U.S. patent application number 13/702417 was filed with the patent office on 2013-07-18 for paving element.
This patent application is currently assigned to VIA INTELIGENTE, S.L.. The applicant listed for this patent is Felix Navarro Buitrago. Invention is credited to Felix Navarro Buitrago.
Application Number | 20130183091 13/702417 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 42557391 |
Filed Date | 2013-07-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130183091 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Navarro Buitrago; Felix |
July 18, 2013 |
Paving Element
Abstract
Especially designed for the location of electrical, electronic,
radiofrequency, communication, sensor, telephony and/or
energy-storage components for their application in both civil and
military purposes, the element of the invention takes the form of a
slab, a paving stone, a kerbstone or the like, made from a suitable
material, wherein the underside is provided with a cavity having a
depth smaller than the thickness of the element, the contour of the
cavity being smaller than the contour of the element wherein it is
made, such that said cavity can house any type of component not
part of the paving, such as said electrical, electronic components,
etc.
Inventors: |
Navarro Buitrago; Felix;
(Madrid, ES) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Navarro Buitrago; Felix |
Madrid |
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ES |
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Assignee: |
VIA INTELIGENTE, S.L.
Albacete
ES
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Family ID: |
42557391 |
Appl. No.: |
13/702417 |
Filed: |
May 12, 2011 |
PCT Filed: |
May 12, 2011 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/ES2011/070340 |
371 Date: |
December 6, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
404/34 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E01C 5/00 20130101; E01C
9/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
404/34 |
International
Class: |
E01C 5/00 20060101
E01C005/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jun 11, 2010 |
ES |
U201030609 |
Claims
1. Paving element, which, being in the form a slab, paving stone,
kerbstone or the like, and having any configuration and being made
in different types of materials, with one or another finish, is
characterized in that the underside of the element is provided with
a cavity having a depth smaller than the thickness of the element,
the contour of the cavity being smaller than the contour of the
element wherein it is made; with the special characteristic that
said cavity established in the underside of the paving element can
house any type of component not part of the paving, such as
electrical, electronic, radiofrequency, communication, telephony or
energy components.
2. Paving element, according to claim 1, wherein the cavity
provided in the underside of the paving element, has any contour,
regular or irregular, said contour being distanced from the
external perimeter of the element wherein the cavity is made.
3. Paving element, according to claim 1, wherein the cavity is made
in the manufacturing process of the paving element.
4. Paving element, according to claim 1, wherein the cavity is made
in a process subsequent to that of the manufacturing of the paving
element.
5. Paving element, according to claim 2, wherein the cavity is made
in the manufacturing process of the paving element.
6. Paving element, according to claim 2, wherein the cavity is made
in a process subsequent to that of the manufacturing of the paving
element.
Description
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a paving element which,
irrespective of the material of which it is made, of its form and
characteristics, has the special characteristic that it has a
cavity on its underside for the location of electrical, electronic,
radiofrequency, communication, sensor, telephony and/or
energy-storage components for their application both in civil and
military purposes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] It is a fact that as technological innovation advances,
certain objects and components, both of communications and other
sectors, have seen their dimensions vary with a drastic reduction
therein, therefore there are currently minute electrical,
electronic, radiofrequency, communication, sensor, telephony and/or
energy-storage equipment, which are providing their service with
civil or military purpose in areas located within casings, moulds
or boxes of a different location, form and texture.
[0003] For this reason, bearing in mind that the paving elements,
whether kerbstones, slabs, paving stones, or any other construction
cladding component, are solely and exclusively provided as
decorative elements and to make the thoroughfares or the open or
closed spaces passable, are fundamentally characterized by their
colour, form and resistance, without bearing in mind other possible
utilities that they could offer maintaining those characteristics
of colour, form and resistance.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The paving element claimed, having the form of a paving
stone, kerbstone or slab, and having any form, resistance or colour
and/or decoration, has the special characteristic that on its
underside or reverse it has a cavity which can be obtained in the
manufacturing process of the element or can be performed subsequent
to the manufacturing of said element, since the only purpose that
said cavity has is to allow housing therein components not part of
the paving, and which give service to other different uses.
[0005] The cavity of the underside of the paving element, whether
made in a slab, a paving stone or in a kerbstone, serves as housing
for electrical, electronic, radiofrequency or communication
components, as well as for telephony and housing of any type of
energy, for which reason the element, in addition to fulfilling the
conventional function, which is that of serving as a decorative
element and to make the thoroughfares or the open or closed spaces
passable, fulfils a second function, which is that of housing and
concealing certain objects or components such as the
aforementioned.
[0006] The cavity provided in the reverse of the paving element
will have a depth smaller than the thickness of the element to
avoid the breakage thereof, also being perimetrically separated
from the side edges of the element and avoiding with this its
breakage, i.e. to achieve that the element maintains its resistance
and typical characteristics of what is a paving element.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] To complement the description that will be made and in order
to aid towards a better understanding of the characteristics of the
invention, in accordance with a preferred example of practical
embodiment thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral
part of said description wherein, with illustrative and
non-limiting character, the following has been represented:
[0008] FIG. 1.--Shows a bottom perspective view of a conventional
paving element, such as a slab, with the cavity as novel
characteristic of the invention.
[0009] FIG. 2.--Shows a side elevational view of the element
represented in the previous figure, the broken line showing the
depth and breadth of the cavity with respect to the element.
[0010] FIG. 3.--Shows a top perspective view of the same element
represented in the previous figures, the broken line showing the
contour of the cavity provided in the underside or reverse of the
element in question.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
[0011] As can be seen in the figures indicated, the paving element
(1) of the invention, which may be a slab, a kerbstone, a paving
stone, etc., has the special characteristic that in its underside
or reverse (2) a cavity (3) has been provided which may have any
contour, although in the example of embodiment shown the contour of
that cavity (3) is circular, but without rejecting the possibility
that it is polygonal, regular, irregular, etc., so that in any case
that cavity (3) has a depth smaller than the thickness of the
element (1), while the contour of the cavity (3) is distanced from
the edges or general perimeter general of the element (1), as is
represented in the figures, so as not to decrease the resistance of
the element and so that it can be used not only as a conventional
element in the paving of floors, but also that it is provided with
that cavity (3) to house the different components such as the
abovementioned, whether electrical, electronic, radiofrequency,
communication, etc.
[0012] Evidently, that cavity (3) can be made in the manufacturing
process of the paving element (1), or it can be made subsequent to
the manufacturing process of the element, and in any case the
cavity (3) is provided to house components not part of the paving,
which give service to other uses, and by virtue of the fact that
depth is smaller than the thickness of the element, that cavity (3)
shall not perforate the element (1), maintaining the front or
visible side perfectly intact.
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