Utility module for apartment-type dwellings

Claim 1

A construction module for high-rise apartments comprising, in combination: an upright, substantially rectangular in elevational view, monolithic block of a thickness to provide an insulation wall between the apartment''s bathroom and kitchen that are separated by said wall; the upper and lower edges of the block being shaped to provide for bearing engagement of and support by a similar block; a plurality of spaced, tubular conduits embedded in the block between the rectangular sides for effecting continuous communication between vertically arranged blocks; means within each block adapted for operative connection on one side of the block with a toilet, wash basin and bath appliance and drains from each appliance, and on the other side of the block for operative connection with a kitchen sink and the drain therefrom; a single laterally elongated open recess defined in the upper edge of the block between spaced bearing portions, at least three of the spaced tubular conduits extending vertically through the block within the vertically projected confines of the elongated open recess, so as to provide for each of said tubular conduits an upper conduit end which terminates exposed from the material of the block in the open recess space below the uppermost edge of the block and a lower conduit end exposed and spaced below the lower edge of the block and entering the open recess space in the next lower adjacent block adapted for connection to a mating end of a conduit in the adjacent block; and means provided in the block opening through opposite sides of the block for venting both rooms for which the block serves as a wall.