Composite insulated concrete form and method of using same

• US 9,145,695 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2015
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Original Assignee: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
• Inventors: Ciuperca, Romeo Ilarian
• Primary Examiner(s): Canfield, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/610,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135633A1
• Time in Patent Office: 242 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B23P 11/00 Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques not otherwise provided for connecting sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles B21D39/00; riveting B21J; soldering, unsoldering, welding B23K; hand tools for connecting wire or strip B25B25/00; connecting metal parts by adhesives F16B11/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/161 with vertical and horizontal slabs, both being partially cast in situ
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/44 using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position; Spacers for cavity walls masonry wall ties E04B1/4178
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/8617 with spacers being embedded in both form leaves
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/8647 with ties going through the forms
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/20 of plastics
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/288 composed of insulating material and concrete, stone or stone-like material
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/07 Reinforcing elements of material other than metal, e.g. of glass, of plastics, or not exclusively made of metal metal elements with non-structural coatings E04C5/01
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/00 Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings flooring E04F15/00; decoration of surfaces, mosaic work B44, e.g. paper-hanging B44C7/00; made of webs, e.g. of fabrics or wallpaper , as such, or their manufacturing D03D, D04G, D04H, D06N, D21H; construction of false ceilings E04B9/00; roofings or similar water-tight coverings against precipitation E04D
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 11/06 for walls, e.g. curved end panels for wall shutterings; filler elements for wall shutterings; shutterings for vertical ductsE04G11/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 17/0658 remaining completely or partially embedded in the cast material
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 9/05 the form surface being of plastics
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 19/004 made in one piece F16B21/084 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/071 the socket being integrally formed with a component to be fasted, e.g. a sheet, plate or strip
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/086 the shank of the stud, pin or spigot having elevations, ribs, fins or prongs intended for deformation or tilting predominantly in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/065 the plates being one on top of the other and distanced from each other, e.g. by using protrusions to keep contact and distance
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/10 Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1057 Subsequent to assembly of laminae
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

The invention comprises a foam insulating panel having an outer surface and a reinforcing member adhered to at least a portion of the outer surface of the foam insulating panel. An insulated concrete form and a method of using the insulated concrete form are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

positioning a first foam insulating panel on a support surface, the first foam insulating panel having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the first foam insulating panel is expanded polystyrene foam and wherein a first reinforcing member contacts and substantially covers the first primary surface of the first foam insulating panel and wherein the first reinforcing member is a discontinuous layer or a mesh; and

positioning a second foam insulating panel on a support surface spaced from the first foam insulating panel thereby defining a concrete receiving space between the second primary surface of the first foam insulating panel and the second primary surface of the second foam insulating panel, the second foam insulating panel having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the second foam insulating panel is expanded polystyrene foam and wherein a second reinforcing member contacts and substantially covers the first primary surface of the second foam insulating panel and wherein the second reinforcing member is a discontinuous layer or a mesh; and

positioning an anchor member in the first foam insulating panel, the anchor member having a first enlarged portion and an elongate portion, wherein the first enlarged portion is adjacent a first end of the elongate portion, the anchor member being disposed such that the elongate portion extends through the first foam insulating panel and at least a portion of the first reinforcing member is disposed between the first primary surface of the first foam insulating panel and the first enlarged portion of the anchor member and wherein the elongate portion extends outwardly from the second primary surface of the first foam insulating panel and wherein the first enlarged portion comprises a flange extending radially outwardly from the elongate portion.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

positioning the anchor member in the second foam insulating panel, the anchor member having a second enlarged portion adjacent a second end of the elongate portion, the anchor member being disposed such that the elongate portion extends through the second foam insulating panel and at least a portion of the second reinforcing member is disposed between the first primary surface of the second foam insulating panel and the second enlarged portion of the anchor member and wherein the second enlarged portion comprises a flange extending radially outwardly from the elongate portion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reinforcing member is made from plastic or fiberglass.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reinforcing member is a fiberglass mesh.