Abstract:
Apparatus and processes that include a detectable warning tile having a top side with a plurality of protuberances forming a pattern or array and a second tile member disposed perpendicular to an edge of the detectable warning tile. The bottom side of both the detectable warning tile and the second tile member have at least one anchoring member embedded within a concavity in the bottom side, making the tile and tile member especially durable on platform edges.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a composite shaped block produced by placing a top plate serving as a covering layer onto a supporting body. This supporting body is provided with a binder compound and is produced by a shaping process. The invention also relates to a method for producing composite shaped blocks of this type.
Abstract:
Masonry landscaping modules and methods for landscaping using the modules are disclosed. The masonry modules each have an upper portion comprising a plurality of masonry elements bonded to an upper surface of a lower portion. The masonry elements, preferably clay brick, are arranged in predetermined patterns and spaced from each other on the upper surface of the lower portion to define masonry joints between them. The lower portion comprises a concrete base having side walls which taper inwardly toward a bottom surface of the lower portion to define a trapezoidally shaped lower portion. Either steel reinforcing bars or fiberglass fibers are embedded in the lower portion. In completed products such as patios and walkways where multiple modules are placed adjacent to each other, inverted Y-shaped or "key" paving joints are formed between modules. Methods of laying the modules to form a variety of masonry products such as paving and other decorative arrangements are disclosed.
Abstract:
An object of this application is a paving slab. Another object of this application is a method to produce paving slabs containing filling elements (2) of irregular texture in its volume and on its front side, preferably natural stone elements, comprising preparing of the matrix, covering the matrix with non-adhesive film (1), arranging the filling elements (2) in the matrix, leaving gaps between them, pouring grout (3) on the filling elements to fill the gaps between said elements (2) to the height h of the matrix, wetting the exposed surface of filling elements (2), filling the matrix with concrete (4) to its full height, leaving it for initial setting, removing the matrix, leaving the slab to fully set, turning the slab over by 180°, removing concrete flashes and filling in the grout. Another object of the invention is also a paving slab produced using the said method.
Abstract:
Apparatus and processes that include tiles having an extending member that is disposed within a concavity on the bottom side of the tile and that extends a distance therefrom. The extending member may additionally be coupled to an anchor member disposed within the concavity on the bottom side of the tile. The extending member is set within a substrate such that it is held fast, thereby improving the bonding of the tile to the substrate.
Abstract:
An interlockable brick/block can be interlocked side-by-side with identical bricks/blocks and/or with similar bricks/blocks having sides of complementary shape. The brick/block comprises a lower block portion (101,201,301) and a top finish layer (102,202,302) of granite, marble, ceramic, porcelain or terra cotta or imitations thereof that is permanently or removably fixed on the lower block portion. The lower block portion (101,201,301) has a side of given peripheral shape that defines an interlocking periphery for side-by-$jde fitting with identical bricks/blocks and/or with similar bricks/blocks having sides of complementary shape, The top finish layer (102,202,302) is flat but can have a beveled edge. The brick/block is suitable for applying a top finish surface of granite, marble, ceramic, porcelain or terra cotta or imitations to a floor, pavement or the like.
Abstract:
A decorative paving tile or panel comprises a plurality of irregularly shaped stone elements of the same or differing thickness embedded in a backing layer or base to form a tile or panel of the predetermined thickness wherein the normally exposed surfaces of said stone elements lie in a plane substantially parallel to a mounting surface of said backing layer or base. A flowable displacement material may be employed in the interstices between adjacent stone elements and/or a boundary wall of a tile or panel mould to forma grouting channel. An irregular space between adjacent stone elements of adjacent tiles or panels allows the formation of an optically seamless tiled or panelled surface when grouted.