Architectural modular elements for forming and-or completing monuments or like works of art

Claim 2

A combination comprised of: a plurality of modular structural elements each comprising a block having a substantial extent in three dimensions and defined by a plurality of mutually perpendicular planar surfaces intersecting at right angles to defining modular lengths edges of said block, and at least one concave cylindrical surface segment having a longitudinal axis of modular length and positioned with the longitudinal axis parallel to respective ones of the modular length block edges and intersecting a perpendicular pair of said planar surfaces to define a concave cylindrical edge portion of said block; adjacent ones of said modular structural elements being positioned with adjacent respective planar surfaces thereof coextensive and with the respective modular length edges bounding the adjacent coextensive planar surfaces positioned so that the respective concave cylindrical edge portions of the adjacent blocks are adjacent and smoothly merge with one another jointly defining a smoothly curved concave surface having a non-constant radius of curvature.

Claim 3

A combination according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said modular structural elements has a transverse cross section defined by a first pair of perpendicular intersecting planar surfaces defining a first corner of the cross section, a second pair of perpendicular intersecting planar surfaces defining a second corner of the cross section diagonally opposed to said first corner, a first concave cylindrical surface segment intersecting a perpendicular pair of non-intersecting planar surfaces comprised of a planar surface from said first pair of perpendicular intersecting planar surfaces and of a planar surface from said second pair of perpendicular intersecting planar surface to define a first circular corner segment of the cross section, and a second concave cylindrical surface segment intersecting the perpendicular pair of non-intersecting planar surfaces comprised of the remaining planar surfaces of said first and second pairs of perpendicular planar surfaces not intersected by said first concave cylindrical surface segment to define a second circular corner segment of the cross section diagonally opposed to said first circular corner segment.

Claim 4

A combination according to claim 2, wherein said first and second concave cylindrical surface segments have equal radii of curvature.

Claim 5

A combination according to claim 2, wherein said first and second concave cylindrical surface segments have unequal radii of curvature.

Claim 6

A combination according to claim 2, wherein the pair of perpendicular non-intersecting planar surfaces intersected by said first concave cylindrical surface segment are equal in length, and wherein the pair of perpendicular non-intersecting planar surfaces intersected by said second concave cylindrical surface segment are equal in length.

Claim 7

A combination according to claim 5, wherein another of said modular structural elements has a transverse cross section defined by a concave cylindrical surface segment having a radius of curvature different from said first concave cylindrical surface segment of said at least one modular structural element, and wherein a planar surface of said another modular structural element intersected by said concave cylindrical surface segment thereof is equal in length to a planar surface of said at least one modular structural element intersected by said first concave cylindrical surface segment thereof.