Casted concrete stone with opposed molded textured surfaces and method of manufacture

Abstract

A casted concrete stone having opposed parallel surfaces formed in a mold and wherein the opposed parallel surfaces have a molded textured surface. The concrete stone is fabricated by a dry-cast concrete mold wherein a profiling plate is provided with mold bottom wall formations each having a textured outer surface. A bond release film or spray or permanent coating is provided on the textured outer surface of the mold bottom wall formations. Mold forming side walls are disposed about the mold bottom wall formations. After the mold is filled with a dry-cast concrete mixture a top plate, having mold top wall formations, is disposed over the mold forming side walls with the mold top wall formations disposed inside respective ones of the molds to close the molds. Pressure and vibration is applied to compact the dry-cast concrete whereby to form a dry-cast concrete stone with opposed molded textured surfaces.

1 . A casted concrete stone comprising:
 opposed parallel surfaces formed in a mold, wherein the opposed parallel surfaces have a molded textured surface.   
     
     
         2 . The casted concrete stone as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said molded textured surface of one of said opposed parallel surfaces is different from the molded textured surface of the other of said opposed parallel surfaces. 
     
     
         3 . The casted concrete stone as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said molded textured surface of one of said parallel surfaces has a different color or tone concrete from the other of said parallel surfaces. 
     
     
         4 . The casted concrete stone as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said concrete stone is a paver stone, said opposed parallel surfaces being a top and a bottom surface of said paver stone. 
     
     
         5 . The casted concrete stone as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said concrete stone is a wall forming rectangular block, said opposed parallel surfaces being a front and a rear vertical surface of said wall forming block. 
     
     
         6 . The casted concrete stone as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a bottom section of said stone comprises a concrete mixture that is different from a concrete mixture of a top section of said stone.