Tilt-up wall panel construction method and form blocks

• US 6,182,416 B1
• Filed: 07/23/1999
• Issued: 02/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas L. Brackin
• Original Assignee: Thomas L. Brackin
• Inventors: Brackin, Thomas L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Purol, David M.
• Application Number:
  US09/360,067
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 527/450.9, 527/452, 521/254, 264/297.9, 264/334, 264/34, 264/297.8
• US Class Current: 52/745.09
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/0017 for attaching mould walls on mould tables
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 13/00 Falsework, forms, or shutterings for particular parts of buildings, e.g. stairs, steps, cornices, balconies foundations, sills E04G11/365 takes precedence; flat foundations, e.g. with lost forms E02D27/01; removable forms or shutterings for road-building purposes E01C19/50
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/14 Bracing or strutting arrangements for formwalls; Devices for aligning forms E04G25/00 takes precedence; connecting and aligning E04G17/04

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. `

Claims

1. 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.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the step of providing a form includes providing a form having a common form member; and

the step of providing at least one block includes providing a common form block having at least one upstanding flange portion adapted to be placed against the common form member and a base portion adapted to be secured to the concrete slab adhesively.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the step of providing a form includes providing a form having a common form member; and

the step of providing at least one block includes providing a common form block having at least two upstanding flange portions that define a channel adapted to receive the common form member, and a base portion adapted to be secured to the concrete slab adhesively.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the step of providing a form includes providing a form having an edge form member; and

the step of providing at least one block includes providing an edge form block having a sideways facing portion adapted to be placed against the first edge form member and a downwardly facing portion adapted to be secured to the concrete slab adhesively.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of nailing the block to the form member.

6. 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.

7. A block as recited in claim 6, wherein the body of material includes an injection molded plastic material.

8. A block as recited in claim 6, wherein the body of material includes two upstanding flange portions that define a channel adapted to receive a common form member.

9. A block as recited in claim 6, wherein the upstanding flange portion defines at least one nail hole through which a user can drive a nail for purposes of nailing the upstanding flange portion to the form member.

10. 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.

11. 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.