Abstract: A method of reinforcing an external surface of a structural member including the steps of applying to a surface a fiber reinforced polymer system, and curing or hardening the polymer system. The polymer system is characterized by including a single-phase homogenous system before curing or hardening and becoming a two-phase system upon curing. The polymer system results in, when cured, a structural polymer including a continuous phase and an elastomeric polymer discontinuous phase.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 18, 2001
Date of Patent:
July 29, 2003
Assignee:
Edge Structural Composites, LLC
Inventors:
Karl Gillette, Doyle G. Dixon, Richard Martin, Richard J. Molton