Patent ID: 6293066
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: E04B,E04G

Abstract:
A process for the construction of multi-course masonry wall having a vertical expansion joint between adjacent sections of the wall, said wall covering a previously constructed underlying wall, said process comprising the steps of:(a) providing a guide having an elongated flat planar base and an elongated planar leg, the width of said leg being less than the thickness of the wall to be constructed and the thickness of said leg being the desired thickness of the joint between laterally adjacent blocks of the wall being constructed;(b) securing said base of said guide to said previously constructed underlying wall with the leg of said guide extending vertically and located at the desired position of the vertical expansion joint between adjacent sections of the wall being constructed; and(c) completing the construction of the masonry wall using the leg of said guide to position the edges of the masonry blocks to define the vertical expansion joint between adjacent sections of the wall.