A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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ARTIFICIAL STONE
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.
ARTIFICIAL STONE
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.
ARTIFICIAL STONE
PIERRE ARTIFICIELLE
LACAS MARC-ANDRE (author) / CASTONGUAY BERTIN (author) / DAOUST ROBERT (author)
2015-11-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E01C
Bau von Straßen, Sportplätzen oder dgl., Decken dafür
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CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE
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B44F
Besondere Musterungen oder Bilder
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SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
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C04B
Kalk
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LIME
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E04F
FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
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Ausbau von Bauwerken, z.B. Treppen, Fußböden
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