Patent ID: 9068352
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A dual-core support structure for a free-standing structure, the dual-core support structure comprising: an inner core; an outer core; and interconnecting conduits; wherein each core is constructed with vertical and horizontal core conduits that are interconnected with each other, so as to form an open six-sided body that has an outer shape of a cuboid; wherein the inner core fits within the outer core and the interconnecting conduits connect the core conduits of the inner core with the core conduits of the outer core; wherein the core conduits and the interconnecting conduits are hollow; and wherein, the outer core defines an outer boundary and the inner core an inner boundary, and wherein the inner core is smaller in size than the outer core and fits within the outer core, such that horizontal and vertical planes of the inner boundary are smaller than and parallel to horizontal and vertical planes of the outer boundary and the interconnecting conduits slope from the outer core to the inner core.