Bottle for building construction
OwnerCharles W. Barrettinventor
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Abstract
A modular system of bottles having a predetermined neck configuration and indentations in the bottom and side walls to receive the end of a neck of an abutting bottle to automatically center and space the bottles apart by a distance corresponding to that of a mortar joint. The bottles can be made in full, half, one-quarter, and double sizes, and may include one-third and two-third sizes, etc. The bottles can be laid up into a wall with the mortar joint falling either at the half point, or at the third point.
Claims14
An assemblage of at least two bottles of generally rectangular cross section having a pair of generally flat opposite side surfaces devoid of projections, said bottles being arranged in end-to-end relationship one of said bottles having a top end having a short uncapped filling neck of predetermined length projecting therefrom, the other of said bottles having a bottom end having a tapered indentation of a depth which is less than said predetermined length of said neck by a mortar joint thickness and which receives the end of said uncapped neck of said one of said bottles, said indentation also having abutment surfaces for engagement by the top side edge of said uncapped neck and which include outwardly tapered side surface portions which when said bottles are not centered will engage the edge of said uncapped neck and move the bottles laterally to bring said generally flat side surfaces flush when said neck is slid down said tapered side abutment surfaces, and material between said bottles in said mortar joint spacing simulating mortar.
A bottle of rectangular cross section having a pair of generally flat opposite side surfaces devoid of projections and a top end, said top end having a short cylindrical uncapped neck of predetermined length projecting therefrom and an opposite end the major portion of which is flat with an indentation therein of a depth that is less than said predetermined neck length by a mortar joint thickness, said indentation having abutment surfaces that include outwardly tapered side portions for engagement by peripherially spaced portions of the top side edge of the uncapped neck of a similar bottle, and said tapered peripherially spaced portions being arranged to bring said flat side surfaces flush when said bottles are spaced by said mortar joint thickness.
A bottle having a height L, a width equal to (L/2) - (J/2), and a thickness approximately equal to (L/3) - (J/2) wherein J is a distance corresponding to a mortar joint.
A generally rectangular bottle having generally flat ends with a short neck of generally uniform cross section projecting from one flat end and an indentation in the other flat end, said bottle also having at least one side surface devoid of projections and which also has at least one tapered indentation therein, each of said tapered indentations having a depth that is less than said predetermined neck length by a mortar joint thickness and having outwardly tapered side abutment surface portions which are constructed and arranged to be engaged by the upper side edge of an uncapped neck of another similar bottle to center the bottles relative to each other and to space the bottles with the accuracy required of a mortar joint when the uncapped neck of the other bottle is slid down said side abutment surface portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.