Frame wall reinforcement

{
  "publication_number": "US6240695B1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B1",
  "title": "Frame wall reinforcement",
  "abstract": "A pre-manufactured reinforcement structure comprising elongate side, top and bottom members connected by metal comer connectors into a rectangular frame and elongate brace members extending between the side members and forming, with the side members, adjacent triangular structures along the entire lengths of the side members.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A frame wall reinforcement structure, comprising: a rectangular frame; said frame comprising elongate wooden side, top and bottom frame members; metal comer connectors connecting said side frame members to said top and bottom frame members; brace members extending between said side members; said corner connectors each comprising vertical and horizontal metal plates and an intermediate portion between said vertical and horizontal metal plates; fasteners securing said frame members in face-to-face contact with said metal plates; said fasteners including anchor members; and said horizontal metal plates connected to said bottom frame member having cutouts slidably receiving said anchor members so as to allow said frame to be displaced horizontally into position.",
    "2. A frame wall reinforcement structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said anchor members comprise anchor tie rods extending through said horizontal metal plates and anchoring said frame to a support beneath said frame.",
    "3. A frame wall reinforcement structure as claimed in claim 1, including a reinforcement rod, said rod extending diagonally of said frame and having ends thereof secured to a pair of said corner connectors.",
    "4. A frame wall reinforcement structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said brace members are angled relative to said side members and abut one another and said side members so as to form a plurality of adjacent triangular structures.",
    "5. A frame wall reinforcement structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said intermediate portions of said corner connectors each comprise a horizontal plate and a vertical plate and said frame members have ends in abutment with said horizontal and vertical plates of said intermediate portions."
  ],
  "cpc": [
    "E04C 3/02",
    "E04C 2003/026"
  ],
  "filing_date": "1997-10-22",
  "publication_date": "2001-06-05",
  "grant_date": "2001-06-05",
  "priority_date": "1994-07-20",
  "application_number": "US-95580597-A",
  "family_id": "23063289",
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}