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Horizontal and vertical reinforcement devices adapted to be utilized in the construction of a wall or panel using blocks, such devices being used in conjunction with an adhesive compound, such as mortar, in order to bring about consistent spacing and alignment of such blocks with respect to each oth

Horizontal and vertical reinforcement devices adapted to be utilized in the construction of a wall or panel using blocks, such devices being used in conjunction with an adhesive compound, such as mortar, in order to bring about consistent spacing and alignment of such blocks with respect to each other in the formation of the masonry structure. The reinforcement devices comprise a plurality of elongate reinforcement members to be utilized in a generally horizontal attitude in conjunction with such blocks, and a plurality of elongate reinforcement members to be utilized in a generally vertical attitude in conjunction with such blocks. Each of the horizontal reinforcement members is constituted by a pair of longitudinal components of uniform thickness, held in a consistently spaced, parallel array, with the longitudinal components of the horizontal reinforcement members representing less width than the dimension of the recessed side surfaces of the blocks. Because of this, the longitudinal components can lie directly against such recessed side surfaces, without interference from the side flanges of the blocks. The vertical reinforcement members are constituted by longitudinal components of uniform thickness, whose outermost edges are spaced less far apart than the distance between the longitudinal components of the horizontal members. As a result, the vertical reinforcement members can be placed in an intersecting relationship with the horizontal reinforcement members at every intersection of the blocks of the array, thus to form a high strength grid.

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For use in the construction of a wall or panel using blocks, first and second pluralities of prefabricated, unitary elongate reinforcement members to be utilized in conjunction with intersecting blocks, each of said first plurality of members being constituted by a pair of longitudinal components of

For use in the construction of a wall or panel using blocks, first and second pluralities of prefabricated, unitary elongate reinforcement members to be utilized in conjunction with intersecting blocks, each of said first plurality of members being constituted by a pair of longitudinal components of uniform thickness, means rigidly attached at a plurality of locations to said longitudinal components, for holding such components in a unitary, consistently spaced, parallel array, said second plurality of members having outermost edges spaced less far apart than the distance between said longitudinal components of said first plurality of members, such that the second plurality of members intersect transversely to and pass through the first plurality of members at the intersections of the blocks of the array, to assure strength as well as consistency of block spacing.