Appeal No. 96-1747
Application 08/299,839
We AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a form tie for
securing a pair of concrete wall form structures together.
The tie includes three saddle shaped portions sized and shaped
so that the ties may be successively installed in the forms
alternately inverted, so as to be alternately over and under
reinforcing members located in the saddle shaped portions
(specification, page 4). Claim 6, as amended after the final
rejection, reads as follows:
6. A form tie for securing a pair of concrete
wall form structures together in vertically
upstanding, spaced apart relationship, said tie
comprising:
an elongate rod of constant diameter, being of
sufficient length to span horizontally between the
spaced apart form structure, said rod having a pair
of longitudinally aligned opposing end portions
having a common longitudinal axis, each end portion
carrying means for securing said end portion to one
of the pair of form structures; wherein
at least one portion of the rod between the form
structures is formed to be saddle shaped and is
sized to accept at least one elongate reinforcing
member having a horizontally directed axis
perpendicular to the axis of the rod, the depth of
the saddle shaped portion being sufficient to permit
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