Bracket and clamp assembly

Claim 1

A BRACKET CLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR TIE RODS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE FORMS MADE OF PANELS AND REINFORCING BEAMS COMPRISING A REVERSIBLE BRACKET HAVING UPTURNED PARALLEL END PLATES WITH AN INTERMEDIATE RIGID SPACER PORTION THEREBETWEEN, THE OUTER END PLATE OF GREATER LENGTH THAN THE INNER PLATE, AN APERTURE ONLY IN THE OUTER PLATE FOR RECEPTION OF A TIE ROD END, THE UPPER EDGE OF THE INNER PLATE POSITIONED BELOW SAID TIE ROD, A RECTANGULAR CLAMP HAVING A WEDGE-SHAPED MOUND FORMED CENTRALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF WITH A MEDIAN SLOT LENGTHWISE OF THE NOUND FOR RECEPTION OF A TIE ROD END, HOOK-SHAPED EARS ON THE OUTER END PLATE OF THE BRACKET SLIDABLY ENGAGING THE SIDES OF THE CLAMP, SHOULDERS ON THE SIDE OF THE CLAMP ABOVE AND BELOW THE EARS TO LIMIT THE TRAVEL OF THE CLAMP ON THE BRACKET, AN INWARDLY EXTENDING LIP AT THE UPPER EDGE OF THE OUTER END PLATE CO-ACTING WITH A REINFORCING BEAM AND TIE ROD TO HOLD THE RESPECTIVE ELEMENTS IN AN ADJUSTED POSITION WHEN THE ASSEMBLY IS MOUNTED ON A TIE ROD AND THE CLAMP IS TIGHTENED.