Noise-absorbing construction having live plants
OwnerMarion Lederbauerinventor
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Abstract
A noise-absorbing greenery-carrying structure (12) makes use of worn tires (7), which are divided by cuts extending from the central opening to the tire into tiresectors (9) mutually connecting, the concave sides of which face towards a carrying frame (2), on which the tiresectors (9) are fixed in horizontal layers. The remaining hollow spaces inside the side walls of the tires, but also inside the central openings of the tires are filled with earth (13) suitable for the growth of greenery, which can preferably pass through openings (14) provided in the upper sidewalls of the tires (FIG. 1).
Claims46
A noise absorbing structure adapted for supporting living plants, said structure comprising a framework carrying a plurality of played, worn tires having sidewalls, each of said tires having two ends and being provided with at least one cut extending in each sidewall a selected distance towards teh tread layer, thereby forming a hinge, so that each worn tire is divided into mutually connected tire sectors, the concave sides of said tire sectors facing said framwork, the convex sides thereof defining an outwardly facing surface, fastening means for fixing said tire sectors to said framework, and material suitable for the growth of said plants filling at least the hollow spaces defined between said sidewalls of the tire sectors, and means allowing plants to extend to at least the outwardly facing surfaces from the interior of each tire sector.
Structure as claimed in calim 1, wherein each of said worn tires comprises a tread layer, said cuts in said worn tire intersect said side walls and extend to about said tread layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.