Ties for use in walls and other structures

Claim 1

A WALL STRUCTURE COMPRISING (A) A CONCRETE WALL PANEL, (B) A BRICK WALL PANEL SPACED FROM THE CONCRETE WALL PANEL AND BEING COMPRISED BY A PLURALITY OF SPACED RECTANGULAR CUBOIDAL BRICKS ARRANGED IN SUPERIMPOSED ROWS AND BY MORTAR IN THE SPACES BETWEEN ADJACENT BRICKS, WHICH MORTAR BONDS THE BRICKS TOGETHER, (C) A PLURALITY OF WALL TIES EACH COMPRISING A BODY PART OF SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT RECTANGULAR SECTION OVER ITS LENGTH AND HAVING TWO BROADER AND TWO NARROWER LENGTHWISE EXTENDING SICES, EACH BODY PART EXTENDING BETWEEN AND TERMINATING IN THE WALL PANELS SO THAT ONE END LIES IN THE CONCRETE WALL PANEL AND THE OTHER END LIES IN THE BRICK WALL PANEL, THE SAID OTHER END BEING LOCATED BETWEEN A PAIR OF ADJACENT BRICKS OF A ROW WITH THE NARROWER SIDES EXTENDING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ROW, EACH WALL TIE FURTHER COMPRISING AN OPENING IN THE SAID ONE END OF THE BODY PART, A ROD SECURED TO ONE OF THE NARROWER SIDES AT THE SAID OTHER END OF THE BODY PART AND LYING BETWEEN ADJACENT ROWS OF BRICKS, AND A LOCATING ROD SECURED TO THE OTHER OF THE NARROWER SIDES AND BEARING ON THE SAID PAIR OF ADJACENT BRICKS, AND (D) AN ELONGATED MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH THE CONCRETE WALL PANEL AND PASSING THROUGH THE SAID OPENINGS IN THE SAID ENDS OF THE BODY PARTS.