Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
An integral reinforcing means for a unitary foundation-reinforced solid adobe wall-roofing beam construction having: (a) a foundation; (b) a reinforced adobe wall extending upwardly from said foundation; and (c) a roofing beam resting upon the top of said wall; said integral reinforcing means comprising: (1) a plurality of readily bendable upright wire trusses, the lower ends of which are embedded within said foundation and the upper ends of which are provided with a respective loop through which the roofing beam extends; (2) a pair of spaced flexible wire mesh extending the length of said wall and loosely pinned to opposite sides of said wire trusses; and wherein the adobe wall is formed around said wire trusses and wire mesh.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
An integral reinforcing means for a unitary foundation-reinforced solid adobe wall-roofing beam construction having: (a) a foundation; (b) a reinforced adobe wall extending upwardly from said foundation; and (c) a roofing beam resting upon the top of said wall; said integral reinforcing means comprising: (1) a plurality of readily bendable upright wire trusses, the lower ends of which are embedded within said foundation and the upper ends of which are provided with a respective loop through which the roofing beam extends; (2) a pair of spaced flexible wire mesh extending the length of said wall and loosely pinned to opposite sides of said wire trusses; and wherein the adobe wall is formed around said wire trusses and wire mesh.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The apparatus of claim 1 comprising also a plurality of vertically extending holes extending vertically within the interior of said adobe walls, which holes, after adequate curing of the adobe, were filled with concrete.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the reinforcing trusses are about six to eight inches apart.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
101 words
The method of constructing a solid reinforced adobe wall comprising: (a) setting posts at the end of said wall; (b) stretching a tension member between the upper ends of said posts; (c) hanging a plurality of bendable wire trusses over said tension member, the lower ends of which trusses can be embedded within a foundation for said wall and the upper ends of which can be attached to a roof member over said wall; (d) hanging a pair of spaced wire mesh on said vertically extending wire trusses; and (e) forming the adobe wall around the wire trusses and wire mesh.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
101 words
The method of constructing a solid reinforced adobe wall comprising: (a) setting posts at the end of said wall; (b) stretching a tension member between the upper ends of said posts; (c) hanging a plurality of bendable wire trusses over said tension member, the lower ends of which trusses can be embedded within a foundation for said wall and the upper ends of which can be attached to a roof member over said wall; (d) hanging a pair of spaced wire mesh on said vertically extending wire trusses; and (e) forming the adobe wall around the wire trusses and wire mesh.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the adobe wall is plastered onto the wire mesh.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the adobe wall is formed by pouring the adobe into forms enclosing the wire trusses and wire mesh.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
The method of claim 5 in which the wall has an opening therethrough comprising, in addition: (1) the step of roughly framing said opening and placing said framing within the confines of said wire trusses and said wire mesh; and (2) affixing said framing to said trusses and mesh lying within the confines of said framing; whereby the wire trusses extend vertically along the sides of said framing and wherein, after the wall is cured, the reinforcing members may be cut away within the framing.