The present invention relates generally to concrete wall forms and has particular reference to a novel scaffold-supporting bracket which, in combination with a series of similar brackets that are strung along one side of a concrete wall form, serves to support the usual wooden scaffold planking as well as to make provision for replacement and support of a post for a horizontal guard rail. A concrete wall form, the combination set forth in claim 3 and wherein the U-shaped member is disposed on the same side of the vertical flange of the plank-supporting arm as the horizontal flange of such arm, and said horizontal flange is relieved at its extreme distal end region to expose the socket that is established by said U-shaped member and vertical flange.
A concrete wall form as set forth in claim 2 and wherein said socket-establishing means comprises a U-shaped member formed from flat metal stock and having side legs with their outer ends welded to the vertical flange of the plank-supporting arm in edge-to-face relationship.Ĥ. A concrete wall form as set forth in claim 1 and including, additionally, means establishing a post-receiving socket mounted on the distal end of said plank-supporting arm and designed for removable reception therein of the lower end of a post for supporting a guard rail.ģ. A concrete wall form comprising, in combination, a wall form side including a vertical facing, a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontal walers affixed to the outer side of said facing, and a plurality of horizontally spaced, vertical strongbacks affixed to the outer sides of said walers and spaced from the facing by a distance equal to the thickness of the walers, and a unitary rigid metal scaffold-supporting bracket removably mounted on said wall form side, said bracket comprising a horizontal plank-supporting arm formed of angle bar stock, projecting outwardly away from said form side at substantially a right angle, and having a hook portion formed of angle bar stock, welded to its proximate end, resting on the upper edge of one of said walers, projecting laterally and horizontally through the space existing between one of the strongbacks and the panel facing, and encompassing said strongback on three sides, said hook portion including a horizontal flange having a width which is substantially equal to the thickness of the subjacent waler and bears flat against the upper edge of said waler, and also including a vertical flange which bears flat against the inside face of said one strongback, one end of said vertical flange of the hook portion being provided with a vertical slit and the portion of such flange removed from the plank-supporting arm being displaced in an outward direction with respect to the form side in order to provide a tongue which, in combination with the proximate end of the plank-supporting arm, straddles the strongback so as to prevent lateral shifting of the hook portion and bracket with respect to said form side, an inclined brace also formed of angle bar stock and having its outer end welded to the distal end of the plank-supporting arm, and a U-shaped saddle member on the inner end of said brace, formed of flat metal stock, having side arms which are provided with nail holes, straddle said one strongback, and fit flat against the side edges of the latter, and a connecting bight portion which fits flat against the inner side face of the one strongback, and a substantially vertical reinforcing strut having its upper end welded to the medial region of the plank-supporting arm and its lower end welded to the medial region of said brace.Ģ. Having thus described the invention what IĬlaim as new and desire to secure by letters patent isġ.
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