Reusable Modular Block Wall Assembly System

• US 20080245005A1
• Filed: 04/09/2007
• Published: 10/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harry C. Fennell
• Original Assignee: Harry C. Fennell
• Inventors: Fennell, Harry C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,584,584 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/223.7
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/0206 of rectangular shape
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/0254 Tie rods
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 1/40 built-up from parts of different materials, e.g. composed of layers of different materials or stones with filling material or with insulating inserts

Abstract

A reusable modular block system includes a lightweight structural block having a top, a bottom, a first block end, a second block end, an insulating core, an inside facing and an outside facing wherein the structural block is configured to create internal vertical and horizontal raceways between adjacent blocks, a gasketing system connected to the structural block along a portion of the periphery of the structural block, and a fastening system within and that extends horizontally and vertically through the insulating core where the structural block, the gasketing system and the fastening system form a single, integral block component.

Claims

1. A reusable modular block system comprising:

a lightweight structural block having a top, a bottom, a first block end, a second block end, an insulating core, an inside facing and an outside facing wherein the structural block is configured to create internal vertical and horizontal raceways between adjacent blocks;

a gasketing system connected to the structural block along a portion of the periphery of the structural block; and

a fastening system within and that extends horizontally and vertically through the structural block;

wherein the structural block, the gasketing system and the fastening system form a single, integral block component.

2. The modular block system of claim 1 wherein the insulating core has a central portion, an inside portion and an outside portion, the central portion extending from the top with a shoulder formed along the length of the central portion adjacent and above the inside portion and a recessed channel along the bottom and the second block end.

3. The modular block system of claim 2 wherein the central portion extends from the first end with a shoulder formed along the width of the central portion adjacent to the inside portion.

4. The modular block system of claim 2 wherein the gasketing system has an inside gasket along at least a portion of the periphery of the inside portion adjacent to and spaced from the inside facing and an outside gasket along at least a portion of the periphery of the central portion adjacent to and spaced from the outside portion.

5. The modular block system of claim 4 wherein the inside gasket is located on at least a top surface and a side surface of the inside portion.

6. The modular block system of claim 4 wherein the outside gasket is located on at least a bottom surface and a side surface of the central portion.

7. The modular block system of claim 1 wherein the structural block has one or more tubular openings that extends from the top to the bottom.

8. The modular block system of claim 1 wherein the fastening system has at least one connecting mechanism extending through the insulating core from the top to the bottom and at least one connecting mechanism extending through the insulating core from the first block end to the second block end.

9. The modular block system of claim 1 wherein the connecting mechanism is an elongated member with a fastener extending end and a fastener receiving end wherein the fastener extending end is configured to connectively attach to the fastener receiving end of the connecting mechanism of an adjacent block.

10. The modular block system of claim 9 wherein the elongated member has a retaining member captively retained by the central portion of the insulating core.

11. The modular block system of claim 1 wherein the system includes a horizontal block, a corner block, a sill cap block, a head cap block, and a side jamb block.

12. The modular block system of claim 11 further comprising a base sill fastener configured to couple the fastening system to a foundation sill or supporting deck.

13. The modular block system of claim 11 further comprising a concentrated load support member configured for supporting one or more connected horizontal blocks, sill cap blocks, and head cap blocks.

14. The modular block system of claim 11 wherein the corner block has the second block end substantially perpendicular to the first block end.

15. The modular block system of claim 11 wherein the sill cap block has the central portion co-planar with the top of the structural block.

16. The modular block system of claim 11 wherein the sill cap block has a recessed channel sized to receive conventional lumber.

17. The modular block system of claim 11 wherein the sill cap block has a recessed shoulder along the length of the top of the outside portion.

18. The modular block system of claim 2 wherein the insulating core has one or more capillary break structures configured along the bottom of the outside portion.

19. The modular block system of claim 2 wherein the outside facing has one or more capillary break structures configured along the bottom of the outside portion.

20. The modular block system of claim 2 wherein the outside facing extends over the top of the outside portion and along a portion of the central portion that extends from the top.