Patent ID: 8528298
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: E02D,E04H,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A method of reinforcing a pole, the pole having a plurality of sections which are of a sequentially stepwise decreasing diameter as the length of the pole is transversed from the bottom thereof to the top, comprising: positioning a transition ring around the outside of the pole at a junction of first and second sections of the plurality of sections of the pole; attaching a first set of reinforcing rods or members to the transition ring and to the first section of the pole; and attaching a second set of reinforcing rods or members to the transition ring and to the second section of the pole, wherein attaching the first set of reinforcing rods or members to the transition ring includes passing each of the first set of reinforcing rods or members though a respective hole of a first set of holes in the transition ring, the first set of holes arranged along a first circular bath having a first radius, and wherein attaching the second set of reinforcing rods or members to the transition ring includes passing each of the second set of reinforcing rods or members though a respective hole of a second set of holes in the transition ring, the second set of holes arranged in a second circular path having a second radius different from the first radius.