Metal post reinforcement arrangement and a method of repairing and/or reinforcing damaged metal posts

摘要

A metal post reinforcement arrangement adapted to be clamped about a broken section of a metal post, including two opposing brackets wherein when a bolt fixes one bracket to the other about the metal post the bolt divides the broken section into upper and lower portions so as to provide support and/or structural integrity when the reinforcement arrangement is clamped about the broken section and wherein each bracket has a substantially semi circular cross-sectional configuration along said bracket length that includes a longitudinal central segment terminating on opposed sides with internally directed curved edges with corresponding upwardly extended rounded shoulders that provide substantially triangular dimples on the internal side of the bracket, and wherein a peripheral flange stems out from a rounded dip from each substantially triangular dimple such that said brackets are adapted to be fixed around metal posts having different shapes.

主权项

1. A metal post reinforcement arrangement comprising:
a first metal post portion and a second metal post portion defined by a broken section of a metal post; a first bracket including a first recess; a second bracket including a second recess, said second bracket opposite said first bracket; a bolt passing through said broken section and through said first recess and said second recess to fix said first bracket to said second bracket and fit said first bracket and said second bracket about the broken section of said metal post; wherein said bolt rests on a top of said first metal post portion, and said second metal post portion rests upon said bolt such that said bolt provides support to said first metal post portion and said second metal post portion; and further wherein said first bracket and said second bracket each have a substantially semi circular cross-sectional configuration including a longitudinal central segment terminating on opposed sides with internally directed curved edges with corresponding upwardly extended rounded shoulders extending therefrom, with each upwardly extended rounded shoulder of said first bracket and said second bracket providing a substantially triangular dimple on an internal side, and wherein a peripheral flange stems out from a rounded dip from each substantially triangular dimple such that said first bracket and said second bracket are configured to be selectively fixed around metal posts having different shapes, with differently shaped metal posts engaging different ones of said longitudinal central segment, said internally directed curved edges, said upwardly extended rounded shoulders, said substantially triangular dimples, said peripheral flanges, and said rounded dips when said first bracket and said second bracket are fit about said metal posts having different shapes.