Structure reinforcement system and method
AssigneeFortress Stabilization Systems
InventorDonald E. Wheatley
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Abstract
A reinforcement system includes a structural member such as a concrete wall including a pair of holes formed therein. A fiber reinforcement strip is adhered to the structural member between the pair of holes. A U-shaped bracket includes a pair of legs being secured in the pair of holes and a bridge portion that overlaps an the fiber reinforcement strip, a secondary reinforcement strip can be used to distribute forces from the bridge portion of the bracket along a length of the fiber reinforcement strip.
Claims10
A method of reinforcing a structure, comprising the steps of:
- forming a pair of holes in the structure;
- adhering a first fiber reinforcement strip to the structure between the pair of holes;
- providing a bracket having a bridge portion and a pair of legs extending from opposite ends of the bridge portion, wherein the bridge portion and the pair of legs of the bracket are integrally formed as a unitary member from a second fiber reinforcement strip;
- wrapping a third fiber reinforcement strip at least partially around the bridge portion of the bracket;
- securing the pair of legs into the pair of holes with the bridge portion overlapping the first fiber reinforcement strip;
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- adhering the third fiber reinforcement strip to the first fiber reinforcement strip.
A method of reinforcing a structure, comprising the steps of:
- forming a pair of holes in the structure;
- adhering a first fiber reinforcement strip to the structure between the pair of holes;
- providing a bracket formed from a second fiber reinforcement strip and having a bridge portion and a pair of legs integrally formed with and extending from opposite ends of the bridge portion;
- securing the pair of legs into the pair of holes with the enlarged bridge portion overlapping the first fiber reinforcement strip,
- wherein the bridge portion includes a third fiber reinforcement strip that is adhered to the bridge portion to provide an enlarged bridge member.
A method of reinforcing a structure, comprising the steps of:
- forming a pair of holes in the structure;
- adhering a first fiber reinforcement strip to the structure between the pair of holes;
- providing a bracket having a bridge portion and a pair of legs extending from opposite ends of the bridge portion, the bridge portion being enlarged so as to have a wider width than the pair of legs;
- securing the pair of legs into the pair of holes with the enlarged bridge portion overlapping the first fiber reinforcement strip,
- wherein the enlarged bridge portion of the bracket includes a bridge member extending between the pair of legs and a pair of layered second fiber reinforcement strips sandwiching and adhered to the bridge member.
A method of reinforcing a structure, comprising the steps of:
- forming a pair of holes in the structure;
- adhering a first fiber reinforcement strip to the structure between the pair of holes;
- providing a bracket having a bridge portion and a pair of legs extending from opposite ends of the bridge portion, the bridge portion being enlarged so as to have a wider width than the pair of legs;
- securing the pair of legs into the pair of holes with the enlarged bridge portion overlapping the first fiber reinforcement strip,
- wherein the bridge portion and the pair of legs of the bracket are integrally formed as a unitary member, wherein said pair of legs are secured in the holes by an adhesive that is injected into the holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.