US 11,873,640 B2
Apparatus for fastening prefabricated concrete blocks
Jimmy Tremblay, Baie-Comeau (CA)
Assigned to Bréton Préfabrique du Québec Inc., Baie-Comeau (CA)
Filed by BETON PREFABRIQUE DU QUEBEC INC., Baie Comeau (CA)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,125.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,905, filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0356699 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 1/38 (2006.01); E04C 1/41 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/388 (2023.08) [E04C 1/41 (2013.01); E04B 2001/389 (2023.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening apparatus for two or more prefabricated blocks, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of block members sized for location on a plate, the plate being mounted on a pile, the block members each having a stepped corner portion;
a plurality of angled connector plates sized and shaped to abuttingly engage the stepped corner portion of each block member;
a plurality of upstanding walls extending from the plate, each wall being located away from the stepped corner portion to define a gap therebetween; and
a plurality of perforated plate members connected to an upper end portion of each of the upstanding walls, each perforated plate member extending generally orthogonally from the upper end portion of the upstanding walls and towards the stepped corner portion of each of the block members, each of the angled connector plates being sandwiched between the stepped portions, the perforated plate members and the upstanding walls, the gaps being of size sufficient to receive therein an amount of filler material.