Interlocking ground slab element and method
OwnerWayne R. Tavaresinventor
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Abstract
A slab element for covering a ground surface and the like, the linear, curvilinear, and circular-design surfaces produced by the slab elements, and a method of forming the design surfaces. The slab element comprises a rectangular slab element having a convex and a concave end adapted to interlock and be rotatable, with grout material therebetween, and the peripheral sides of the slab element entirely curvilinear.
Claims18
An interlockable, ground slab element adapted to form a surface of a selected design, by employing a plurality of the ground slab elements, with grout material as a bonding filler and spacing agent, in an interlocking and rotating relationship, which ground slab element comprises:
- a) a generally rectangular, elongated, ground slab element composed of a hard material, and having a top surface and a one and other end, and a thickness less than the width or the length of the ground slab element;
- b) the one end of the slab element forming a convex, arcuate surface, and having a radius R and extending generally from one to the other sides of the slab element;
- c) the other end of the slab element forming a concave, arcuate surface;
- d) the radius of the concave end having a greater radius than the radius R of the convex end, so as to provide for the convex end of the slab element to fit within the concave end of the slab element in an interlocking and partially rotatable relationship, while allowing space for grout material, and to permit the formation of arcuate design surfaces by the use of a plurality of the slab elements;
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- e) the outer periphery of the slab element characterized as curvilinear throughout the periphery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.