Tie-rod coupler

Claim 1

A ROD COUPLER FOR DETACHABLY ENGAGING A TERMINALLYHEADED ROD TO AND AS A COALIGNED EXTENSION OF A LIKE HEADED PROJECTION CONVENTIONALLY TERMINATING A TIE-ROD HORIZONTALLY FIXED IN USE ASSOCIATION WITH A CONCRETE FORM, COMPRISNG AN ELONGATED, RIGID MEMBER FORMED WITH A LATERALLY-OPEN, CONCAVELY-BOTTOMED TROUGH PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND CONFORMABLY SEAT IN CLOSELY-SPACED COAXIAL OPPOSITION THE HEAD OF SAID PROJECTION AND A TERMINAL HEAD OF SAID ROD, LATERALLY-OPEN, CONCAVELY-BOTTOMED TROUGH EXTENSIONS ALIGNED IN FIXED ENGAGEMENT WITH AN UNEQUAL OPPOSITE PORJECTION FROM THE ENDS OF SAID TROUGH POTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND CONFORMABLY SEAT THE ROD COMPONENTS TERMINATED BY THE HEADS ACCOMMODATED IN SAID TROUGH PORTION, SAID TROUGH EXTENSIONS BEING RELATIVELY SHORTER AND LONGER IN LENGTHS OF PROJECTIONS FROM THE TROUGH PORTION EXCEEDING THE COMBINED LENGTH DIMENSIONS OF THE HEADS RECEIVABLE IN SAID PORTION, ABUTMENTS AT THE CONJUNCTIONS OF SAID TROUGH PORTION AND TROUGH EXTENSIONS COACTALE WITH THE HEADS ENGAGED WITHIN THE TROUGH PORTION TO INHIBIT AXIALLY-DIRECTED SEPARATION THEREOF, MEANS FIXEDLY RESTRICTING THE LATERAL OPENING OF THE TROUGH PORTION IN OVERHANGING RELATION WITH THE ABUTMENT AT THE JOINDER OF SAID TROUGH PORTION AND SHORTER TROUGH EXTENSION EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT RELEASE FROM THE TROUGH PORTION OF A HEAD BEARING AGAINS THE ABUTMENT IN TERMINATION OF A ROD COMMEANS SLIDABLY AND REVOLUBLY EMBRACING THE LONGER TROUGH MEANS SLIDABLY AND REVOLUBLY EMBRACING THE LONGER TROUGH EXTENSION SELECTIVELY MANIPULABLE TO EFFECT SEATED RECEPTION OF A TERMINALLY-HEADED ROD IN THE TROUGH PORTION AND ASSOCIATED LONGER EXTENSION, TO ACCOMMODATE AT OPTION OSCILLATION OF THE SO-SEATED ROD WITH ATTENDANT DISPLACEMENT OF ITS HEAD RELATIVE TO THE TROUGH PORTION, AND TO LATCH THE HEAD OF THE SO-SEATED ROD IN BEARING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTIGUOUS ABUTMENT INTERIORLY OF THE TROUGH PORTION.