Backer Panel for Form Liners

Abstract

A structurally supportive backer panel formed to fit within the recesses of a form liner to support the form liner when casting textured surfaces into concrete. The backer panel has a series of protrusions which fit within the recesses of the form liner in order to prevent the concrete pressure from deflecting and buckling the form liner. When the wet concrete is poured into a form fitted with the backer panel and form liner, the concrete fills the form and contacts the form liner, wherein the backer panel ensures that the shape of the form liner is not affected by the pressure and weight of the concrete.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A backer panel for providing support for a form liner having a plurality of protrusions, comprising:
 a sheet having an anterior surface and a posterior surface and formed with protrusions configured to be received by the form liner, wherein a plurality of protrusions of said sheet are configured to be received by a single protrusion of the form liner; and   wherein the sheet is placed between the form liner and a form system, the posterior surface of the sheet is contiguous to a posterior surface of the form liner and the anterior surface of the sheet is contiguous to an interior surface of the form system.   
     
     
         2 . The backer panel of  claim 1 , wherein the sheet is further formed to receive an adjacent backer panel. 
     
     
         3 . The backer panel of  claim 1 , wherein the backer panel is removably attached to the form liner. 
     
     
         4 . The backer panel of  claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are arranged in a protrusion geometry. 
     
     
         5 . The backer panel of  claim 4 , wherein each of said plurality of protrusions has a smooth flute pattern. 
     
     
         6 . The backer panel of  claim 4 , wherein each of said plurality of protrusions has a quadrilateral wave pattern. 
     
     
         7 . The backer panel of  claim 1 , wherein each of said protrusions of said sheet comprises:
 a first vertical member;   a second vertical member;   a first horizontal member connected between said first vertical member and said second vertical member; and   a second horizontal member connected to said first vertical member.   
     
     
         8 . A backer panel for providing support for a form liner having an anterior surface, a posterior surface, and formed with a protrusion geometry creating a plurality of protrusions in said form liner, comprising:
 a sheet having an anterior surface, a posterior surface, and formed with a protrusion geometry comprising a plurality of patterned sections having a plurality of protrusions, wherein said protrusions of each patterned section are formed to be received within a single protrusion of said form liner.   
     
     
         9 . The backer panel of  claim 8 , wherein said protrusions of said backer panel are configured to receive said protrusions of an adjacent backer panel. 
     
     
         10 . The backer panel of  claim 8 , wherein each of said protrusions of said backer panel is a smooth flute. 
     
     
         11 . The backer panel of  claim 8 , wherein each of said protrusions comprises:
 a first vertical member;   a second vertical member;   a first horizontal member connected between said first vertical member and said second vertical member; and   a second horizontal member connected to said first vertical member.   
     
     
         12 . A backer panel for providing support to a form liner formed with a plurality of protrusions in said form liner, comprising:
 a sheet formed with a plurality of patterned sections having a plurality of protrusions in said sheet; and   wherein said protrusions of each patterned section of said sheet are formed to be received within a single protrusion of said form liner.