US 11,725,402 B2
Formliner for forming a pattern in curable material and method of use
Edward Daniel Fitzgerald, Laguna Beach, CA (US); and Brian Eugene Sheehan, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to PRIME FORMING & CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES, INC., Santa Ana, CA (US)
Filed by PRIME FORMING & CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES, INC., Santa Ana, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/339,836.
Application 17/339,836 is a continuation of application No. 16/563,700, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,027,455.
Application 16/563,700 is a continuation of application No. 16/066,571, granted, now 10,406,721, issued on Sep. 10, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2016/036598, filed on Jun. 9, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/272,021, filed on Dec. 28, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362371 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04G 9/10 (2006.01); B28B 7/00 (2006.01); E04F 21/04 (2006.01); B29C 39/00 (2006.01); E04F 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04G 9/10 (2013.01) [B28B 7/0073 (2013.01); B29C 39/00 (2013.01); E04F 21/04 (2013.01); E04F 13/02 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A formliner for use in creating a pattern in curable material, the formliner comprising:
a cell comprising a base configured to face curable material, the base configured to create a pattern in the curable material;
a rib system comprising a plurality of ribs extending along the cell and forming at least a part of a boundary of the cell, the plurality of ribs comprising:
a first section connected with the cell and comprising a first rib end, the first section configured to face the curable material in use; and
a second section connected with the cell and comprising a second rib end, at least a portion of the first section configured to overlap onto at least a portion of the second section; and
a channel connecting at least a part of the cell to at least one rib of the plurality of ribs, the channel configured to accept the first rib end in the channel,
wherein at least a portion the first rib end is in the channel with the at least a portion of the first section overlapping onto the at least a portion of the second section, and
wherein the second section comprises a wall extending out of the channel, the wall extending out of the channel perpendicular to a general extent of the base of the cell.