Hinged corner form for an insulating concrete form system
View Patent ↗A corner form panel used in an insulating concrete form system includes a hinged corner web member at least partially embedded in each of two segments of the form panel. The hinged corner web member enables the two segments to rotate with respect to each other, so that the form panel can be opened to a flat configuration for shipping, and folded into a corner configuration at the jobsite. Both inside and outside corner panels may be provided, and may use different hinged corner web members. The corner web member may include features for connecting the inside and outside corner panels, to reinforce the resulting form unit.
1. A hinged, knock down, corner form panel assembly, comprising:
a first corner form and a second corner form, said first corner form and said second corner form each including:
a first insulating segment having inner and outer sides, a top, a bottom, a first beveled end, and a second end; and a second insulating segment having inner and outer sides, a top, a bottom, a first beveled end, and a second end;
each said first corner form and said second corner form further each including a corner web member, said corner web member partially embedded in said first beveled ends of said first and second segments and including first and second connection portions protruding respectively from said first segment and said second segment, said corner web member further including a flexible portion joining said first and second connection portions enabling said first and second segments to be angularly displaced relative to each other from a first configuration in which each said first and second segments are not disposed with said beveled ends substantially touching to a second configuration in which said beveled ends of each said corner form first and second segments are substantially touching to form a corner; and
a corner reinforcement connector assembly joining the inner sides of the first and second segments at the corner of the first corner form to the outer sides of the first and second segments at the corner of the second corner form joining the corners of the first and second corner forms in the second configuration, said corner reinforcement connector assembly comprising a first connector attachable to the inner sides of the first and second segments of the first corner form, a second connector attachable to the outer sides of the first and second segments of the second corner form, and a link joining the first and second connectors.
2. The corner form assembly of claim 1 wherein said link includes rebar seats.
3. The corner form assembly of claim 1 wherein said corner reinforcement connector assembly is detachable.
4. The corner form assembly of claim 1 further including a tie connecting the inner side of the first segment of the first corner form with the outer side of the first segment of the second corner form.
5. The corner form assembly of claim 4 wherein the tie is detachable.
6. The corner form assembly of claim 1 further including a tie connecting the inner side of the second segment of the first corner form and the outer side of the second segment of the second corner form.
7. The corner form assembly of claim 6 wherein the tie is detachable.
8. The corner form assembly of claim 1 wherein the corner reinforcement connector assembly comprises at least two separate detachable parts.
9. The corner form assembly of claim 1 wherein the corner reinforcement connector assembly comprises three detachable parts.