IP Library Granted Patent US 9,102,572
Granted Patent B2
US 9,102,572 · App. 14/456,628 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Uniform texture for concrete walls

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Patent No.
US 9,102,572
App. No.
14/456,628
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming a concrete wall having a substantially uniform exterior surface texture. The method includes the initial step of pouring concrete into a wall form. The concrete is poured from a first mixture and is allowed to cure. After the concrete is cured, the wall form is removed from the resultant concrete base structure. A roughened texture is then created on the base structure. A finishing mixture is then applied to the roughened texture. The finishing mixture may be created by separating the aggregate from a portion of the remaining first mixture. The finishing mixture creates a smooth texture on the exterior surfaces of the initially formed base structure.

Claims (15)

1. A method of forming a concrete structure comprising the steps of:

disposing a first concrete mixture into a form, wherein the first concrete mixture includes large aggregate;

allowing the first concrete mixture to at least partially harden and form a concrete base structure;

providing a preliminary finishing concrete mixture including large aggregate;

creating a final finishing mixture by separating large aggregate from a portion of the preliminary finishing concrete mixture; and

applying the final finishing mixture to an exterior surface of the base structure.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of creating a roughened exterior surface.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of removing the form.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of troweling the finishing mixture once applied to the base structure.

5. A method of forming a concrete structure having a substantially uniform exterior surface texture, comprising the steps of:

allowing a first mixture of concrete including large aggregate to at least partially harden and form a concrete base structure;

creating a finishing mixture by separating the large aggregate from one of a portion of the first concrete mixture and a second concrete mixture; and

applying the finishing mixture to the base structure.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of disposing the first mixture of concrete into a form.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of creating a roughened exterior surface on the base structure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 9, 2019
From: SHAW CRAFTSMAN CONCRETE, LLC
To: SHAW CRAFTSMEN CONCRETE, LLC
Reel/Frame 049706/0350 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: LITHOCRETE, INC.
To: SHAW CRAFTSMAN CONCRETE, LLC
Reel/Frame 049667/0102 →