Patent ID: 7849659

Claim:
A method of reinforcing <<on>> a vertical multi-sided monopole tower including the steps of: drilling a plurality of holes on at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower, bolting a first vertical reinforcing flat bar having a first longitudinal side, a second longitudinal side and a first abutting surface between the first and second longitudinal sides, to the at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower using a first plurality of bolts, wherein the first longitudinal side of the first vertical reinforcing flat bar is in continuous contact with the at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower; bolting a second vertical reinforcing flat bar having a first longitudinal side, a second longitudinal side, and a second abutting surface between the first and second longitudinal sides to the at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower using a plurality of bolts wherein the second vertical reinforcing flat bar vertically aligns with the first vertical reinforcing flat bar such that the first abutting surface is in contact with the second abutting surface, and wherein the first longitudinal surface of the second vertical reinforcing flat bar is in continuous contact with the at least one of the multi-sided monopole tower; and bolting a vertical connecting plate to the second longitudinal side of the first vertical reinforcing flat bar and the second longitudinal side of the second vertical reinforcing flat bar, such that the vertical connecting plate transverses the first and second abutting surfaces, wherein at least one bolt passes through the vertical connecting plate and the first vertical reinforcing flat bar into the at least one side of the multi-sided monopole tower and at least one bolt passes through the vertical connecting plate and the second vertical reinforcing flat bar into the multi-sided monopole tower.