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US3149437A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Building construction

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1958-09-16
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Granted: 1964-09-22
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Expires: 1978-09-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Wheeler-Nicholson Malcolm

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 00:31
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B2/00; E04B2/56; E04B2/64; E04B2/68

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 200 words
A BUILDING STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR WALL SECTIONS ARRANGED VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY TO FORM A WALL, EACH OF SAID SECTIONS COMPRISING OPPOSING AND SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED INNER AND OUTER PANELS AND A SMALLER AND THICKER INTERMEDIATE PANEL BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS, SAID PANELS BEING UNITED TO FORM SAID WALL SECTION, SAID INTERMEDIATE PANEL PROJECTING LATERALLY AND VERTICALLY BEYOND TWO ADJACENT EDGES OF SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS, AND THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PANEL BEING RECEIVED BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER PANELS OF ADJACENT WALL SECTIONS, THE WIDTH OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PANEL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE INNER AND OUTER PANELS TO PROVIDE VERTICAL CHANNELS DEFINED BY THE EDGES OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PANELS AND INNER FACES OF SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS, FLUENT CONCRETE BEING CAST IN SITU IN SAID CHANNELS TO FORM VERTICAL COLUMNS COMPRISING A LOAD-CARRYING FRAME OF SAID STRUCTURE, THE PORTIONS OF EACH INTERMEDIATE PANEL PROJECTING LATERALLY BEYOND THE EDGES OF SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS BEING APPROXIMATELY EQUAL IN WIDTH TO THE PORTION OF EACH INTERMEDIATE PANEL DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS SO THAT SAID VERTICAL COLUMNS ARE DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY CENTRALLY OF SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 200 words
A BUILDING STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR WALL SECTIONS ARRANGED VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY TO FORM A WALL, EACH OF SAID SECTIONS COMPRISING OPPOSING AND SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED INNER AND OUTER PANELS AND A SMALLER AND THICKER INTERMEDIATE PANEL BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS, SAID PANELS BEING UNITED TO FORM SAID WALL SECTION, SAID INTERMEDIATE PANEL PROJECTING LATERALLY AND VERTICALLY BEYOND TWO ADJACENT EDGES OF SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS, AND THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PANEL BEING RECEIVED BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER PANELS OF ADJACENT WALL SECTIONS, THE WIDTH OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PANEL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE INNER AND OUTER PANELS TO PROVIDE VERTICAL CHANNELS DEFINED BY THE EDGES OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PANELS AND INNER FACES OF SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS, FLUENT CONCRETE BEING CAST IN SITU IN SAID CHANNELS TO FORM VERTICAL COLUMNS COMPRISING A LOAD-CARRYING FRAME OF SAID STRUCTURE, THE PORTIONS OF EACH INTERMEDIATE PANEL PROJECTING LATERALLY BEYOND THE EDGES OF SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS BEING APPROXIMATELY EQUAL IN WIDTH TO THE PORTION OF EACH INTERMEDIATE PANEL DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS SO THAT SAID VERTICAL COLUMNS ARE DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY CENTRALLY OF SAID INNER AND OUTER PANELS.

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