Retainer for concrete form panels

Claim 1

A PANEL RETAINER FOR USE IN DEMOUNTABLY ASSEMBLING A PLURALITY OF PANELS IN PARALLEL, SPACED, EDGE-ABUTTING, CONCRETE FORM-CREATING RELATION, THE PANELS BEING APERTURED AT SPACED INTERVALS, AT LEAST SOME OF THE APERTURES BEING ADJACENT THE MARGINS OF EDGE-ABUTTING PANELS, THE APERTURES IN OPPOSITE PANELS BEING DISPOSED IN ALIGNED PAIRS, EACH APERTURE PAIR BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A TIEROD, THE TIEROD COMPRISING A STEM HAVING A HEAD ON EACH END AND A RADIAL ABUTMENT SPACED FROM EACH HEAD, THE TIEROD BEING DIMENSIONED TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY A SPACED DISTANCE ON EACH SIDE BEYOND THE PLANES OF THE PANELS WITH THE ABUTMENTS BEARING AGAINST THE INNER FACE SURFACES THEREOF, THE PANEL RETAINER COMPRISING: (A) A PLATE DIMENSIONED TO OVERLIE ONE OF THE APERTURE PAIRS AND THE MARGINS OF THE ADJACENT ABUTTING PANELS, THE PLATE BEARING AGAINST THE OUTER SURFACES THEREOF, (B) WEDGE MEANS PROJECTING ANGULARLY OUTWARD FROM THE PLANE OF THE PLATE, (C) THE WEDGE MEANS HAVING ON ITS OUTWARD PORTION AN APERTURE FOR RELEASABLY RECEIVING THE TIE ROD; AND (D) SECURING MEANS FOR SECURING THE PLATE TO THE EDGE ABUTTING PANELS WHICH IT OVERLIES.