Reinforced vertical concrete structures

Claim 1

A REINFORCED VERTICAL CONCRETE STRUCTURE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF REINFORCEMENT BARS OF DIFFERENT DIAMETER CLASSIFICATIONS EMBEDDED THEREIN TO EXTEND LENGTHWISE THEREOF AND ARRANGED IN END-TO-END AXIAL ALIGNMENT, AND A SLEEVE CLAMP FOR SPLICING THE BARS TOGETHER COMPRISING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FLEXIBLE REDUCER SLEEVE EMBRACING THE BUTTED END OF THE BAR OF SMALLER DIAMETER AND A PAIR OF WEDGE MEMBERS WHICH TOGETHER EMBRACE THE ADJACENT END PORTIONS OF SAID BARS AND THE SAID REDUCER SLEEVE; THE SAID WEDGE MEMBERS BEING FORMED ALONG THEIR OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES WITH INTERLOCKING FLANGES HAVING CO-ENGAGING WEDGING SURFACES EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE WEDGE MEMBERS AND ADAPTED UPON RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE WEDGE MEMBERS IN ONE DIRECTION TO EXERT CIRCUMFERENTIAL CONSTRICTIVE CLAMPING PRESSURE DIRECTLY ON THE PERIMETER OF THE BAR OF LARGER DIAMETER AND ON THE BAR OF SMALLER DIAMETER THROUGH SAID REDUCER SLEEVE.