US 12,459,061 B2
System to repair sheet metal barriers, including devices and methods of use
Jarrad W. Lehman, Adel, IA (US); and Andrew S. Kollenkark, Adel, IA (US)
Assigned to Monarch Materials Group, Inc., Adel, IA (US)
Filed by Monarch Materials Group, Inc., Adel, IA (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/968,616.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/605,921, filed on Dec. 4, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0178139 A1, Jun. 5, 2025
Int. Cl. B23P 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23P 6/00 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A repair strip for securing sheet material, consisting of:
an elongate body having:
(a) an outside upper flange;
(b) an inside upper flange;
(c) an outside lower flange;
(d) an inside lower flange;
(e) a web connecting the outside upper flange, the inside upper flange, the outside lower flange, and the inside lower flange;
(f) a first opening defined longitudinally along substantially a length of the web between the outside upper flange and the inside upper flange; and
(g) a second opening defined longitudinally along substantially the length of the web between the outside lower flange and the inside lower flange,
wherein each of the first and second openings consists of a narrow portion distal to the web and an open portion proximal to the web, and
wherein the first and second openings are sized and configured to grip the sheet material.