Patent ID: 6543190
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
A bendably adjustable weight strip comprising:a plurality of flat sheets made from used vehicle tires, each sheet having a defined plane and having at least one side edge that is relatively straight to provide a resting edge which is generally perpendicular to its defined plane; each sheet also having two openings perpendicular to the plane thereof that are substantially a fixed distance apart, the transverse axis of the two openings being at least generally parallel to the relatively straight side resting edge of the sheet; the sheets being stacked together with their flat surfaces in a generally abutting engagement and with their defined planes generally parallel to each other to form an elongated pile in which the respective openings are essentially aligned; a pair of cord-like members strung through respective ones of the aligned openings; and the ends of the cords being secured such that the cords are somewhat slack so that the elongated pile when laid upon an uneven surface with the defined planes of the flat sheets being essentially vertical and the relatively straight side resting edge of each individual sheet resting upon that surface may conveniently adjust itself to that surface, the resting edges of the sheets frictionally then engaging the uneven surface and the cords inside the strip bending as necessary in a vertical plane perpendicular to the resting edges to achieve that result.