Structure reinforcement system and method

Abstract

A reinforcement system includes a structural member with a fiber reinforcement strip mounted in two positions and adhered to the member. An end of the fiber reinforcement strip is secured to a lower portion of the structure with a bracket. The opposite end of the fiber strip is mounted with an upper bracket to a sill pate of the structure. The upper bracket includes an upper bridge portion and a lower bridge portion with a slot between the bridge portions. With the upper bracket mounted to a sill plate, the fiber strip is wrapped behind and around the upper bridge portion of the upper bracket. The fiber strip is threaded through the slot between the bridge portions and behind the lower bridge portion. The fiber strip through the upper bracket is pulled tightly through the slot, and the upper bracket is secured to the sill plate of the structural member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.