Combination wall tie, draft stop and drainage means for wall constructions

Claim 1

IN A WALL CONSTRUCTION WHICH INCLUDES AN INNER WALL WITH A VERTICALLY DISPOSED OUTER MEMBER, AND AN OUTER WALL OF MASONRY CONSTRUCTION WITH ROWS OF BLOCKS AND MORTAR BETWEEN THE ROWS, A WALL TIE ASSEMBLY COMPRISIN: A PLURALITY OF TIE MEMBERS, EACH HAVING AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED MAIN BODY PORTION; EACH MAIN BODY PORTION INCLUDING AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BACK MEMBER AND A SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY RELATED, OUTWARD FOOT MEMBER; THE BACK MEMBERS BEING SECURED TO THE VERTICALLY DISPOSED OUTER MEMBER; THE FOOT MEMBER INCLUDING AN OUTER EDGE; A PLURALITY OF CONNECTION PLATES PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF EACH FOT MEMBER AT SPACED APART LOCATIONS; EACH CONNECTION PLATE HAVING A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RIDGES AND GROOVES THEREIN AND BEING EMBEDDED IN THE MORTAR BETWEEN A ROW OF THE BLOCKS; DRAINAGE PLATES PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF THE FOOT MEMBERS AT SPACED LOCATIONS AND BEING EMBEDDED IN THE MORTAR; THE DRAINAGE PLATES HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING TROUGH THEREIN, AND THE MORTAR HAVING A WEEP HOLE FORMED THEREIN OVER THE TROUGH; AND THE TIE MEMBERS HAVING REVERTED FLANGE MEANS ON THE ENDS THEREOF INTERFITTING TOGETHER FOR CONNECTION OF A SERIES THEREOF.