Hollow-core floor slabs
AssigneeSCUSA Construction Technologies, LLC
InventorsGrygorii Viktorovich Chervonobaba, Volodymyr Vasylevych Azaraev
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Abstract
The instant invention pertains to various hollow-core slabs used, for example, in various construction applications. The slabs usually include a body with upper and lower shelves joined by two or more substantially vertical ribs and cavities extending longitudinally through the slab body. Two or more reinforcements extending longitudinally through the respective upper and lower shelves of the slab body may be present along with two or more reinforcements extending laterally between the upper and lower longitudinal reinforcements.
Claims20
A hollow-core slab comprising:
- a slab body comprising upper and lower shelves joined by two or more substantially vertical ribs;
- cavities extending longitudinally through the slab body;
- two or more reinforcements extending longitudinally through the respective upper and lower shelves of the slab body;
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- two or more reinforcements extending laterally between the upper and lower longitudinal reinforcements and wherein said reinforcements are selected from coils, elongated wire, cord loops, and combinations thereof.
A hollow-core slab comprising:
- a slab body comprising upper and lower shelves joined by two or more substantially vertical ribs;
- cavities extending longitudinally through the slab body;
- two or more reinforcements extending longitudinally through the respective upper and lower shelves of the slab body;
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- one or more reinforcements comprising wire or cord coils wound along lengths of the upper and lower longitudinal reinforcements and extending laterally between the upper and lower longitudinal reinforcements.
A hollow-core slab comprising:
- a slab body comprising upper and lower shelves joined by two or more substantially vertical ribs;
- cavities extending longitudinally through the slab body;
- two or more reinforcements extending longitudinally through the respective upper and lower shelves of the slab body;
- and
- one or more reinforcements comprising substantially vertically elongated wire or cord loops along lengths of the upper and lower longitudinal reinforcements and extending laterally between the upper and lower longitudinal reinforcements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.