1. A system comprising:
a) a first plain end concrete structure comprising two side faces extending vertically to end in a bottom face and in a top face and extending horizontally to end in two end faces;
b) a second fork end concrete structure comprising two side faces extending vertically to end in a bottom face and in a top face and extending horizontally to end in two fork ends; said fork ends each comprising a pair of fork walls extending from a fork end face to a mouth to define a slot;
c) a base for receiving thereupon the first plain end concrete structure and the second fork end concrete structure;
d) a rigid support member embedded in the base, and received within said slot adjacent the fork end face; and
e) an aggregate filler material for filling voids between the support member and the slot,
wherein a width of the slot of one or more of the fork ends at the mouth is sized to receive the end face of the plain end structure and the width of the slot increases from the mouth to the fork end face, and wherein the rigid support member is locked into the slot by the aggregate filler material.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the fork walls of the slot comprise projections at the mouth, said projections defining a width sufficient to receive an end face of a plain end structure.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the side faces of the first plain end structure and the second fork end structure comprise a texture or decorative pattern.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the texture or decorative pattern is selected from the group consisting of plain, textured concrete, revealed concrete, stone, rock, masonry block and brick.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the texture or pattern is bordered by a plain surface directly adjacent the top faces, bottom faces, the end faces and the fork ends.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the base is a cast-in-situ pile.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the cast-in-situ pile is reinforced with reinforcing material selected from the group consisting of rebar, metal mesh and wire cage.
8. The system of claim 6, wherein the support member is reinforced with reinforcing material and the pile is cast around the support member to embed said support member.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the support member is welded with rebar for reinforcement.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the plain end structure comprises reinforcement embedded within the structure.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the fork end structure comprises reinforcement embedded within the structure.
12. The system of claim 21, wherein the reinforcement is selected from the group consisting of a steel plate, rebar and steel mesh.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein the support member is selected from the group consisting of posts, rods, tubes, \u2018I\u2019 beams and \u2018H\u2019 beams.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the support member is a wide flange steel \u2018H\u2019 beam.
15. The system of claim 1, wherein the support member extends above the base to a height equal to a height of the system.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first plain end structures and the second fork end structures have a height from bottom face to top face that is selected from the group consisting of 1 foot (30 cm), 2 feet (60 cm) and 3 feet (91 cm).
17. The system of claim 1, wherein the first plain end structures and the second fork end structures are assembled by use of equipment selected from the group consisting of bobcats, forklifts and telescopic handlers.
18. The system of claim 1, wherein:
a) one or more of said end faces of said first plain end concrete structure comprise a first projection; and
b) one or more sides of said rigid support member comprises one or more flanges,
wherein the first projection is received adjacent to said one or more flanges of the rigid support member.
19. The system of claim 1, wherein:
a) one or more of said fork end faces of said second fork end concrete structure comprise a second projection; and
b) one or more sides of said rigid support member comprises one or more flanges,
wherein the second projection is received adjacent to said one or more flanges of the rigid support member.
20. The system of claim 1, wherein:
a) one or more of said end faces of said first plain end concrete structure comprise a first projection;
b) one or more of said fork end faces of said second fork end concrete structure comprise a second projection; and
c) one or more sides of said rigid support member comprises one or more flanges,
wherein the first projection and the second are received adjacent to said one or more flanges of the rigid support member.
21. A system of stacked structures, said system comprising: one or more stacking structures, each comprising two side faces extending vertically to end in a bottom face and a top face, said top face comprising a top profile and said bottom face comprising a bottom profile wherein said one or more stacking structures are vertically stackable onto each other such that the top profile of a lower structure interfits with the bottom profile of a higher structure in the vertical stack; wherein the stacking structures comprise;
a) one or more plain end concrete structures wherein the two side faces extend horizontally to end in two plain ends;
b) one or more fork end concrete structure wherein the two side faces extend horizontally to end in two fork ends; said fork ends each comprising a pair of fork walls that define a slot;
c) a base for receiving thereupon a lower fork end concrete structure and a lower plain end concrete structure;
f) a rigid support member embedded in the base and extending to a height equal to the height of the stacked system, said rigid support received within said slot, and
g) an aggregate filler material for filling voids between the support member and the slot,
wherein said slot has a width sized to receive an end face of one or more first plain end structures such that the end face of the plain end structure is disposed adjacent the rigid support member and wherein the rigid support member is locked into the slot by the aggregate filler material.
22. The system of claim 21, wherein the top profile and bottom profile are selected from the group consisting of shiplap profiles, tongue-and-groove profiles and dovetail profiles.
23. The system of claim 22, wherein the profile is a ship-lap profile.
24. The system of claim 21, wherein embedment of the support member into the base increases with increasing height of the stacked system.
25. The system of claim 21, wherein the thickness and cross sectional size of the support member increases with increasing height of the stacked system.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system for coordinating the development of a component-based application, the system comprising:
a processor and a memory for storing instructions and data to configure the processor to provide:
a modeling module and interface for defining the application a plurality of application artifacts using an interconnected model of objects, the application for execution by a client device and a supporting stateful proxy gateway to process messages communicated over a network between the client device and an external data source via the gateway; and
a build module for packaging the application artifacts in a bundle.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the modeling module is adapted to serialize the interconnected model of objects in a first format of a structured definition language for development use and wherein the build module transforms a serialization of the model of objects for the application in the first format to a second compact format for runtime use to package in the bundle.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the build model packages application artifacts in the bundle comprising one or more of: an expression of the model of objects for the application, a service descriptor (WSDL), a mapping descriptor, a resource descriptor, a catalog and a manifest.
4. The system of claim 1 including a deployment module for distributing the application through a registry and a file repository.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the deployment module is adapted to deposit the bundle in the file repository including a service descriptor for the application.
6. The system of claim 4 wherein the deployment module is adapted to define a deployment descriptor for the application for publishing to the registry.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the deployment module is adapted to define a service descriptor for the application and include the service descriptor in the bundle for the file repository.
8. The system of claim 4 wherein the deployment module is adapted to configure options for distributing the application.
9. The system of claim 4 wherein the deployment module is adapted to update an end-point for the application.
10. The system of claim 4 wherein the deployment module is adapted to verify at least one of a file repository and a registry for use.
11. The system of claim 4 wherein the deployment module is adapted to obtain a bundle from a repository to re-publish the deposited application bundle.
12. The system of claim 4 including a security module to adapt at least one of the build module and deployment module to digitally sign the bundle.
13. The system of any claim 1 wherein the system comprises an integrated development environment tool platform.
14. A method for coordinating the development of a component-based application, the method comprising:
providing a modeling module and interface for defining the application a plurality of application artifacts using an interconnected model of objects, the application for execution by a client device and a supporting stateful proxy gateway to process messages communicated over a network between the client device and an external data source via the gateway;
providing a build module for packaging the application artifacts in a bundle; and
receiving user input via said interface and generating an application in response including a packaged bundle.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the modeling module is adapted to serialize the interconnected model of objects in a first format of a structured definition language for development use and wherein the build module transforms a serialization of the model of objects for the application in the first format to a second compact format for runtime use to package in the bundle.
16. The method of claim 14 wherein the build model packages application artifacts in the bundle comprising one or more of: an expression of the model of objects for the application, a service descriptor (WSDL), a mapping descriptor, a resource descriptor, a catalog and a manifest.
17. The method of claim 14 including providing a deployment module for distributing the application through a registry and a file repository; and distributing the application in response to user input.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the deployment module is adapted to deposit the bundle in the file repository including a service descriptor for the application.
19. The method of any claim 17 wherein the deployment module is adapted to define a deployment descriptor for the application for publishing to the registry.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein the deployment module is adapted to define a service descriptor for the application and include the service descriptor in the bundle for the file repository.
21. The method of claim 17 wherein the deployment module is adapted to configure options for distributing the application.
22. The method of claim 17 wherein the deployment module is adapted to update an end-point for the application.
23. The method of claim 17 wherein the deployment module is adapted to verify at least one of a file repository and a registry for use.
24. The method of claim 17 including providing a security module to adapt at least one of the build module and deployment module to digitally sign the bundle.
25. The method of claim 14 wherein the modules comprise an integrated development environment tool platform.
26. A machine readable medium comprising program code means executable on a computer having a programmable processor for implementing the method of claim 14.