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US 2018/0066787 A1Published application
Rigid water tight repair wrap
OwnerChristopher Quinn, Reed Quinn +2inventors
InventorsChristopher Quinn, Reed Quinn, Kit Morrison, Matthew Hawkes
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Abstract
A repair wrap for repairing or strengthening an inanimate object. The repair wrap includes a fabric, where the fabric includes one or more fibers. The repair wrap also includes a hardening material. The fabric is configured to be wrapped around a portion of an inanimate object. Curing the hardening material is configured to form a shell about the portion of the inanimate object.
Claims20
A repair system, the repair system comprising:
- an inanimate object having first and second portions and a broken portion positioned between the first and second portions;
- a fabric, wherein the fabric includes one or more fibers;
- and
- a hardening material, wherein the hardening material:
- is pre-impregnated in the fabric in an inactivated state;
- and
- the amount of pre-impregnated hardening material is sufficient to completely saturate the fabric;
- wherein the pre-impregnated fabric is wrapped around the first and second portions of the inanimate object in direct contact with the inanimate object;
- and
- wherein curing the hardening material forms a shell about the first and second portions of the inanimate object, wherein the shell:
- has high impact strength;
- and
- is water tight.
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A repair system, the repair system comprising:
- an inanimate object including first and second portions and a broken portion positioned between the first and second portion;
- a fabric, wherein the fabric includes:
- one or more fibers;
- and
- the one or more fibers are knit to form the fabric;
- and
- a resin disposed in the fabric, wherein:
- the resin is pre-impregnated in the fabric in an inactivated state;
- and
- the amount of pre-impregnated resin is the amount that just barely but completely saturates the cloth;
- the resin is water activated;
- and
- the resin is configured to cure in exposure to air;
- wherein the fabric is wrapped around the first and second portions of the inanimate object and in direct contact with the inanimate object;
- wherein curing the resin forms a shell about the first and second portions of the inanimate object, wherein:
- the shell has high impact strength;
- and
- the shell is water tight;
- no channels exist that extend through the cured hardening material;
- and
- wherein a ratio of resin to fabric by weight is 0.29:1 to 0.44:1.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.