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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold G. Messenger, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Gordon L. Brown, Jr., Anderson, SC (US);
Assignee:
Oldcastle Precast, Inc., Rehoboth, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 2/06 ; E04C 5/07 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 2/06 ; E04C 5/07 ;
Abstract
A precast concrete modular device using thin coffered sections reinforced preferably with carbon and/or glass fiber scrim grids, in between steel reinforced ribs is provided. The thin reinforced sections stiffen the steel reinforced precast frame. The thin sections preferably have a thickness less than about two inches, preferably less than about 1½ inch, and more preferably less than about 1 inch. The resultant modules have an areal weight of less than about 40 lbs. per square foot.