Patent ID: 9546484
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04C

Claim:
1. A precast concrete panel for constructing a wall, the panel comprising: (a) a rectangular precast concrete panel body defining a top edge, a bottom edge, and first and second lateral edges; (b) a first type connector formed from concrete material along the top edge and along the first lateral edge, wherein the first type connector comprises two spaced-apart ridges protruding from a base plane of the first type connector at the respective panel edge in which the first type connector is formed, the two spaced-apart ridges defining a first type connector channel there between; and (c) a second type connector formed from the concrete material along the second lateral edge, the second type connector being formed as a groove of sufficient size to, when assembled such that the second lateral edge is edge-to-edge with a first lateral edge of another concrete panel having a respective first type connector, receive each of the two spaced-apart ridges of the respective first type connector of the other concrete panel and form a cavity for receiving a length of rebar extending longitudinally along the second lateral edge.