Spreader clip assembly for a concrete wall form

Claim 1

In a concrete wall form of the type wherein opposed form sides, each consisting of panel units disposed in edge-to-edge relationship, are reinforced by outside, spaced apart, vertical strongbacks, wherein adjacent strongbacks on each form side are bridged and connected by reaction washers through which tie rod-connected she-bolts having externally threaded outer end regions loosely project, wherein fastening nuts are threadedly received on the outer threaded ends of the she-bolts so as to resist the outward spreading action of the washers incident to the outward thrust of wet concrete which is poured between the form sides, and wherein means are provided on said washers for releasably clamping said washers to their respective pairs of strongbacks, the improvement which comprises: a clip member of inverted J-shape configuration having a relatively short inner leg and a relatively long outer leg connected together at their upper ends by a bight portion associated with each she-bolt, and means captively and pivotally connecting said clip member at the inner leg thereof to the associated reaction washer for swinging movement of the clip member between a lowered vertical locking position wherein said legs straddle the adjacent nut and washer with the outer leg opposing the outer face of the nut, captively locating said nut between said washer and the inner face of the outer leg, and an out-of-the-way raised upwardly inclined position wherein a major portion of the clip member is disposed between and straddled by the adjacent strongbacks and the outer leg is withdrawn from the nut in order to render the latter accessible for wrench-receiving purposes.