Reusable Mold for Forming Swimming Pool Copings

Abstract

A reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool coping or overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water in accordance with the present invention includes multiple bracket members detachably secured to a liner receiver for a swimming pool. Each bracket having a lower portion of an outer vertical member integrally joined to an outer portion of a horizontal member, and having an inner portion of said horizontal member integrally joined to an upper portion of an inner vertical member. Each bracket member includes a securing member for detachably securing a bracket member to the liner receiver. The pool mold includes a form member that continuously extends above a water portion of a swimming pool; the form member receiving deformable material that ultimately solidifies, whereupon, the form member and brackets are removed from the solidified material to reveal a configured coping or overhang continuously extending above a peripheral portion of water inside the swimming pool.

Claims

1. A reusable pool mold for forming an overhang over a water pool comprising: multiple bracket members disposed adjacent to a top portion of a vertical pool wall and over a peripheral portion of water ultimately disposed in the pool, each of said bracket members having an inner member attached upon a solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the pool wall, and each of said bracket members having an outer member detachably secured to a cooperating inner member of said bracket members, whereby said outer member extends over the top portion of the vertical pool wall and engages the vertical pool wall, and extends over a peripheral portion of water ultimately disposed in the pool; and a form member detachably secured to said bracket members, said form member continuously extending above a peripheral portion of water in the water pool, said form member including a horizontal form having a recess that receives said outer member, thereby enabling a corresponding side wall of said horizontal form to continuously engage the vertical pool wall, said form member receiving deformable material that ultimately solidifies upon said form member and said inner members of said bracket members; whereupon, said form member is removed from said outer members of said bracket members and the solidified deformable material, and said outer members of said bracket members are removed from said corresponding inner members of said bracket members, said inner members remaining attached to the solidified surface and ultimately covered by deformable material, whereby the solidified material provides a configured overhang continuously extending above a peripheral portion of water inside the water pool.

2. The reusable pool mold of claim 1 wherein said inner members of said bracket members includes a rectangularly configured top plate having opposing rail portions integrally and perpendicularly joined to lateral edge portions of said top plate.

3. The reusable pool mold of claim 2 wherein each of said inner members, upon being attached upon the solidified surface adjacent to the top portion the pool wall, forms an aperture for receiving a cooperating retaining portion of an outer member of a bracket member, whereby an inner wall of an inner vertical plate member of said outer member congruently engages the vertical pool wall.

4. The reusable pool mold of claim 3 wherein an inner portion of a horizontal plate member of said outer member of said bracket member is perpendicularly and integrally joined to a lower portion of said inner vertical plate member of said outer member of said bracket member.

5. The reusable pool mold of claim 4 wherein a lower portion of an outer vertical plate member of said outer member of said bracket member is perpendicularly and integrally joined to an outer portion of said horizontal plate member of said bracket member.

6. The reusable pool mold of claim 5 wherein said outer vertical plate member of said out member of said bracket member is rotationally joined to said horizontal plate member of said bracket member.

7. The reusable pool mold of claim 6 wherein an outer end of said retaining portion of said outer member of said bracket member is perpendicularly and integrally joined to an upper end of said inner vertical plate member of said outer member of said bracket member.

8. The reusable pool mold of claim 7 wherein said retaining portion of said outer member includes a rectangular section perpendicularly and integrally joined to said upper end of said inner vertical plate member of said outer member of said bracket member.

9. The reusable pool mold of claim 8 wherein said retaining portion of said outer member includes a trapezoid section having an inner edge ultimately disposed proximate to an inner edge of said inner member of said bracket member when said outer member is forcibly urged into said aperture formed by a combination of a bottom wall of said plate member of said inner member of said bracket member, inner walls of said rail portions and the solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the pool wall.

10. The reusable pool mold of claim 9 wherein said retaining portion of said outer member and said aperture of said inner member are configured and dimensioned whereby top, bottom and side walls of said retaining portion frictionally engage corresponding bottom and side walls of said inner member of said bracket member and said top wall of the solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the vertical pool wall, thereby maintaining the position of said outer member relative to said inner member and the vertical pool wall, irrespective of said form member and the deformable material disposed upon said form member when forming an overhang over a water pool.

11. The reusable pool mold of claim 10 wherein said inner and outer members of said bracket members are fabricated from one-quarter thick steel.

12. The reusable pool mold of claim 10 wherein said form members are fabricated from wood two by fours.

13. The reusable pool mold of claim 10 wherein two fasteners attach each inner member of said bracket members upon the solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the vertical pool wall, said fasteners being disposed whereby said inner edge of said trapezoid section prevents said trapezoid section from engaging said fasteners, thereby enabling the insertion of said retaining portion into said aperture until said inner wall of said inner vertical plate member congruently engages the vertical pool wall.

14. The reusable pool mold of claim 13 wherein said fasteners maintaining the position of said horizontal and vertical forms upon respective horizontal and outer vertical plate members when a deformable material is disposed upon said forms, are extracted after the deformable material solidified.

15. The reusable pool mold of claim 14 wherein said outer vertical plate member is rotated to a downward position, thereby enabling the separation of said vertical form from the solidified deformable material and the horizontal form; whereupon, said horizontal form is horizontally extracted from the solidified deformable material and said horizontal plate member of the outer member of the respective bracket members engaging said horizontally extracted plate member.

16. The reusable pool mold of claim 15 wherein each outer member frictionally secured to an inner member of each bracket member is forcibly extracted, whereby each inner member remains covered by the deformably material and said outer members of said bracket members and said horizontal and vertical form members are reused for another project.

17. A reusable pool mold for forming an overhang over a garden pool comprising: multiple bracket members disposed adjacent to a top portion of a vertical pool wall and over a peripheral portion of water ultimately disposed in the pool, each of said bracket members having an inner member attached upon a solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the pool wall, said inner members of said bracket members including a rectangularly configured top plate having opposing rail portions integrally and perpendicularly joined to lateral edge portions of said top plate, each of said bracket members having an outer member detachably secured to a cooperating inner member of said bracket members, whereby said outer member extends over the top portion of the vertical pool wall and over a peripheral portion of water ultimately disposed in the pool, each of said inner members upon being attached upon the solidified surface adjacent to the top portion the pool wall forms an aperture for receiving a cooperating retaining portion of said outer members of said bracket members, whereby an inner wall of an inner vertical plate member of said outer member congruently engages the vertical pool wall; and a form member detachably secured to said bracket members, said form member continuously extending above a peripheral portion of water in the water pool, said form member receiving deformable material that ultimately solidifies upon said form member and said inner members of said bracket members; whereupon, said form member is removed from said outer members of said bracket members and the solidified deformable material, and said outer members of said bracket members are removed from said corresponding inner members of said bracket members, said inner members remaining attached to the solidified surface and ultimately covered with the deformable material, whereby the solidified material provides a configured overhang continuously extending above a peripheral portion of water inside the water pool.

18. The reusable pool mold of claim 17 wherein said outer member includes a lower portion of an outer vertical plate member perpendicularly and rotationally joined to an outer portion of said horizontal plate member of said bracket member.

19. The reusable pool mold of claim 18 wherein said retaining portion of said outer member includes a trapezoid section having an inner edge ultimately disposed proximate to an inner edge of said inner member of said bracket member when said outer member is forcibly urged into said aperture formed by a combination of a bottom wall of said plate member of said inner member of said bracket member, inner walls of said rail portions and the solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the pool wall; said retaining portion of said outer member and said aperture of said inner member being configured and dimensioned whereby top, bottom and side walls of said retaining portion frictionally engage corresponding bottom and side walls of said inner member of said bracket member and the top wall of the solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the vertical pool wall, thereby maintaining the position of said outer member relative to said inner member and the vertical pool wall, irrespective of said form member and the deformable material disposed upon said form member when forming an overhang over a water pool.

20. A reusable pool mold for forming an overhang over a water pool comprising: multiple bracket members disposed adjacent to a top portion of a vertical pool wall and over a peripheral portion of water ultimately disposed in the pool, each of said bracket members having an inner member attached upon a solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the pool wall, and each of said bracket members having an outer member detachably secured to a cooperating inner member of said bracket members, whereby said outer member extends over the top portion of the vertical pool wall and over a peripheral portion of water ultimately disposed in the pool; concrete penetrating fasteners attaching each inner member of said bracket members upon the solidified surface adjacent to the top portion of the vertical pool wall, said fasteners being disposed whereby an inner edge of a trapezoid section of a retaining portion of said outer member of each bracket member avoids engagement between said fasteners and said trapezoid section, thereby enabling the insertion of said retaining portion into an aperture formed by said inner member of said bracket member until an inner wall of an inner vertical plate member congruently engages the vertical pool wall; and a form member detachably secured to said bracket members by extractable fasteners, said form member continuously extending above a peripheral portion of water in the water pool, said form member including a horizontal form having a recess that receives said outer member, thereby enabling a corresponding side wall of said horizontal form to continuously engage the vertical pool wall, said form member receiving deformable material that ultimately solidifies upon said form member and said inner members of said bracket members; whereupon, said form member is removed from said outer members by rotating an outer vertical plate member to a downward position, thereby enabling the separation of a vertical form from the solidified deformable material and from a horizontal form; whereupon, said horizontal form is horizontally extracted from the solidified deformable material and a horizontal plate member of said outer member of respective bracket members engaging said horizontal form, and each outer member frictionally secured to an inner member of each bracket member is forcibly extracted from said inner member, whereby the solidified material provides a configured overhang continuously extending above a peripheral portion of water inside the water pool, each inner member remaining covered by the deformable material, and said outer members of said bracket members and said horizontal and vertical form members are reused for another project.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] The foregoing invention and its advantages may be readily appreciated from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

[0016] FIG. 1 is a left side elevation view of a reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the reusable pool mold is depicted adjacent to and separated from a pool liner receiver in accordance with the present invention.

[0017] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the reusable pool mold depicted in FIG. 1.

[0018] FIG. 3 is a top view of FIG. 1.

[0019] FIG. 4 is the top view of FIG. 3, but with an individual bracket retainer in place of a continuous extending liner receiver in accordance with the present invention.

[0020] FIG. 5 is the left side elevation view of the reusable pool mold of FIG. 1, but with a securing member of the reusable pool mold detachable inserted into a recess in the pool liner receiver member and a deformable material disposed upon the liner receiver in accordance with the present invention.

[0021] FIG. 5A is a left side elevation view of the top view of FIG. 4.

[0022] FIG. 6 is a top view of a swimming pool with a continuous pool liner receiver member disposed about the periphery of the swimming pool, and with multiple bracket members and a form member disposed above a peripheral water portion in accordance with the present invention.

[0023] FIG. 6A is a sectional view taken along line 6A in FIG. 6.

[0024] FIG. 7 is a top view of a swimming pool with multiple individual bracket retainers disposed in place of a continuous extending pool liner receiver member about the periphery of the swimming pool, and with multiple bracket members and a form member disposed above a peripheral water portion in accordance with the present invention.

[0025] FIG. 7A is a sectional view taken along line 7A in FIG. 7.

[0026] FIG. 8 is a left side elevation view of a first modified reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the first modified reusable pool mold is depicted adjacent to a pool liner receiver member but without a form member in accordance with the present invention.

[0027] FIG. 9 is the left side elevation view of FIG. 8, but with a form member included in accordance with the present invention.

[0028] FIG. 10 is a front elevation view of FIG. 9.

[0029] FIG. 11 is a top view of FIG. 9.

[0030] FIG. 12 is the left side elevation view of the first modified reusable pool mold of FIG. 8, but with a securing member of the first modified reusable pool mold detachably inserted into a recess in the pool liner receiver in accordance with the present invention.

[0031] FIG. 13 is a left side elevation view of a second modified reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the second modified reusable pool mold is depicted adjacent to a pool liner receiver member in accordance with the present invention.

[0032] FIG. 14 is the left side elevation view of the second modified reusable pool mold of FIG. 13, but with a securing member of the second modified reusable pool mold detachably inserted into a recess in the pool liner receiver member in accordance with the present invention.

[0033] FIG. 15 is a left side elevation view of a third modified reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the third modified reusable pool mold is depicted with a securing member detachably inserted into a recess in a pool liner receiver member in accordance with the present invention.

[0034] FIG. 16 is a left side elevation view of a fourth modified reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the fourth modified reusable pool mold is depicted with a locking tab disposed above a bracket member, and a form member detachably secured to the bracket member in accordance with the present invention.

[0035] FIG. 17 is a top view of FIG. 16.

[0036] FIG. 18 is a left side elevation view of the fourth modified reusable pool mold disposed upon and secured to a concrete walking surface, whereby, multiple fourth modified reusable pool mold bracket members secured to cooperating locking tab members supporting form members above a peripheral portion of pool water in accordance with the present invention.

[0037] FIG. 19 is an overhead view of a fifth modified reusable pool mold bracket member for forming a pool overhang depicted disposed upon and secured to a portion of concrete that forms a surface contiguous with the periphery of a garden pool in accordance with the present invention.

[0038] FIG. 19A is the same view as FIG. 19, except that the inner members of the mold bracket members are shown as being covered ultimately by a deformable material that will extend to a vertical pool wall in accordance with the present invention.

[0039] FIG. 19B is the same view as FIG. 19A, except that a form member that includes horizontal and vertical forms has been added upon outer members of the mold bracket members in accordance with the present invention.

[0040] FIG. 19C is the same view as FIG. 19B, except that the outer members of the bracket members and the form member have been removed and a deformable material disposed upon the concrete surface covering the inner members and extending past the vertical pool wall forming a pool overhang in accordance with the present invention.

[0041] FIG. 20 is a left side elevation view of the overhead view of FIG. 19C, except that the elevation view depicts the fifth modified reusable pool mold secured to the portion of concrete and the reusable pool mold including the form member and a solidified deformable material disposed upon the form member.

[0042] FIG. 21 is a partially exploded view of FIG. 20, but with the portion of concrete and the deformable material removed, and with first and second form member securing screws added.

[0043] FIG. 21A is fully exploded view of FIG. 21.

[0044] FIG. 22 is a top view of FIG. 21, but with all securing screws removed, and depicting separated first and second members of a bracket member of the fifth modified reusable pool mold, and depicting a recess vertically cut through the horizontal form member in accordance the present invention.

[0045] FIG. 23 is the top view of FIG. 22, but with the first and second form members removed and with a retaining portion of the outer member of the bracket member detachably inserted under the inner member of the bracket member in accordance with the present invention.

[0046] FIG. 24 is a front elevation view of the inner member of the bracket member disposed upon a portion of concrete forming a surface contiguous with the periphery of the garden pool in accordance with the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0047] Referring now to FIGS. 1-7A, a reusable pool mold for forming an overhang 44 or coping above a peripheral portion of pool water in accordance with the present invention is depicted and is denoted as numeral 10. The reusable pool mold 10 is detachably secured to a preexisting liner receiver 12 (well known to those of ordinary skill in the art) or similarly configured device disposed upon a portion of concrete that forms a walking surface 8 contiguous with the periphery of a swimming pool 13. The liner receiver 12 is depicted without a pool liner being secured to the liner receiver 12; however, the use and operation of the reusable pool mold 10 remains consistent with or without a pool liner being secured to the liner receiver 12.

[0048] The liner receiver 12 is secured to a concrete walking surface 8 whereby the liner receiver 12 encompasses a swimming pool 13. The liner receiver 12 is secured to the concrete walking surface 8 via means well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The liner receiver 12 includes upper and lower front wall portions 7 and 9 vertically and continuously aligned with a vertical wall 14 of the swimming pool 13 (FIGS. 5 and 6). The dimensions of the reusable pool mold 10 are determined via the dimension of the overhang 44 extending above a preselected portion of pool water; and via the weight of the overhang, which can be fabricated from concrete, polymers or grout.

[0049] The reusable pool mold 10 includes multiple bracket members 15 (FIG. 2) detachably secured to the liner receiver 12 and disposed adjacent to the vertical wall 14 of the concrete swimming pool 13. Each individual bracket member 15 may be inserted into a continuous extending liner receiver 12 or may be inserted into a discrete cooperating bracket retainer 12A (see FIG. 4) having the same side configuration as the liner receiver 12 depicted in FIG. 1, but with a top configuration as depicted in FIG. 4. Each bracket retainer 12A is individually secured to the concrete walking surface 8 disposed about the swimming pool 13 via means known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The quantity of individually secured bracket retainers 12A is determined by the predetermined quantity of bracket members 15 required to support the selected deformable material that ultimately forms a coping or overhang above a peripheral portion of water in the swimming pool 13. Since the bracket retainers 12A do not continuously extend about the periphery of the swimming pool 13 as does the liner receiver 12, a relatively small portion of tape 6 (FIG. 5A) or similar material is required for covering the recess 31 extending to side walls 5 of the bracket retainers 12A.

[0050] The bracket members 15 are formed from an outer vertical plate member 18 having a lower portion 16 rotationally secured to an outer portion 20 of a horizontal plate member 22. The lower portion 16 can be rotationally secured to the outer portion 20 via a hinge member 23. The hinge member 23 would be added to a corner 25 of the mold 10 to pivot the outer vertical plate member 18 about one hundred and eighty degrees to a substantially vertically downward position 27 (FIG. 1). The horizontal plate member 22 includes an inner portion integrally joined to an upper portion 26 of an inner vertical plate member 28. The vertical plate member 28 includes a relatively small horizontal portion 29 integrally joined to a relatively rigid securing member 30 fabricated from a relatively hard rubber. The plate members 18, 22 and 28 can be fabricated from a myriad of materials resistant to oxidation, including but not limited to stainless steel, polymers and wood.

[0051] The reusable pool mold 10 further includes securing members 30 for maintaining the position of a predetermined quantity of bracket members 15 upon a portion of the swimming pool wall 14. The securing member 30 ultimately inserts in a recess 31 in the liner receiver 12. The recess 31 is continuous in a peripheral portion of the liner receiver 12 adjacent to the pool wall 14. The recess 31 includes a configuration defined by the front wall 9 of the liner receiver 12, a jaw member and a bottom wall 43 ultimately engaged by a bottom wall 45 of the securing member 30.

[0052] The securing member 30 includes a substantially right-triangle configuration (when taking a side elevation view of the reusable pool mold 10, FIGS. 1 and 5) fabricated from a relatively hard rubber material for detachably securing the inner vertical plate member 28 to the liner receiver 12 via the recess 31 in the liner receiver 12. The triangular configuration and hard rubber fabrication material of the securing member 30 promotes the insertion of the securing members 30 inside the recess 31 in the liner receiver 12, and prevents the removal of the securing members 30 from the liner receiver 12 when the deformable material 42 is disposed upon the brackets 15. Although a triangular configuration is preferred, a myriad of configurations can be used, including but not limited to square and rectangular.

[0053] The securing member 30 is forcibly urged into the recess 31 and ultimately positioned; whereby, a lower vertical side wall portion 33 of the securing member 30 engages an inner wall portion 35 of a liner retaining jaw 37 of the liner receiver 12, and a lower portion 39 of the horizontal portion 29 of the vertical plate member 28 congruently engages a top wall 41 of the retaining jaw 37, thereby maintaining the position of the securing member 30 inside the recess 31 and maintaining engagement of the vertical plate member 28 against the vertical wall 14 of the swimming pool 13 and against the liner retaining jaw 37, irrespective of deformable material being disposed upon the reusable pool mold 10.

[0054] The pool mold 10 further includes a form member 32 detachably secured to the vertical and horizontal plate members 18 and 22. The form member 32 includes a first form member 40 that is generally a horizontal 24 wood (or similar sized, non-deformable material) form that supports a bottom portion of a deformable material (concrete) 42 overhang 44. The horizontal wood form 40 engages the liner receiver 12 whereby the deformable material 42 is prevented from entering the recess 31, thereby enabling the manual removal of the securing member 30 from the recess 31.

[0055] The form member 32 further includes a second form member 46 that is generally a 24 wood form 46 vertically disposed upon and cooperating with the horizontal form 40 to continuously extend above a peripheral water portion of the pool 13. The horizontal wood form 40 is detachably secured to the horizontal plate member 22 via wood screws or similar fasteners 48, and the vertical wood form 46 is secured to the outer vertical plate member 18 via fasteners 50. The form member 32 receives a deformable material 42 that ultimately solidifies; whereby, the form member 32 configures a continuously extending overhang 44 above the peripheral portion of water surface inside the pool 13.

[0056] Although the form members 40 and 46 are described as wood 24's, the form members 40 and 46 can be dimensioned however the user may require to achieve a predetermined coping or overhang configuration; and fabricated from a myriad of materials, including but not limited to polymers, aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel and powder coat steel. Further, the brackets 15 may be fabricated from the materials as the form members 40 and 46, and can be dimensioned to support the form members 40 and 46 combined with the predetermined quantity and type of deformable material used to form the coping or overhang.

[0057] The first form member 40 includes a protrusion portion 52 formed via a removed inner lower section of the first form member 40, resulting in first and second vertical inner side walls and 54, and a horizontal bottom wall 56 perpendicularly engaging both first and second inner side wall 53 and 54. The first vertical inner side wall 53 is dimensioned to congruently engage the upper front wall portion 9 of the liner receiver. The first vertical inner side wall 53 is also dimensioned to perpendicularly engage a top wall of the horizontal portion 29 of the vertical plate member 28, whereby deformable material 42 is prevented from leaking into the recess 31. The second vertical inner side wall 54 is dimensioned to engage a top vertical wall of the upper portion 26 of the inner vertical plate member 28, whereby, the horizontal bottom wall 56 of the protrusion portion 52 engages an outer portion of the top wall 58 of the horizontal portion 29 of the vertical plate member 28.

[0058] The first and second vertical inner side walls 53 and 54, and the horizontal bottom wall 56 cooperate to dispose the form member 40, whereby, the form member 40 engages the upper front wall portion 9 of the liner receiver 12 and inner vertical plate member 28; when the securing member 30 is inserted into the liner receiver recess 31 and the securing member 30 is lowered inside the recess 31 until the lower portion 39 of the of the horizontal portion 29 of the vertical plate member 28 engages a top wall 41 of the jaw member 37, and the bottom wall 45 of the securing member 30 engages a bottom wall 43 of the recess 31, resulting in the capture of the jaw member 37 between a lower vertical wall 33 of the securing member 30 and the vertical plate member 28. The captured jaw member 37 maintains the securing member 30 inside the recess 31, and secures the position of the first form member 40 relative to the liner receiver 12 and the inner vertical plate member 28, and maintains the position of the bracket member 15 relative to the swimming pool wall 14 when deformable material 42 is disposed upon the mold 10 to form the overhang 44 over the selected peripheral portion of water in the pool 13; whereby, a bottom wall 55 of the overhang 44 is lineally aligned with a top wall 57 of the liner receiver 12.

[0059] In the event that the bottom wall 55 of the overhang 44 is to be disposed below the top wall 57 of the liner receiver 12, the horizontal plate member 22 can be integrally joined to the inner vertical plate member 28; whereby, the top wall of the first horizontal form 40 is below the top wall 57 of the liner receiver 12 (but not so far below the top 57 of the liner receiver 12, whereby the securing member 30 is not extractable from the recess 31 after the deformable material 42 solidifies), resulting in the bottom wall 55 of the overhang 44 being lowered a predetermined distance. In the event that lowered top wall of the first horizontal form 40 exposes the recess 31 to deformable material 42, tape, polystyrene or similar flexible material (not depicted) is required to plug the recess 31 until the deformable material solidifies and the securing member 30 forcibly removed from the recess 31.

[0060] In the event an end portion of a pool liner (not depicted) is present in the liner receiver 12; whereby, a lower portion 39 of the horizontal portion 29 is not disposed upon a top wall 41 of the jaw member 37, and/or the bottom wall 45 of the securing member 30 is not disposed upon the bottom wall 43 of the recess 31, the relatively rigid but deformable securing member will remain removably attached to the liner receiver 12; the inner vertical plate member 28 will congruently engage the vertical wall 14 of the swimming pool 13, and the position of the bracket 15 relative to the liner receiver 12 and the vertical swimming pool wall 14 will remain constant when deformable material 42 is disposed upon first and second form members 40 and 46 supported by the brackets 15.

[0061] The pool mold 10 is ultimately removed from the solidified deformable material 42 and liner retainer 12 by first removing the fasteners 48 and 50 from the horizontal and vertical wood forms 40 and 46. The outer vertical plate member 18 is then rotated substantially one hundred and eighty degrees, whereby, the vertical wood form 46 can be separated from the solidified deformable material 42 and the horizontal form 40, followed by the horizontal form 40 being slidable removed from between the solidified deformable material 42 and the horizontal plate member 22. The securing member 30 can then be elevated inside the liner receiver recess 31 until the securing member 30 can be horizontally removed from the recess 31, resulting in the entire reusable pool mold 10 being separated from the deformable material 42 and the liner receiver 12, then reused at another swimming pool.

[0062] In operation, a predetermined quantity of reusable molds 10 are dimensioned to secure first and second substantially horizontal and vertical form members 40 and 46 above a peripheral portion of water in a swimming pool 13. The quantity and dimensions of the reusable brackets 15 are determined by the peripheral dimensions of the swimming pool 13, the horizonal and vertical dimensions of the overhang 44 above pool water, and the weight of the material ultimately disposed upon the form member 32. The preferred distance separating adjacent reusable brackets 15 is about three feet for a linear portion of a swimming pool wall 14, and about two feet for a curved or arcuate portion of a swimming pool wall 14. The dimensions of the reusable form member 32 are determined by the peripheral dimensions of the swimming pool 13, the horizonal and vertical dimensions of the coping or overhang 44 above pool water, and the weight of the material ultimately disposed upon the form member 32. As the dimensions of the overhang 44 increase and/or the weight of the overhang material increase, the quantity and dimensions of the brackets 15 increase; and the dimensions of the form member 32 increase. The quantity and dimensions of the brackets 15, and the dimensions of form member 32 required for a selected swimming pool 13 overhang 44 are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

[0063] Referring now to FIGS. 8-12, a first modification to the reusable pool mold 10 in accordance with the present invention for forming swimming pool overhangs 44 is depicted and is denoted as numeral 134. The first modified reusable pool mold 134 is detachably secured to a liner receiver 12 disposed upon a top surface 8 of a swimming pool 13 (see FIG. 6). The modified mold 134 includes a base member 138 detachably secured to a handle member 140. The base member 138 includes a horizontal member 142 having an outer end 144 integrally joined to a mid-portion of an outer vertical member 146. The horizontal member 142 has an inner end 148 integrally joined to a top end 150 of an inner vertical member 152. The outer vertical member 146 includes a non-threaded aperture 135 axially aligned with a threaded orifice 137 in the inner vertical member 152. The handle member 140 includes a hand grip 156 integrally joined to a cylindrical bolt member 154 having a threaded end portion 155.

[0064] The horizontal member 142 of the base member 138 includes first and second horizontal member extensions 142A and 142B for supporting horizontal first form member 40 sections; whereby, a top wall 165 of the horizontal member 142 is co-planar with top walls 166 and 167 of respective horizontal first member 40 sections. A bottom wall 168 of a vertical second form member 46 continuously extends upon a coplanar surface formed from the top walls 165, 166 and 167.

[0065] The vertical second form member 46 continuously extends about and above a peripheral portion of a swimming pool 13; whereby, the vertical second form member 46 is constantly engaged with the base member 138 or horizontal first form member to ultimately form a predetermined coping or overhang above a predetermined portion of water in a swimming pool 13.

[0066] The non-threaded aperture in the outer vertical member 146 is dimensioned to slidably receive the threaded end portion 155 and cylindrical portion 153 of the bolt member 154. The threaded orifice 137 in the inner vertical member 152 is dimensioned to rotationally receive the threaded inner end portion 155 and slidably receive the cylindrical portion 153 of the bolt member 154 after the threaded inner end portion 155 has been rotated through the threaded orifice; whereupon, a retaining washer 160 is slid over the threaded inner end portion 155 followed by a locking member 157 (fabricated from a relatively rigid hard rubber material) and a nut 162 that is rotationally secured to the threaded inner end portion 155 of the bolt member 154, thereby slidably maintaining the washer 160 and locking member 157 between an inner wall 164 of the inner vertical member 152 and the nut 162. The configuration of the locking member 157 cooperates with the configuration of the recess 31, whereby, the locking member 157 is snugly seated in the recess 31 during operation of the modified reusable pool liner mold to stabilize the mold 134 and prevent movement of the mold 134 when a deformable material (FIGS. 3 and 4) is disposed upon the mold 134.

[0067] In operation, multiple first modified reusable pool molds 134 are disposed proximate to cooperating recesses 31 in corresponding pool liner receivers 12, whereby, for each mold 134, the nut 162, locking member 157 and retaining washer 160 are sequentially inserted into the recess 31 when the inner wall 164 of the inner vertical member 152 engages the pool wall 103. To secure the position of the first modified mold 134 upon the pool wall 14 when forming a swimming pool surface 44 (FIG. 6) that overhangs the water in the pool 13, the user engages the inner wall 164 of the inner vertical member 152 with the pool wall 14, then rotates the hand grip 156 to horizontally move the locking member 157 in an extraction direction from the recess 31 by rotationally engaging a threaded inner portion 132 of the bolt member 154 with the threads of the orifice 137 in the inner vertical member 152. The locking member 157 moves horizontally in the recess 31 until the retaining washer 160 engages an inner wall 35 of the liner securing jaw 37; whereupon, the continued rotation of the hand grip 156 squeezes or compresses the locking member 157 horizontally between the retaining washer 160 and nut 162, resulting in the locking member 157 expanding radially until plugging the recess 31 and stabilizing the position of the first modified mold 134 inside the liner receiver 12 and upon pool wall 14. The first modified pool mold 134 is dimensioned to cooperate with multiple molds 134 supporting wooden rail members 40 and 46 to peripherally extend a completed form about a pool wall 13 to receive a deformable material 42 that ultimately solidifies to form a pool overhang 44 above the water in the pool 13.

[0068] Referring now to FIGS. 13 and 14, a second modification to the reusable pool mold 10 in accordance with the present invention for forming swimming pool overhangs 44 is depicted and is denoted as numeral 170. The second modification 170 includes a horizontal member 172 integrally joined to a vertical member 174 whereby a modified T configuration is formed with an inner end portion 176 of the horizontal member 172 extending a sufficient distance to forcibly and permanently receive a locking member 178 having a coating material (well known to those of ordinary skill in the art) disposed upon an outer surface of the locking member 178 to promote insertion of the locking member 178 into a recess 31 of a swimming pool liner retainer 12. The inner end portion 176 is relatively longer than the axial length of the locking member 178, thereby exposing a relatively small portion 180 of the horizontal member 172 that ultimately engages a top wall 41 of a liner retainer jaw 37.

[0069] An outer wall 184 of the locking member 178 ultimately engages an inner wall 35 of the retainer jaw 37 after the exposed portion 180 of the horizontal member 172 is forcibly disposed upon the top wall 41 of the retainer jaw 37, resulting in the locking member 178 being slightly compressed, thereby locking the position of the third modified mold 170 in the recess 31 and disposing an inner wall 186 of the vertical member 174 upon a swimming pool wall 14. The mold 170 further includes a horizontal wood 24 form 187 secured to the horizontal member 172 via securing screw 188, and a vertical wood 24 form 189 secured to the horizontal wood form 187 via securing screw 190. The horizontal and vertical forms 187 and 189 can be fabricated from wood, polymers and lightweight metals such as aluminum.

[0070] In operation, multiple second modified molds 170 are manually inserted into respective recesses 31 of liner retainers 12, whereby, for each mold 170, the locking member 178 is axially compressed a distance that enables the exposed portion 180 of the horizontal member 172 to engage the top wall 41 of the retainer jaw 37, thereby securing the position of the locking member 178 inside the recess 31 and disposing the inner wall 186 of the vertical member 174 upon the pool wall 14. To prevent deformable material from entering the recess 31, duct tape 129 is used to seal the recess 31 after the locking member 178 is disposed and secured inside the recess 31. The mold 170 is stabilized upon the pool wall 14 by the slightly deformable locking member 178 being compressed inside the recess 31; the exposed portion 180 of the horizontal member 172 engaging the top wall 41 of the retainer jaw 37; and the vertical member 174 engaging the pool wall 14, thereby allowing a deformable material 42 to be disposed upon the mold 170. After the deformable material 42 solidifies to form an overhang 44 above a peripheral portion of water in the pool 13, the securing screws 188 and 190 are removed from the wood forms 187 and 189 disposed about the periphery of the pool 13; the wood forms 187 and 189 are separated from the solidified deformable material 42; and the locking members 178 removed from the recesses 31 in the liner retainers 12.

[0071] Referring now to FIG. 15, a third modification to the reusable pool mold 10 is depicted for forming swimming pool overhangs in accordance with the present invention and is denoted as numeral 200. The third modified mold 200 includes the locking member 178 and exposed horizontal portion 180 depicted in FIGS. 7 and 8 and specified above, but with the exposed portion 180 integrally joined to a vertical sheet or plate member 202. The third modified mold 200 further includes an inner vertical form 204 (fabricated from wood, polymer or steel) secured to the vertical member 202 via a threaded bolt 206 rotationally inserted into a threaded orifice 208 in the vertical plate member 202. An outer vertical form 210 fabricated from the same material as the inner form 204 is secured to the inner form 204 via a securing screw 212 that penetrates the outer form 210 and the inner form 204 a distance that provides stability to the outer form 210 relative to the vertical member 202. The outer form 210 has a longitudinal dimension relatively longer than the inner form 204, and a lateral dimension relatively shorter than the inner form 204. A liner 214 is secured to an inner wall 216 of the outer form 210. The liner 214 impresses a predetermined design into a vertical edge portion of deformable material (not depicted) that engages the liner 214, and after the deformable material solidifies and the molds 200 are removed, a pool overhand 44 (FIG. 4) is revealed having a design viewable by persons inside and around the pool.

[0072] The operation of the third modified bracket 200 is similar to the operation of the second modified bracket 170 as to the forcible compression of the locking member 178 and the engagement of the exposed portion 180 upon the retainer jaw 37. The functional difference between the modified brackets 170 and 200 is that a plurality of second modified brackets 170 form a pool overhang that extends over water a greater distance perpendicular to the pool wall 14 than a perpendicular distance corresponding to a pool overhang formed from a plurality of third modified brackets 200. The liner 214 for the third modified bracket 200 can be included with the second modified bracket 170 by securing the liner 214 to an inner wall 192 (see FIGS. 7 and 8) of the outer vertical form 189.

[0073] Referring now to FIGS. 16-18, a fourth modification to the reusable pool mold 10 is depicted for forming swimming pool overhangs 44 in accordance with the present invention and is denoted as numeral 300. The fourth modified mold 300 includes a locking tab member 302 detachably secured to and disposed above an inner horizontal plate member 306 of a bracket member 304. The locking tab member 302 and the bracket member 304 are fabricated preferably from relatively thin, substantially rectangular portions of bendable steel. Alternatively, the members 302 and 304 can be fabricated from, but not limited to, polyurethane, stainless steel, wood and similarly relatively rigid but bendable materials. The configuration and dimensions of the locking tab and bracket members 302 and 304 depend upon the dimensions of the overhang 44, the weight of the deformable material 42 and the distance separating adjacent molds 300. The methods for configuring and dimensioning the locking tab and bracket members 302 and 304 are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

[0074] The mold 300 further includes a form member 32 detachably secured to an outer vertical plate member 308 and an outer horizontal plate member 310 of the bracket member 304. The form member 32 includes a first form member 40 that is generally a horizontal 24 wood (or similar sized, non-deformable material) form that supports a bottom portion of a deformable material (concrete) 42 overhang 44.

[0075] The form member 32 further includes a second form member 46 that is generally a vertical 24 wood form 46 disposed upon and cooperating with the horizontal form 40 to continuously extend above a peripheral water portion of the pool 13. The horizontal wood form 40 is detachably secured to the outer horizontal plate member 310 via wood screws or similar fasteners 48, and the vertical wood form 46 is detachably secured to the outer vertical plate member 308 via fasteners 50. The form member 32 receives a deformable material 42 that ultimately solidifies; whereby, the form member 32 configures a continuously extending overhang 44 above a peripheral portion of water surface inside the pool 13.

[0076] Although the first and second form members 40 and 46 are described as wood 24's, the form members 40 and 46 can be dimensioned to measurements less than an inch or greater than four inches depending upon the user's requirements to achieve a predetermined coping or overhang 44 configuration. The form members 40 and 46 can be fabricated from a myriad of materials, including but not limited to polymers, aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel and powder coat steel. Further, the locking tab and bracket members 302 and 304 may be fabricated from the materials as the form members 40 and 46, and can be dimensioned to support the dimensions and weight of the form members 40 and 46 plus the weight of a predetermined quantity and type of deformable material used to form the coping or overhang 44.

[0077] The bracket members 304 further include an inner vertical plate member 312 integrally joined to the inner horizontal and outer horizontal plate members 306 and 310, whereby, a top horizontal wall 314 of the inner horizontal plate member 306 is vertically below the top wall 316 elevation of the horizontal form 40 after the form 40 is detachably secured to the top wall 318 of the outer horizontal plate member 310. The outer vertical plate member 308 includes a lower portion rotationally secured to an outer portion of the outer horizontal plate member 310 via a hinge member 320. The hinge member 320 allows the outer vertical plate member to pivot one hundred and eighty degrees to a vertically downward position 322 after deformable material 42 has solidified and after the securing screw 50 is removed from the vertical form member 46.

[0078] The inner horizontal portion 306 of the bracket member 304 includes at least one and preferably two apertures 324 dimensioned to receive cooperating dimples or hemisphere configured protrusions 326 extending from a bottom wall 328 of the locking tab member 302. The locking tab member 302 includes at least one and preferably two securing apertures 330 for receiving securing screws 332 that ultimately penetrates the surface 8 of the concrete walking area disposed about the swimming pool 13. The securing screws 332 maintain the position of a portion of the bottom wall 328 of the locking tab member 302 upon a cooperating portion of a top wall 334 of the inner horizontal member 306 of the bracket member 304, whereby, the protrusions 326 are snugly inserted into the apertures 324, thereby cooperating with the securing screws 332 to maintain the position of the locking tab member 302 upon the surface 8 of the concrete walking area and upon an inner portion 336 of the inner horizontal portion 306 when deformable material 42 is disposed upon the form member 32.

[0079] The fourth modification mold 300 further includes a relatively thin layer of Styrofoam or similar deformable material that forms a compression layer 338 disposed upon and secured to a top wall 340 of the locking tab member 302. The compression layer 338 promotes separation between the deformable material 42 disposed upon the mold 300 and the top wall of the locking tab member 302; whereby, after the deformable material 42 solidifies and the form member 32 removed from the overhang 44 by pivoting the outer vertical plate member 308 to a downward position 332, the inner horizontal plate member 306 is forcibly and horizontally slid from between the solidified material 42 and the top wall 8 of the concrete, resulting in the bracket member 304 being reused for another pool project and the encasement of the locking tab member 302 in the deformable material 42.

[0080] The removal of the bracket member 304 is achieved via the horizontal motion of the inner horizontal plate member 306 urging the relatively round dimple 326 of the locking tab member 302 vertically upward, resulting in the squeezing of the compression layer 338 between the solidified material 42 and the top wall 340 of the locking tab member 302, thereby enabling the horizontal sliding and forcible removal of the inner horizontal plate member 306 from between the deformable material 42 and the top surface 8 of the concrete walking area disposed about the swimming pool 13. The required lineal horizontal sliding distance of the inner horizontal plate member 306; whereby, the horizontal plate member 306 frictionally engages the deformable material 42 and the top surface 8 of the concrete walking area is between two and three inches when using 24s for the form member 32, resulting in a relatively easy extraction of the inner horizontal plate member 306 and the bracket member 304. The locking tab member 302 remains encased in the solidified deformable material 42 after the bracket member 304 is removed.

[0081] Referring to FIG. 18, a second hinge 321 is included with a locking feature to maintain the position of the outer horizontal plate member 310 when the first form member 40 is attached to the plate member 310 and deformable material 42 disposed upon the first form member 40. The second hinge 321 pivots the outer horizontal plate member 310 to a substantially vertically downward position, thereby enabling the first form member 40 to be lowered from solidified deformable material 42 instead of horizontally slid from between the solidified material 42 and the plate member 310. The second hinge 321 is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

[0082] FIG. 18 further includes a locking tab member 302 having an angled inner end 303 for enabling the compression layer 338 to be extended, whereby, the layer 338 is disposed under the inner end 303 for promoting the upward motion of the dimple 326 of the locking tab member 302 and a relatively slight downward motion of the angled inner end 303 of the locking tab member 302, thereby reducing the required force to elevate the dimple 326 and locking tab member 302, resulting in a reduction of the manual force required to horizontally slide the inner horizontal plate member 306 from between the solidified deformable material and the top surface 8 of the concrete walking area disposed about the swimming pool 13. An alternative to the angled inner end 303, is a trapezoidal configured end adjacent to securing aperture 330 as depicted in FIG. 16.

[0083] Referring now to FIGS. 19-24, a fifth modification to the reusable pool mold 10 is depicted for forming garden pool overhangs 44 in accordance with the present invention and is denoted as numeral 400. The fifth modification mold 400 is configured for use with relatively shallow pools included with gardens and landscaping, whereby pool liners are not required to maintain water level in the garden/landscaping pool 401; however, the fifth modification mold 400 can be used for swimming pools when methods (other than liners) are used to prevent water leaking from the pool. The methods are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

[0084] The fifth modified molds 400 are preferably fabricated from steel or stainless steel and include multiple bracket members 402 (FIGS. 19-21) having inner members 404 that are attached to a concrete surface 8 via fasteners 405 extending through apertures 407 and penetrating the concrete surface 8. The inner members 404 are ultimately covered by concrete or similar deformable material that solidifies. The bracket members 402 further include outer members 406, each having a retaining portion 408 that includes a trapezoid section 409 and a rectangle section 411 that together detachably and snugly insert between a bottom wall 410 of each inner member 404 and the concrete surface 8 (FIGS. 22 and 23), whereby the positions of the outer members 406 are maintained when a form member 32 (see supra) and deformable material are disposed upon the outer members 406 of the bracket members 402 (FIG. 20).

[0085] The inner members 404 of the bracket members 402 include a substantially rectangular configuration (when taking a top view (FIG. 22)), and a top plate 412 having a top wall 414 separated from the bottom wall 410 about one-quarter of an inch, the preferred thickness of the top plate 404. The inner members 404 further include parallel rail portions 416 integrally and perpendicularly joined to opposing lateral edge portions 418 of the top plate 412. The parallel rail portions 416 are about four inches in length and include inner walls 420 separated a distance of about 6 inches, and bottom walls 422 lineally separated from the bottom wall 410 of the inner member 404 about one-quarter of an inch, whereby the dimensions of separation of the rail portions 416 promote the snug insertion of the trapezoid section 409 followed by integrally joined rectangular section 411 of the retaining portion 408 in the aperture 424 formed between the inner member 404 and the concrete surface 8 after the inner member 404 is attached to the solidified concrete surface 8. Alternatively, a back wall (not depicted) can be added that is perpendicular to and lineally aligned with an inner edge 450 of the retaining portion 408, whereby the back wall engages the solidified concrete surface 8, thereby converting the aperture 424 into a recess, but requiring an inner edge 450 of the retaining portion 408 to remain separated from the inner edge 452 of the inner member 404 after completely inserting the outer member 406 into the inner member 404.

[0086] The dimensions provided for the inner members 404 are preferred when using outer members 406 that include a form member 32 having horizontally and vertically disposed two by fours 40 and 46 preferably fabricated from wood (see supra) for forming an overhang 44 for the garden/landscaping pool 401. In the event that a forming member is used that has a configuration and dimensions different than the two by fours 40 and 46 of the aforementioned forming member 32, the configuration and dimensions of the cooperating inner and outer members 404 and 406 will correspondingly vary to achieve a predetermined overhang 44; the methods for determining the material of fabrication, configuration and dimensions for providing the required cooperating inner and outer members 404 and 406 are well known to those or ordinary skill in the art.

[0087] The outer members 406 of the bracket members 402 include outer, substantially vertical (when installed for forming an overhang) plate members 426, each having a lower portion 428 rotationally secured to an outer portion 430 of a substantially horizontal (when installed for forming an overhang) plate member 432. The lower portion 428 of each outer substantially vertical plate member 426 can be rotationally secured to a corresponding outer portion 430 of the horizontal plate member 432 via a hinge member 434. The hinge member 434 would be added to a corner 436 formed by the vertical and horizontal plate members 426 and 432 of the fifth modified mold 400 to pivot the outer vertical plate member 426 about one hundred and eighty degrees to a substantially vertical downward position 438 (FIGS. 21 and 21A).

[0088] The horizontal plate member 432 includes an inner portion 440 perpendicularly and integrally joined to a lower portion 442 of an inner vertical plate member 444. An upper end 446 of the inner vertical plate member 444 perpendicularly and integrally joins with an outer end 448 of the retaining portion 408. The inner vertical plate 444 includes an outer side wall that ultimately engages a corresponding side wall 441 of a recess 443 cut in the horizontal form 40; the inner vertical plate 444 including an inner side wall 447 that ultimately engages a corresponding vertical side wall 14 of the pool 401, resulting in a substantially Z configuration when taking a left side view of the outer member 406 of the bracket member 402. The inner side wall 441 of the recess 443 and an outer vertical side wall 470 of the horizontal form 40 enable the form member 40 to congruently engage both the outer side wall 445 of the of the inner vertical plate 444 and the vertical side wall 14 of the pool 401, thereby preventing deformable material from leaking between the horizontal form 40 and the pool side wall 14.

[0089] The two fasteners 405 securing the inner member 404 to the to the concrete surface 8, enable an inner edge 450 of the retaining portion 408 to be manually urged into the aperture formed by the concrete surface 8 and the inner member 404, whereby the inner edge 450 is disposed proximate to an inner edge 452 of the inner member 404 without engaging the securing fasteners 405 (FIG. 23). The configuration and dimensions of the retaining portion 408 when forcibly inserted in the inner member 404 enable the outer top wall 454 of the retaining portion 408 (substantially coplanar with the top wall 455 of the horizontal form 40), and bottom and side walls 456 and 458 of the retaining portion 408 to engage the cooperating inner top wall, bottom wall and side walls 414, 410 and 420 of the inner member 404; thereby providing sufficient grasping or frictional forces between the engaging surfaces to maintain the position of the outer member 406 of the bracket member 402 upon the concrete surface 8 and the pool wall 14, irrespective of the deformable material disposed upon the form member 32.

[0090] After inserting the retaining portion 408 into the inner member 404 until the inner side wall 447 of the inner vertical plate member 444 congruently engages the vertical side wall 14 of the pool 401, the horizontal form 40 is disposed upon and ultimately secured to the horizontal plate member 432, whereby the inner side wall 41 of the form 40 congruently engages the outer side wall 445 of the inner vertical plate member 444 followed by an extractable fastener 48 being inserted through an aperture 460 in the horizontal plate member 432 and up into the form 40, thereby congruently securing the horizontal form 40 upon the horizontal plate member 432 and forcibly engaging an side wall of the form member 40 against the outer side wall 445 of the form member 40. The outer vertical plate member 426 is then rotated until congruently engaging an outer side wall of the horizontal form 40. The outer vertical plate member 426 is then secured to the horizontal form 40 via an extractable fastener 50 inserted through an aperture 462 in the vertical plate member 426 and into the horizontal form 40, thereby securing the position of the outer vertical plate member 426 relative to the horizontal plate member 432 and the horizontal form 40. The vertical form 46 is then disposed upon the horizontal form 40, whereby the vertical form 46 congruently engages both the horizontal form 40 and the outer vertical plate member 426, whereupon, an extractable fastener 52 is inserted through an aperture 464 in the vertical plate member 426 and into the vertical form 46, thereby securing the position of the vertical form 46 relative to the outer vertical plate member 426 and the horizontal form 40.

[0091] After completing the assembly of the reusable pool mold 400 upon the concrete surface 8 and the vertical pool wall 14, a preselected form (not depicted) is disposed about the pool 401 and upon the concrete surface 8, whereby a predetermined periphery of the pool 401 is surrounded and a preselected mold 400 extends past a vertical wall 14 of the pool 401 and above the bottom of an empty pool 401 (FIG. 19), thereby providing a structure that ultimately forms a pool overhang 44 (FIGS. 19A and 19B). A deformable material (preferably concrete) 42 is then disposed within the structure until filling the structure thereby achieving the desired overhang configuration 44 (FIG. 19C). After the deformable material 42 has solidified, the fasteners 462 and 464 are extracted from the vertical and horizontal forms 46 and 40, and fastener 460 is then extracted from the horizontal form 40; whereupon, the outer vertical plate member 426 is rotated into a downward position 438 and the forms 40 and 46 forcibly separated from the solidified concrete, thereby enabling the outer member 406 of the bracket member 402 to be forcibly and horizontally extracted from the inner member 404. The inner member 404 remains under the solidified concrete and the outer member 406 and form member 32 are ultimately reused for another project (FIG. 19C).

[0092] The foregoing description is for purpose of illustration only and is not intended to limit the scope of protection accorded this invention. The scope of protection is to be measured by the following claims, which should be interpreted as broadly as the inventive contribution permits.