Patent ID: 9464431
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: E02D,E04B,E04C

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a double sided hollow wall, comprising the steps of providing a plurality of concrete facing panels having a front surface and an opposite, back surface, the back surface including at least one retaining groove; stacking the concrete facing panels back-to-back in spaced apart parallel rows to form a pair of spaced apart parallel first and second wall components and an intermediate space; connecting each concrete facing panel in the first wall component with at least one concrete facing panel in the second wall component in the back-to-back orientation to form the double sided wall; and bridging a first concrete facing panel in the first wall component with at least one second concrete facing panel in the second wall component by using a branched connector for providing the double sided wall with stability against shifting of the first and second concrete facing panels parallel to one another, the branched connector being generally Y-shaped with a first connecting end and an opposite branched end, the branched end having at least a pair of second connecting ends, the step of bridging including attaching the first connecting end to the at least one retaining groove in the first concrete facing panel and attaching each of the second connecting ends to at least one retaining groove of the at least one second concrete facing panel.