Hinged tie-end latch assembly for gang forms

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: BRACKET MEANS FOR HOLDING A TIMBER TIGHT AGAINST AN OUTER EXPOSED SURFACE OF A CONCRETE POURING FORM WALL IN REINFORCING RELATION THERETO, SAID BRACKET MEANS INCLUDING A FORM-WALL ENGAGING PORTION HAVING A SLOT THEREIN OPENING ON ONE EDGE ADAPTED TO RECIEVE THE SHANK OF A CONCRETE FORM TIE AT THE POINT WHERE A PROJECTING END THEREOF EMERGES FROM AN OPENING IN THE FORM WALL, A HORIZONTAL PORTION DEPENDING FROM THE FORM-WALL ENGAGING PORTION ADAPTED TO REST AGAINST A CORRESPONDING HORIZONTAL SURFACE OF THE REINFORCING TIMBER, AND AN ABUTMENT-FORMING PORTION DEPENDING FROM THE HORIZONTAL PORTION IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO THE FORM-WALL ENGAGING PORTION, SAID ABUTMENT-FORMING PORTION BEING POSITIONED TO REST AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE REINFORCING TIMBER OPPOSITE THAT WHICH LIES AGAINST THE FORM WALL AND HOLD SAME SNUGLY THEREAGAINST; LATCH MEANS CARRIED BY THE BRACKET MEANS FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RELEASED POSITION AND A LOCKED POSITION FASTENED TO THE PROJECTING FORM TIE END WHEN THE LATTER LIES WITHIN THE SLOT IN THE FORM-WALL ENGAGING PORTION; AND, BRACKETMOUNTING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE BRACKET MEANS FOR FASTENING THE LATTER TO THE TIMBER FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OPEN END OF THE SLOT SO AS TO DISENGAGE SAME FROM A TIE-END PROJECTING THERETHROUGH.