Patent ID: 8205854

Claim:
In combination: a first forming panel having a front side adapted for receiving concrete thereagainst and a rail extending rearwardly from the first side and having a hole therein; a second forming panel having a front side adapted for receiving concrete thereagainst and a rail extending rearwardly from the first side and having a hole therein; a clamp adapted for clamping together the rail of the first forming panel and the second forming panel, said clamp comprising: a frame having a base including first and second sidewalls each presenting a transverse opening therethrough and a longitudinally extending gap between said sidewalls, and a first leg extending from said base, said first leg including a first jaw; a slider including a base shiftably received in said gap and a second leg extending from the base of the slider and having a second jaw, said second jaw being positioned in opposition to the first jaw; at least one locating pin mounted on one of said first and second legs and configured and positioned for insertion into the holes in the rails of the first and second forming panels when the forming panels are positioned adjacent one another with their holes in substantial alignment; and a wedge for shifting said second jaw toward said first jaw in clamping engagement with said rails when positioned between said first and second jaws, at least a part of said wedge extending through said transverse opening and operable to bias said second jaw towards said first jaw, wherein said frame includes a first rack positioned between said first and second sidewalls and located proximate said transverse opening, said first rack presenting a plurality of teeth, wherein said slider includes a second rack presenting a plurality of teeth and positioned generally opposite and facing said first rack, and wherein said wedge includes a central body having a first flange extending at an angle from said central body and a second flange extending at an angle from said central body generally opposite said first flange.