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High performance, reinforced insulated precast concrete and tilt-up concrete structures and methods of making same

  • US 8,844,227 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A product comprising:

  • a foam insulating panel, the panel having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the foam insulating panel defines at least one recessed channel in the first primary surface, the at least one recessed channel being sized and shaped to provide a mold for a concrete structural reinforcing member, wherein the second primary surface defines a continuous plane;

    a concrete panel formed on the first primary surface of the foam insulating panel and filling the at least one recessed channel so as to provide a concrete structural reinforcing member for the concrete panel, the concrete panel having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface; and

    an elongate anchor member in the foam insulating panel and extending from the first primary surface of the foam insulating panel into the concrete panel, wherein the elongate anchor member has a definite length defined by a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the first end comprises a first enlarged portion flush with the second primary surface of the foam insulating panel and wherein the second end of the elongate anchor member is disposed between the first and second primary surfaces of the concrete panel and wherein the second end comprises a second enlarged portion such that the second end interlocks with the concrete panel.

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