Construction components having embedded internal support structures to provide enhanced structural reinforcement for, and improved ease in construction of, walls comprising same

A construction component having embedded internal structural reinforcement, the internal structural reinforcement configured to be directly coupled to the internal reinforcement of others of said construction component, said construction component comprising:

• an internal support structure, the support structure including:
• at least two triangular structures, the at least two triangular structures each including:
• a base member and two side members;
• and a first and second base vertex, each formed between a first end of each of the side members and opposite ends of the base member respectively;
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• an elevated vertex formed by an intersection of second ends of the first and second side members at a location above the base member;
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• at least one member cross-coupled between a first and second one of the at least two triangular structures;
• at least one elevated interface plate being rigidly coupled substantially at the elevated vertex of each of the at least two triangular structures;
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• at least one first and at least one second base interface plate, the at least one first base interface plate being coupled substantially at the first base vertex of each of the at least two triangular structures, and the at least one second base interface plate being coupled substantially at the second base vertex of each of the at least two triangular structures;
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• a masonry block substantially encapsulating the internal support structure therein, the at least one elevated interface plate of the internal support structure being exposed through a top surface of the masonry block, the at least one first and the at least one second base interface plates being exposed through a bottom surface of the masonry block, and
• wherein the at least one elevated interface plate of said construction component is configured to be mechanically coupled to one of the at least one base interface plates of each of at least two others of said construction component to securely couple said construction components together in a staggered manner.

A wall structure having embedded therein an internal structural reinforcement lattice, the internal structural reinforcement lattice configured to be directly coupled to a foundation, said wall structure comprising:

• a plurality of pre-fabricated structural components, each of the pre-fabricated structural components comprising:
• an internal support structure, the support structure including one or more elevated interface plates and one or more base interface plates;
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• a masonry block substantially encapsulating the internal support structure therein, wherein:
• the one or more elevated interface plates of the internal support structure are exposed through a top surface of the masonry block, and the one or more base interface plates are exposed through a bottom surface of the masonry block, and
• the masonry block includes one or more vertical channels, each extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the masonry block, and each disposed over the one or more base interface plates to provide access to the base interface plate from the top surface, and
• wherein at least some of the plurality of construction components are of a standard configuration in which:
• the masonry block is rectangular and has a standardized length, and includes two of the one or more vertical channels disposed over the at least one base plate, each of the channels located proximately to each end of the rectangular block, and
• the internal structure is triangular and includes first and second base vertices that are each rigidly coupled to the one or more base plates, and an elevated vertex rigidly coupled to the one or more elevated interface plates, and
• wherein the one or more elevated interface plates of each of the plurality of construction components is configured to be mechanically coupled, by way of the access provided by the one or more vertical columns, to the at least one of the base interface plates of each of at least two others of the plurality, thereby securely coupling said plurality of construction components together to form the wall structure and to establish the integrated reinforcement lattice therein.