Foundation system and method of construction
OwnerAllan Aitchison, Doug Mackieinventors
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Abstract
A foundation system for supporting a structure thereon comprising: a plurality of blocks, each block having at least three sides; at least two recesses formed in the at least three sides of each block; a plurality of connecting plates having a first end configured to be secured within a recess of a first block and a second end configured to be secured within a recess of an adjacent block such that the connecting plate extends between recesses of adjacent blocks to secure adjacent blocks together to form a foundation grid of said blocks; and enclosure panels mountable to said blocks along an edge thereof so as to form an enclosure about a perimeter of the foundation grid.
Claims16
A foundation system for supporting a structure thereon comprising:
- a plurality of blocks, each block having at least three sides;
- at least two recesses formed in each of the at least three sides of each block, the at least two recesses being formed in an upper surface of each block;
- a plurality of connecting plates having a first end configured to be secured within a recess of a first block and a second end configured to be secured within a recess of an adjacent block such that the connecting plate extends along an upper surface of the blocks between recesses of adjacent blocks to secure adjacent blocks together to form a foundation grid comprising a single layer of said blocks having said recesses formed around a perimeter of the foundation grid;
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- enclosure panels mountable to the recesses formed around the perimeter of the foundation grid so as to form an enclosure about a perimeter of the foundation grid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.