Form bracket for concrete panel form

Abstract

A form bracket for supporting a wall of a concrete panel form at a casting slab includes a first planar member having a lower surface configured to engage a casting slab. A second planar member is coupled with the first planar member. The second planar member has a front surface disposed perpendicular to the lower surface of the first planar member and configured to engage a wall of a concrete panel form. In some implementations, the first and second planar members have different dimensions so as to be capable of being reoriented to accommodate different sized walls. A pair of support members extend between an upper portion of the first planar member and a rear portion of the second planar member. The pair of support members are spaced apart to define a void that is configured to matably receive a second form bracket in a stacked arrangement.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A form bracket for supporting a concrete panel form at a casting slab, the form bracket comprising:
 a first member having a first surface configured to engage one of a casting slab or a concrete panel form;   a second member coupled with the first member and having a second surface that meets the first surface at a corner, the second surface configured to engage the other of the casting slab or the concrete panel form; and   a pair of support walls integrally extending between the first member and the second member to support the first surface at a fixed angle relative the second surface,   wherein the pair of support members are spaced apart to define a void that is configured to matably receive a second form bracket with a substantially identical shape to the form bracket in a stacked arrangement, and   wherein a first support wall of the pair of support walls extends along a first outer lateral edge of the first member and extends along a first outer lateral edge of the second member and a second support wall of the pair of support walls extends along a second outer lateral edge of the first member and extends along a second outer lateral edge of the second member.   
     
     
         2 . The form bracket of  claim 1 , wherein the pair of support walls each comprise a planar structure having a plurality of stiffening ridges extending between the first member and the second member. 
     
     
         3 . The form bracket of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of stiffening ridges are in parallel alignment with corresponding upper edges of the pair of support walls. 
     
     
         4 . The form bracket of  claim 3 , wherein the pair of support walls further includes a plurality of reinforcement ribs extending from the corresponding upper edges of the pair of support walls to corresponding uppermost stiffening ridges of the plurality of stiffening ridges. 
     
     
         5 . The form bracket of  claim 1 , wherein the first member comprises a length between the corner and a distal end of the first member, the length of the first member being less than a length of the second member between the corner and a distal end of the second member. 
     
     
         6 . The form bracket of  claim 1 , wherein a proximal end of the first member is integrally coupled with a proximal end of the second member at the corner. 
     
     
         7 . The form bracket of  claim 1 , wherein the first member, the second member, the first support member, and the second support member generally form a triangular prism with an opening. 
     
     
         8 . A form bracket for supporting a concrete panel form at a casting slab, the form bracket comprising:
 a first member having a first surface configured to engage one of a casting slab or a concrete panel form;   a second member coupled with the first member and having a second surface that meets the first surface at a corner, the second surface configured to engage the other of the casting slab or the concrete panel form; and   a pair of support walls integrally extending between the first member and the second member to support the first surface at a fixed angle relative the second surface,   wherein the pair of support members are spaced apart to define a void that is configured to matably receive a second form bracket with a substantially identical shape to the form bracket in a stacked arrangement, and   wherein the pair of support walls each comprise a planar structure having a plurality of stiffening ridges extending between the first member and the second member in parallel alignment with corresponding upper edges of the pair of support walls.   
     
     
         9 . The form bracket of  claim 8 , wherein an opening is defined between inner lateral edges of the first and second members, and wherein the pair of support walls extend between the inner lateral edges of the first and second members. 
     
     
         10 . The form bracket of  claim 9 , wherein an angled brace wall extends along and interconnects the upper edges of the pair of support walls, the void between the pair of support walls opening forward from the angled brace wall through the opening. 
     
     
         11 . The form bracket of  claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first member and the second member is configured to support outwardly directed loads from the concrete panel form. 
     
     
         12 . A stack of form brackets for supporting a concrete panel form at a casting slab, the stack of form brackets comprising:
 a first form bracket comprising:
 a first member having a first surface; 
 a second member having a second surface, the second member coupled perpendicularly to the first member; and 
 a first pair of support walls integrally extending between the first member and the second member to support the first surface at a fixed angle relative to the second surface, 
 wherein the first pair of support walls are spaced apart to define a first void, and 
 wherein the first pair of support walls each comprise a planar structure having a first plurality of stiffening ridges extending between the first member and the second member in parallel alignment with corresponding upper edges of the first pair of support walls; and 
   a second form bracket comprising:
 a third member having a third surface; 
 a fourth member having a fourth surface, the fourth member coupled perpendicularly to the third member; and 
 a second pair of support walls integrally extending between the third member and the fourth member to support the third surface at a fixed angle relative to the fourth surface, 
 wherein the second pair of support walls are spaced apart to device a second void, and 
 wherein the second pair of support walls each comprise a planar structure having a second plurality of stiffening ridges extending between the third member and the fourth member in parallel alignment with corresponding upper edges of the second pair of support walls, and 
   wherein the first form bracket and the second form bracket are stacked with the second member in contact with the fourth member.   
     
     
         13 . The stack of form brackets of  claim 12 , wherein the first void is configured to matably receive the second form bracket, and the second pair of support walls are partially disposed within the first void. 
     
     
         14 . The stack of form brackets of  claim 13 , wherein the second plurality of stacking ridges prevents over-insertion of the second pair of support walls in the first void. 
     
     
         15 . The stack of form brackets of  claim 12 , wherein the first member comprises a first length between a proximal end and a distal end of the first member, and the second member comprises a second length between a proximal end and a distal end of the second member, the first length less than the second length. 
     
     
         16 . The stack of form brackets of  claim 15 , wherein the third member comprises the first length between a proximal end and a distal end of the third member, and the fourth member comprises the second length between a proximal end and a distal end of the fourth member. 
     
     
         17 . The stack of form brackets of  claim 16 , wherein the proximal end of the first member is integrally coupled with the proximal end of the second member at a first corner, and the proximal end of the third member is integrally coupled with the proximal end of the fourth member at a second corner. 
     
     
         18 . The stack of form brackets of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a first angled brace wall extends along and interconnects upper edges of the first pair of support walls, the first void between the first pair of support walls opening forwards from the first angled brace wall; and   a second angled brace wall extends along and interconnects upper edges of the second pair of support walls, the second angled brace partially disposed in the first void.   
     
     
         19 . The stack of form brackets of  claim 12 , wherein a first opening is defined between inner lateral edges of the first and second members, a second opening is defined between inner lateral edges of the third and fourth members, the first pair of support walls extending between the lateral edges of the first and second members, and the second pair of support walls extending between the lateral edges of the third and fourth members. 
     
     
         20 . The stack of form brackets of  claim 19 , wherein the first pair of support walls are angled toward each other as they extend rearward from the inner lateral edges of the first and second members, and the second pair of support walls are angled toward each other as they extend rearward from the inner lateral edges of the third and fourth members.