Hollow interconnecting prism blocks

Abstract

This disclosure provides hollow interconnecting prism blocks that affix together to build structures, a wall, foundation, floor, building, flotation device, gardening structure, artificial coral reefs, or toy. The hollow interconnecting prism blocks comprises a designed wall thickness, depending on the material structure of the block to create the hollow center space, whereas human hands can manipulate mechanical hardware inside two adjacent blocks to affix the blocks together. At least two faces have center face holes and connecting holes, whereas the hardware affixing the blocks together remains inside the hollow areas of the blocks, and inside the connecting holes of the blocks being connected together. Connecter couplings may be used to affix the blocks together. The center holes allow for materials such as pipes, wires, conduit, and rebar to pass through two or more blocks. Two or more connected hollow interconnected prism blocks can also be filled with fortifying material.

1 . A 12-inch hollow interconnecting prism block comprised of cementitious materials, comprised of six faces, comprising a wall thickness of a proximate 1.5-inches, a proximate 9-inch cubed hollow center space inside the body of the block, a proximate 4.5-inch face center hole proximate the center area of each face, wherein each face center hole passes through the blocks outface and through the wall thickness and through to the inside hollow center space,
 wherein a proximate 0.75-inch connecting hole is proximate each vertex of each side, whereas each connecting hole passes through the blocks face and through the wall thickness and through to the blocks hollow center space inside the body of the block,
 wherein from human hands entering inside of the hollow center spaces from the side center holes can manipulate mechanical hardware in and around at least one connecting hole inside the hollow center spaces of each of the blocks,
 wherein the first end of a ⅜″ threaded rod will remain in the first block, while the second end of the ⅜″ threaded rod passes through one of the connecting holes, through the wall thickness of the first block followed by passing through the wall thickness of the second block and out of the connecting hole of the second block and into the hollow center space of the second block,
 whereas each end of the threaded rod passes through a flat washer having a diameter larger than the connecting hole, then winding a nut onto each end of the threaded rod to firmly affix the two blocks together, 
  wherein mechanical and electrical utilities can pass through a plurality of connected blocks. 
 
 
   
     
     
         2 . A hollow interconnecting prism block,
 comprised of at least five faces, wherein at least three faces comprise at least three parallelogram faces, and two faces comprise a top face and a bottom face, whereas the top face and bottom face are known as bases, whereas the hollow interconnecting prism block is named after the shape of these bases,
 wherein the block comprises a wall thickness, a hollow center space inside the body of the block, a face center hole proximate the center area of each face, vertex connecting holes and edge connecting holes, whereas all the holes on the block passes though the faces and wall thicknesses to the inside hollow center space,
 wherein human hands can enter inside of the hollow center spaces of each block from the side center holes, wherein can manipulate mechanical hardware in and around at least one connecting hole to affix at least one connecting hole of the first block to a connecting hole of the second block with mechanical hardware,
 whereas a human hand can manipulate the threaded end of a bolt to pass through a washer that has a larger diameter than that of the connecting hole, wherein the threaded end of the bolt continues to be manipulated to pass through one of the connecting holes, and continues to be manipulated to pass through the wall thickness of the first block and then through the wall thickness of the second block, 
  wherein the threaded end of the bolt is further manipulated to enters into the hollow center space of the second block, then with the manipulation of a second hand in the hollow center space of the second block, manipulates the threaded end of the bolt to pass through a washer having a diameter larger than that of the connecting hole, followed by winding a nut onto the end of the bolt, thereby physically connecting the two blocks together. 
 
 
   
     
     
         3 . The hollow interconnecting prism blocks of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of face interconnecting holes proximate to each face corner. 
     
     
         4 . The hollow interconnecting prism blocks of  claim 1 , wherein each face further comprises four face edges and one or more face edge holes proximate to one or more of the face edges. 
     
     
         5 . The hollow interconnecting prism blocks of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one faceplate. 
     
     
         6 . The hollow interconnecting prism blocks of  claim 5 , wherein at least one faceplate is connected to one face of any side or base of the block. 
     
     
         7 . The hollow interconnecting prism blocks of  claim 1 , wherein at least two faces comprise a face center hole and at least one connecting hole proximate each vertex of the at least two faces comprising a face center hole. 
     
     
         9 . The hollow interconnecting prism blocks of  claim 1 , wherein the hardware is selected from the group consisting of a bolt, a washer, a nut, threaded rod, a plastic insert, metal insert, rubber sleeve, and a toggle bolt. 
     
     
         10 . The hollow interconnecting prism blocks of  claim 5 , wherein the first hollow interconnecting prism block comprises a third face, the method further comprising attaching a faceplate to the third face. 
     
     
         11 . The hollow interconnecting prism block structure of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more pipes within the center holes of two or more hollow interconnecting prism blocks. 
     
     
         12 . The hollow interconnecting prism block structure of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more wires within the center holes of two or more hollow interconnecting prism blocks. 
     
     
         13 . The hollow interconnecting prism block structure of  claim 1 , further comprising conduit within the center holes of two or more hollow interconnecting prism blocks. 
     
     
         14 . The hollow interconnecting prism block structure of  claim 1 , wherein the blocks are comprised of a material or materials selected from the group consisting of cementitious materials, cement, metal, plastic, glass, cloth, thread, rubber, sponge, liquid, gas, and earthen materials. 
     
     
         15 . The hollow interconnecting prism block structure of  claim 1 , wherein the structure is filled with a material, or a combination of materials selected from the group consisting of plastic, sand, cement, water, gravel, metal, rock, insulation, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The hollow interconnecting prism block structure of  claim 1 , wherein the hollow interconnecting prism blocks are connected together to form a structure, such as a seawall, wall, foundation, garden, artificial coral reef, or flotation device. 
     
     
         17 . A method of manufacturing a hollow interconnecting prism block, for making cuboid sandbags of cloth-like materials, wherein the cloth-like materials utilized for the sides of the cuboid sandbags,
 whereas the six proximate 12-inch square sides are sewn together around the edges of all sides and vertexes to manufacture a block having six sides,
 whereas each block has a total of six sides, which includes four side faces having a diameter of about 4.5-inches, a top end base, and a bottom end base, wherein each cloth-like material face has a side center hole, a connecting hole proximate each vertex, and a connecting hole proximate to each edge on all sides of the block,
 wherein mechanical hardware can be manipulated with human hands from within the hollow center spaces, using the mechanical hardware to affix the blocks together via the connecting holes of each of the blocks to be assembled, to build a sandbag structure. 
 
   
     
     
         18 . A method of  claim 17  wherein gasket material may be installed on at least one face of the block or between two blocks. 
     
     
         19 . A method of  claim 17  wherein face side holes and face connecting holes may have rims comprised of non-cloth materials, such as plastic, rubber, metal materials, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         20 . A method of  claim 17 , whereas faceplates may be attached to the exterior of the blocks comprised of cloth-like materials.