Lug for silo or similar structure

Claim 1

A METAL SILO LUG FABRICATED FROM SHEET METAL COMPRISING A U-SHAPED BASE MNEMBER HAVING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR-SHAPED BIGHT PORTION AND INTEGRAL END WALLS BENT AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID BIGHT PORTION, SAID END WALLS BEING PROVIDED WITH TWO PAIRS OF ALIGNED OPENINGS FOR PERMITTING OPPOSITE ENDS OF TIE RODS TO EXTEND THERETHROUGH, THE AXIS OF EACH PAIR OF SAID ALIGNED OPENINGS BEING AT AN OPPOSITE INCLINATION TO THE BIGHT PORTION TO RECEIVE THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SILO RODS AS THEY EXTEND TANGENTIALLY FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH A SILO, AND A GENERALLY INVERTED W-SHAPED CAP STRUT MEMBER FITTING AGAINST SAID BIGHT PORTION, SAID CAP STRUT MEMBER BEING FORMED IN CROSS SECTION OF TWO SIMILAR LONGITUDINALLY CONNECTED PARTIALLY CYLINDRICAL ELEMENTS EXTENDING TANGENTIALLY FROM THE OPPOSED SIDE ELEMENTS EXTENDING TANGENTIALLY FROM THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ELEMENTS, THE INNER CONNECTING PORTION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ELEMENTS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO A LINE CONNECTING THE CENTER OF SAID ALIGNED OPENINGS, SAID BASE MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH SIDE FLANGES BENT AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID BIGHT PORTION AND ABUTTING THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID CAP STRUT MEMBER, SAID BASE MEMBER FURTHER BEING PROVIDED WITH END FLANGES BENT AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID END WALLS ABUTTING THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE END EDGES OF SAID CAP STRUT MEMBER, SAID END WALLS BEING ADAPTED TO BEAR AGAINST THE END EDGES OF SAID CAP STRUT MEMBER.