Patent ID: 7530203

Claim:
A pre-cast concrete wall panel comprising: a footer beam operable to support said wall panel on a surface, said footer beam oriented horizontally when said wall panel is installed into a basement foundation; an upper bond beam located vertically above said footer beam and oriented generally parallel thereto; a plurality of generally vertical stud members interconnecting said footer beam and said upper bond beam, each said stud member being formed with a rigid facing member on an interior front face thereof, a monolithic, free-standing U-shaped foam channel on which said facing member is mounted, and a concrete core formed within said foam channel, said facing member overlapping a portion of opposing exterior side faces of said foam channel extending generally perpendicularly to said front face such that said exterior side faces of said foam channel are exposed on an interior side of said pre-cast concrete wall panel, said foam channel defining an interior insulation barrier for said concrete core of said stud member; a fold-up reinforcing bar support member integrally formed in said facing member, said reinforcing bar support member being oriented generally perpendicularly to said interior face of said stud member and projecting through said U-shaped foam channel to support a reinforcing bar for incorporation into said concrete core when said wall panel is being manufactured; and a monolithic concrete shell incorporating said footer beam, said upper bond beam and said vertical stud members and forming a truss ledge projecting generally vertically above said upper bond beam, said truss ledge terminating in a top surface elevated above said upper bond beam.