Abrégé

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for reinforcing adjacent parallel spaced apart wooden structural members wherein each of the structural members has opposed first and second edges. The apparatus comprises a rigid member being sized to extend between the first edge of a first structural member and the second edge of an adjacent second structural member. The apparatus further comprising first and second sockets connected to first and second ends of the rigid member each sized to receive and edge of one of the structural members therein. The method comprises engaging the first socket around the first edge of the first structural member and locating a second structural member with the second edge of the second structural member within a second socket. The method may also comprise rotating the rigid member between the first and second structural members until the first and second sockets are engaged around diagonally opposed edges the structural members.

Classes IPC  ?

• E04C 5/00 - Éléments d'armature, p. ex. pour bétonÉléments auxiliaires à cet usage
• E04C 3/18 - PoutrellesSolives, fermes ou structures analogues à des fermes, p. ex. préfabriquéesLinteauxTraverses en bois, p. ex. avec armatures ou tirants avec armatures de métal ou tirants
• E04C 5/01 - Éléments d'armature en métal, p. ex. avec des revêtements rapportés
• E04C 5/18 - Pièces auxiliaires pour armatures, p. ex. pièces de séparation, étriers en métal ou substantiellement en métal
• E04H 9/02 - Bâtiments, groupes de bâtiments ou abris conçus pour résister à des situations extérieures anormales, p. ex. à des bombardements, à des séismes ou à des climats extrêmes, ou pour se protéger de ces situations résistant aux séismes ou à l'effondrement du sol