Patent ID: 6061986
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: E04B,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
A reinforced stucco panel and straw insulator wall assembly, comprising:(a) a plurality of straw bales stacked on top of one another, each of said stacked straw sales having opposite top and bottom ends and a plurality of vertical sides, said stacked straw bales defining a plurality of vertical channels horizontally spaced from and aligned with one another and extending between said top and bottom ends of said stacked straw bales;(b) a plurality of vertical columns of rigid material each disposed in one of said aligned vertical channels defined by said stacked straw bales;(c) a plurality of pieces of fabric each comprised of a substantially air-permeable material and having upper and lower edge portions disposed between and attached to vertically adjacent ones of said stacked straw bales such that said pieces of fabric are disposed on those of said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming at least an exterior surface of said wall assembly;(d) means for supporting said stacked straw bales and said vertical columns of rigid material;(e) a layer of reinforced mortar supported adjacent to said pieces of fabric along those of said vertical sides of said stacked straw bales forming said exterior surface of said wall assembly; and(f) a plurality of screens of substantially rigid material each overlying and capping said top end of one of said stacked straw bales and disposed between vertically adjacent ones of said stacked straw bales such that said screens intersect said vertical channels of said stacked straw bales and said vertical columns of rigid material disposed in said vertical channels and overlap said upper and lower edge portions of adjacent ones of said pieces of fabric so as to retain said edge portions between said vertically adjacent ones of said stacked straw bales.