Wall forming assembly

Claim 1

A prefabricated assembly for forming a concrete wall structure, comprising: a pair of side plates for defining the outside vertically extending surfaces of said wall structure, each of said side plates having first and second horizontally spaced apart ends; first and second tie means for interconnecting, respectively, the first ends of said side plates and the second ends of said side plates, said tie means being operable when interconnected with the ends of said side plates to hold said side plates in a spaced apart substantially parallel relationship with respect to each other, each of said tie means including a rigid transverse members which extends between the adjacent ends of said side plates; a pair of insulating panels having first and second vertically extending side edges, said panels being dimensioned for positioning between said side plates in a parallel disposition thereto to extend from said first to said second tie means with their first vertically extending side edges positioned adjacent said first tie means and their second vertically extending side edges positioned adjacent said second tie means; and structure associated with each of said tie means for holding said insulating panels spaced apart between said side plates substantially parallel thereto, said structure defining on each of said tie means a pair of vertically extending spaced apart parallel grooves positioned for receiving and holding the vertically extending side edges of said insulating panels, said structure defining each pair of said spaced apart parallel grooves including a detachable clip which may be detachably secured to the one of said transverse members with which it is associated and also including cooperating guide structure formed on said clips and transverse members for holding said clips in predetermined aligned positions on said transverse members whereat said grooves are positioned substantially parallel with said side plates.