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Self-supporting modular wall

a self-supporting, modular technology, applied in the direction of foundation engineering, construction, building components, etc., can solve the problems of labor-intensive and time-consuming traditional methods, and achieve the effect of erection quickly and more economically

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-01
SCHUMANN STEVEN
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"The patent describes a precast modular wall unit that is self-supporting and can be easily transported to construction sites. This wall unit eliminates the need for a separate footing and can be quickly and economically erected. The wall unit is stable and secure, combining a vertical wall portion and a footer portion. The invention allows for mass production and storage at a central location, and distribution to individual job sites for installation. Overall, the invention provides a more efficient and cost-effective method of construction."

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This traditional method is labor intensive and time consuming.

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[0024] There is disclosed herein a self-supporting, modular wall unit apparatus. A wall unit according to one embodiment of the invention is prefabricated from lightweight reinforced concrete for transportation to the construction site. A wall unit then is placed in prepared ground, and then backfilled and compacted, where it thereafter is self-supporting. The unit will resists horizontal forces, such as wind loading. Wall units according to the present disclosure are contemplated to serve chiefly as privacy walls or fences, rather than load-bearing walls for enclosed buildings. Currently, it is common in middle-class and upscale residential subdivisions of medium to high lot density, to demark the individual real estate lots and / or perimeter with privacy walls of a selected height. These walls often are erected from stacked and mortared cinder block. The present wall unit apparatus admirably serves as a replacement for such costly lot boundaries. Assembled collections of the wall ...

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A self-supporting, modular wall unit apparatus. A wall unit according to one embodiment of the invention is prefabricated from reinforced lightweight for transportation to the construction site. The wall unit then is placed in prepared ground, where it is self-supporting. The modular wall unit incorporates an integral footer component, eliminating the need to place a separate footing in advance of wall placement. The wall unit typically has the general cross-sectional shape (along at least a portion of its length) of an inverted “T,” with the footer portion extending laterally from opposite sides of the wall. Alternatively, the wall unit may present a non-planar profile or footprint that zigzags or undulates to depart from a vertical plane, to enhance the wall unit's stability with minimized integral footer.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention (Technical Field) [0002] The present invention relates to methods and means for constructing and erecting structures, particularly walls, and specifically to a self-supporting modular wall fashioned from concrete. [0003] 2. Background Art [0004] Masonry wall construction has changed little in decades, and commonly involves the mortaring and stacking of bricks, stones, or blocks in vertically aligned rows. The development of the mass-produced concrete masonry unit (CMU) in the twentieth century advanced the art of masonry wall construction by providing standard-sized, comparatively inexpensive building blocks from which walls could be built. Concrete masonry units, commonly also referred to as “cinder blocks,” are stacked and mortared to build walls of all sorts and types, both for enclosed buildings as well as walls. Vertical and horizontal passages in the CMUs also permit CMU walls to be reinforced by placing rebar and po...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04C2/04
CPCE04C2/06E02D29/0266
Inventor SCHUMANN, STEVEN
Owner SCHUMANN STEVEN