Washer gain for timber structures

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A VERTICAL WOOD PILE, A HORIZONTAL THROUGH BOLT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID POLE AND PROJECTING FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, A HORIZONTAL WOOD CROSS ARM HAVING A HORIZONTAL THROUGH BOLT RECEIVING HOLE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETHROUGH AND ENGAGED BY SAID THROUGH BOLT, TIGHTENING MEANS COOPERATING BETWEEN SAID THROUGH BOLT AND SAID POLE AND CROSS ARM FOR DRAWING SAID CROSS ARM TOWARD SAID POLE, AND A WASHER GAIN INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID POLE AND SAID CROSS ARM COMPRISING A BODY HAVING A FORWARD CROSS ARM ENGAGING FACE AND A REARWARD POLE ENGAGING FACE, THERE BEING A TRANSVERSELY ELONGATED THROUGH BOLT RECEIVING OPENING EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BODY CENTRALLY BETWEEN ITS SIDE EDGES IN WHICH SAID THROUGH BOLT IS RECEIVED AND BEING OF A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID THROUGH BOLT, AND THERE BEING A VERTICAL SLOT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID OPENING CENTRALLY BETWEEN ITS ENDS TO FORM THEREWITH A T-SLOT, SAID VERTICAL SLOT BEING OF A WIDTH AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID THROUGH BOLT AND OPENING TO THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID BODY TO PERMIT VERTICAL ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING MOVEMENT OF SAID BODY THROUGH PASSAGE OF SAID THROUGH BOLT INTO AND OUT OF SAID OPENING THROUGH SAID VERTICAL SLOT, AND A PLURALITY OF WOOD PENETRATING PRONGS PROJECTING FROM EACH OF SAID FORWARD AND REARWARD FACES FOR IMBEDDING INTO SAID WOOD POLE AND CROSS ARM, AT LEAST CERTAIN OF SAID PRONGS OF EACH OF SAID FACES BEING DISPOSED LATERALLY OUTWARDLY AT EACH SIDE OF SAID THROUGH BOLT RECEIVING SLOT.