Patent ID: 9683365
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04C,E04H,F16F

Claim:
1. A brace apparatus for mounting between two structural components of a support infrastructure resist tension forces and compression forces imposed on the support infrastructure, the brace apparatus comprising: an elongate piston component having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end engaged with a piston plate and said proximal end configured to cooperate with a hinged component for demountable engagement with a first structural component; a sleeve component for receiving the piston component therein and communicating therewith the piston plate, the sleeve component having a back cap for receiving the piston component therethrough and a front cap configured to cooperate with a hinged component for demountable engagement with a second structural component; and a plurality of equidistantly spaced-apart tie rods housed within the sleeve component wherein one end of each tie rod extends through an orifice provided therefore in the front can and is secured thereto and the other end of the tie rod extends through an orifice provided therefore in the back cap and is secured thereto, said tie rod slidingly inserted through an orifice provided therefore in the piston plate.