OBJECT BRACKET HOLDER FOR CONCRETE FORMS

摘要

A DISPOSABLE BRACKET FOR HOLDING AND SECURING AN OBJECT TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF A VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION FORM FOR EMBEDDING THE OBJECT AND EXPOSING ITS FACE SURFACE IN A SETTABLE MATERIAL, SUCH AS A CONCRETE. THE BRACKET HAS A PLURALITY OF PERIMETER MEMBERS THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE OUTER EDGE CONFIGURATION OF THE OBJECT. THE PERIMETER MEMBERS INCLUDE AN INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE WHICH SUPPORTS THE PERIMETER EDGE OF THE OBJECT. THE BRACKET PERIMETER CAN BE CLOSED OR OPEN AND CAN HAVE CROSS REINFORCING MEMBERS, IF DESIRED. THE CROSS-SECTION OF THE PERIMETER MEMBERS MAKING UP THE BRACKET INCLUDES A CURVED CONVEX OUTER SURFACE EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM THE FLANGE TO A FLAT SURFACE PERPENDICULAR TO THE FLANGE. THE PERIMETER MEMBER FORMS ONE HALF OF A GROUT LINE MOLD FORMED IN BETWEEN ADJACENT OBJECTS EMBEDDED IN THE FINISHED WALL. THE INTERIOR OF THE PERIMETER MEMBER CAN BE HOLLOW TO ALLOW FLEXURE BETWEEN THE OUTER FLAT SURFACE AND THE INNER FLANGE SUPPORTING THE OBJECT. THE OBJECT IS SECURED TO THE BRACKET ALONG THE FLANGE AREA BY MEANS OF A SUITABLE RELEASABLE ADHESIVE OR BY MECHANICAL RETAINERS, SUCH AS A DETENTE OR AN ELASTOMERIC BAND WHICH HOLDS THE OBJECT IN THE BRACKET. THE BRACKET CAN BE FORMED FROM PERMANENT MATERIALS FOR LONG TERM USAGE OR FROM INEXPENSIVE FRANGIBLE MATERIALS WHICH CAN BE BROKEN AND REMOVED FROM THE WALL AND FORM AFTER A SINGLE USE.