Bonded building block assembly

Abstract

My invention consists of seamless facings bonded onto all types of concrete masonry units, also known as concrete block, used for constructing walls. Facings are cast, formed, molded, or deposited onto ordinary concrete block after it has been manufactured, but before it is delivered for construction. The primary intent is to transform ordinary block into masonry units that have profiles and shapes that are not otherwise available as concrete masonry products. Profiles and shapes are devised that preserve the modular characteristics of concrete masonry.

1 . I claim the enhancement of already-manufactured concrete masonry units by cutting units to the required size and shape when necessary and then casting, forming, molding or depositing additional material as a seamless facing bonded onto one or more surfaces before the units are utilized for construction; any surface selected to be faced receives the facing over every portion of that surface which would subsequently be exposed to view once the unit is mortared into place, leaving none of that particular surface of the original unit exposed; the facings being any that:
 A. are thicker or deeper than ⅜″ at the facing's apex when modular units (or non-modular units cut to modular sizes) are selected for enhancement and the perimeter of the facing profiles are sufficiently thin or tapered to enable the masonry units so enhanced to be used in accordance with the modular system, or   B. wrap around a corner, producing a corner unit that converges at an acute or obtuse angle, or   C. have a simple or compound curved surface.