Patent ID: 7200973
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: B29C,B32B,E04C,E04G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In combination, a load bearing structure and a structural reinforcing layer comprising a wire cord layer arranged to create a twisted wire geometry comprising individual wires having a circular cross section, wherein multiple wires are twisted together continuously along their length, forming a wire cord structure having a line of continuous or intermittent contact with adjacent wires that extend along the length of the resulting wire cord structure, said twisted wire geometry being made of a plurality of said wires, that, when twisted about themselves, mechanically interlock into a structural matrix material, said structural reinforcing layer being attached to or molded into said load bearing structure, wherein said load bearing structure is a wind blade, a boat, a ship, a bridge, a bridge deck, a faring, a tunnel liner, a column, a beam, a building component, a roof, a deck, a floor, a wall, a balcony, a riser, a platform module, a sub-sea molded structure, a piling, a dock, a fender, a container, a truck body, a pipe, or a pressure vessel.