Patent ID: 8516757

Claim:
A reinforcement element for absorbing forces in concrete elements that are supported by support elements, comprising a longitudinally stable, flexible longitudinal element, which is placed in recesses in the concrete element, which recesses are disposed in such a way that in the region of the support element the reinforcement element runs in the area of the concrete element remote from the support element and in each case runs at an acute angle toward the surface of the concrete element turned toward the support element and exits from the concrete element and in that the end regions of the reinforcement element are anchored, wherein the two end regions of the longitudinally stable, flexible longitudinal element are diverted around the respective exit edge of the recesses of the concrete element and are disposed running toward one another, and the ends of the longitudinally stable, flexible longitudinal element are held in a tensioning device and are able to be tensioned with respect to one another so that the reinforcement element forms a closed loop.