Composite Concrete Masonry Unit and Method

Abstract

A composite concrete masonry unit having first and second block members separated from one another and interlocked to one another by an insulating body. The first block and a first block interior side and the second block has a second block interior side that are spaced apart from one another as substantially the same distance by the insulating portion such that there is no easy path for heat transfer through the composite concrete masonry unit. The composite concrete masonry unit is designed to minimize thermal transmittance coincidental to maximizing structural integrity when assembled into a wall.

1 . A composite concrete masonry unit comprising: 
 a first block member having a opposed first and second load support sides with a first block member interior side that meets with the first load support side at a peripheral edge;    a second block member having opposed first and second load support sides with a second block member interior side that meets with the first load support side at a peripheral edge;    an insulating body positioned between the first block member interior side and the second block member interior side to interlock the first and second block members; and    wherein the peripheral edge of the first block member and the peripheral edge of the second block member are spaced a distance from one another such that no portion of the first block member is significantly closer to the second block member such thermal transmittance through the composite concrete masonry unit is minimized.    
   
   
       2 . A composite concrete masonry unit according  claim 1  wherein the first block member has first edge portion and the second block member has a facing second edge portion that are spaced from one another by the distance, and the first block member has a third edge portion and the second block member has a facing fourth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by the distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       3 . The composite concrete masonry unit according to  claim 2  wherein the first block member has a fifth edge portion and the second block member has a facing sixth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by the distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       4 . The composite concrete masonry unit according to  claim 3  wherein the first block member has a seventh edge portion and the second block member has a facing eighth edge portion that are spaced apart from one other by the distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       5 . The composite concrete masonry unit according to  claim 4  wherein the first block member has a ninth edge portion and the second block member has a facing tenth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by the distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       6 . A composite concrete masonry unit according  claim 2  wherein the first block member has a eleventh edge portion and the second block member has a facing twelfth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by a second distance, the first block member has a thirteenth edge portion and the second block member has a facing fourteenth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by the second distance in order to not increase heat transfer through the composite concrete masonry unit and wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.  
   
   
       7 . The composite concrete masonry unit according to  claim 6  wherein the first block member has a fifteenth edge portion and the second block member a facing sixteenth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by the second distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       8 . The composite concrete masonry unit according to  claim 7  wherein the first block member has a seventeenth edge portion and the facing second block member has a eighteenth edge portion that are spaced apart from one other by the second distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       9 . The composite concrete masonry unit according to  claim 8  wherein the first block member has a nineteenth edge portion and the second block member has a facing twentieth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by the second distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       10 . The composite concrete masonry unit according to  claim 1  wherein the insulating body has a serpentine shape.  
   
   
       11 . The composite concrete masonry unit according to  claim 1  wherein first block member interior side faces the second block member interior side and no portion of the first block member interior side is significantly closer to the second block member interior side such thermal transmittance through the composite concrete masonry unit is minimized.  
   
   
       12 . A unit comprising: 
 a first block member having a opposed first and second load support sides with an first block member interior side that meets with the first load support side at a peripheral edge;    a second block member having opposed first and second load support sides with an second block member interior side that meets with the first load support side at a peripheral edge;    an insulating body positioned between the first block member and the second block member interior sides to interlock the first and second block members;    a protrusion extending from the first block interior side and protrusion halves extending from the second block member interior side and wherein the insulating body has protrusion recesses for receiving the protrusion and protrusion halves in order to interlock the first and second block members; and    and wherein the peripheral edge of the first block member and the peripheral edge of the second block member are spaced from one another such that no portion of the first block member is significantly closer to the second block member such that thermal transmittance through the composite concrete masonry unit is minimized.    
   
   
       13 . The unit according to  claim 12  wherein the first and second block members are tapered.  
   
   
       14 . The unit according to  claim 12  wherein the first block member has first edge portion and the second block member has a facing second edge portion that are spaced from one another by the distance, and the first block member has a third edge portion and the second block member has a facing fourth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by the distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       15 . The unit according to  claim 14  wherein the first block member has a fifth edge portion and the second block member has a facing sixth edge portion that are spaced apart from one another by the distance in order to not increase heat transfer.  
   
   
       16 . The composite concrete masonry unite according to  claim 12  wherein first block member interior side faces the second block member interior side and no portion of the first block member interior side is significantly closer to the second block member interior side such thermal transmittance through the composite concrete masonry unit is minimized.  
   
   
       17 . A method of making a composite concrete masonry unit comprising: 
 providing a first block member having a opposed first and second load support sides with an first block member interior side that meets with the first load support side at a peripheral edge;    providing a second block member having opposed first and second load support sides with an second block member interior side that meets with the first load support side at a peripheral edge;    providing an insulating body and positioning the insulating body between the first block member and the second block member and interlocking the first and second block members;    providing a protrusion extending from the first block interior side and providing protrusion halves extending from the second block member interior side and providing the insulating body with protrusion recesses for receiving the protrusion and protrusion halves in order to interlock the first and second block members; and    spacing the peripheral edge of the first block member and the peripheral edge of the second block member apart from one another such that no portion of the first block member interior side is significantly closer to the second block member interior side such that thermal transmittance through the composite concrete masonry unit is minimized.