Reusable forming devices

Abstract

A connector for use in joining form boards in a variety of configurations to form up a slab or footing without having to size the form boards and having an upstanding panel terminating in a flange in which apertures are formed to receive fasteners which penetrate and secure the form boards in the desired spacing and relative position while nested in the connector during pouring of the concrete structure being formed; the connector further having the capability of being notched and creased to permit specific angular relationships being achieved.

Having thus illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the present invention, what is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A connector for use joining form boards usable in conjunction with the connector in forming up a concrete structure such as a footing or slab in a predetermined configuration, comprising; 
 an upstanding panel, said panel having a top edge;    a flange, said flange formed integrally with said top edge and extending outwardly therefrom at an angle relative to the plane of said upstanding panel;    apertures in said flange, said apertures adapted to receive a fastener, wherein adjacent form boards are nested against said upstanding panel and said flange, and fastened thereto to provide a secure connection.    
     
     
         2 . The connector of  claim 1 , wherein the flange terminates in ears, said ears extending beyond the end walls of said upstanding panel.  
     
     
         3 . The connector of  claim 2 , wherein said apertures are located in said ears.  
     
     
         4 . The connector of  claim 1 , wherein the width of said flanges is less than the width of the form boards.  
     
     
         5 . The connector of  claim 1 , wherein flanges form a 90° angle with said upstanding panel to which it is formed.  
     
     
         6 . A connector for use joining form boards usable in conjunction with the connector in forming up a concrete structure such as a footing or slab in a predetermined configuration, comprising; 
 an upstanding panel, said panel having a top edge;    a flange, said flange formed integrally with said top edge and extending outwardly therefrom at an angle relative to the plane of said upstanding panel;    said flange being notched so as to form a pair of diverging edges, said edges extending outwardly from a point on said upper edge of said upstanding panel, and said upstanding panel being creased, said crease being transverse to said upper edge of said upstanding panel;    said connector being foldable along said crease to define an angle between upstanding wall portions of said panel divided by said crease;    apertures in said flange, said apertures adapted to receive a fastener, wherein adjacent form boards are nested against said upstanding panel and said flange, and fastened thereto to provide a secure connection.    
     
     
         7 . The connector of  claim 6 , wherein the flange terminates in ears, said ears extending beyond the end walls of said upstanding panel.  
     
     
         8 . The connector of  claim 6 , wherein the flange terminates in ears, said ears extending beyond the end walls of said upstanding panel and said apertures are located in said ears.  
     
     
         9 . The connector of  claim 6 , wherein the width of said flanges is less than the width of the form boards.  
     
     
         10 . A connector for use in joining form boards usable in conjunction with the connector in forming up a concrete structure such as a footing or slab in a predetermined configuration, comprising; 
 a pair of upstanding side walls together defining a panel, each said side wall having a top edge;    a flange formed integrally with said top edge and extending outwardly there from at an angle relative to the plane of said upstanding panels, said flanges being notched so as to form a pair of diverging edges, said diverging edges extending outwardly from a point on said upper edge of each said upstanding side wall;    said upstanding side walls being contiguous, one of said upstanding side walls being movable relative to one another to define an angle between them;    apertures in said flanges, said aperture adapted to receive a fastener, wherein adjacent form boards are nested against said upstanding panel and said flange, and fastened thereto to provide a secure connection.    
     
     
         11 . The connector of  claim 10 , wherein flanges forming a 90° angle with said upstanding panels to which it is formed.  
     
     
         12 . The connector of  claim 10 , wherein the flange terminates in ears, said ears, said ears extending beyond the end walls of said upstanding panel.  
     
     
         13 . The connector of  claim 10 , wherein said apertures are located in said ears.  
     
     
         14 . The connector of  claim 10 , wherein the width of said flanges is less than the width of the form boards.