LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Declos, Robert
Remillard, Joel
Penterman, John
Abrégé
Disclosed is a wall assembly including preformed building blocks and a trellis type support member for maintaining the building blocks in place in the desired orientation. The wall assembly further includes at least one support for holding the trellis upright. The individual blocks are connected to the supporting trellis for added stability. Although not every block in the wall need be connected to the trellis support member in order to achieve the desired added stability, it is preferred to connect each block in the wall to the trellis. Connectors are provided for connecting the blocks to the trellis. Each block preferably is connected to the trellis by at least one connector, most preferably by a pair of connectors. To accommodate relative movement or shifting of the blocks during installation and in situ, the connectors are preferably movably connected to the trellis or the block, or both.
E04B 2/44 - Murs comportant des cavités aussi bien entre les éléments qu’à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, l’une des pièces au moins ayant des cavités utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités
E04C 1/39 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments caractérisés par des adaptations particulières, p. ex. servant à loger des conduites, à former des frises, des corniches ou des tablettes, à ancrer des sablières ou des dormants de portes, pour claustra
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
Les materiaux de construction Oldcastle Canada, Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Lacas, Marc-Andre
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a modular retaining wall for a material to be retained, using only blocks which in and of themselves are of insufficient thickness to function as retaining wall blocks. The modular wall includes backer blocks and facing blocks which are connected by separate connectors in a back to back, spaced apart arrangement, thereby forming a hollow retaining wall. The hollow wall is filled with loose filler material to increase the mass and retaining capacity of the wall. None of the wall components is embedded in the material to be retained. Further disclosed are wall components and a wall kit for a modular retaining wall. A double sided decorative wall is also disclosed. The modular wall system allows for the construction of retaining walls and freestanding, double sided, decorative walls forming both straight and curved walls.
E04C 1/39 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments caractérisés par des adaptations particulières, p. ex. servant à loger des conduites, à former des frises, des corniches ou des tablettes, à ancrer des sablières ou des dormants de portes, pour claustra
E04B 2/86 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place dans des coffrages permanents
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a double sided wall using facing panels having a face surface and a back surface with a retaining structure. The facing panels are stacked in a back-to-back arrangement into a pair of first and second wall components connected by separate articulated connectors. The articulated connectors each have a first base connector that fits into a respective retaining groove in the first wall component and a second base connector that fits into a respective retaining groove of the second wall component. The first and second base connectors are connected to each other by a link that forms a first pivot joint at the first base connector and a second pivot joint at the second base connector.
E04B 2/30 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités
E04B 2/34 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par introduction d'un matériau avec ou sans armatures dans de petits canaux ménagés dans les éléments ou dans les rainures entre ceux-ci
E04B 2/46 - Murs comportant des cavités aussi bien entre les éléments qu’à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, l’une des pièces au moins ayant des cavités utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par emboîtage de saillies ou de pièces rapportées échancrées, p. ex. de languettes, rainures, queues d'aronde
E04B 2/86 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place dans des coffrages permanents
E04C 1/00 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
Les Matériaux de Construction Oldcastle Canada Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Declos, Robert
Remillard, Joel
Penterman, John
Abrégé
Disclosed is a wall assembly including preformed building blocks and a trellis type support member for maintaining the building blocks in place in the desired orientation. The wall assembly further includes at least one support for holding the trellis upright. The individual blocks are connected to the supporting trellis for added stability. Although not every block in the wall need be connected to the trellis support member in order to achieve the desired added stability, it is preferred to connect each block in the wall to the trellis. Connectors are provided for connecting the blocks to the trellis. Each block preferably is connected to the trellis by at least one connector, most preferably by a pair of connectors. To accommodate relative movement or shifting of the blocks during installation and in situ, the connectors are preferably movably connected to the trellis or the block, or both.
E04B 2/44 - Murs comportant des cavités aussi bien entre les éléments qu’à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, l’une des pièces au moins ayant des cavités utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités
E04C 1/39 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments caractérisés par des adaptations particulières, p. ex. servant à loger des conduites, à former des frises, des corniches ou des tablettes, à ancrer des sablières ou des dormants de portes, pour claustra
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
Les Materiaux de construction Oldcastle Canada, Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a double sided wall having a corner or closed end using facing panels having a face surface and a back surface with a retaining structure. The facing panels are stacked in a back-to-back arrangement into a pair of first and second wall components bridged by separate connectors. An end wall component forming an end or corner of the wall includes facing panels stacked to extend across the intermediate space. A branched connector and link are used for bridging a concrete facing panel in the end wall component with an adjacent concrete facing panel of the first or second wall component. The branched connector has a first connecting end and an opposite branched end with at least a pair of second connecting ends for attachment to the retaining structure of the adjacent facing panel and the link has a first end for attachment to a facing panel in the end wall component and a second end for linking to the branched connector.
E04B 2/30 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités
E04B 2/34 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par introduction d'un matériau avec ou sans armatures dans de petits canaux ménagés dans les éléments ou dans les rainures entre ceux-ci
E04C 1/00 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments
E04B 2/46 - Murs comportant des cavités aussi bien entre les éléments qu’à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, l’une des pièces au moins ayant des cavités utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par emboîtage de saillies ou de pièces rapportées échancrées, p. ex. de languettes, rainures, queues d'aronde
E04B 2/86 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place dans des coffrages permanents
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
Les materiaux de construction Oldcastle Canada, Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Lacas, Marc-Andre
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a modular retaining wall for a material to be retained, using only blocks which in and of themselves are of insufficient thickness to function as retaining wall blocks. The modular wall includes backer blocks and facing blocks which are connected by separate connectors in a back to back, spaced apart arrangement, thereby forming a hollow retaining wall. The hollow wall is filled with loose filler material to increase the mass and retaining capacity of the wall. None of the wall components is embedded in the material to be retained. Further disclosed are wall components and a wall kit for a modular retaining wall. A double sided decorative wall is also disclosed. The modular wall system allows for the construction of retaining walls and freestanding, double sided, decorative walls forming both straight and curved walls.
E04C 1/39 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments caractérisés par des adaptations particulières, p. ex. servant à loger des conduites, à former des frises, des corniches ou des tablettes, à ancrer des sablières ou des dormants de portes, pour claustra
E04B 2/86 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place dans des coffrages permanents
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Daoust, Robert
Castonguay, Bertin
Evans, Tamara
Penterman, John
Abrégé
A stackable concrete wall block is disclosed having a body with an irregular front portion and a prism shaped rear portion, the irregular front portion has a three dimensional surface structure embossed in the front face providing the appearance of natural stone and the regular rear portion facilitating stacking of like blocks. The rear portion has parallel sidewalls perpendicular to a rear wall, which are more easily manufactured by dry casting than tapered sidewalls. A lip protrudes from at least one of the sidewalls of the rear portion and is coplanar with the front face for spacing the body of the block from that of a like block placed adjacent thereto. The lateral lip generates spacing between adjacent blocks at a back terminal edge, thereby allowing the assembly of curved walls. The irregular front face extends over the lip so that the front face is continuous over the lip.
E04C 1/39 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments caractérisés par des adaptations particulières, p. ex. servant à loger des conduites, à former des frises, des corniches ou des tablettes, à ancrer des sablières ou des dormants de portes, pour claustra
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
Les materiaux de construction Oldcastle Canada, Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Lacas, Marc-Andre
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a modular retaining wall for a material to be retained, using backer blocks and facing blocks which are stacked into continuous front and back wall components connected by separate connectors in a back to back, spaced apart arrangement, thereby forming a hollow retaining wall. The hollow wall is filled with loose filler material to increase the mass and retaining capacity of the wall. None of the wall components is embedded in the material to be retained. The facing blocks, connectors and filler material are all separated from the material to be retained by the backer blocks. Further disclosed are wall components and a wall kit for a modular retaining wall. A double sided decorative wall is also disclosed. The modular wall system allows for the construction both straight and curved retaining walls.
E02D 17/18 - Construction de digues ou de terre-pleins
E04B 2/34 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par introduction d'un matériau avec ou sans armatures dans de petits canaux ménagés dans les éléments ou dans les rainures entre ceux-ci
E04G 21/14 - Transport ou assemblage des éléments de construction
E04C 1/39 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments caractérisés par des adaptations particulières, p. ex. servant à loger des conduites, à former des frises, des corniches ou des tablettes, à ancrer des sablières ou des dormants de portes, pour claustra
E04B 2/86 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place dans des coffrages permanents
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
E04B 2/84 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place
Les materiaux de construction Oldcastle Canada Inc (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a double sided decorative wall using facing panels having a decorative face surface, in particular dry cast concrete panels having a regular surface structure, more preferably an embossed surface, most preferably a patterned surface. Further disclosed are wall components and a wall kit for a double sided decorative wall. The facing panels in the wall are stacked in a back-to-back arrangement into a pair of first and second back-to-back walls, which walls are interconnected by connectors which link at least one facing panel in the first wall to at least one facing panel in the second wall for forming the double sided decorative wall. The connecting members can be in individual connectors, or a combination of connectors for linking multiple facing panels or linking facing panels at corners or curves in the wall. The connectors can be of different length to enable the construction of decorative walls of different thickness. A modular wall system for double sided decorative walls forming both straight and curved walls is also disclosed. The system uses facing panels and connectors, wherein all facing panels are of equal thickness, but may have different lengths and may have different widths. The facing panels of the modular wall system all have graduated lengths, each length being a multiple of a base length L. Thus, the facing panels have lengths of 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L etc. To facilitate the formation of walls with corners, such as right angled corners, the facing panels preferably have a depth which is equal to L or a multiple of L. Building the decorative wall of two partial walls of facing panels with intermediate connectors renders the wall more economical than the previously known walls with base blocks and facing panels suspended from the base blocks on one or both sides.
E04B 2/30 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités
E04B 2/46 - Murs comportant des cavités aussi bien entre les éléments qu’à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, l’une des pièces au moins ayant des cavités utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par emboîtage de saillies ou de pièces rapportées échancrées, p. ex. de languettes, rainures, queues d'aronde
E04B 2/86 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place dans des coffrages permanents
E04B 2/34 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par introduction d'un matériau avec ou sans armatures dans de petits canaux ménagés dans les éléments ou dans les rainures entre ceux-ci
E04C 1/00 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
Les Materiaux de Construction Oldcastle Canada Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Declos, Robert
Remillard, Joel
Penterman, John
Abrégé
Disclosed is a wall assembly including preformed building blocks and a trellis type support member for maintaining the building blocks in place in the desired orientation. The wall assembly further includes at least one support for holding the trellis upright. The individual blocks are connected to the supporting trellis for added stability. Although not every block in the wall need be connected to the trellis support member in order to achieve the desired added stability, it is preferred to connect each block in the wall to the trellis. Connectors are provided for connecting the blocks to the trellis. Each block preferably is connected to the trellis by at least one connector, most preferably by a pair of connectors. To accommodate relative movement or shifting of the blocks during installation and in situ, the connectors are preferably movably connected to the trellis or the block, or both.
E04B 2/44 - Murs comportant des cavités aussi bien entre les éléments qu’à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, l’une des pièces au moins ayant des cavités utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités
E04C 1/39 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments caractérisés par des adaptations particulières, p. ex. servant à loger des conduites, à former des frises, des corniches ou des tablettes, à ancrer des sablières ou des dormants de portes, pour claustra
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Declos, Robert
Rémillard, Joël
Penterman, John
Abrégé
Disclosed is a wall assembly including preformed building blocks and a trellis type support member for maintaining the building blocks in place in the desired orientation. The wall assembly further includes at least one support for holding the trellis upright. The individual blocks are connected to the supporting trellis for added stability. Although not every block in the wall need be connected to the trellis support member in order to achieve the desired added stability, it is preferred to connect each block in the wall to the trellis. Connectors are provided for connecting the blocks to the trellis. Each block preferably is connected to the trellis by at least one connector, most preferably by a pair of connectors. To accommodate relative movement or shifting of the blocks during installation and in situ, the connectors are preferably movably connected to the trellis or the block, or both. Although this allows the blocks to shift relative to one another and relative to the trellis, buckling, leaning and toppling of the wall is avoided, since the combination of the blocks with the trellis panel and the support results in an overall rigid structure and the trellis panel and support maintain the structure in the desired upright orientation.
LES MATÉRIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Daoust, Robert
Castonguay, Bertin
Evans, Tamara
Penterman, John
Abrégé
A stackable concrete wall block is disclosed having a prism shaped body with front, rear top and bottom faces, in a stacked condition, and at least a pair of side walls for placement opposite a like block placed side by side to the wall block, whereby a lip protrudes from at least one of the sidewalls and is coplanar with the front face for spacing the body of the block from that of a like block placed adjacent thereto. As is the case with tapered blocks known in the art, this spacing allows the assembly of curved walls. However, a prism shaped block with parallel side walls and a lip is more easily manufactured than a tapered block with angled side walls, since no movable mold walls are required, when the block is made in a dry casting process. The front face and lip can have an embossed surface structure.
LES MATÉRIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Lacas, Marc-André
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a modular retaining wall, using only blocks which in and of themselves are of insufficient thickness to function as retaining wall blocks. The modular wall includes backer blocks and facing blocks which are connected by connectors in a back to back, spaced apart arrangement, thereby forming a hollow retaining wall. The hollow wall can be filled with loose filler material to increase the mass and retaining capacity of the wall. Further disclosed are wall components and a wall kit for a modular retaining wall. A double sided decorative wall is also disclosed. The modular wall system allows for the construction of retaining walls and freestanding, double sided, decorative walls forming both straight and curved walls.
Les matériaux de construction Oldcastle Canada, Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Lacas, Marc-André
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a modular retaining wall, using only blocks which in and of themselves are of insufficient thickness to function as retaining wall blocks. The modular wall includes backer blocks and facing blocks which are connected by connectors in a back to back, spaced apart arrangement, thereby forming a hollow retaining wall. The hollow wall can be filled with loose filler material to increase the mass and retaining capacity of the wall. Further disclosed are wall components and a wall kit for a modular retaining wall. A double sided decorative wall is also disclosed. The modular wall system allows for the construction of retaining walls and freestanding, double sided, decorative walls forming both straight and curved walls.
E02D 17/18 - Construction de digues ou de terre-pleins
E04B 2/34 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par introduction d'un matériau avec ou sans armatures dans de petits canaux ménagés dans les éléments ou dans les rainures entre ceux-ci
E04G 21/14 - Transport ou assemblage des éléments de construction
E04C 1/39 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments caractérisés par des adaptations particulières, p. ex. servant à loger des conduites, à former des frises, des corniches ou des tablettes, à ancrer des sablières ou des dormants de portes, pour claustra
E04B 2/86 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place dans des coffrages permanents
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
Les materiaux de construction Oldcastle Canada, Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Aubé, Stéphane
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Thomassen, Marcel
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a double sided decorative wall using facing panels having a decorative face surface, in particular dry cast concrete panels having a regular surface structure, more preferably an embossed surface, most preferably a patterned surface. Further disclosed are wall components and a wall kit for a double sided decorative wall. The facing panels in the wall are stacked in a back-to-back arrangement into a pair of first and second back-to-back walls, which walls are interconnected by connectors which link at least one facing panel in the first wall to at least one facing panel in the second wall for forming the double sided decorative wall. The connecting members can be in individual connectors, or a combination of connectors for linking multiple facing panels or linking facing panels at corners or curves in the wall. The connectors can be of different length to enable the construction of decorative walls of different thickness. A modular wall system for double sided decorative walls forming both straight and curved walls is also disclosed. The system uses facing panels and connectors, wherein all facing panels are of equal thickness, but may have different lengths and may have different widths. The facing panels of the modular wall system all have graduated lengths, each length being a multiple of a base length L. Thus, the facing panels have lengths of 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L etc. To facilitate the formation of walls with corners, such as right angled corners, the facing panels preferably have a depth which is equal to L or a multiple of L. Building the decorative wall of two partial walls of facing panels with intermediate connectors renders the wall more economical than the previously known walls with base blocks and facing panels suspended from the base blocks on one or both sides.
E04B 2/00 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs
E04B 2/46 - Murs comportant des cavités aussi bien entre les éléments qu’à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, l’une des pièces au moins ayant des cavités utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités par emboîtage de saillies ou de pièces rapportées échancrées, p. ex. de languettes, rainures, queues d'aronde
E04B 2/86 - Murs réalisés par moulage, coulage ou compactage sur place dans des coffrages permanents
E04B 2/30 - Murs comportant des cavités entre les éléments, mais non à l’intérieur de ceux-ciMurs formés d’éléments dont chacun consiste en plusieurs pièces tenues écartées au moyen d’entretoises, toutes les pièces étant solides utilisant des éléments ayant des moyens spécialement conçus pour stabiliser leur positionEntretoises pour parois de cavités
E04B 2/02 - Murs, p. ex. cloisons, pour bâtimentsStructure des murs en ce qui concerne l'isolationAssemblages spécifiques pour les murs édifiés par couches successives d'éléments de construction
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE, CANADA, INC . (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Lacas, Marc -Andre
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
An artificial stone is disclosed for use in creating a covering for a supporting surface. The artificial stone includes a body for placement on the supporting surface, which is shaped for mating engagement with like stones with intermediate perimeter joints to produce a continuous surface covering. The stone has a facing surface on the body, which facing surface has a contour defining a surface area and is subdivided by at least one simulated joint into a major surface portion and at least one minor surface portion. The major surface portion is free of simulated joints and extends over at least about 60% of the total surface of the facing surface. The stone further includes at least one perimeter recess in the body for generating a gap between the stone and another like stone in mating engagement therewith, which gap is wider than adjacent the adjoining perimeter joint. Stones of this construction can easily be arranged in a regular, repeated pattern to generate a continuous covering for the supporting surface with the surface of the resulting covering having an irregular, natural appearance. The irregular top contours of the stones, the uneven division of the facing surface and the perimeter recesses and the resulting gaps between mating stones simulate the appearance of a natural stone surface covering for walkways, roadways, pavements or walls.
E01C 5/06 - Revêtements faits d'éléments préfabriqués faits d'éléments à base de ciment ou de liants analogues
B44F 9/04 - Dessins imitant des modèles naturels la surface de la pierre, p. ex. le marbre
C04B 32/00 - Pierres artificielles non prévues par l'un des groupes de la présente sous-classe
E01C 15/00 - Revêtements spécialement adaptés aux sentiers de piétons, contre-allées ou pistes cyclables
E04F 13/14 - Revêtements ou enduits, p. ex. pour murs ou plafonds constitués d'éléments d'habillage ou de garnissageLeurs bâtisLeurs moyens de fixation constitués de plusieurs éléments d'habillage ou de garnissage semblables en pierre ou en matériau similaire, p. ex. en céramique en verre
Les Materiaux de Construction Oldcastle Canada, Inc. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
An artificial stone is disclosed for use in creating a covering a supporting surface. The artificial stone includes a base portion for placement on the supporting surface, which base portion is shaped as a right regular prism for patterned, fitting arrangement of the flagstone with like flagstones to produce a continuous surface covering. The base portion has a regular base contour. The stone further includes a top portion with a facing surface, the facing surface having an irregularly shaped top contour different from the base contour and an intermediate portion connecting the top portion with the base portion. The intermediate portion has an inclined wall extending between the top portion and a sidewall of the base portion. Stones of this construction can easily be arranged in a regular, repeated pattern to generate a continuous covering for the supporting surface without the surface of the resulting covering having a regular, patterned appearance. The irregular top contours of the stones, simulate the appearance of natural stone.
LES MATÉRIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
An artificial stone is disclosed for use in creating a covering a supporting surface. The artificial stone includes a base portion for placement on the supporting surface, which base portion is shaped as a right regular prism for patterned, fitting arrangement of the flagstone with like flagstones to produce a continuous surface covering. The base portion has a regular base contour. The stone further includes a top portion with a facing surface, the facing surface having an irregularly shaped top contour different from the base contour and an intermediate portion connecting the top portion with the base portion. The intermediate portion has an inclined wall extending between the top portion and a sidewall of the base portion. Stones of this construction can easily be arranged in a regular, repeated pattern to generate a continuous covering for the supporting surface without the surface of the resulting covering having a regular, patterned appearance. The irregular top contours of the stones, simulate the appearance of natural stone.
B44F 9/04 - Dessins imitant des modèles naturels la surface de la pierre, p. ex. le marbre
E04F 13/14 - Revêtements ou enduits, p. ex. pour murs ou plafonds constitués d'éléments d'habillage ou de garnissageLeurs bâtisLeurs moyens de fixation constitués de plusieurs éléments d'habillage ou de garnissage semblables en pierre ou en matériau similaire, p. ex. en céramique en verre
B32B 13/00 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement d'une substance à prise hydraulique, p. ex. du béton, du plâtre, du ciment, ou d'autres matériaux entrant dans la construction
LES MATÉRIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Aubé, Stéphane
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Thomassen, Marcel
Abrégé
A method and system for providing a decorative finish on a wall, whereby a facing panel is provided to attach to a backing surface by way of a coupling means Dry cast panels are connected to the wall by way of a key way connector.
E04C 2/04 - Éléments de construction de relativement faible épaisseur pour la construction de parties de bâtiments, p. ex. matériaux en feuilles, dalles ou panneaux caractérisés par des matériaux spécifiés en béton ou autre matériau analogue à la pierre en ciment d'amiante
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Thomassen, Marcel
Aube, Stephane
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is a block for a retaining wall or freestanding wall, with a decorative facing surface. One or more facing panels is mounted to the retaining wall block. Attachment of the facing panels to the retaining wall is achieved by connecting members respectively engaging the wall and the facing panel. A modular decorative wall system for forming both straight and curved walls with at least a front decorative facing surface is also disclosed. The blocks may be of equal depth and height, but may have different lengths, and panels may be of equal thickness but may have different lengths and may have different widths. The blocks of the wall system may have graduated lengths, each length being a multiple of a base length L which is equal to the height of the block.
E04C 1/00 - Éléments de construction en forme de blocs ou autre pour la construction de parties de bâtiments
E04C 2/04 - Éléments de construction de relativement faible épaisseur pour la construction de parties de bâtiments, p. ex. matériaux en feuilles, dalles ou panneaux caractérisés par des matériaux spécifiés en béton ou autre matériau analogue à la pierre en ciment d'amiante
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
An artificial stone is disclosed for use in creating a covering a supporting surface. The artificial stone includes a base portion for placement on the supporting surface, which base portion is shaped as a right regular prism for patterned, fitting arrangement of the flagstone with like flagstones to produce a continuous surface covering. The base portion has a regular base contour. The stone further includes a top portion with a facing surface, the facing surface having an irregularly shaped top contour different from the base contour and an intermediate portion connecting the top portion with the base portion. The intermediate portion has an inclined wall extending between the top portion and a sidewall of the base portion. Stones of this construction can easily be arranged in a regular, repeated pattern to generate a continuous covering for the supporting surface without the surface of the resulting covering having a regular, patterned appearance. The irregular top contours of the stones, simulate the appearance of natural stone.
B32B 13/00 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement d'une substance à prise hydraulique, p. ex. du béton, du plâtre, du ciment, ou d'autres matériaux entrant dans la construction
B44F 9/04 - Dessins imitant des modèles naturels la surface de la pierre, p. ex. le marbre
E04F 13/14 - Revêtements ou enduits, p. ex. pour murs ou plafonds constitués d'éléments d'habillage ou de garnissageLeurs bâtisLeurs moyens de fixation constitués de plusieurs éléments d'habillage ou de garnissage semblables en pierre ou en matériau similaire, p. ex. en céramique en verre
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Penterman, John
Declos, Robert
Remillard, Joel
Abrégé
Disclosed is a wall assembly including preformed building blocks and a trellis type support member for maintaining the building blocks in place in the desired orientation. The wall assembly further includes at least one support for holding the trellis upright. The individual blocks are connected to the supporting trellis for added stability. Although not every block in the wall need be connected to the trellis support member in order to achieve the desired added stability, it is preferred to connect each block in the wall to the trellis. Connectors are provided for connecting the blocks to the trellis. Each block preferably is connected to the trellis by at least one connector, most preferably by a pair of connectors. To accommodate relative movement or shifting of the blocks during installation and in situ, the connectors are preferably movably connected to the trellis or the block, or both. Although this allows the blocks to shift relative to one another and relative to the trellis, buckling, leaning and toppling of the wall is avoided, since the combination of the blocks with the trellis panel and the support results in an overall rigid structure and the trellis panel and support maintain the structure in the desired upright orientation.
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Lacas, Marc-Andre
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
An artificial stone is disclosed for use in creating a covering for a supporting surface. The artificial stone includes a body for placement on the supporting surface, which is shaped for mating engagement with like stones with intermediate perimeter joints to produce a continuous surface covering. The stone has a facing surface on the body, which facing surface has a contour defining a surface area and is subdivided by at least one simulat-ed joint into a major surface portion and at least one minor surface portion. The major surface portion is free of simulated joints and extends over at least about 60% of the total surface of the facing surface. The stone fur-ther includes at least one perimeter recess in the body for generating a gap between the stone and another like stone in mating engage-ment therewith, which gap is wider than adja-cent the adjoining perimeter joint. Stones of this construction can easily be arranged in a regular, repeated pattern to generate a contin-uous covering for the supporting surface with the surface of the resulting covering having an irregular, natural appearance. The irregular top contours of the stones, the uneven divi-sion of the facing surface and the perimeter recesses and the resulting gaps between mating stones simulate the appearance of a natural stone surface covering for walkways, roadways, pavements or walls.
B44F 9/04 - Dessins imitant des modèles naturels la surface de la pierre, p. ex. le marbre
C04B 32/00 - Pierres artificielles non prévues par l'un des groupes de la présente sous-classe
E01C 5/06 - Revêtements faits d'éléments préfabriqués faits d'éléments à base de ciment ou de liants analogues
E01C 15/00 - Revêtements spécialement adaptés aux sentiers de piétons, contre-allées ou pistes cyclables
E04F 13/14 - Revêtements ou enduits, p. ex. pour murs ou plafonds constitués d'éléments d'habillage ou de garnissageLeurs bâtisLeurs moyens de fixation constitués de plusieurs éléments d'habillage ou de garnissage semblables en pierre ou en matériau similaire, p. ex. en céramique en verre
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
A set of artificial stones is disclosed for use in creating a covering for a supporting surface. Each artificial stone preferably includes a base portion for placement on the supporting surface, which base portion is shaped as a right regular prism for patterned, fitting arrangement of the flagstone with like flagstones in the set to produce a continuous surface covering. The base portion has a regular base contour. The stone further includes a top portion with a facing surface, the facing surface having an irregularly shaped top contour different from the base contour and an intermediate portion connecting the top portion with the base portion. The intermediate portion has an inclined wall extending between the top portion and a sidewall of the base portion. The irregular top contours of the stones, simulate the appearance of natural stone.
B32B 13/00 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement d'une substance à prise hydraulique, p. ex. du béton, du plâtre, du ciment, ou d'autres matériaux entrant dans la construction
B44F 9/04 - Dessins imitant des modèles naturels la surface de la pierre, p. ex. le marbre
C04B 32/00 - Pierres artificielles non prévues par l'un des groupes de la présente sous-classe
E04F 13/14 - Revêtements ou enduits, p. ex. pour murs ou plafonds constitués d'éléments d'habillage ou de garnissageLeurs bâtisLeurs moyens de fixation constitués de plusieurs éléments d'habillage ou de garnissage semblables en pierre ou en matériau similaire, p. ex. en céramique en verre
E04F 15/08 - Revêtements de sol composés d'un certain nombre d'éléments semblables uniquement en pierre ou en matériau analogue, p. ex. bétonRevêtements de sol composés d'un certain nombre d'éléments semblables en verre
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Lacas, Marc-Andre
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Abrégé
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a modular retaining wall, using only blocks which in and of themselves are of insufficient thickness to function as retaining wall blocks. The modular wall includes backer blocks and facing blocks which are connected by connectors in a back to back, spaced apart arrangement, thereby forming a hollow retaining wall. The hollow wall can be filled with loose filler material to increase the mass and retaining capacity of the wall. Further disclosed are wall components and a wall kit for a modular retaining wall. A double sided decorative wall is also disclosed. The modular wall system allows for the construction of retaining walls and freestanding, double sided, decorative walls forming both straight and curved walls.
LES MATERIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION OLDCASTLE CANADA, INC. (Canada)
Inventeur(s)
Castonguay, Bertin
Daoust, Robert
Evans, Tamara
Penterman, John
Abrégé
A stackable concrete wall block is disclosed having a prism shaped body with front, rear top and bottom faces, in a stacked condition, and at least a pair of side walls for placement opposite a like block placed side by side to the wall block, whereby a lip protrudes from at least one of the sidewalls and is coplanar with the front face for spacing the body of the block from that of a like block placed adjacent thereto. As is the case with tapered blocks known in the art, this spacing allows the assembly of curved walls. However, a prism shaped block with parallel side walls and a lip is more easily manufactured than a tapered block with angled side walls, since no movable mold walls are required, when the block is made in a dry casting process. The front face and lip can have an embossed surface structure.