Patent ID: 7883296

Claim:
A temporary shoring arrangement including upstanding wall portions positioned within an excavation site and braced by a plurality of shoring beams including a first shoring beam having a first end and a second end, and a second shoring beam having a first end and a second end, the temporary shoring arrangement comprising: a shoring beam extension and reinforcement assembly comprising: a center shoring beam having a first end and a second end; a first connector including: a first hollow box portion formed along a first longitudinal axis and having an opening situated at one longitudinal end of said first hollow box portion wherein said first hollow box portion is adapted to slidably receive, through said opening, the first end of the first shoring beam, and a first tab extending from the first hollow box portion including an aperture therein; a second hollow box portion formed along the first longitudinal axis and having an opening situated at one longitudinal end of said second hollow box portion, wherein said second hollow box portion is adapted to slidably receive, through said opening, the first end of the second shoring beam, and wherein the second hollow box portion is connected to the first hollow box portion, defining a main body portion of the first connector, and a second tab extending from the second hollow box portion including an aperture therein; a third hollow box portion formed along a second longitudinal axis and having an opening situated at one longitudinal end of said hollow box portion, the third hollow box portion extending laterally from said main body portion, wherein said third hollow box portion is adapted to slidably receive, through said opening, the first end of the center shoring beam, and third and fourth tabs extending from the third hollow box portion and including respective apertures therein; and a first reinforcing beam adapted to connect to the first shoring beam and the center shoring beam.