US 8,011,145 B1Granted

Segmented joint for masonry construction

AssigneePACC Systems I.P., LLC

InventorsP. Michael Collins, Steven E. Schaefer

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Abstract

A joint device is installed between adjacent components during construction to provide a proper transition between the components. The joint device has a generally L-shaped configuration with a first leg of the device that may be mounted to the outer face of the inner wall of a cavity wall construction and in the cavity between the spaced walls. The second leg projects generally perpendicularly from the first leg and from the inner wall toward the outer wall adjacent the bricks at which the movement joint is located. The second leg of the joint includes a series of segments in which a terminal end portion of the second leg is joined to a remainder thereof by frangible connections or perforated joints. After the joint device is installed on the inner wall and the outer wall is constructed, the terminal end portion of the second leg is removed by being torn along the appropriate frangible joint depending upon the spacing between the components.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A movement joint comprising:

a first inner wall;
a second outer wall spaced from the first inner wall to define a gap there between;
a pair of adjacent components;
wherein the second outer wall is a masonry veneer and the pair of adjacent components are a pair of adjacent bricks with the movement joint there between;
a joint device positioned between the adjacent components;
a bead of caulk applied to the joint device and contacting the adjacent components to form a joint there between;
wherein the joint device further comprises:
(a) a main body portion with a longitudinal axis;
(b) a terminal portion;
(c) a leg extending generally perpendicular to the main body portion;
and
(d) a primary frangible connection joining the main body portion and the terminal portion together, the primary frangible connection being adapted to be severed to remove the terminal portion from the main body portion and the main body portion being adapted to receive the caulk thereon to form the joint between the adjacent components;
wherein the leg is mounted to a face of the first inner wall confronting the second outer wall and the main body portion spans the gap and is positioned between the pair of adjacent components which are in the second outer wall.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/754,633Filed 29 May 2007 · continuation in part
Priority: 25 Jun 2002
Granted: 6 Sep 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

E04F 13/0898
Characterised by the joints between neighbouring elements, e.g. with joint fillings or with tongue and groove connections: with sealing elements…
E04B 1/4178
Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete or masonry: masonry wall ties
E04B 1/7046
Evacuating water from cavity walls, e.g. by using weep holes: using trays
E04B 1/7061
Evacuating water from cavity walls, e.g. by using weep holes: devices for preventing blockage of weep holes, e.g. a blockage caused by falling mortar

Family

Application60/391,333Us provisional application · filed 25 Jun 2002
Application10/602,198Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Jun 2003
Application10/842,886Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 May 2004
Application10/989,790Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Nov 2004
Application60/803,241Us provisional application · filed 26 May 2006
US 7,526,897 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2004/0206023 A1Published application
US 2005/0183359 A1Published application
US 8,011,145 B1This patent

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