CA2002374A1 - Containment system for paving material - Google Patents

Abstract

PATENT APPLICATION PAPERS OF
GLENN GOBNELL

FOR: CONTAINMENT SYSTEM FOR PAVING MATERIAL

ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE
A system for continuing paving material, such as brick, wherein a plurality of interlocked prefabricated concrete sections are arranged in a predetermined pattern, the paving material being placed within the area formed by the containment system. The elongated sections have male elements formed at their ends and at least two sections are adapted to engage a selected one of a plurality of coupler devices having female elements thereon to form a portion of the desired containment system. The coupler devices each comprises at least one recess, or female element, to receive the male element formed on the section ends and a pedestal portion extending into the containment area, fill material overlaying the surface of the pedestal portion to further enhance the ability of the interlocked concrete sections to resist separation.

Description

FROll:L)qD~S 8. P~RRY - l ~ TO:SMRRT & EllGGqR (CRNf~D~) NO~) 6. 1989 4:24PI`1 P.~4 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 f~.' ' '' ~ .' , ' ~ .

FRO~ L~DFIS 8. P~RRY - LR TO:SMf~RT ~ 81GGf:~R (Cf~ Df:~) NOU 6. 1989 4:25PM P.~5 ~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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FQ0~ L~D~5 8. P~RRY - LP~ TO:SM~:IRT S 81GG~R (C~ DR) NOU 6. l9E~9 4:26P11 P.07 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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Z0023~4 FQOt1:L~ S 8. PFIRRY - L~ TO:S~1~RT 8. ~IGGRR ~CRN~D~ NOU 6, l9E~9 4:27PM P.08 .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 : - ` ' -2~02374 FRO'~I:LFIDFIS ~ PQRRY - L~ TO:SM~RT ~ 13IGG~R l:C~NRDQ) NOU 6, 1989 4:2~3Pt~1 P.09 . W : ' ~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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:' 20~23'74 FROM:L~D~S a P~RRY - L~ TO:SMQRT 8. BIGGQR (C~N~D~ NOU 6. l9E39 4:2E3PM P. 10 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 20~Z374 FRCM:L~DRS ~ P~RRY - L~ TO:SM~RT ~ BIGGRR (C~N~D~) NOU 6. 19~9 4:29PM P.ll ~ ', ~P . ' . . 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 ~9_ '. ~ `
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FROM'L~DiqS ~ PQRRY - L~ TO:5M~RT 8, E3IGG~R (CRNQD~) NO~) 6. l9E39 4:30P~1 P.12 " 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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Claims (10)

1. A containment system for pavers comprising a plurality of separate elongated sections, each of said curb sections including a top, bottom, sides and ends, a downwardly extending first projection being formed at each section end, and a first recess being formed at each end adjacent said first projection, said containment system further including a coupler member, said coupler member including a second recess and a second projection, said first projection formed on one end of said section fitting into the second recess formed in said coupler member, said second projection of said coupler member fitting into the first recess formed on said section end, said coupler member further comprising a shaped portion having a predetermined surface area, said coupler member being arranged such that when separate sections are coupled together by the coupler member, said shaped portion extends towards the area in which the pavers are to be positioned.

2. The containment system of claim 1 wherein the width of each section bottom is greater than the width of the section top.

3. The containment system of claim 1 wherein said coupler member includes a second set of recesses and projections.

4. The containment system of claim 3 wherein said first set of projections and recesses is orthogonal to said second set of projections and recesses.

5. The containment system of claim 4 wherein said coupler member comprises a vertically extending member positioned between the adjacent ends of said first and second sets of recesses and projections, the height of said vertically extending member being such that the top surface thereof is coplanar with the top surface of said sections when joined to said coupler member.

6. The containment system of claim 1 wherein each end of said sections has a T-shape, the horizontal portion of the T-shape extending a first predetermined distance rearward towards the center of said section, the vertical portion of the T-shape extending a second predetermined distance rearward towards the cetner of said section, said second predetermined distance being less than said first predetermined distance.

7. The containment system of claim 6 wherein the end of said horizontal portion of said T-shape is joined to the bottom of said section by an angled wall portion.

8. The containment system of claim 7 wherein said coupler member includes an angled surface which is coaligned with the angled wall portion of said T-shape when said section is inserted into said coupler member.

9. The containment system of claim 1 wherein the surface of said shaped portion is adapted to receive fill material added to the containment area.

10. The containment system of claim 9 wherein certain of said pavers are positioned on top of the fill material overlying the surface of said shaped portion.