SINGLE FACED INSULATED CONCRETE FORM

• US 20090218474A1
• Filed: 10/09/2008
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nova Chemicals Incorporated (Nova Chemicals)
• Original Assignee: Accelerated Media Technologies, Inc. (ZMG Ruckus Factory)
• Inventors: Bowman, Jay J.
• Application Number:
  US12/248,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20090218474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 249/18
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/8611 with spacers being embedded in at least one form leaf
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/867 Corner details
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/8682 Mixed technique using permanent and reusable forms

Abstract

An insulated concrete forming panel comprising an insulative interior wall portion that provides a form for supporting uncured concrete, wherein the uncured concrete forms a concrete structural portion upon curing of the uncured concrete, and wherein the insulative interior wall portion remains attached to the concrete structural portion after formation.

Claims

1. An insulated concrete forming panel comprising an insulative interior wall portion that provides a form for supporting uncured concrete, wherein the uncured concrete forms a concrete structural portion upon curing of the uncured concrete, and wherein the insulative interior wall portion remains attached to the concrete structural portion after formation.

2. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, further comprising a pre-studded portion attached to the insulative interior wall portion.

3. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion comprises at least one of a foam material and a plastic.

4. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion comprises a polymer.

5. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion comprises molded expanded polystyrene.

6. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, further comprising at least one fixed member.

7. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 6, wherein the fixed member comprises at least one of a metal, a polymer, a wood, a plastic, and a composite material.

8. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 7, wherein the metal is a light gauge steel.

9. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 6, wherein the fixed member is at least partially embedded within at least one of the interior wall portion and the concrete structural portion.

10. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 6, wherein the fixed member is a structural member.

11. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 6, wherein the fixed member is a stud or a reinforcing member.

12. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, further comprising at least one connector portion, wherein the connector portion is molded into the insulative interior wall portion, and wherein the connector portion provides an attachment point for at least one structural element and for at least one reinforcing member to extend therethrough.

13. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 12, further comprising at least one locking mechanism for securing the reinforcing member to the connector portion, wherein the locking mechanism has a horizontal member and a vertical member.

14. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 12, wherein the connector portion further comprises a stud attached thereto, wherein the stud has an opening for the reinforcing member to extend therethrough.

15. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the reinforcing member is at least one reinforcing bar arranged in a grid of reinforcing bars.

16. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud has at least one slot selected from the group consisting of fusion slots, wiring chase slots, reinforcing member slots, and wedge bolt punch hole slots.

17. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud has a strip with at least one fusion slot, and wherein the fusion slot is embedded in the insulative interior wall portion.

18. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion has a v-shaped cutout section.

19. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud is a reinforcing member extending into the concrete structural portion.

20. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud has at least one extended strip embedded in the insulative interior wall portion.

21. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud does not extend beyond the insulative interior wall portion and is completely embedded in the insulative interior wall portion and the concrete structural portion.

22. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 1, wherein the insulative interior wall portion comprises panels oriented on different planes.

23. The insulated concrete forming panel of claim 11, wherein the stud comprises a dimpled surface adjacent an interior form portion.

24. An insulated concrete form system, the system comprising

at least one removable form;

and

an insulative interior wall portion;

wherein the removable form and the insulative interior wall portion provide a form for supporting uncured concrete, wherein the uncured concrete forms a concrete structural portion upon curing of the uncured concrete, and wherein the insulative interior wall portion remains attached to the concrete structural portion after formation.

25. The insulated concrete form system of claim 24, wherein the removable form is an exterior form.

26. The insulated concrete form system of claim 24, wherein the removable form is an interior form portion.

27. The insulated concrete form system of claim 24, wherein the removable form comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of steel, plastic, and wood.

28. The insulated concrete form system of claim 26, wherein the interior form portion comprises molded polypropylene.

29. The insulated concrete form system of claim 26, wherein the interior form portion is configured in a modular fashion such that the interior form portion fits between a first stud and a second stud, and wherein the first stud and the second stud are embedded in the insulative interior wall portion.

30. The insulated concrete form system of claim 24, further comprising at least one locking mechanism for securing at least one fixed member to a connector portion, wherein the locking mechanism has a horizontal member and a vertical member.