Pole top extension

A pole top extension assembly mounting to a top of a cylindrical wooden utility pole comprising:

• a) a bracket assembly including a pair of bracket members each having a leg portion adapted to extend circumferentially partially around a side of the pole and formed to extend downwardly from the top of the pole by a distance sufficient for securement of each leg portion to opposite sides of the pole using a plurality of transversely extending fasteners extending through the pole and coupled between the leg portions, each said bracket member further having a transversely extending upper portion formed to matingly interengage with the other upper portion for coupling of the upper portions of said bracket members together over the top of the pole, and at least one of the bracket members including a rectangular collar opening upwardly to receive a bayonet member therein, said rectangular collar having a first and second pair of opposite side walls, said first pair of opposite side walls oriented substantially parallel to said leg portions and said second pair of side walls being oriented substantially perpendicular to said leg portions;
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• b) a solid wooden bayonet having a rectangular transverse cross-section substantially mating with said collar, said bayonet being slidably received inside said collar with a first pair of sides thereof oriented substantially parallel to said leg portions, a second pair of sides thereof oriented substantially perpendicular to said leg portions, and a bottom of the bayonet supported on an upper portion of a leg portion;
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• c) at least one fastener extending transversely through said collar and said wooden bayonet and coupling said wooden bayonet to said collar.