Ornamental building column
AssigneeDCA Architectural Products Ltd.
InventorsChris Gamel, Dana Ramsay, Alan Burdett
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Abstract
A building structure comprising a tubular member made from cardboard having an applied covering layer of urethane foam that is formed into a desired shape. An internal load bearing member of reinforced concrete is installed within the interior of the tubular member to complete the structure. In addition, a method of making a decorative building structure is provided comprising the steps of: applying a covering layer to the exterior of a tubular member, sculpting the covering layer to a desired form, and installing a load bearing member within the interior of the tubular member.
Claims9
An ornamental building structure comprising:
- a tubular member having a hollow interior and an exterior surface;
- a substantially non-load bearing layer of substantially rigid light-weight synthetic foam applied to said exterior surface and shaped to define an arbitrary ornamental exterior profile of varying radial dimension along at least part of said tubular member;
- a thin outer decorative layer applied over said synthetic foam preserving said profile;
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- concrete load bearing means extending through said tubular member within said hollow interior.
A building structure as claimed in claim 6 in which said resin layer is pigmented to match the colour of the desired exterior finish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.