Double shank adjustable wall tie

Claim 1

AN ADJUSTABLE WALL TIE FOR COSECURING SPACED WYTHES EACH FORMED OF PREFORMED BLOCK ELEMENTS SECURED IN COURSES COMENTING MEANS IN THE JOINTS BETWEEN SAID COURSES, SAID WALL TIE COMPRISING: A FEMALE MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT BASE PIECE AND A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED ARMS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY FROM SAID BASE PIECE AND HAVING LOOPS AT THE FREE ENDS THEREOF, SAID BASE PIECE BEING ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN THE CEMENTING MEANS OF ONE OF SAID WYTHES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE FACE OF THE WYTHE AND SO THAT SAID LOOPS ARE DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID WYTHES SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIDISTANT FROM THE WYTHE IN WHICH SAID BASE PIECE IS POSITIONED AND TO OPEN GENERALLY TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE COURSES THEREOF; AND A MALE MEMBER HAVING A BASE PIECE AND A PAIR OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED ARMS, SAID MALE MEMBER ARMS HAVING A TURNED FINGER AT THE FREE END THEREOF, EACH OF SAID FINGERS EXTENDING AT THE FREE END THEREOF, EACH OF SAID ARMS AND SAID BASE PIECE SO THAT SAID MALE MEMBER MAY BE POSITIONED IN THE CEMENTING MEANS OF THE OTHER OF SAID SPACED SYTHES WITH THE FINGERS DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE WYTHES WITH SAID FINGERS EXTENDING SNUGLY THROUGH SAID FEMALE MEMBER LOOPS FOR TYING SAID WYTHES TOGETHER AS A UNIT.