Patent Application
20220081918
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The disclosure relates to cement form support device and more particularly pertains to a new cement form support device for retaining a keyway form in place in a stable condition while cement is curing. Keyways can be difficult to properly form as they require a form to be forced downwardly in liquid cement such that the form does not float upwardly from the cement or move laterally within the cement.
The prior art relates to cement form support devices which are used to retain forms in place while cement hardens.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a post that has a vertical orientation and has a bottom end and a top end. The post has a front side, a back side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The front and back sides are each planar. A plurality of mounting holes extends through the post and the front and back sides. The mounting holes receive fasteners to mount the post to a cement form. A sleeve is attached to the top end of the post. The sleeve has an opening extending therethrough having a longitudinal axis that is orientated perpendicular to the post and is perpendicular to and extends through a plane of the front side. An arm has a first end, a second end, and a perimeter wall extending therebetween. The arm extends through the sleeve and is movable forward or rearward through the sleeve. A leg is attached to and extends downwardly from the arm adjacent to the first end. The leg has a height that is less than the post. An anchor plate is attached to a distal end of the leg with respect to the arm. The anchor plate has a mounting aperture extending therethrough to receive a coupler to engage a panel. The anchor plate retains the panel such that that panel abuts a keyway form.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A sleeve 32 is attached to the top end 16 of the post 12. The sleeve 32 has an opening 34 extending therethrough that has a longitudinal axis that is orientated perpendicular to the post 12 and is perpendicular to and extends through a plane of the front side 18. The sleeve 32 and the opening 34 may be rectangular or squared as is apparent from
A leg 46 is attached to and extends downwardly from the arm 42 adjacent to the first end 38. The leg 46 has a height of between 2.0 inches and 6.0 inches and in one embodiment has a length equal to 3.25 inches. The leg 46 is oriented perpendicular to the arm 42. An anchor plate 48 is attached to a distal end of the leg 46 with respect to the arm 42. The anchor plate 48 lies in a horizontal plane when the post 12 has a vertical orientation. The anchor plate 48 has a mounting aperture 50 extending therethrough configured to receive a coupler 52 to engage a panel 54, wherein the panel 54 may comprise a wooden plank, for example. The anchor plate 48 has width of about 3.0 inches a depth of 1.5 inches. The anchor plate 48 is about 0.25 inches high and will typically be comprised of a metallic material. As can be seen in
A front tab 56 is attached to and extends away from the front side 18. The front tab 56 is positioned between 4.0 and 8.0 inches downwardly away from the top end 16 and in one embodiment is 4.75 inches from the sleeve 32. The front tab 56 extends away from the front side 18 a distance of between 0.75 inches and 2.0 inches. The front tab 56 may be used to position on the upper edge of the cement form 30 to stabilize the assembly 10 while the assembly 10 is mounted to the cement form 30. A rear tab 58 may be attached to and extend way from the back side 20. The rear tab 58 is positioned nearer to the top end 16 than the front tab 56. The rear tab 58 is positioned at least 0.50 inches higher than the front tab 56 and may be positioned 4.25 inches from the sleeve 32. The rear tab 58 extends away from the back side 20 a distance of between 0.75 inches and 2.0 inches. The rear tab 58 allows the arm 36 to be reversed relative to the sleeve 32 to select how far above the upper edge of the cement form 30 the anchor plate 48 will be positioned.
In use, the post 12 is attached to the cement form 30 with fasteners 28 such that the anchor plate 48 is positioned over the cement 60 and the keyway form 62. The anchor plate 48 is attached to a plank 54, such as a two by four, and abutted against and extended along a length of the keyway form 62 positioned in cement 60. The anchor plate 48 and/or plank 54 may also be secured to the keyway form 62 to assist in removing the keyway form 62 after curing of the cement 60.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
