Patent ID: 7461487
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: E02D,E04B,E04C,E04H

Abstract:
1. A wall structure having an above ground wall, said wall structure comprising in combination: a) a plurality of footings disposed at least partially in the ground; b) said wall including a box lintel, said box lintel being supported at each end by adjacent ones of said footings and a plurality of courses extending upwardly from said lintel; c) at least one tensioning rod extending upwardly from said box lintel into said wall; d) said at least one tensioning rod having a lower end bent at least laterally with regard to the longitudinal axis of said tensioning rod and disposed within said box lintel; e) at least one length of rebar extending longitudinally within said box lintel in proximity to and above each lower end of said at least one tensioning rod; f) grout disposed within said box lintel for imbedding said rebar and said lower end of said at least one tensioning rod; and g) at least one further tensioning rod extending upwardly from within each footing of said plurality of footings and adapted for resisting tilting of said wall, each of said further tensioning rods including a lower end bent laterally from said further tensioning rod.