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Wood framed walls of buildings are strengthened against destructive wind and seismic forces by spaced lengths of vertical wire rope having enlarged bulbous portions swagged on each end. A metal sleeve and a metal plate are slipped onto such lengths prior to swagging. Other lengths of wire rope only

Wood framed walls of buildings are strengthened against destructive wind and seismic forces by spaced lengths of vertical wire rope having enlarged bulbous portions swagged on each end. A metal sleeve and a metal plate are slipped onto such lengths prior to swagging. Other lengths of wire rope only having bulbous portions are connected to attachments after forming a cross brace, and at least one cross brace is located in each major wall of a one-story building. The cross brace can be attached to a foundation structure of the building below a floor plate and/or to a stud and floor plate. The foundation structure may be concrete or other floor joist or the like. The wire ropes, may be located on a first story with another cross brace on another story thereabove with metal rods therebetween or the wire ropes forming two generally vertical cross braces may be formed from a pair of wire ropes with two metal sleeves between the stories through which the wire ropes extend. Several special connectors and embodiments are included.

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[ What is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:] [1.] In a wood framed building including a foundation and walls constructed of a plurality of parallel vertical studs separating horizontal floor plates from horizontal ceiling plates, comprising a

[ What is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:] [1.] In a wood framed building including a foundation and walls constructed of a plurality of parallel vertical studs separating horizontal floor plates from horizontal ceiling plates, comprising a plurality of spaced lengths of wire rope strengthening wherein said walls against destructive wind and seismic forces, said of lengths of wire rope being stretched between said floor plates and said ceiling plates, said lengths of wire rope having bulbous terminals at respective ends of said lengths of wire rope stretched between said floor and ceiling plates, connector means attached to structural components of said building for securing said bulbous terminals.