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AssigneeST Bungalow LLC
InventorsAshok Chaudhari, Michael Molinelli
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A building component system including a rigid plastic or fiberglass (FRP) form made from one of various shapes, an example of one such shape having an arch in each of two perpendicular vertical planes and having a plurality of protrusions configured to engage concrete poured on top of the rigid plastic form. The plastic is recycled plastic from wind turbine blades or consumer products such as plastic bottles. The plastic can be fiber reinforced such as an FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic). The system also includes concrete poured on top of the form and cured to bind to the form at least at the plurality of protrusions, thereby forming an arched ceiling for a first story of a building and a flat roof or flat floor for a second story of a building. Bridge decking is another application, for use in infrastructure.
A building component system for building concrete flatwork structures comprising a non-ferrous form or profile with grooves at least in a top surface of the form or profile and a plurality of protrusions extending up from the top surface of the form or profile, said form or profile comprising at least 50% recycled material, the building component system further comprising cured concrete consisting only of unreinforced concrete bound to at least the plurality of protrusions and the grooves of said form or profile to form a building component, said form or profile staying in place and forming a part of the concrete flatwork structures built with the building component.
A method of building concrete flatwork structures, the method comprising (a) forming a non-ferrous form or profile with grooves at least on a top surface of the form or profile and a plurality of protrusions extending up from the top surface of the form or profile, said form or profile comprising at least 50% recycled material, (b) curing and binding concrete consisting only of unreinforced concrete to at least the plurality of protrusions and the grooves of the form or profile to form a building component, said form or profile staying in place and forming a part of the concrete flatwork structures built with the building component.
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