Portable Parking Lot

Abstract

A portable pavement system allowing for fast and easy installation of a pavement surface that incorporates individual pieces working together to create a solid, durable, adjustable, reusable, and removable platform for use as a parking or driveway facility, or other uses where such a surface possessing the special qualities described is advantageous.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]See Provisional Application 62 / 231,676STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not Applicable.REFERENCE TO A “SEQUENCE LISTING”[0003]Not Applicable.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0004]The invention relates generally to a system for creating a parking lot, driveway, interior or exterior building flooring, or other surface that would benefit from large, reinforced, movable, and reusable concrete tiles that eliminate, or dramatically reduce the need for on-site pouring of concrete with the related expense of building traditional concrete forms, reinforcement systems, and reliance on the vagaries of weather and temperature conditions.Related Art[0005]Throughout the country, and indeed around the world, concrete is a common building material well suited to pavement, such as driveways and parking lots. A typical construction method for such structures requires preparing the surface, installing a fo...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The invention is a method and device for creating solid, durable concrete surfaces using pre-fabricated concrete tiles. These tiles are reinforced with steel and resilient to heavy loads. These tiles can be easily installed by a small crew, and they are not subject to weather or temperature limitations. They can be modified easily to meet changing needs. The installation requires minimal equipment, and the needed tools are widely available or can be easily rented. The original design specifications for these tiles are six feet square, with a thickness of four inches, strengthened internally with concrete reinforcing bars. Other variants with smaller or larger sizes and thicknesses can be created based on the needs of the end user. These tiles can be laid end to end to create a driveway or parking spot for automobiles or trucks.

Problems solved by technology

Rain, snow, exceedingly high or low temperatures all contribute to limitations on the ability to install typical concrete surfaces on a particular day.

Likewise, the availability of a large working crew is another limitation, depending upon the size of the project.

Mud, buildings or other structures frequently interfere with, or limit the size of a working area until a solid surface is built out.

Historical experience with concrete surfaces has demonstrated typical installations to be highly problematic in terms of modification of almost any type.

Should an end user need to add plumbing, electrical systems, landscaping or other modifications to an already installed concrete surface requires either considerable pre-planning, or removal of concrete by sawing, jack-hammering, digging, or some similar expensive, technically difficult, and, or time consuming method of removal.

Moreover, additions to an already installed concrete surface require starting with the same methods described in , above, with the understanding that completed concrete projects are generally in use for their intended purpose and additional will likely interfere substantially with on-going business, customers, or other operations.

Typically concrete installation also requires the availability and use of very expensive equipment and machinery that require precise scheduling and coordination.

Failure in scheduling and coordination can find expensive work crews without material or, alternatively, time sensitive material hardening in trucks waiting for work crews to be prepared for delivery.

These can be suitable for light loads or heavier loads, but with heavier loads experience has demonstrated that these alternative surface products require considerable ground preparation, underlayment material, and are quite labor intensive when completed to a very high standard.

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