Prefabricated reinforced concrete structural support panel system for multi-story buildings

Abstract

Prefabricated reinforced stackable concrete panels are provided for forming walls and roofs of multi-story buildings. Each panel has an embedded grid of vertical and horizontal steel rods secured together where they cross. The grid is anchored by brackets welded to a base plate along the bottom of each panel, and to another plate along the top. Leveling means (screw jack devices) are anchored to the top plate. At ground level the base plate of each prefabricated panel is welded to an elongated plate embedded in the concrete foundation. A second story is formed by stacking panels on a floor pan anchored to the leveling means of the first story panels, and a pour of concrete completes the inter-story floor, embedding the leveling means. Successive stories and roof panels may be added and anchored to the stories below in the same manner, creating an exceptionally strong structure of up to six to eight stories, firmly anchored to the foundation by the tying together of the reinforcing grids of the stacked panels. The interconnections of the reinforcement grids, the inter-story floors, roof and foundation create a steel skeleton analogous to the steel skeletons of modern construction of skyscrapers.

1 . A panel having anchoring means for tying said grid of embedded reinforcing rods of a first such panel to the grid of embedded reinforcing rods of a like panel stacked upon the first such panel. 
     
     
         2 . The improved panel of  claim 1 , wherein the top horizontal face of each panel has means for adjusting level, spaced apart on and along said face, whereby a second said panel placed atop said means may be squared with respect to said first panel. 
     
     
         3 . The improved panel of  claim 2 , wherein said means for adjusting level comprises a plurality of essentially square plates, each plate having an under surface, an adjusting screw affixed to said under surface, and a threaded nut affixed to said upper horizontal face for mating with said adjusting screw, whereby each plate may be raised or lowered by rotating it and its affixed screw clockwise or counterclockwise. 
     
     
         4 . The improved panel of  claim 3  wherein each panel has a top plate co-extensive with said top horizontal face, said top plate having an underside; and a bottom plate having an upper side along its bottom horizontal face, and said anchoring means comprises a plurality of brackets welded to the underside of the top plate and to the upper side of the bottom plate, said brackets having eyelets through which horizontal reinforcing rods may be threaded and affixed to the brackets, and wherein said bottom plate is permanently affixed to a co-extensive with studded plate embedded in a reinforced concrete foundation 
     
     
         5 . An improved panel wherein each panel has a top plate affixed atop said upper horizontal face, said top plate having an underside, and a bottom plate affixed under its bottom horizontal face, said bottom plate having an upper side, said panel comprising:
 a plurality of brackets welded to the underside of the top plate and to the upper side of the bottom plate, said brackets having eyelets through which horizontal reinforcing rods may be threaded and affixed to the brackets;   said bottom plate capable of being anchored to a foundation for a building, or to the top plate of a lower like panel, by permanently affixing it to a studded steel plate embedded in a reinforced concrete foundation, or to the top plate of a lower like panel;   Adjustable means for supporting a like panel stacked upon said improved panel, comprising a plurality of screw jacks, whereby each adjustable means may be raised or lowered by rotating it clockwise or counterclockwise.   
     
     
         6 . The combination of a first panel and a like panel connected in a stack to form a structural component of a multi-story building; said first panel being an improvement of a prefabricated concrete panel, in the shape of a rectangular prism, having a top horizontal face and a bottom horizontal face, having a grid of embedded horizontal and vertical reinforcing rods, the improvement comprising:
 Anchoring means for tying said grid of embedded reinforcing rods of the first such panel to the grid of embedded reinforcing rods of a like panel stacked atop the first such panel . . . .   
     
     
         7 . The combination of  claim 6 , wherein the top horizontal face of a first panel has adjustable means for supporting a like panel on the first panel, spaced apart on and along said face, whereby the like panel placed atop said means may be squared with respect to said first panel. 
     
     
         8 . The combination of  claim 7 , wherein said means for adjusting level comprises a plurality of screw jacks, whereby said like panel may be raised or lowered by rotating said screw jacks clockwise or counterclockwise. 
     
     
         9 . The combination of  claim 8  wherein each panel has a top plate co-extensive with its upper horizontal face, said top plate having an underside, and a bottom plate co-extensive with its bottom horizontal face, said bottom plate having an upper side, and said anchoring means comprises a plurality of brackets welded to the underside of the top plate and to the upper side of the bottom plate, said brackets having eyelets through which horizontal reinforcing rods may be threaded and affixed to the brackets, and wherein said bottom plate is permanently affixed to a studded plate embedded in a reinforced concrete foundation. 
     
     
         10 . (canceled)