Adjustable, collapsible, and articulated bracket for supporting a concrete form for a bridge fascia

Claim 1

IN A CONCRETE FORM FOR BRIDGE FASCIA PRESENTING AN OVERHANG ON THE OUTSIDE OF A MARGINAL LONGITUDINALLY AND HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING I-BEAM HAVING UPPER AND LOWER BEAM FLANGES CONNECTED BY A VERTICAL WEB, AN ARTICULATED CONCRETE FORM AND SCAFFOLD SUPPORTING BRACKET OF TRIANGULAR CONFIGURATION, POSITIONED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE I-BEAM AND EXTENDING IN A VERTICAL PLANE AND ALSO OUTWARDLY FROM AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID I-BEAM, SAID BRACKET INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL LEG POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE I-BEAM WEB, A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL UPPER LEG EXTENDING OUTWARDS FROM THE UPPER END OF THE VERTICAL LEG, AND A LOWER DIAGONAL BRACE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LOWER END OF THE VERTICAL LEG AND THE OUTER END OF THE HORIZONTAL LEG, SAID BRACKET BEING POSITIONED AGAINST THE OUTER SIDE OF THE I-BEAM WITH THE INNER END OF THE HORIZONTAL LEG AND THE LOWER END OF THE DIAGONAL BRACE EFFECTIVELY BEARING AGAINST THE ADJACENT SIDE OF THE I-BEAM, SAID HORIZONTAL LEG BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT THEREON THE CONCRETE FORM FOR THE BRIDGE FASCIA AND, BY ADJUSTMENTS IN ITS OWN DEVIATION FROM A HORIZONTAL PLANE, TO EFFECT ADJUSTMENTS OF THE FORM FOR SLOPE, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LEGS, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE VERTICAL LEG AND THE DIAGONAL BRACE, SAID HORIZONTAL LEG COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED APART, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING, CHANNEL PIECES, A CARRIAGE HOUSING INTERPOSE BETWEEN AND CONNECTED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID CHANNEL PIECES AND SERVING TO MAINTAIN SAID OUTER ENDS IN THEIR SPACED RELATIONSHIP, SAID CARRIAGE HOUSING INCLUDING VERTICALLY AND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING END PLATES ONE OF WHICH IS DISPOSED AT THE EXTREME OUTER END OF THE HORIZONTAL LEG, A ROTATABLE ADJUSTING SCREW EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID HORIZONTAL LEG AND HAVING ITS END REGIONS JOURNALLED IN THE END PLATES RESPECTIVELY, A CARRIAGE NUT THREADEDLY RECEIVED ON THE ADJUSTING SCREW, A CARRIAGE BODY SECURED FIXEDLY TO THE CARRIAGE NUT, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE UPPER END OF THE DIAGONAL BRACE TO SAID CARRIAGE BODY, A NONCIRCULAR WRENCH-RECEIVING ADJUSTING HEAD CONNECTED FIXEDLY TO THE OUTER END OF SAID ADJUSTING SCREW, DISPOSED EXTERIORLY OF THE CARRIAGE HOUSING AND OUTWARDLY OF THE OUTER END OF THE HORIZONTAL LEG AND ADAPTED TO FACILITATE TURNING OF THE ADJUSTING SCREW IN EITHER DIRECTION, AND MEANS FOR TEMPORARILY SUPPORTING SAID BRACKET IN POSITION ON SAID I-BEAM.