# US 2014/0190921 A1 · Environment friendly building system utilizing recycled/upcycled, collapsed, pre-formed & post consumer plastic material > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190921 A1 - Document ID: US20140190921A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/991,143 - Filed: 2012-10-18 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-23 - Assignees: RCO2 Washington, Inc. - Applicants: 1781221 Alberta Ltd. - Inventors: Donald W. Thomson; Randell N. Smith; Jerald W. Olp, SR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190921A1 ## CPC - B65D 81/361: {Modular elements with complementary shapes, interengageable parts or the like (toy building blocks A63H33/04; building elements for walls E04B2/02)} - B65D 1/0292: {Foldable bottles} - E04D 1/20: of plastics; {of asphalt;} of fibrous materials - E04D 1/24: Roofing elements with cavities, e.g. hollow tiles (E04D1/28 takes precedence) - E04D 1/2918: {the fastening means taking hold directly on adjacent elements of succeeding rows} - E04D 1/34: Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements - E04D 2001/3423: {Nails, rivets, staples or straps piercing or perforating the roof covering material} - E04D 2001/3467: {through apertures, holes or slots} - E04D 2001/3473: {fastening single roof elements to the roof structure with or without indirect clamping of neighbouring roof covering elements} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - E04D: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00) ## Abstract An environmentally friendly building system (20) for promoting long term carbon capture and sequestration of roofing and siding by utilizing recycled/upcycled, collapsed, preformed, and post consumer plastic material (32). The system includes a plurality of tiles (22). The plurality of tiles (22) interlock with each other to form overlapping courses of laterally staggered roofing or siding (24). Each tile (22) includes a bottle (28) and a cap connector (30). The cap connector (30) of each tile (22) caps off the bottle (28) of an associated tile, and hooks into the bottle laying on top thereof so as to hold the overlapping courses of the laterally staggered roofing or siding in place (24). The bottle (28) of each tile (22) is made from recycled/upcycled, collapsed, preformed, and post consumer plastic material (32) for promoting the long term carbon capture and sequestration of the laterally staggered roofing or siding so as to be environmentally friendly. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -55. (canceled) ### Claim 56 A plastic bottle comprising: a neck; and a main body integrally formed with the neck, the main body being convertible from an expanded configuration in which the main body defines an internal cavity to store fluid to a selected collapsed configuration in which the main body forms a tile configured to couple with other collapsed plastic bottles to form an array of tiles. ### Claim 57 (depends on 56) The plastic bottle of claim 56 wherein the main body includes opposing side surfaces that define an upper tile surface and a lower tile surface when the plastic bottle is in the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 58 (depends on 57) The plastic bottle of claim 57 wherein at least one of the opposing side surfaces includes a fold line to assist the plastic bottle in collapsing from the expanded configuration to the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 59 (depends on 58) The plastic bottle of claim 58 wherein both of the opposing side surfaces include a respective fold line to assist the plastic bottle in collapsing from the expanded configuration to the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 60 (depends on 58) The plastic bottle of claim 58 wherein the fold line is positioned in a middle region of the side surface between the neck and a bottom of the plastic bottle. ### Claim 61 (depends on 56) The plastic bottle of claim 56 wherein, when in the selected collapsed configuration, the main body includes an engagement feature at a lower portion thereof to enable the tile to couple to at least one other collapsed plastic bottle. ### Claim 62 (depends on 56) The plastic bottle of claim 56, further comprising: a cap removably coupled to the neck of the plastic bottle, the cap defining a connector that is configured to couple to an engagement feature of another collapsed plastic bottle. ### Claim 63 (depends on 62) The plastic bottle of claim 62 wherein the connector includes a connector arm configured to hook into the engagement feature. ### Claim 64 A collection of plastic bottles, each plastic bottle comprising: a neck portion; and a main body integrally formed with the neck, the main body being convertible from an expanded configuration in which the main body defines an internal cavity to store fluid and a selected collapsed configuration in which the main body forms a tile configured to couple to other collapsed plastic bottles to form an array of tiles. ### Claim 65 (depends on 64) The collection of plastic bottles of claim 64 wherein the main body of each plastic bottle includes opposing side surfaces that define an upper tile surface and a lower tile surface when each respective plastic bottle is in the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 66 (depends on 65) The collection of plastic bottles of claim 65 wherein, for each plastic bottle, at least one of the opposing side surfaces includes a fold line to assist the plastic bottle in collapsing from the expanded configuration to the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 67 (depends on 66) The collection of plastic bottles of claim 66 wherein, for each plastic bottle, both of the opposing side surfaces include a respective fold line to assist the plastic bottle in collapsing from the expanded configuration to the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 68 (depends on 66) The collection of plastic bottles of claim 66 wherein, for each plastic bottle, the fold line is positioned in a middle region of the side surface between the neck and a bottom of the plastic bottle. ### Claim 69 (depends on 64) The collection of plastic bottles of claim 64 wherein, when in the selected collapsed configuration, the main body of each plastic bottle includes an engagement feature to enable the tile to couple to the other collapsed plastic bottles to form the array of tiles. ### Claim 70 (depends on 64) The collection of plastic bottles of claim 64, wherein each plastic bottle further comprises: a cap removably coupled to the neck of the plastic bottle, the cap defining a connector that is configured to couple to a respective engagement feature of the other collapsed plastic bottles. ### Claim 71 (depends on 70) The collection of plastic bottles of claim 70 wherein the connector defined by the cap of each plastic bottle includes a connector arm configured to hook into the respective engagement feature of the other collapsed plastic bottles. ### Claim 72 A system of interlocked tiles comprising: a plurality of plastic bottles, each of the plastic bottles including a neck; and a main body integrally formed with the neck, the main body being convertible from an expanded configuration in which the main body defines an internal cavity to store fluid and a selected collapsed configuration in which the main body forms a tile. ### Claim 73 (depends on 72) The system of interlocked tiles of claim 72 wherein, when in the selected collapsed configuration, the main body of each plastic bottle includes a respective engagement feature, and wherein each of at least some of the plastic bottles further includes a respective cap coupled to the neck thereof and hooked into the respective engagement feature of an adjacent plastic bottle. ### Claim 74 (depends on 72) The system of interlocked tiles of claim 72 wherein, for each plastic bottle, the main body of each plastic bottle includes opposing side surfaces that define an upper tile surface and a lower tile surface when each respective plastic bottle is in the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 75 (depends on 74) The system of interlocked tiles of claim 74 wherein, for each plastic bottle, at least one of the opposing side surfaces includes a fold line to assist the plastic bottle in collapsing from the expanded configuration to the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 76 (depends on 75) The system of interlocked tiles of claim 75 wherein, for each plastic bottle, both of the opposing side surfaces include a respective fold line to assist the plastic bottle in collapsing from the expanded configuration to the selected collapsed configuration. ### Claim 77 (depends on 76) The system of interlocked tiles of claim 76 wherein, for each plastic bottle, the fold line is positioned in a middle region of the side surface between the neck and a bottom of the plastic bottle.