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B~CKGROUND O~ THE ~NVEN ~ON .
l. ~lold o the Inv~ntlon
T~e pr~e~n~ lnven~lon relnte~ to p~v~r mater~al
contalnm~nt ~y~t~ms ~nd, ln ~rtl~ular, ~o a aont~inment sys~om ,
Eorme~ of a plur~l~ty of $nt~xloc~od pre~brleat~d ~oncr~to
~ct~onH,
2. Descr~pt$on of.~ho ~rior AXt
~ h~ typ$c~1 m~nner of ao~ta~nm~nt when s~t~ing
mortarlR~s pav~rs ~nterlocke~ paver~) or ~andset brick has besn
t~ ~r6~ pour a conerete eurb. Th$s i~ ac~ompllsh~d by f~xst
exc~v~ting the ~ea, eon~tructln~ the conarete orms, pourin~
the aonarete And then xemov~ng the orms. ~aah #tep ~n the
proaes~ typically tA~s one ~Ay, the proc~ thus requirlng a
m~ n~mum o~ thxee aays to con~truct the ~onarete aurb. The C08t8
pax square foot o construet~on i8 thus relat~vely hl~h on small
ln#t~llation~. Th~ in~talln~ion Al~o ma~ ~equ~ro the u~e o~ ~
skilled t~A~e~person to form the curb, ~hu~ ~urthor ln~re~ing
~h~ ~o~t of ~nstallation.
A numb2r o~ ~ntorlooXed cu~b ~y~tem~ hAve been
di~olo~ea ~n the pr~or Art. Typ~c~l of prior ~rt ~y4tem~ are
8~ forth ~n U~. Patent No. 696,7g2 to ~edell wh~ch al~clo~os a
conaret~ ourb~ton~ mol~ed in ~at~ons, each ~ect~on h~v~ng end
pro~ect~on~ and rece~ses, the pro~ectiong of one end enterlng
the recesses o~ tbe end of the ~d~acent curb~one~ U.S. Patent
No. ~,06S,861 to Lines whlch di~clo~es ~ ooncre~ curb~ng
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~ystem ha~ing precast conorete ~ections, ad~cent seat~on~ be~ng
couple~ together ~y po~lonlng a ~ m.mber ~n roc~8e~ formed ~n
~he ~nas of ad~acent sect~ons, the ~ections havlng vArlou~ ~orm~,
lncludlng ~ml-clrcul~r An~!l 8trc~ ht ~'!orms~ and U.8. PAt~nt No.
3,174,412 to Bo~a et ~1. whioh dl~clooo~ ~ oomblnod curb and
gutter ~y~tem for roadw~ us~ng proaAst oonareto sectlon~ e~h
havlng male ~nd femhle ~nt~rlooklng ~o~nt~ at thelr end~, the
des~gn o tho ~ntRxlocklng ~oint~ preven~lng separat~on of the
cur~ng ~AusRa by various cond~lons and or¢os which tend to
ruptur~ ~nd d~loc~te the ~sonry. Other paten~ disalo~in~
lnterlooked or lnterconnoct~d curb ~ect~ons lnclud~ V.S. P~tent
No. 722,580 to H~ U.S. P~tent No. 3,712~87 ~o Stell~ny; U.S.
P~tent No. 3,822,954 to Ansgar~us~on~ V.S. pAtQnt No. 77S,791 to
Aust~n~ U.~. P~t~nt Mo. 3,03~,433 ~o Mahext ~.8. Pn~ent No.
3,636,829 to ~al~?erS U.S. Patent No. 739,854 to ~t1 U.S. ~ent
No. 4,349,$96 ~o Nendr~x~? U.S. Pat~n~ No. 4~660,344 to Gnud~lll et
al.~ U.8. Patent No. 3~326~9 to Cova ~t al.~ V.S. Patent No~
1,~67,501 to Brownt ~nd U.S. Patent No. ~,16~,664 to n~ryento.
~ lthough the afo~?ament~onea pat~nts d~6clo~e ~lou~
t~ohnlqueJ to prevept th~? lnt~rlock~d sections from oeparatlng,
~he priox Art sy~tem~ do not provld~ completely sa~ act~ry
results, part~?cularly Glnce t~a end~ of the interlooked ~oot~ons
requlre both m~l~ and fem~le elements, lnarea~in~ th~ abr$aa~10n
co~t of the ~ect~on whll~ d~oxea~ing the struc?tuxal ~txength
thereo~ Further, the dlsclo~ed ~yst~ms ~re not ~ully a~aptabl~
to the spe~f~a requ~rements o~ pav~r contalnm~nt ~y~tems which
requ~?~ both un~erground ana sur~ao~ install~tlon aop~billtles,
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WhA~ ~ ~ thus ~slred i~ to provlde a pAver conta~nrn~nt ay~om
compxl~ed o pr~aast, interloa~clns1 con~rete seotlon- dherein ~ho
interconn~cted 8ection8 ~Iro p~rtloularly r~ tant to ~ection ,,
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SUM~ARY 0~ TH~ PRES~:NT IyVE~TION
The pr~scnt * vent~on prov~de6 ~ paver con~alnmQn~ sy~tem .
com~rl~n~ ooncrete curb soo~lon~ each seo~lon pre~rnbly
~abrioatod 0~-8it~ And fAb~iCAte~ ln a des~xed p~tern. ~ach
o~ctlon i~ ~ocur~ly ~olned toge~her u8ing a novel coupler, or
interlook, ~ystem. ~he couplor ~y~tem u~e8 a plurality o
coupler memb~rs o vary~ng aon~igura~lons, tho aouplor member
confl~urAtion ~eleoted ~or u~o aep~dlng ~pon tho des~xod
oon~lnment arrangement. ~hu~, A ou~omer i8 provide~, $n
effect, the opportunity o sol~oting from an unlimlted number o~
~ontAlnment Arran~em~nts. E~ch coupler member comprlses ~t
le~t one rQc~s6 for rece~ving a notoh type member formed at ~ne
end of the concxete ~ePtion ana ~ p~d~tal type ~upport me~ber
hav~n~ ~ ub~tAntially ~lAt ~u~ce are~ arranged ~o be
po~ltl~n~d townrd~ the are~ whHreln the pavers ~re to be laid~
paver ~ill matexial overlying the pe~e~tal surfAc~ ~xea to
provlde, with ~he no~ch/re~e~s coupl~n~, ~n lmprovea ~ystem for
pxeventing ~eparation of the interloaked s~otlon~.
The con~alnment sy~t~ of thR pre~ent ~nvent~on req~lxc~
no mortax, U8~ ~reauxed conar~te curbs, or bxaaes, and a~n b~
e~sily instAlled by a mason or homeowner, qulckly ana at
re~uc~d c~
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~or a better nd~r~t~ndlng of ~he invent~on as well a~
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.othor ob~ects and Eurth~r f~aturQs th~eof, re~erenc.~ ~8 mad~ ~o
th~ ~ollowln~ desar~pt1on which ~3 to bo ~d ln ~on~unction
wlth thQ Accompany$n~ ~rawJng wher~lns
Plgur- l lo ~ p~Jpootl~- vl-w o~ th- ou~b and oouplor
memb~r~ . . . .
~ igures 2, 3 and 4 ~r~ pArtial pl~n V~ ~W8 O~ ~ con~inment
system uslng dlfferQnt coupl~r membRrfl5
Flguro 5 18 a ~xo~-se~t~on~l v$ew ~long li~e 5-5 o~
Fl~ure 2t
~ igure 6 $8 A cross-soatlonal v$ew ~lon~ l~ne ~-6 o~
Flgu~ 5s
F~gur~ 7 i8 a cross-~ct~onal vlew along line 7-7 of
~gu~e 27
F~gur~ 8 1~ a cro~s--ectlon~l viow ~on~ l~n- 8-8 o~
Flgure 2~
~ lgure 9 i4 a cros~ ctional ~i~w along lin~ 9-9 oP
Flgu~e 2: ~nd
FigurQ 10 ~ milar to F~gure a but show~ the cont~nment
~ystem ~ormod on an exl~t~ng found~on.
~ÆSCRIP~ION ~?F TRE PRF,F131RRl~D EMBOD,I,MENT
~ eferr~ng tD F~gure l, a pex~pect~ve view o ~ sec~lon lO
~nd ~ ~oupler, or lnterlo~ member, 12 aon~truated in acc~rdance
w~th the t~chlngs of th~ pre~Qnt invention 1~ trAte~
~ation lO ~omprt 8e8 ~n ~longated solia pxef~br~cate~ aoncret~
member 14 having a generally ~r~plzoidal ~bevele~J oross-~eo~on
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~th vertlc~l extend~ng faces 16 and 18 and gene~Ally planar
u~per A~d lower ~ur~Aces 20 Anq 22, r~peotlv~ly. $hQ typl~Al
length of each ~e~tlon 10 ~6 four f~e~ (atandard), the
upp~r~Ac- 20 hAv~ng a wl~th o~ approxlm~tely three ln~he~, f,
th~ lower. surfaae 22 havlng A total w~dth ~pproxlmately one lnch
greator to provlde tho ~forenot~d b~vol aes~n. Tho bevelea
~onfig~r~tion provides ~ structure wh$ch ln lt~elf 1~ inherently
~table .
At the oppo~te end4 o~ a~ch ~ect$on 10 ar~ ~ormed the
male ~l~ment~ of the ~nt~rlocking arran~emen~. In e~nce, the
male elem~n~ ha~ a T-shape ~end v$ew). ~he vextic~1 port~on of
the T-~hape extends inwardly towards the center of sectlon 10
and forms a knuckle, or pr~ect~on, poxtlon 2S. ~be horizontAl
port~on o~ the ~-s~ape ~xt~nds ~nwardly tow~rds the aen~er of
~tlon 10 to a di~t~nc~ gxe~ter than ~h~ inwar~ dl~tance o the
v~r~lcAl ~e~ion o~ the T~shap~ n~ lllu~trated. ~he end of the
hor~zontal portion o the ~-shapQ i8 ~o~ned to lo.wer, or'botto~,
~ur~ce 22 o~ ~ect~on 10 by an angled wall portion 30, a recess
~8 belng for~ea by wall 30, t~e lowar surfaco of the horlzontal
portlon of ~he T-~ape and tho ~nner ~urfac~ of th~ knuc~le 26.
Reces~ 28 iB adap~ed to receive tha ~nuc~le ~ormed on co~plex 12
a~ w~ll be d~saribed here~nafter. ~he coupler 12 ~llus~rAted ~n
Flgure 1, known as a corne~ coupler, comprlse~ ~n lntegr~l
member hav~n~ a sub~antially ~la~ ~urfaae ~ea (known a~ a
ped~tAl) 34, orthogonal ch~nn~l area~ 36 and 38 ea~h havlng a
knucXle, or pro~c~on, 40 with~n ~h~nnel walls 41 and 43 and
~nuckle, or pro~e~tlon, rece~ver reae~s 42. ~he channel are~s
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J6 and 38 and ~he asgoc~nted ~nu~kle6 are ~ixror imAge~ o~ the
knu~kle and ~n~ckle reaelv~r formed on th~ end~ of ~ction io .
The vertlcal walls 41 and 4~ ~oth aat to ~u~e the 6ection en~
lnto engage~nt w~ th ~ha ml~ror ~nua~le ~nd r~ce~vor on th~
coupl~r 12 ~nd ~l~o act ~8 an nddlt~onal teahniqu~ ~o re~t
tlpp~ng o th~ section 10 A~t~r ~hc ~ction en~a~e~ ~he
coupler. The vertical wAl18 41 ~nd 43 are de~igned to be deep
enough to enable ~he ~ec~lon 10 to re8i8t tipplng. Vertical
~xtending member 44 is provided 80 that ~hen two sectlon6 10 are
posltioned ~n channol~ 41 and 43, the upp~r surface 20 of the
engaged ~ections 10 ~re sub8tant~all~ coplanar with the upper
~urfac~ 46 of pro~ection 44 ~uch ~hat the two ~eatlon~ 10 ~nd
coupler 1~ whlch form a por~on of the oont~nm~nt ~y~t~m are at
~he s~m~ level.
An important ~hture of th~ ~oupler of ~h~ pre~ent
lnvçnt~on iJ ~he prov~ slon of pede~tal portion 34 . Portion 34
pro~ dçs An aaditlonal tQahniqu~ for pro~entln~ 8ection
separ~t~on. In partlcular, th~ pe~e8tal 34 for e~ch coupler
con1guration ~xten~s ~nto the con~ainment ar~a 80 that 8ana or
other ~ill mAtRrial ~over~ the uppor sur~ce of th~ p~de8t~1.
~hus, both th~ paver ~l~mqnt pos1tloned on t~e ~ur~ace of tho
~il1 mat~r~al and the fill materi~l also ~a~ ~8 to prRven~
~epar~tion of the ~olned 8~ctlon8 10.
Fl~ures 2, 3 ~nd .4 are pl~n view~ o a paver ~nstallat~on
to illustrate the d$ff~rent con~igurat$on~ o~ ~oupl~r members
which ~an be utilized ~n the pres~nt ~nventlon. ~n partioular,
~orn~r ~oupler l~ (~hown ~n F~ur~ l), tee ~oupler 59, ~n~v~r~l
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. . coup~er ~2, stra~ght co~pler 54, ri~ht or ~ft hand coupler 56,
l~f~ hnnd o~ rl~ht hand coupl~ 58 an~ pro~ onal mit~x
coupler 60 enAble the aontain~ent ~ystem ~o be d~lgn~d to
nccomo~te A s~leo~ed lnetallAt~on ~eA. The c~oupler ~0 Ailows
paver~ to b~ la$d over ~ large ~rea wlthout the nec~lty o~
gr~ ~y~tem, coupler 58 ln aon~r~st h~v~n~ a ~h~rd ~emale
element to enable a sect$on 10' ~o be po5~ oned ~g shown ln
Figure 4, Hection 10 ' ~unat$on$ng A~l a grid to enable a
ho~own~r to lay ~he pavQr ~c¢uxately over smaller areas within
th~ conta$nment system.
F~gure~ 5 and ~ Are cross-~R¢tional vi~wg illu6trating ~he
u~e o~ A ~tx~lght coupler 54 ~o coupl~ ~wo Qectlons 10. Each
coupler nrrangQmen~ sho~n $n Fl~ure~ 2 - 4 have comMon
eat~res. In partiaul~r, each coupler ~ncludes a ~nu~kle/r~aes~ ~
~cAtur~, a~ de~cxlbed w~th ref~rena~ to Fi~uxe 1, such ~ha~ ~he
co~r~ponding knua~le ormed on a ~elected ~ctlon onn be
po~itloned ln the coupl~r rece~ ~nd the ~nuakle on the aou~ler
~an engage the rec¢~s foxmed ln each end of se~tion 10. In
Addltion, each coupl~x lncludss a~ least one p~d~tal poxtion
imllar to the pea~st~l pox~ion 34 6hown $n Pig~r~ 1 to re~lve
the f ~ ll material nl~ prov~ou~ly ~escr~bed. F~gure 7 18 a
sectional view illus~Ating co~ner coupler 12; Flgure 8 18 a
~ecttono.l view of A ` tee aoupler ~ dentical 'co c:ou~ler ~0 and
illu~trates ~ ~luxallty of pav~xs ~br~c~s) 60 l~ld over the
m~t~rlsl, su~h as gravel, 62, ~ctlon 10 be1ng ~upporte~ by
b~~ 4~ ~igur~ 9 is a sa~tlonal view lllu~ra~ing ano~her
po~tiGn o~ the con~alne~ a~ea; ~nd ~gur~ 10 $~ a ~ec~onal view
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" dimilar to F~gure 8, the con~a~nment Eystem being upported on
An exlsting oun~1atlon 70, ~aakflll not b61ing ~oqulro~l.
Th~ present inventlon thus provl~e~ an improvea pAver
contalnment ~y~t-m where~n at l~A~t two pr-a~ conoroto
cont~lnmont sec~on~ are ~nt~rlocked by A coupler to prevent
~ect~on sRp~rA~lon, the co~pl~r inalud~ng ~ ped~t~l ~ortlon
wh~ch extends into the aont~inment ~ren. .Dur~ng an
~nst~ tion, gravel or oth~r ~11 mAterlal ~ 8 placed on tho
sur~ce of the pede~tnl por~on, the ~11 matox~al and tho
paver~ lald on the s~r~ae ther~of providlng An adalt~onal
Antl-s¢p~ration capabillty ~ox the ln~erlo~ked sect~ons.
Wh~le the ~nvent~on ha~ been desaribsd with re~e~ence to
lt~ pr~ferr~d embod~m~nt, i~ wlll be understood by those ~ e~
ln the art thst varlous changos m~y be m~d~ and equiva~ents may
b~ ~ubstituted ~or ele~ent4 therQo w~thout departing ~rom the
true 8pir~ ~ and scope of the lnvention. ~n addi.tion, many
mo~if~c~t~ons may be mad~ to ~apt a partlaul~r situation or
material to the te~ching of ~h~ lnvention without departing fxom
$ts o~nt~Rl tenchln~s.
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