Patent ID: 8740534

Claim:
A flanged hillside washer assembly comprising: a flange portion and a hillside washer portion with a channel passing therethrough, the channel being defined by a first portion in the hillside washer portion and a second portion in the flange portion, the flange portion having a flat base on one end defining a plane, an upper surface and the second portion of the channel in the flange portion being defined by a first side wall portion and a second side wall portion defining the breadth of the channel in the flange portion; the hillside washer extending from the upper surface of the flange portion and having a smooth upper curved surface, a pair of side walls, a first side wall portion and a second side wall portion defining the breadth of the channel in the hillside washer portion, the first side wall portion in the flange portion and the first side wall portion in the hillside washer portion defining a first side wall and the second side wall portion in the flange portion and the second side wall portion in the hillside washer portion defining a second side wall, the channel extending from the smooth upper curved surface to the upper surface of the flange portion, and defining the channel passing between a first opening in the curved surface to the channel in the flange portion to form a continuous channel through the flanged hillside washer assembly, the two side walls being positioned on opposite sides of at least one solid region defining at least a part of the channel, extending from the curved surface to the upper surface of the flange portion and limiting a pivoting movement of a mating rod within the channel when the hillside washer assembly is used with a mating rod; at least a part of the first side wall portion and the second side wall portion within the flange portion being oriented at an angle to a vertical axis oriented perpendicularly to the plane of the flange; the flange portion extending outwardly beyond the side walls of the hillside washer portion to define an extended load distribution surface that is greater than the load distribution surface of the hillside washer portion by itself, the channel passing through the hillside washer portion and the flange portion having a breadth dimension and a width dimension over its length, the breadth varying over its length, and the width of the channel being substantially constant over at least a portion of its length sufficient to limit widthwise movement of a mating rod within the channel when the hillside washer assembly is used with a mating rod.