Patent ID: 8191332
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: E02D,E04H,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A method of reinforcing a pole, comprising the steps of: a) providing a system for reinforcing a pole including a plurality of reinforcing rods or members and a number of mounting brackets including a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket located at predetermined locations along the length of the pole and attaching the plurality of reinforcing rods or members to the pole, wherein said first mounting bracket located at an end of one of the plurality of reinforcing rods or members is longer than said second mounting bracket centrally located along said reinforcing rod or member, wherein the pole comprises a plurality of sections which are of a sequentially stepwise decreasing diameter as the length of said pole is transversed from the bottom thereof to the top, and in which there is present at the juncture between at least two of said sections a transition ring to allow the continuous force transfer in the reinforcement rods or members; b) positioning a transition ring of a donut shape and having holes present at different distances, along each of at least two radial loci which are projected from a common center point, at the location of said juncture between at least two of said sections and extending horizontally around the outside the pole at said juncture; c) causing at least a first of said reinforcing rods or steel members from one section to project through a hole at one distance along said radial loci, and at least a second of said reinforcing rods or steel members from one section adjacent thereto to project through a hole at another distance along said radial loci.