Patent ID: 7931852

Claim:
A method for structurally reinforcing a part, said method comprising: a. forming said part into a desired shape; b. placing said part on a holding fixture; c. affixing a sealing substrate adjacent a periphery of said part; d. introducing a substrate lay-up of a reinforcing material onto at least a portion of said part; e. placing an additional structure into a channel formed in said part; f. placing said substrate lay-up of said reinforcing material onto a portion of said additional structure that engages said channel; g. placing a flexible sheet impermeable to a resin of said reinforcing material over a portion of said part having said substrate lay-up of said reinforcing material placed on said part; h. evacuating all air and vapor from a pocket between said flexible sheet and said part; i. introducing said resin of said reinforcing material into said pocket; j. allowing said substrate and said resin of said reinforcing material to cure at least partially; k. removing said flexible sheet from said part; l. applying a bracket to said sealing substrate after a portion of said substrate lay-up of said reinforcing material has been introduced to said part wherein said bracket includes a protruding member; and, m. applying additional substrate lay-up of said reinforcing material to at least a portion of said protruding member of said bracket.