Patent ID: 7461488
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A vertical wall structure comprising: a foundation wall that has a length and a width; a plurality of individual, generally uniform sized straw bales stacked a plurality of courses high on said foundation wall wherein said bales have the general shape of a regular parallelepiped having a width, a height and a length terminating in opposing ends and said bales are stacked on said foundation wall with their lengths aligned with the length of said foundation wall: a plurality of vertically oriented bracing ladders attached to the foundation wall at spaced apart locations along the length of the foundation wall wherein each said ladder is a truss formed by a pair of spaced apart vertically oriented rails and struts affixed to and connecting said rails with said struts and rails lying in a common plane, said ladders being disposed at locations on said foundation wall whereby the common plane of said ladders is transverse to the length of said foundation wall and generally parallel to the ends of said bales; and a plurality of X-shaped spars disposed at ends of said bales and having opposing pairs of legs that straddle the bale in an adjacent course above and below the end of said bale at which said spar is located; anchor dowels affixed in the foundation wall and extending vertically upwardly from said foundation wall; and a connecting rod attached to and extending vertically upwardly from an anchor dowel and attached to a plurality of said X-shaped spars.