Patent ID: 6338231
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A precast concrete wall panel comprising:a rectangular concrete frame having an outside face, a recessed inside face, two side faces and a footer, the recessed inside face including a plurality of ribs for structural reinforcement; an insulation batt embedded in the frame on the recessed inside face, the batt having on an inner surface channels corresponding to the plurality of ribs and substantially covering the ribs; and strips of wood molding secured along longitudinal outside edges of the recessed inside face; said outside face having longitudinal edges which extend laterally so as to be approximately flush with the strips of wood molding to form an outward-facing recess along each of said two side faces, each said outward-facing recess defined on a first side by a concrete longitudinal edge of the outside face and on a second side by one edge strip of wood molding on the recessed inside face, the concrete longitudinal edge and the wood molding edge strip are adapted to abut a corresponding concrete longitudinal edge and wood molding edge strip on an adjacent frame to form a channel for filling with concrete.