Cut stone construction and masonry method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9045893-B2
Application number	US-201313784766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2013
Priority date	Mar 4, 2013
Publication date	Jun 2, 2015
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015

Abstract

The cut stone construction and masonry method is a wall construction technique using the Flemish bond pattern and utilizing natural stone cut in blocks. The technique employs only vertically oriented semi-dry mortar layers between the stones. No horizontal mortar layers are used in the construction, except at the foundation level. Use is made of the dry-stacking, horizontal surface bonding techniques developed by the ancient Egyptians.

First claim

I claim:

1. A natural stone wall, consisting of:
a foundation member having a flat, planar upper surface;
a plurality of pre-cut natural stone blocks positioned on the flat, planar upper surface of the foundation member and forming the only horizontal mortar joint, the stone blocks being dry-stacked in a plurality of courses to form a wall, the courses having only vertically oriented spaces formed between each of the stone blocks, and the dry-stacked courses being coplanar on an…

Assignees

• Univ Umm Al Qura

Inventors

• Ahmed Khaled I Nabil

Classifications

• E04B2/04 Primary

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic