Patent ID: 9353520
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: E04B,E04C

Claim Text:
1. An energy and weight efficient building block, comprising: a prismatic body comprised of a post-hardening material, the body having an upper face defining an upper plane and a bottom face defining a ground plane; a flexible static insert structure comprising a plurality of interconnnected thin-walled elements embedded in the body and each of the plurality of interconnected thin-walled elements extending vertically between the upper plane and the lower plane and defining bottom edges adjacent the ground plane of the body, the plurality of interconnnected thin-walled elements providing static distribution of a cumulative load when stacked; a plurality of positive adapters formed on the upper face and protruding from the upper plane of the body; and a plurality of negative adapters formed into the bottom face extending from the ground plane into the body, the negative adapters configured for being fitted on corresponding positive adapters of the building block located thereunder, the bottom edges of the flexible static insert structure exposed within each of the plurality of negative adapters and configured for engaging and fastening to one or more of the plurality of positive adapters of one or more building blocks located thereunder when a plurality of building blocks are stacked.