Patent ID: 6463712
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: E04C,E04G

Abstract:
A bracket for supporting and repairing a structural member having a weakened section along a length of the structural member, comprising:a rigid bracket of a preselected length, said bracket having an angle iron shaped cross-section, said bracket having a base portion and a flange extending therefrom, said base portion and flange each having first and second end sections being generally aligned in a length dimension, said base portion being positioned along the length of the structural member; and a mid-segment of said bracket displaced outwardly nonlinear of said length dimension from said base portion of said first and second end sections, said outwardly displaced mid-segment includes a mid-segment base portion and a mid-segment flange having a width extended outwardly from a junction between said mid-segment base portion and said mid-segment flange, said mid-segment flange having an outboard edge, said mid-segment flange further including: a first cut and a second cut laterally through said width extended of said mid-segment flange, each cut opening outwardly of said outboard edge of said mid-segment flange, each cut inwardly terminated proximate said junction, said first cut and second cut positioned a preselected length on opposite sides of a transverse center of said mid-segment flange; and a first notch and a second notch cut through said width extended of said mid-segment flange, each notch being generally triangular and opening outwardly of said outboard edge, each notch inwardly terminated proximate said junction, said first notch positioned at a first preselected distance greater than said preselected length of said first cut from said transverse center, said second notch positioned at a preselected distance greater than said preselected length of said second cut from said transverse center of said mid-segment flange; whereby said base portion of said first and second end sections are connected proximate to, and disposed along the length of the structural member with said outwardly displaced mid-segment of said bracket extended outwards from, and generally centered across from the weakened section of the structural member.