Patent ID: 6455144
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B29C,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A laminate for reinforcing a structural member comprising a carrier, said carrier having a first support surface, a web extending outwardly and away from said first support surface with said first support surface extending across said web, a second support surface extending outwardly from said web remote from said first support surface, a third support surface extending outwardly from said web remote from said first support surface, said second support surface and said third support surface being on opposite sides of said web and extending away from each other, a layer of uncured structural foam on at least one of said support surfaces, said foam being made of a polymer material which is expandable when being cured for expanding into intimate contact with and bonding to the structural member, and said foam being a block of foam having an undercut to facilitate said foam rolling downwardly and laterally outwardly under the affect of gravity to a location of final seating and expansion and curing.