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US 2008/0168732 A1Published application
Support Members And Methods For The Installation of Brick Patios, Decks and Paths
AssigneeBart Stuchell
InventorBart Stuchell
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to structures and methods for constructing a paved structure. Some embodiments relate to improved, simplified and/or lightweight means for the construction of such structures. Some embodiments relate to means for constructing a paved area having a shelf for vertically supporting bricks. Furthermore, in some embodiments the shelf can be in a raised relation to a substrate. Some embodiments may also include structures that facilitate drainage of liquids from a surface of the paved structure.
Claims20
A brick paver shelf, comprising:
- a plurality of internal support walls arranged to form a regular two-dimensional network pattern of walls, internal vertices, and peripheral vertices, and the pattern having a top face and a bottom face spaced apart from the top face and defining a thickness sufficient to support a plurality of brick pavers;
- at least one external support wall connected to the perimeter of the regular two-dimensional pattern at one or more peripheral vertices of the pattern, the at least one external support wall being adapted to seat upon a support structure in a horizontal orientation, wherein the top face is directed in an upward direction;
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- a first locking component disposed in the at least one external support wall, wherein the locking component is mateable with a second locking component.
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A brick paver support structure, comprising:
- at least a first and second lateral support member each having a first face and a second face spaced apart from the first face and defining a thickness, the first and second faces being approximately parallel and defining an elongate rectangular shape, the lateral support members each having a ledge on at least one of the first and second faces, and the at least two lateral support members being spaced apart and oriented in a parallel relation so that their ledges face each other and form a seat adapted to receive a shelf member in a vertically supportive relation;
- a shelf member adapted to be received by, and seat upon, the ledges of the first and second lateral supports in a raised relation relative to a substrate and defining a space bounded by the lateral supports, the shelf and the substrate, and wherein the shelf member further comprises a plurality of perforations providing fluid communication between the top of the shelf to the space under the shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.