Wall braces and method of using same

Claim 1

A REINFORCED STRUCTURE INCLUDING A WALL OF MASONRY BLOCKS AND MORTAR JOINTS; HORIZONTAL ANCHOR PLATES EMBEDDED IN THE MORTAR JOINTS OF SAID WALL; A BRACE COMPRISING A CORRUGATED VERTICAL MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE HEIGHT OF SAID WALL, A FIRST HORIZONTAL MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID CORRUGATED VERTICAL MEMBER AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY, A SECOND HORIZONTAL MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF SAID CORRUGATED VERTICAL MEMBER AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE FROM THE OUTWARD EXTENT OF SAID FIRST HORIZONTAL MEMBER, AND A SECOND VERTICAL MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID SECOND HORIBONTAL MEMBER OPPOSITE FROM SAID CORRUGATED VERTICAL MEMBER AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO AND AWAY FROM SAID CORRUGATED VERTICAL MEMBER; MEANS TO FASTEN SAID CORRUGATED VERTICAL MEMBER TO SAID HORIZONTAL ANCHOR PLATES; MEANS TO ANCHOR SAID FIRST HORIZONTAL MEMBER AGAINST MOVEMENT; AND MEANS TO FASTEN A STRUCTURAL JOIST MEMBER TO SAID SECOND VERTICAL MEMBER, WHEREBY SAID WALL IS SUPPORTED AGAINST LATERAL FORCES EXERTED AGAINST THE FACE OF THE WALL.