IP Library Granted Patent US 12,385,191
Granted Patent B2
US 12,385,191 · App. 17/822,048 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Support product

Inventors: Brett Jeffrey Johnston (Bibra Lake, AU); Ryan Simmonds (Bibra Lake, AU)
Assignee: Rombus World Pty Ltd
E01C3/003E01C11/18E01C15/00
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Patent No.
US 12,385,191
App. No.
17/822,048
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support product configured to receive poured concrete, the support product comprising a latticework of walls and a plurality of edges, wherein the walls extend between a lower surface and an upper surface and define a plurality of cells, wherein at least one edge comprises a catch and a partial keyway, wherein the catch is configured to connect with a catch of an adjacent support product to restrain relative movement of connected support products, and wherein the partial keyway is configured to be located adjacent to a partial keyway of a connected support product, so that adjacent partial keyways define a complete keyway between connected support products.

Claims (47)

1. A support product for receiving a fill material in construction of a path, the support product comprising:

a plurality of walls, at least some of the plurality of walls defining cells, the plurality of walls comprising:

an edge wall defining an edge plane that is parallel to the edge wall; and

a plurality of partial keyway walls defining a partial keyway, the plurality of partial keyway walls comprising:

a pair of offset partial keyway walls that extend parallel to a first direction that is transverse to the edge plane, the pair of offset partial keyway walls comprising:

a first partial keyway wall; and

a second partial keyway wall; and

a transverse partial keyway wall extending from one of the pair of offset partial keyway walls to the other of the pair of offset partial keyway walls;

wherein:

the first partial keyway wall meets the edge wall at a first junction;

the first partial keyway wall and the edge wall define an acute angle at the first junction; and

the support product is configured to be aligned with a second support product such that the partial keyway and a second partial keyway of the second support product form a keyway configured to receive a key.

2. The support product of claim 1 , wherein the support product is part of a path.

3. The support product of claim 1 , wherein the first partial keyway wall and the transverse partial keyway wall define an acute angle therebetween.

4. The support product of claim 1 , wherein the transverse partial keyway wall and the second partial keyway wall define an obtuse angle therebetween.

5. The support product of claim 1 , wherein the second partial keyway wall is longer than the first partial keyway wall.

6. The support product of claim 1 , wherein the partial keyway defines a re-entrant corner of the support product.

7. The support product of claim 1 , further comprising a male catch that projects outwardly, the male catch comprising:

an outer catch portion of a first width; and

an inner catch portion of a second width;

wherein the first width is greater than the second width.

8. The support product of claim 1 , further comprising a female catch in the form of a groove in one of the walls of the plurality of walls.

9. The support product of claim 1 , wherein the support product comprises:

opposed major faces comprising a first major face and a second major face; and

a plurality of edge regions;

wherein each edge region comprises a respective minor face of the support product and one of the edge regions comprises the partial keyway.

10. The support product of claim 1 , further comprising a polymer.

11. The support product of claim 1 , wherein:

the first partial keyway wall extends from the first junction to a second junction, the second junction being a junction between the first partial keyway wall and the transverse partial keyway wall; and

the second partial keyway wall extends from a third junction to a wall end portion, the third junction being a junction between the transverse partial keyway wall and the second partial keyway wall;

wherein a keyway opening is defined between the first junction and the wall end portion.

12. The support product of claim 11 , wherein the wall end portion is a junction between the second partial keyway wall and another edge wall.

13. The support product of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of walls defines a cell structure, the cell structure being repeated throughout at least part of the support product;

wherein:

each wall of the plurality of walls meets another wall of the plurality of walls at a junction; and

a perimeter profile of the cell structure determined by connecting junctions with straight lines forms an asymmetric polygon.

14. The support product of claim 13 , wherein each instance of the cell structure shares at least one wall in common with another instance of the cell structure.

15. The support product of claim 1 , further comprising an access cell that is configured to enable access beneath the support product.

16. The support product of claim 15 , wherein a junction between a number of the walls of the plurality of walls comprises the access cell.

17. The support product of claim 15 , wherein a cross-sectional profile of the access cell is circular.

18. The support product of claim 15 , wherein the access cell comprises inwardly projecting projections.

19. The support product of claim 1 , wherein the support product is part of a pavement course.

20. The support product of claim 19 , wherein the pavement course further comprises a fill material, wherein:

the cells contain the fill material; and the fill material comprises one or more of:

a cementitious material;

a bituminous material; and

a granular fill material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: JOHNSTON, BRETT JEFFREY; SIMMONDS, RYAN
To: ROMBUS WORLD PTY LTD
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Priority Claims (2)
AU 2021221537 · Aug 24, 2021 · national
AU 2021902684 · Aug 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230151557A1 · May 18, 2023
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