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Composite insulated building block and wall structure

Assignee: Formbloc Inc
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Filing: 1962-10-12
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Granted: 1965-09-07
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Expires: 1982-10-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Perreton Arnold

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 07:41
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04C; E04C1/00; E04C1/40; E04C1/41; E04B; E04B2/00; E04B2/02; E04B2/42; E04B2/44; E04B2/46; E04B2002/0256; E04B2002/0289; E04B2002/0293

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 396 words
A COMPOSITE INSULATED BUILDING BLOCK COMPRISING SPACED PARALLEL RECTANGULAR SIDEWALLS AND AN INTERMEDIATE WALL, VERTICAL END WEBS AND AN INTERMEDIATE WEB CONNECTING ONE SIDEWALL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL, THE THICKNESS OF EACH END WEB BEING APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF THE THICKNESS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE WEB, A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL WEBS CONNECTING THE OTHER SIDEWALL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL, ONE OF SAID PAIR BEING DISPOSED IN A PLANE BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE WEB AND ONE END WEB AND THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR BEING DISPOSED IN A PLANE BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE WEB AND THE OTHER END WEB, SAID WALLS AND WEBS BEING OF CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL AND PROVIDING A UNITARY STRUCTURE, EACH WEB HAVING A NOTCH EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE UPPER EDGE TO A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE HEIGHT OF SAID WEB, THE OUTER SIDE EDGES OF THE NOTCHES IN SAID END AND INTERMEDIATE WEBS BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID ONE SIDEWALL, THE OUTER SIDE EDGES OF THE NOTCHES IN SAID PAIR OF WEBS BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OTHER SIDEWALL AND A PAIR OF SEPARATE GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BLOCKS OF INSULATING RIGID FOAM MATERIAL, EACH INSULATING BLOCK HAVING TWO SPACED PARALLEL NOTCHES EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE LOWER EDGE, THE HEIGHT OF SAID LAST NAMED NOTCHES BEING LESS THAN THE HEIGHT OF SAID WEBS BELOW THE NOTCHES THEREIN AND SPACED DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES IN THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID INSULATING BLOCK IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES, ONE OF SAID INSULATING BLOCKS BEING RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID ONE SIDEWALL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL WITH ONE UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCH RECEIVING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID INTERMEDIATE WEB AND THE OTHER UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCH RECEIVING THE LOWER PORTION OF ONE END WEB, THE OTHER INSULATING BLOCK BEING RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID OTHER SIDEWALL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL WITH THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES RECEIVING THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PAIR OF WEBS, THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID INSULATING BLOCKS BEING SPACED ABOVE THE LOWR EDGES OF SAID WALLS AND THE UPPER EDGES PROJECTING ABOVE THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID WALLS BY THE WIDTH OF A MORTAR JOINT DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES BEING SPACED ABOVE THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID WALLS BY THE WIDTH OF A MORTAR JOINT TO PROVIDE A COMPOSITE BUILDING BLOCK WITH INSULATION PROVIDED BY SAID INSULATING BLOCKS AND THE AIR SPACES BETWEEN THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID INSULATING BLOCKS AND THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID SIDEWALLS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 396 words
A COMPOSITE INSULATED BUILDING BLOCK COMPRISING SPACED PARALLEL RECTANGULAR SIDEWALLS AND AN INTERMEDIATE WALL, VERTICAL END WEBS AND AN INTERMEDIATE WEB CONNECTING ONE SIDEWALL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL, THE THICKNESS OF EACH END WEB BEING APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF THE THICKNESS OF SAID INTERMEDIATE WEB, A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL WEBS CONNECTING THE OTHER SIDEWALL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL, ONE OF SAID PAIR BEING DISPOSED IN A PLANE BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE WEB AND ONE END WEB AND THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR BEING DISPOSED IN A PLANE BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE WEB AND THE OTHER END WEB, SAID WALLS AND WEBS BEING OF CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL AND PROVIDING A UNITARY STRUCTURE, EACH WEB HAVING A NOTCH EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE UPPER EDGE TO A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE HEIGHT OF SAID WEB, THE OUTER SIDE EDGES OF THE NOTCHES IN SAID END AND INTERMEDIATE WEBS BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID ONE SIDEWALL, THE OUTER SIDE EDGES OF THE NOTCHES IN SAID PAIR OF WEBS BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OTHER SIDEWALL AND A PAIR OF SEPARATE GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BLOCKS OF INSULATING RIGID FOAM MATERIAL, EACH INSULATING BLOCK HAVING TWO SPACED PARALLEL NOTCHES EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE LOWER EDGE, THE HEIGHT OF SAID LAST NAMED NOTCHES BEING LESS THAN THE HEIGHT OF SAID WEBS BELOW THE NOTCHES THEREIN AND SPACED DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES IN THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID INSULATING BLOCK IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES, ONE OF SAID INSULATING BLOCKS BEING RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID ONE SIDEWALL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL WITH ONE UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCH RECEIVING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID INTERMEDIATE WEB AND THE OTHER UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCH RECEIVING THE LOWER PORTION OF ONE END WEB, THE OTHER INSULATING BLOCK BEING RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID OTHER SIDEWALL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL WITH THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES RECEIVING THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PAIR OF WEBS, THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID INSULATING BLOCKS BEING SPACED ABOVE THE LOWR EDGES OF SAID WALLS AND THE UPPER EDGES PROJECTING ABOVE THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID WALLS BY THE WIDTH OF A MORTAR JOINT DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES BEING SPACED ABOVE THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID WALLS BY THE WIDTH OF A MORTAR JOINT TO PROVIDE A COMPOSITE BUILDING BLOCK WITH INSULATION PROVIDED BY SAID INSULATING BLOCKS AND THE AIR SPACES BETWEEN THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID INSULATING BLOCKS AND THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID SIDEWALLS.

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