Concrete mosaic
AssigneeLithocrete, Inc.
InventorsRobin Brailsford, Ronald D. Shaw
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Abstract
Provided is a method of installing a tile mosaic upon a vertical concrete surface. The method includes providing a plurality of tiles, a tile support, and a concrete form. The plurality of tiles are adhered to the tile support to define a mosaic assembly. The tiles are positioned on the tile support corresponding to the mosaic. The mosaic assembly is connected to the concrete form, and concrete is poured within the concrete form such that a portion of the tiles become embedded within the concrete. The tile support is subsequently detached from the concrete form and the concrete form is removed from the hardened concrete. The tile support is additionally removed from the plurality of tiles to reveal the mosaic on vertical surface of the concrete structure.
Claims24
A method of forming an aesthetic surface on a structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plurality of aesthetic elements and a support mesh;
- b) adhering the aesthetic elements to the support mesh with a water soluble adhesive;
- c) connecting the support mesh to a concrete form;
- d) pouring concrete into the form;
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- e) removing the form from the concrete.
A method of forming an aesthetic surface on a concrete structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plurality of aesthetic elements and a support mesh;
- b) adhering aesthetic elements to the support mesh;
- c) forming the concrete structure;
- d) positioning the support mesh within the concrete;
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- e) massaging the aesthetic elements into the concrete.
A method of forming an aesthetic surface on a structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plurality of aesthetic elements and a support mesh;
- b) adhering the aesthetic elements to the support mesh with a water soluble adhesive;
- c) disposing a concrete material on a base surface, the concrete material defining an exposed surface;
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- e) placing the aesthetic elements within the exposed surface of the concrete material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.