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US 2013/0074433 A1Published application
Precast concrete structures, precast tilt-up concrete structures and methods of making same
OwnerRomeo Ilarian Ciupercainventor
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Abstract
The invention comprises a method of forming a concrete structure. The method comprises placing plastic concrete in a form of a desired shape, encasing the concrete in insulating material having insulating properties equivalent to at least 1 inch of expanded polystyrene and allowing the plastic concrete to at least partially cure inside the insulating material. An insulated concrete form and a method of using the insulated concrete form are also disclosed.
Claims38
1-19. (canceled)
A product comprising:
- a rectangular foam panel, the panel having a first prima surface and a second primary surface;
- an elongate anchor member having a first end and an opposite second end, a first portion of the anchor member penetrating the foam panel from the first primary surface to the bottom second primary surface, a second portion of the anchor member extending outwardly from and terminating above the first primary surface of the foam panel;
- a first flange formed on the elongate anchor member intermediate the ends thereof, the first flange contacting the first prima surface of the foam panel;
- a locking cap attached to the first end of the anchor member and contacting the second primary surface of the foam panel, such that the foam panel is captured between the first flange and the locking cap.
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23-36. (canceled)
A product comprising:
- a quantity of at least partially cured concrete, the concrete having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface;
- a first enlarged portion of each of a plurality of elongate anchor members embedded in the at least partially cured concrete intermediate the first and second primary surfaces;
- a second portion of each of the plurality of elongate anchor members extending outwardly from a first primary surface of the concrete and penetrating a foam insulating panel disposed on the first primary surface of the concrete;
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- a cap member attached to the second portion of each of the plurality of elongate anchor members, such that the foam insulating panel is captured between the first primary surface of the concrete and the cap member.
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A product comprising:
- a foam insulating panel, the panel having a first primary surface and a second primary surface;
- an elongate anchor member having a first end, an opposite second end and an enlarged portion adjacent the first end, a first portion of the anchor member penetrating the foam insulating panel from the first surface to the second surface, a second portion of the anchor member extending outwardly from and terminating a distance from the first surface of the foam insulating panel;
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- a layer of reinforcing material attached to the second surface of the foam insulating panel such that the layer of reinforcing material is at least partially disposed between the second surface of the foam insulating panel and the enlarged portion of the anchor member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.