Brick with internal support structure
OwnerMohamed El Sayed Ahmed Kamal El Dininventor
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Abstract
Shown and described herein are various embodiments for a brick having one or more honeycomb assemblies encased within a concrete encasement, each of said honeycomb assemblies having a top plate, a bottom plate spaced apart from and parallel to the top plate, and a honeycomb layer positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate. The brick may also have a side rib extending outwardly from a first end of the brick and a side notch sized to accept the side rib and placed on an opposing second end of the brick. Some embodiments may also have a top rib extending upwardly from a top surface of the brick and a bottom notch sized to accept the top rib and placed on a bottom surface of the brick
Claims20
A brick comprising:
- one or more honeycomb assemblies encased within a concrete encasement, each of said honeycomb assemblies comprising
- a top plate,
- a bottom plate spaced apart from and parallel to the top plate, and
- a honeycomb layer positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate.
A brick comprising:
- a hollow center;
- a first honeycomb assembly placed within the hollow center;
- a second honeycomb assembly placed within the hollow center and positioned directly atop the first honeycomb assembly.
A brick comprising:
- a first honeycomb assembly comprising
- a first top plate,
- a first bottom plate spaced apart from and parallel to the first top plate, and
- a first honeycomb layer positioned between the first top plate and the first bottom plate;
- a second honeycomb assembly comprising
- a second top plate,
- a second bottom plate spaced apart from and parallel to the second top plate, and
- a second honeycomb layer positioned between the second top plate and the second bottom plate;
- and
- a concrete encasement layer which completely surrounds the first and second honeycomb assemblies;
- and
- wherein the first and second honeycomb assemblies are placed atop one another such that the first top plate is in contact with the second bottom plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.