Interlocking building blocks and mortarless interlocking building system
A building system including at least one block and further including at least one mortarless side panel including a finished outside surface and at least one dovetail protrusion on an opposing surface for joining the side panel to the at least one blocks, and a connector on each end of the panel for joining the side panel to other side panels, and at least one top cap including a finished top surface.
1. A mortarless interlocking building block for constructing at least one of walls or partitions of a building comprising:
a solid moulded body comprised of recycled materials having a front face, a rear face, opposed top and bottom faces and opposed end faces,
the opposed front and rear faces being substantially identical and including at least two vertically extending dovetail protrusions defining a dovetail recess therebetween for matingly receiving a dovetail protrusion of another building component,
one of the opposed end faces having at least one vertically extending dovetail recess and the other of the end faces having at least one vertically extending dovetail protrusion for mating with a dovetail recess of another building block to interconnect adjacent blocks in end-to-end relation, and
the top face having at least two tubular protrusions and the bottom face having at least two tubular recesses to lock stacked building blocks,
where each of the dovetail protrusions being substantially identical having a same dimension and all of the dovetail recesses are sized to receive a respective said dovetail protrusion.
2. The block of claim 1 , further including at least one channel for receiving wiring, piping or reinforcement.
3. The block of claim 2 , wherein the dovetail protrusions further comprise flat front faces and rounded corners.
4. The block of claim 3 , wherein the tubular protrusions are open at top and edges of the tubular protrusions are rounded.
5. The block of claim 4 , wherein edges of the tubular recesses are chamfered.
6. The block of claim 5 , wherein the recycled materials comprise a mixture of recycled plastic and recycled aggregate.
7. A building system comprising:
a plurality of mortarless interlocking building blocks for constructing at least one of walls or partitions of a building, each block comprising:
a solid moulded body comprised of recycled materials having a front face, a rear face, opposed top and bottom faces and opposed end faces,
the opposed front and rear faces being substantially identical and including at least two vertically extending dovetail protrusions defining a dovetail recess therebetween for matingly receiving a dovetail protrusion of another building component,
one of the opposed end faces having at least one vertically extending dovetail recess and the other of the end faces having at least one vertically extending dovetail protrusion for mating with a dovetail recess of another building block to interconnect adjacent blocks in end-to-end relation, and
the top face having at least two tubular protrusions and the bottom face having at least two tubular recesses to lock stacked building blocks,
where each of the dovetail protrusions being substantially identical having a same dimension and all of the dovetail recesses are sized to receive a respective said dovetail protrusion,
and further comprising:
at least one mortarless side panel including a finished outside surface and at least one dovetail protrusion on an opposing surface for joining the side panel to at least one of the blocks, and a connector on each end of the panel for joining the side panel to other side panels, and
at least one top cap including a finished top surface.
8. The building system of claim 7 , wherein the mortarless side panel further comprises a protrusion at one end and a notch at the other end for forming a pressure fit seal when two side panels are locked together, wherein the pressure seal inhibits water penetration.
9. The building system of claim 7 , further including at least one channel for receiving wiring, piping or reinforcement.
10. The building system of claim 9 , wherein the dovetail protrusions further comprise flat front faces and rounded corners.
11. The building system of claim 10 , wherein the tubular protrusions are open at top and edges of the tubular protrusions are rounded.
12. The building system of claim 11 , wherein edges of the tubular recesses are chamfered.
13. The building system of claim 12 , wherein the recycled materials comprise a mixture of recycled plastic and recycled aggregate.