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US 2020/0109557 A1Published application
Unibody structural frame for an interlocking structural block, an interlocking structural block, and a system of interlocking structural blocks
AssigneeJust Biofiber Structural Solutions Corp.
InventorWILLIAM MALCOLM RADFORD
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Abstract
A unibody structural frame for an interlocking structural block, an interlocking structural block, and a system of interlocking structural blocks useful for the manufacture of structures, columns, and beams.
Claims20
A unibody structural frame for an interlocking structural block comprising:
- a plurality of struts connected with a web, each strut having a top portion, an outer surface, and an inner surface, wherein each strut is configured for engagement of a top portion of one frame within a recess of the inner surface of the strut of another unibody structural frame, the web holding the struts to which it is connected in relative rigid spacial symmetry and thus preventing the struts from rotation or translation about any axis with respect to any other strut connected to the same web;
- an opening into the inner surface of a strut at the bottom end of each strut, the opening configured for engagement with the top portion of the outer surface of a strut of an adjacent structural block;
- a plurality of webs extending in a first direction, each web having a first end and a second end, wherein each web is connected to one or more struts;
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- a plurality of webs extending in a substantially orthogonal direction to the first direction, each web having a first end and a second end, wherein each web is connected to one or more of the struts.
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An interlocking structural block comprising:
- a block body having opposed top and bottom surfaces, opposed side surfaces and opposed end surfaces;
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- a unibody structural frame embedded within the block body, one end of the unibody structural frame flush with the bottom surface and an opposite end of the unibody structural frame extending through the top surface of the block body.
A system of interlocking structural blocks comprising:
- a plurality of interlocking structural blocks connected through one or more struts of one block to one or more struts of an adjacent block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.