Standing poles and method of repair thereof

A method of fabricating a break-away pole comprising the steps of:

• supporting a plurality of elongated spacer members about a portion of the exterior surfaces of each of upper and lower abutting pole sections, the spacer members being oriented substantially in parallelism with respect to one another;
• wrapping first pliable sheets around the supported spacer members, the sheets each having substantially straight edge first edges;
• marking each of the first sheets along a line adjacent to the overlapping of its first edge;
• removing the first sheets and severing them along the marked lines to form first sheet second edges disposed oppositely and parallel to said first edges;
• rewrapping the severed sheets around the supported spacer members, the rewrapped sheets defining cavities about the pole sections, said cavities extending along the pole sections from the abutting ends thereof, the spacer members being disposed in said cavities;
• affixing a plurality of generally L-shaped brackets to said upper and lower pole sections, said brackets being in registration on the sections and abutting the cavity defining sheets, the brackets on the upper pole section being oriented oppositely with respect to the brackets on the lower pole section;
• forming a first pouring funnel with another sheet of material, the smaller end of said first funnel being disposed between the lower pole section and its jacket;
• pouring an encapsulating material comprising an epoxy resin into the cavity via the first funnel whereby the encapsulating material contacts and encapsulates the lower pole section along the length of the cavity;
• removing the first funnel subsequent to the pouring of said encapsulating material;
• joining said brackets to one another by a fastening system which will release in response to an impact directed transversely to the pole axis;
• forming a second pouring funnel about the upper pole section from sheet material, the smaller end of said second funnel being disposed between the upper pole section and its jacket;
• pouring the encapsulating material into the cavity about the upper pole section via said second funnel whereby the encapsulating material contacts and encapsulates the upper pole section along the length of the cavity;
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• removing the second funnel subsequent to the pouring of the encapsulating material.