Patent ID: 7793581
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: B32B,E06B,F41H

Abstract:
1. A window and wall reinforcement assembly comprising: a wall-reinforcement assembly for a wall of a building structure having an adjacent floor and ceiling, comprising a first wall-adjacent layer formed wholly or substantially of fibre reinforced composite flexible material, and a second layer comprising flexible material reinforcement pieces having a balance of strength and flexibility selected for shock loading, wherein said reinforcement pieces are secured to the floor and/or the ceiling of the building structure; and a transparent assembly having a frame, a transparent panel and one or more flexible material reinforcement pieces having a balance of strength and flexibility selected for shock loading, the flexible material reinforced pieces of the transparent assembly extending laterally from the panel to provide non-rigid attachment of the panel to the frame, in conjunction with the wall-reinforcement assembly, wherein the frame is secured to the reinforcement pieces of the wall-reinforcement assembly so that impact loading on the panel is transferred through the frame and to the reinforcement pieces of the wall reinforcement assembly in a non-rigid manner.