Patent ID: 6345483
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for reinforcing a poured concrete structure comprising:a first elongated tension strand; a second elongated tension strand spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first tension strand; at least two pairs of strands interconnecting the first and second tension strands in an open weave pattern and thereby forming a plurality of connection nodes along the first and second strands, the interconnecting strands being rigidly joined to the first and second tension strands and extending therebetween at non-perpendicular entry and exit angles with respect to the first and second tension strands, the interconnecting strands crossing each other between the first and second tension strands so as to define a webbed central portion and at least one void between the first and second tension strands; the first and second tension strands and the interconnecting strands all being formed of a glass fiber reinforced resin-bonded material and a bonding resin rigidly joining each of the interconnecting strands to the first and second tension strands at the nodes; whereby a single unitary elongated strip is formed by the first and second tension strands and the interconnecting strands.