Plastic foundation system
OwnerDave Hertzinventor
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Abstract
A plastic foundation system for quickly providing a structural foundation. The plastic foundation system includes plastic components having heating elements selectively embedded within for fusing abutting portions of adjacent components. The components include wall portions having a flange for insertion into the keyway of a base portion. The base portions can be segmented to provide adjustability to various angles. Heating elements are provided to fuse the segments of the adjustable base portion together. The base portion is also segmented with apertures to permit drainage through the base portion. In an alternate embodiment, connecting rods extend between adjacent wall portions.
Claims14
A foundation system comprising:
- a plurality of plastic foundation components being positionable to form a structural foundation;
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- a plurality of heating elements embedded within said plurality of foundation components, each of said heating elements being positioned such that a portion of one of said foundation components is fusable to an adjacently positioned portion of another one of said foundation components when an electrical current is passed through said heating element.
A foundation system comprising:
- a plurality of plastic foundation components being positionable to form a structural foundation;
- a plurality of heating elements embedded within said plurality of foundation components, each of said heating elements being positioned such that a portion of one of said foundation components is fusable to an adjacently positioned portion of another one of said foundation components when an electrical current is passed through said heating element;
- wherein the plurality of foundation components includes a base portion structured to have a keyway therein;
- wherein the plurality of foundation components includes a wall portion having a bottom flange, said bottom flange being structured for insertion into said keyway such that said keyway snugly receives said bottom flange;
- wherein said wall portion further includes a planar portion and a plurality of vertical support members extending outwardly from said planar portion, said vertical support members being positioned in spaced relationship with respect to each other, each of said vertical support members having a groove extending along a length of a distal edge of the vertical support member facing outwardly from the planar portion, each of said vertical support members having a hollow interior and a plurality of interior support members positioned in a spaced relationship with respect to each other;
- wherein the base portion comprises a base top, a base bottom and base exterior walls to form a hollow interior and a plurality of base support members, said base support members extending between said base top and said base bottom and being positioned in spaced relationship to each other within said hollow interior to form a plurality of interior base compartments;
- wherein each of said plurality of base support members includes at least one aperture such that each interior base compartments is in environmental communication with an adjacent interior base compartment;
- wherein the base portion includes a first segment and a second segment hingedly coupled to each other such that said base portion is adjustable to form an angle between said first segment and said second segment;
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- an angle heating element being positioned within one of the first segment and the second segment adjacent an outer surface of the other of the first segment and the second segment such that the first segment is fusable to the second segment by passing an electrical current through the angle heating element;
- an outlet box extending from one of said vertical Support members;
- said vertical support members each being generally T-shaped, each of said vertical support members having a central flange extending outwardly from a transverse member, said transverse member being coupled to said planar portion;
- said vertical support members including a first outermost support member being offset from a first edge of said planar portion and a second outermost vertical support member being positioned adjacent a second edge of the planar portion opposite the first edge of said planar portion, said second outermost vertical support member being positioned such that a connection portion of said transverse member extends outwardly from said second edge of said planar portion substantially parallel to said planar portion;
- a first edge heating element being positioned adjacent said first edge of said planar portion, said first edge heating element further being positioned such that the connection portion of an adjacently positioned wall portion is fusable to the planar portion proximate the first edge heating element when an electrical current is passed through said first edge heating element;
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- a pair of electrical leads positioned on an exterior surface of the wall portion to facilitate introduction of an electrical current to the first edge heating element;
- a base portion heating element embedded within the base portion proximate the keyway such that the wall portion is fusable to the base portion by passing an electrical current through the base portion heating element;
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- a pair of electrical leads positioned on an exterior surface of the base portion to facilitate introduction of an electrical current to the base portion heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.