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Construction block and building system
The present invention provides a construction block able to be assembled into walls and like structures of a building. A wall constructed from the construction blocks comprises a plurality of courses of the blocks arranged one upon another. The construction block comprises a moulded hollow polymer body which may comprise recycled polymer and which has having top and bottom faces, first and second upright end faces, an upright front face and an upright rear face. The first end face is provided with at least one male location feature receivable by a complementary female feature of the second end face of another similarly formed block, whereby in the wall the construction block is able locate with respect to neighbouring construction blocks in the same course, One of the top and bottom faces is provided with at least one male location feature receivable by a complementary female location feature of the other of the top and bottom faces of another similarly formed block, whereby in the wall the construction block is able to locate with respect to neighbouring construction blocks in the courses above it and below it. The front face carries a front facing which may contribute fire resistance.
Construction block and building system
The present invention provides a construction block able to be assembled into walls and like structures of a building. A wall constructed from the construction blocks comprises a plurality of courses of the blocks arranged one upon another. The construction block comprises a moulded hollow polymer body which may comprise recycled polymer and which has having top and bottom faces, first and second upright end faces, an upright front face and an upright rear face. The first end face is provided with at least one male location feature receivable by a complementary female feature of the second end face of another similarly formed block, whereby in the wall the construction block is able locate with respect to neighbouring construction blocks in the same course, One of the top and bottom faces is provided with at least one male location feature receivable by a complementary female location feature of the other of the top and bottom faces of another similarly formed block, whereby in the wall the construction block is able to locate with respect to neighbouring construction blocks in the courses above it and below it. The front face carries a front facing which may contribute fire resistance.
Construction block and building system
MAPIHI MATEPARAE (author)
2024-10-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E04B
Allgemeine Baukonstruktionen
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GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS
ASSEMBLY INTERLOCKING BUILDING BLOCK AND INTERLOCKING BLOCK CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM
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