Method of fabricating and locally reinforcing panels, casings, or covers

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FABRICATING AND LOCALLY REINFORCING AN ARTICLE MADE OF SYNTHETIC RESIN TO REMOVABLY SECURE IT TO AN AIRCRAFT COMPONENT TO FORM AN AERODYNAMICALLY CLEAN CONTINUATION THEREOF CONSISTING IN PEFORATING THE EDGE PORTION OF THE ARTICLE WITH A SERIES OF OPENING AT SELECTED POINTS, FORMING BUTTONS OF WOVEN MATERIAL LAMINATED WITH THE SAME RESIN AS THAT OF THE ARTICLE, EACH BUTTON BEING OF A SHAPE AND SIZE CONFORMING TO SAID OPENINGS AND HAVING A THICKNESS EQUAL TO THE TH ICKNESS OIF THE EDGE PORTION OF THE ARTICLE, TREATING THE EDGES OF SAID BUTTONS WITH A CEMENT COMPOSED OF THE SAME SYNTHETIC RESIN AS THE ARTICLE AND A VOLATILE SOLVENT, SEATING EACH BUTTON SO TREATED IN AN OPENING OF THE ARTICLE, RETAINING THE BUTTONS IN THE OPENINGS OF THE ARTICLE WITH THEIR EDGES IN FLUSH ABUTMENT WITH THE EDGES OF THE OPENINGS UNTIL THE SOLVENT OF THE CEMENT EVAPORATES AND THE RESIN OF THE BUTTONS AND THAT OF THE ARTICLE HOMOGENEOUSLY UNITE, FORMING A TAPE OF WOVEN MATERIAL LAMINATED WITH THE SAME RESIN AS THAT OF THE ARTICLE, TREATING ONE FACE OF THE TAPE WITH THE CEMENT AFORESAID, RETAINING SAID TREATED FACE OF THE TAPE IN FLUSH CONTACT WITH ONE SURFACE OF THE ARTICLE AND WITH THE FACES OF ALL OF THE BUTTONS UNTIL THE RESIN OF THE TAPE, ARTICLE AND BUTTONS UNITE IN A HOMOGENEOUS ASSEMBLY, AND FORMING A HOLE CENTRALLY THROUGH EACH BUTTON AND THROUGH THE TAPE WHEREBY FASTENING MEANS MAY PASSTHROUGH THE BUTTON AND TAPE AND ENGAGE THE AIRCRAFT COMPONENT.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FABRICATING AND LOCALLY REINFORCING AN ARTICLE MADE OF SYNTHETIC RESIN TO REMOVABLY SECURE IT TO AN AIRCRAFT COMPONENT TO FORM AN AERODYNAMICALLY CLEAN CONTINUATION THEREOF CONSISTING IN PEFORATING THE EDGE PORTION OF THE ARTICLE WITH A SERIES OF OPENING AT SELECTED POINTS, FORMING BUTTONS OF WOVEN MATERIAL LAMINATED WITH THE SAME RESIN AS THAT OF THE ARTICLE, EACH BUTTON BEING OF A SHAPE AND SIZE CONFORMING TO SAID OPENINGS AND HAVING A THICKNESS EQUAL TO THE TH ICKNESS OIF THE EDGE PORTION OF THE ARTICLE, TREATING THE EDGES OF SAID BUTTONS WITH A CEMENT COMPOSED OF THE SAME SYNTHETIC RESIN AS THE ARTICLE AND A VOLATILE SOLVENT, SEATING EACH BUTTON SO TREATED IN AN OPENING OF THE ARTICLE, RETAINING THE BUTTONS IN THE OPENINGS OF THE ARTICLE WITH THEIR EDGES IN FLUSH ABUTMENT WITH THE EDGES OF THE OPENINGS UNTIL THE SOLVENT OF THE CEMENT EVAPORATES AND THE RESIN OF THE BUTTONS AND THAT OF THE ARTICLE HOMOGENEOUSLY UNITE, FORMING A TAPE OF WOVEN MATERIAL LAMINATED WITH THE SAME RESIN AS THAT OF THE ARTICLE, TREATING ONE FACE OF THE TAPE WITH THE CEMENT AFORESAID, RETAINING SAID TREATED FACE OF THE TAPE IN FLUSH CONTACT WITH ONE SURFACE OF THE ARTICLE AND WITH THE FACES OF ALL OF THE BUTTONS UNTIL THE RESIN OF THE TAPE, ARTICLE AND BUTTONS UNITE IN A HOMOGENEOUS ASSEMBLY, AND FORMING A HOLE CENTRALLY THROUGH EACH BUTTON AND THROUGH THE TAPE WHEREBY FASTENING MEANS MAY PASSTHROUGH THE BUTTON AND TAPE AND ENGAGE THE AIRCRAFT COMPONENT.