Patent ID: 6047516
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: E04C

Abstract:
In combination, a wooden beam having a directly supported portion and an indirectly supported portion remote from the directly supported portion such that the indirectly supported portion is actually or potentially subjected to significant bending moments; and a reinforcing member, the reinforcing member comprising:a substantially rigid non-wooden bar elongate member; the reinforcing member having teeth protruding therefrom that engage the indirectly supported portion of beam and thereby secure the reinforcing member in a position on the beam wherein the elongate member extends in a generally longitudinal direction along the beam and the indirectly supported portion of the beam; wherein the reinforcing member substantially strengthens or stiffens the beam by way of actual or potential composite flexural action of the elongate member and the beam such that the ability of the beam to resist a bending moment in the indirectly supported portion is significantly increased, the elongate member having an elongated main body portion with a plurality of longitudinally spaced fastener plate members cantilevered to and extending laterally beyond the elongate member, the teeth extending from the fastener plate members.