Buckling and shearing opposing reinforcement bracket for wooden I-joist

摘要

A reinforcement bracket is provided for buckling and shearing opposing support of a wooden I-joist. The reinforcement bracket may have two substantially parallel bridging structures combined by a spacing structure while providing a central contour recess. In the case where a hole is cut into a wooden I-joist in size and/or at a location exceeding the I-joist's safety standards, the reinforcement bracket may be laterally attached to the I-joist such that both bridging structures flank the cut hole while the cut hole remains accessible due to the central contour recess. The central recess contour provides thereby for a simple attachment at a construction site irrespective an eventual pipe or the like protruding through the cut hole. The reinforcement bracket is preferably monolithically fabricated from sheet metal and scaled in conjunction with dimensional standards of commercially available wooden I-joists.