Patent ID: 6037049
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B29C,B32B,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
A panel to be adhered to a wood structural member for increasing a load carrying capacity of the structural member, said panel having a length and two opposed major surfaces, said panel comprising:a plurality of reinforcing fibers including fiber strands of first and second materials, the reinforcing fibers held within a resin matrix, arranged substantially parallel with one another, and aligned to comply with a direction of the panel when the panel is adhered to the structural member;the panel having a central portion formed of plural fiber strands of the first material and absent fiber strands of the second material, the central portion having a top surface and a bottom surface forming the major surfaces of the panel; andat least one outer longitudinal width edge formed of plural fiber strands of the second material and absent fiber strands of the first material.