Concrete form with integral drain

US5586416A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• John Hess, III · Belleville, US
• Harold Hess · Leawood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 24, 1996
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E02D27/016
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A footing/foundation form with an integral drain having two substantially parallel spaced apart, serpentuitous walls. Each wall includes a plurality of hollow tubes elevated "to grade" above an excavation bottom by a stake and clip mechanism with gravel filled between the elevated tubes and the excavation bottom such that the elevated tube and gravel both engage concrete poured between the walls. The tubes are common 10-foot PVC tubes with a plurality of holes positioned away from the footing/foundation thereby providing the form with an integral drain. The stakes are preferably pieces of reinforcing bar and the clips, while quite effective, are also inexpensively manufactured.