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US 7,546,716 B1Granted
Apparatus and method for constructing walls which include both exterior partition walls and also interior partition walls
OwnerArmond Asadurianinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is related to an apparatus and method of constructing walls of framed block assemblies including both exterior and interior partition walls which are assembled through an interlocking structure having dovetail tongues interlocked with dovetail channels. Includes are a plain wall, a wall with mortar for ornamentation, and a wall applied with straight longitudinal blocks.
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A structure for constructing a wall, comprising:
- providing a multiplicity of full sized blocks, half sized blocks, corner fasteners, frame members and vertical posts, each of said blocks being identical in structure and being in the shape of an elongated hollow rectangle having a front vertical side and an opposite parallel back vertical side, a right end and left end, a top elongated dovetail shaped tongue located at a longitudinal center of a top rectangular side of each block, a bottom elongated dovetail shaped channel having a back side located at a longitudinal center of a block bottom side of each block, a half circle slot which extends over the length of and further evenly divides a back side of said elongated dovetail shaped channel, each block further having a respective top and bottom transverse elongated groove at a respective top and bottom edge of the respective front and back vertical side, said multiplicity of half sized blocks being the same shape as each full sized block but being shorter in length, said multiplicity of frame members including a top horizontal frame member and a bottom horizontal frame member, and a right vertical frame member and a left vertical frame member, said bottom horizontal frame member being an elongated rectangular hollow structure having a top horizontal side and a bottom horizontal side, a left end and a right end, a front vertical side and a back vertical side, and an inner vertical side which is located at a middle of said bottom horizontal frame member wherein each vertical side has an opening adjacent to the respective right and left end of the horizontal frame member and each opening is adjacent to the same end and are aligned with each other, and a top dovetail shaped tongue being placed on a longitudinal center of the top horizontal side, said top horizontal frame member being an elongated rectangular hollow structure having a top horizontal side and a bottom horizontal side, a right end and a left end, a front vertical side and a back vertical side, wherein each horizontal side at a located adjacent to the respective right end and left end of the frame member has two openings wherein one opening is adjacent to the front vertical side and the other opening is adjacent to the back vertical side, a bottom dovetail channel located on a longitudinal center of the bottom horizontal side of the top horizontal frame member, said right and left side vertical frame member being a mirror image to each other, said right side vertical frame member having a left inner vertical side and a right outer vertical side, a top and bottom end, a front and back vertical side and an inner vertical side which is located at a central position of the frame member, wherein each vertical side has an opening adjacent to the top end of the frame member and each opening is aligned with each other, a dovetail shaped tongue being placed on the longitudinal center of the right outer vertical side, a left elongated rectangular channel being located at a longitudinal center of the left vertical side wherein a width of said channel matches said width of the blocks, said channel further having a back side, two openings being located on the respective right vertical outer side and inner back vertical side of the channel adjacent to the bottom end of the frame member wherein one opening is adjacent to the front vertical side and the other opening is adjacent to the back vertical side, said two openings adjacent to the respective front and back vertical side are respectively aligned together, said vertical posts being an identical right side vertical post and left side vertical post which are elongated cubic hollow structures having a top end and a bottom end, and four identical elongated vertical sides each of which includes a dovetail shaped slot placed on an elongated center of each vertical side, a fastener means having four sets of two fasteners, two spacers, and one horizontal member being a strip which contains two openings close to a respective front and back end of said strip.
A structure for constructing a wall, comprising:
- providing a multiplicity of blocks, each of said blocks being identical in structure and being in the shape of an elongated hollow rectangle having a front vertical side and an opposite parallel back vertical side, a right end and left end, a top elongated dovetail shaped tongue located at a longitudinal center of a top rectangular side of each block, a bottom elongated dovetail shaped channel having a back side located at a longitudinal center of a back bottom side of each block, a half circle slot which extends over the length of and further evenly divides a back side of said elongated dovetail shaped channel, each block further having a respective top and bottom transverse elongated groove at a respective top and bottom edge of the respective front and back vertical side, a multiplicity of frame members including a top horizontal frame member and a bottom horizontal frame member, and a right vertical frame member and a left vertical frame member, said bottom horizontal frame member being an elongated rectangular hollow structure having a top horizontal side and a bottom horizontal side, a left end and a right end, a front vertical side and a back vertical side, and a top dovetail shaped tongue being placed on a longitudinal center of the top horizontal side, said top horizontal frame member being an elongated rectangular hollow structure having a top horizontal side and a bottom horizontal side, a right end and a left end, a front vertical side and a back vertical side, a bottom dovetail channel located on a longitudinal center of the bottom horizontal side of the top horizontal frame member, said right and left side vertical frame member being a mirror image to each other, said right side vertical frame member having a left inner vertical side and a right outer vertical side, a top and bottom end, a front and back vertical side and an inner vertical side which is located at a central position of the frame member, a dovetail shaped tongue being placed on a longitudinal center of the outer vertical side of each vertical frame member, and fastening means by which the vertical frame members are affixed to the top and bottom horizontal frame members.
A structure for constructing a wall, comprising:
- providing a multiplicity of blocks, each of said blocks being in the shape of an elongated hollow rectangle having a front vertical side and an opposite parallel back vertical side, a right end and left end, a top elongated dovetail shaped tongue located at a longitudinal center of a top rectangular side of each block, a bottom elongated dovetail shaped channel having a back side located at a longitudinal center of a back bottom side of each block, a multiplicity of frame members including a top horizontal frame member and a bottom horizontal frame member, and a right vertical frame member and a left vertical frame member, said bottom horizontal frame member being an elongated rectangular hollow structure having a top horizontal side and a bottom horizontal side, a left end and a right end, a front vertical side and a back vertical side, and a top dovetail shaped tongue being placed on a longitudinal center of the top horizontal side, said top horizontal frame member being an elongated rectangular hollow structure having a top horizontal side and a bottom horizontal side, a right end and a left end, a front vertical side and a back vertical side, a bottom dovetail channel located on a longitudinal center of the bottom horizontal side of the top horizontal frame member, said right and left side vertical frame member being a mirror image to each other, said right side vertical frame member having a left inner vertical side and a right outer vertical side, a top and bottom end, a front and back vertical side, a dovetail shaped tongue being placed on a longitudinal center of the outer vertical side of each vertical frame member, and fastening means by which the vertical frame members are affixed to the top and bottom horizontal frame members.
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