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US 2017/0284102 A1Published application
Green roofing substrate brick and method of installing same
AssigneeUniversity of Guelph
InventorsGreg Yuristy, Youbin Zheng
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Abstract
A green roofing substrate brick comprises a water-permeable fabric box having an open top, and a solidified and non-compressed substrate in the box. The substrate comprises a water storage and drainage medium, and a binder solidifying the water storage and drainage medium.
Claims28
A green roofing substrate brick comprising:
- a) a water-permeable box having an open top;
- and
- b) a solidified and non-compressed substrate in the box, the substrate comprising a water storage and drainage medium, and a binder solidifying the water storage and drainage medium.
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A method for making a green roofing substrate brick, the method comprising:
- a) filling a water-permeable box with a water storage and drainage medium;
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- b) solidifying the water storage and drainage medium with a binder.
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A green roofing substrate brick comprising:
- a) a water-permeable box;
- and
- b) a substrate in the box, the substrate comprising
- i) an aggregate water storage medium;
- ii) an organic water storage medium;
- iii) a drainage medium;
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- iv) a binder binding the aggregate water storage medium,
- organic water storage medium, and drainage medium.
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A green roofing substrate brick comprising:
- a) a water-permeable box having a bottom wall and an open top opposed to the bottom wall;
- b) a substrate in the box, the substrate comprising a water storage and drainage medium;
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- c) a drainage layer secured to the bottom wall, the drainage layer comprising a water permeable dimpled membrane.
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A green roofing substrate brick comprising:
- a) a water-permeable box having a bottom wall and an open top opposed to the bottom wall;
- b) a substrate in the box, the substrate comprising a water storage and drainage medium;
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- c) a connector secured to the box for connecting the box of the green roofing substrate brick to a box of an adjacent green roofing substrate brick.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.