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US 8,511,024 B2Granted
Veneers for walls, retaining walls and the like
AssigneeKeystone Retaining Wall Systems, Inc.
InventorsRobert A. MacDonald, William B. Dawson
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Abstract
A veneer panel system is used with a wall or a retaining wall to provide a natural stone appearance and/or to improve the appearance of an existing wall. Panels can be interlocked to form a stable veneer structure. The structure is attached to a wall by various attachment devices.
Claims37
A method of constructing a wall having a visually appealing exposed wall surface comprising:
- providing a plurality of wall blocks, at least some of the wall blocks having a recessed surface;
- stacking the plurality of wall blocks in courses to form a continuous exposed wall surface, each recessed surface forming a channel between a top surface of a wall block in a first course and a bottom surface of a wall block in a second adjacent course;
- providing a plurality of connecting elements having a first portion and a second portion;
- providing a plurality of facing members having a front face and a back face, the front face having a visually appealing pattern or texture;
- connecting the facing members to the exposed wall surface with the connecting elements such that the first portions of the connecting elements are received in the recessed surfaces of the wall blocks and the second portions of the connecting elements are connected to the facing members such that the facing members cover the exposed wall surface and the front faces of the facing members collectively form a visually appealing exposed wall face, and
- wherein the wall blocks have at least one core open to the top surface and bottom surface and wherein the recessed surface is open to the core.
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A method of constructing a wall having a visually appealing exposed wall surface comprising:
- providing wall blocks, each wall block having a recessed surface;
- stacking a plurality of the wall blocks in a first course;
- stacking a plurality of the wall blocks in a second course, the first and second courses forming an exposed wall surface, each recessed surface forming a channel between a top surface of one of the wall blocks in the first course and a bottom surface of one of the wall blocks in the second adjacent course;
- providing a plurality of connecting elements;
- providing a plurality of facing members having a front face and a back face, the front face having a visually appealing pattern or texture;
- inserting a first portion of a first connecting element into a recessed surface;
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- connecting a second portion of the first connecting element to one of the facing members such that the one facing member covers a portion of the exposed wall surface, and
- wherein each wall block has at least one core open to the top surface and bottom surface and wherein the recessed surface is open to the core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.