of opposed panels, said at least one corner bracket member including at least a pair of side members, each side member including at least a pair of spaced apart flange members, each flange member adapted for receiving and anchoring exterior facade or other surfaces thereto, said at least a pair of side members and said flange members being encapsulated within one of said opposed panels, and at least one concrete-engaging member extending completely across the space formed by and between said pair of opposed spaced apart panels, said at least one concrete-engaging member having a terminal end portion which is encapsulated within the other of said pair of opposed panels, said at least a pair of side members sharing a common edge portion and said at least one concrete-engaging member having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction which is parallel to and offset laterally from a line bisecting the shared common edge portion of said at least a pair of side members.

A corner block form comprising:

• a pair of opposed inner and outer panels positioned and spaced apart in substantially parallel relationship to each other, each panel having top and bottom horizontal longitudinal edges, first and second vertical end portions, and inner and outer surfaces;
• engagement means formed along the horizontal longitudinal edges and the first and second vertical end portions associated with each of said inner and outer panels for removably engaging one corner block form with another corner block form having similar and complimentary engagement means associated therewith when placed both side-by-side and vertically adjacent to each other;
• a plurality of ties extending between said pair of opposed inner and outer panels for holding said panels in said spaced apart substantially parallel relationship;
• at least two corner bracket members extending between said opposed inner and outer panels;
• each corner bracket member including at least a pair of side members, a web structure connecting said at least a pair of side members, and at least a pair of flange members associated with each side member, each flange member functioning as an anchor for receiving exterior facade or other surfaces, said at least a pair of side members sharing a common edge, said side members, flange members and web structure being encapsulated within one of said inner and outer panels;
• each corner bracket member further including at least one concrete-engaging member extending in a direction so as to extend completely across the space formed by and between the inner and outer opposed panels, said at least one concrete-engaging member having a terminal end portion which is encapsulated within the other of said inner and outer opposed panels, said at least one concrete-engaging member having a longitudinal axis which is parallel to and offset laterally from a line bisecting the shared common edge of said at least a pair of side members;
• said at least two corner bracket members being vertically stackably arranged in reversed relationship to each other such that at least some of the respective flange members associated with one of said corner bracket members mate with at least some of the respective flange members associated with the other of said corner bracket members, such that the shared common edges associated respectively with said at least two corner bracket members mate with each other, and such that the longitudinal axis of said at least one concrete-engaging member associated with one of said at least two corner bracket members is offset laterally to one side of a line bisecting the shared common edges of said at least two corner bracket members and the longitudinal axis of said at least one concrete-engaging member associated with the other of said at least two corner bracket members offset laterally to the opposite side of a line bisecting the shared common edges of said at least two corner bracket members.