Truss with multi-tooth connector

Claim 1

A BOW STRING TRUSS COMPRISING A SINGLE ELEMENT LOWER CHORD, A SINGLE ELEMENT BOWED UPPER CHORD JOINED TO SAID LOWER CHORD AT EACH END BY AT LEAST ONE FLAT CONNECTOR PLATE AND SPACED FROM SAID LOWER CHORD INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, AT LEAST TWO INTERMEDIATECONNECTORS DRIVEN INTO EACH SIDE OF SAID CHORDS AT SPACED POINTS ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID TRUSS, SAID INTERMEDIATE CONNECTORS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID LOWER CHORD AND BEING DRIVEN INTO ALTERNATE SIDES OF SAID CHORDS ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID TRUSS, SAID INTERMEDIATE CONNECTORS EACH COMPRISING A PAIR OF FLAT END PLATES OF STEEL OF A THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY NO GREATER THAN 20-GAUGE STEEL, JOINED BY AN INTEGRAL WEB, SAID WEB BEING FOLDED OVER TO DEFINE AT LEAST ONE RECTANGULAR FLANGE HAVING PARALLEL UPPER AND LOWER EDGES EXTENDING IN A PERPENDICULAR DIRECTION FROM THE WEB BETWEEN SAID CHORDS, SAID UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF SAID RECTANGULAR FLANGE ABUTTING SAID UPPER AND LOWER CHORDS RESPECTIVELY, AND A PLURALITY OF NAIL-LIKE PUNCHED OUT TEETH EXTENDING FROM EACH CONNECTOR END PLATE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO AND EMBEDDED IN SAID CHORDS, SAID TEETH BEING SHORTER THAN THE PERPENDICULAR EXTENSION OF SAID RECTANGULAR FLANGE, THE INTERMEDIATE CONNECTORS NEARER THE CENTER OF SAID CHORDS BEING LONGER THAN THE INTERMEDIATE CONNECTORS NEARER THE ENDS OF SAID CHORDS TO DEFINE A SYMMETRICAL BOW IN SAID UPPER CHORD.