Some inventions arise out of a need to satisfy the requirements of a dependent science. For instance, Dr. Prueitt’s Convection Tower (CT), the acclaimed invention for wind power and clean air, requires an enormously tall structure. The time and high cost of customary construction methods needed to construct this tower are an impediment. So, he invented a compressed air, rigid building block (CARBB) to satisfy the lightweight and strength required by the Convection Tower.

Dr. Prueitt has devised a breakthrough and exciting patent that allows structures to be built faster, cheaper and better than most building components found in construction projects.

To give an idea of the kind of load that can be borne by a CARBB, suppose it is to be used to construct a large building and each block is in the form of a cube that is 6 feet on each side. It could support 250 tons (half a million pounds) of weight on top of it. Imagine putting that much weight on top of a 500 lb. box!

It is possible to stack such boxes on top of each other to a height of about 6,000 feet, before the bottom box would begin to collapse. By tapering the weight (that is, by having the higher boxes have less mass and less air pressure), they could theoretically be stacked to over 15,000 feet. These would be excellent building blocks for tall towers, such as the Convection Tower for producing green power while it cleans the air of pollution.

Figure 1. This is an artist’s rendering of three CARBB units at the beginning of a wall construction.

CARBB's Potential

Since CARBBs are lightweight and can be folded down flat for easy shipping, they would be excellent for emergency structures and temporary buildings. Likewise, they would be suitable for military structures when a military unit needs to move quickly into a new area.

Besides their use in temporary structures, CARBB’s can be used for permanent buildings, such as grain silos, warehouses, airport hangers, and storage facilities. They can also be used for homes and office buildings.

The uses for CARBB are varied. There is a worldwide market for CARBB’s utilitarian value:

• Temporary housing for victims of natural disasters
• Distribution centers for emergency relief
• Medical centers for war, natural disasters and refugee camps
• Warehouses
• Hangars
• Military barracks
• Food storage
• Homes
• Office Buildings