Patent ID: 8046972
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: E04G,E04H,H01Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for reinforcing a vertical multi-sided monopole tower, comprising: a first vertical reinforcing member having a first longitudinal side, a second longitudinal side and a first abutting surface between the first and second longitudinal sides, the first vertical reinforcing member bolted by a first plurality of bolts to at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower, wherein the first longitudinal side of the first vertical reinforcing member is in contact with the at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower; a second vertical reinforcing member having a first longitudinal side, a second longitudinal side, and a second abutting surface between the first and second longitudinal sides, the second vertical reinforcing member bolted by a second plurality of bolts to the at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower, wherein the second vertical reinforcing member is vertically aligned with the first vertical reinforcing member such that the first abutting surface is in contact with the second abutting surface, and wherein the first longitudinal surface of the second vertical reinforcing member is in contact with the at least one of the multi-sided monopole tower; a vertical connecting plate bolted to the second longitudinal side of the first vertical reinforcing member and the second longitudinal side of the second vertical reinforcing member, such that the vertical connecting plate transverses the first and second abutting surfaces; at least one bolt passing through the vertical connecting plate and the first vertical reinforcing member and into the at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower; and at least one bolt passing through the vertical connecting plate and the second vertical reinforcing member and into the multi-sided monopole tower.