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

  • US 9,745,749 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2016
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A product comprising:

  • a concrete panel having a first primary surface, an opposite second primary surface, and four peripheral edges and having a first reinforcing rib, a second reinforcing rib, a third reinforcing rib, a fourth reinforcing rib and a plurality of intersecting reinforcing rib all extending outwardly from the first primary surface, wherein the first, second, third and fourth reinforcing ribs form the peripheral edge of the concrete panel and the plurality of intersecting reinforcing ribs being disposed so as to form a waffle grid on the first primary surface, wherein the second primary surface of the concrete panel is substantially flat;

    a layer of insulating material having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the first primary surface of the insulating material is disposed on the first, second, third and fourth reinforcing ribs and the plurality of intersecting reinforcing ribs and on the first primary surface of the concrete panel, and wherein the second primary surface of the layer of insulation is substantially flat; and

    an elongate anchor member in the insulating material and extending from the first primary surface of the insulating material into the concrete panel, wherein the elongate anchor member has a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the first end comprises a first enlarged portion disposed adjacent the second primary surface of the insulating material and wherein the second end of the elongate anchor member is disposed between the first and second primary surfaces of the concrete panel.

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