Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 04/06

20060086057 - Protective storm windows: The protective storm window is a convex panel having a flat flange around the perimeter of the convex panel. The protective storm window is sized so that the flange may fit in to an existing frame of a window, door, vent or other opening in a building. The convex panel...

20060086058 - Dewpoint cooler designed as a frame or part thereof: A dewpoint cooler comprises: a first air circuit and a second air circuit coupled thereto via a heat-conducting wall, through which two circuits can flow two media, wherein the second medium contains a gas, heat-conducting wall break-up means for breaking up at least the thermal boundary layer (50), the laminar...

20060086059 - Fastening system for desk elements: A fastening system for desk elements comprises two rails joined by a corner piece, forming an “L” positioned on a flat surface, preferably a table, and clamped to it by a tension string linking the corner piece with another piece hooked to a base or leg of the table. Vertical...

20060086060 - Connector for concrete poles: A concrete pole includes an attachment mechanism which provides a structurally sound means of attaching to the pole and permits the use of short, inexpensive bolts. The attachment mechanism includes reinforcing bars, a base plate, an internally threaded fastener insert fixed to the base plate, which provides a path from...

20060080897 - Modular structure resistant to forced entry and ballistic penetration: Disclosed is a structure having an outer shell and an interior, designed for preventing forced entry and providing protection from ballistic projectiles for the occupants, wherein the outer shell includes an outer layer formed of a metal or metal alloys, an intermediate layer formed of a relatively low-density material which...

20060080899 - Gutter bracket with detachable front and back clips: An improved gutter bracket assembly attached to exposed rafters for supporting a gutter provides increased strength as well as flexibility in attaching to various types of rafters by including a pair of flanges that attach to lateral sides of a rafter. Thereby, greater attachment strength is achieved than typical at...

20060080898 - Self cleaning gutter system and gutter bracket: This invention relates to capped gutter systems and more specifically the bracket which supports the gutter cap and onto which the gutter is mounted and affixed to the roofline. No gutter cap or screen can completely eliminate the introduction of debris into the gutter channel. The present invention meets the...

20060080900 - Drip edge and fascia system: A drip edge and fascia system according to the invention comprises a drip edge adapted to be nailed to the roof, and a fascia cover mounting bracket adapted to be nailed to an adjacent fascia board. A fascia cover is snap fit to the fascia cover mounting bracket, but remains...

20060080901 - Life sized furniture templates and method and system for using the same: An improved interior design device and an improved interior design method and system that allows the user to visualize how a room will appear by using life sized templates of furniture, pictures and other items placed in the actual room being designed. For the purpose of visualizing the placement of...

20060080902 - Water intrusion prevention method and apparatus: A method and device are presented that creates a channel adjacent a nailing flange of a window in between the window and the rough opening that receives the window. The channel is created by establishing a barrier that prevents foam insulation inserted into the space between the window and the...

20060080903 - Cover for a sliding roof system: A cover for a sliding roof system includes first and second guiding elements that are mounted to opposite sides of the cover in such a manner that their mutual distance is variable, and first and second pivot arbors that are formed on the cover so as to have a fixed...

20060080904 - Ceiling-mounted elevating storage platform: A storage facility has a frame having a pair of first and second opposed parallel spaced apart elongated frame elements. The frame members each include means for attaching the frame to a horizontal ceiling. A cable support element is positioned at each end of each frame member. An elongated rotatable...

20060080905 - Building panel and building structure: An improved building panel with increased stiffness and resistance to buckling is disclosed. The panel cross section is characterized by a novel center portion comprised of radially arranged longitudinal stiffening ribs which transition into side portions configured to allow joining of the panels. The configuration of the panel's center section...

20060080906 - Column climbing device and associated method of use: The present invention provides a column climbing device for climbing structural steel columns having flanges and the like. The column climbing device includes a platform member having a toe portion and a foot portion, the toe portion of the platform member including a first interior surface and a second interior...

20060080907 - Force-resisting devices and methods for structures: A force resisting device for transmitting forces and dissipating and absorbing energy in a shear wall or shear wall segment includes at least one active element, the active element having a force versus deflection property under at least one cyclic load such that the shear wall has at least one...

20060080908 - Sliding vibration-resisting building model: A sliding vibration-resisting building model includes a vibration machine having a vibration table provided thereon with a model base. Two vibration-resisting devices are fixed on the model base, and a model chassis is secured on the two vibration-resisting devices and a model testing structure is assembled on the model chassis....

20060080909 - Flooring systems: A flooring system comprising a plurality of elongate members (1) secured together along adjacent longitudinal side edges by means of co-operating male and female formations (2, 3). The female formation (3) is a channel with relatively convergent sidewalls and the male formation comprises a hollow rail of complementary shape. An...

20060080910 - Groutless tile system: The present invention is a tile system that does not require a grout or other material to be spread over the tiles during the installation process. Accordingly, the tile system includes tiles that carry a flange that attaches to adjacent tiles upon installation. The flange serves the function of the...

20060080911 - Mounting unit for a window or a door: A mounting unit for a window or a door including a frame and a leaf mounted on the frame. The leaf is movable from a closed position by at least one curved guiding mechanism into a parallel knockout position and the leaf is pivotable from the parallel knockout position about...

20060080912 - Single-action egress lock for a sliding door: A handle-latch assembly mounted on a horizontal sliding door and coupled to a vertically movable latch bolt which protrudes outwardly from a top or bottom door edge, and which enables the inside and outside handles of the door to be respectively used for moving the door in closing and opening...

20060080913 - Wall made of panels used in pre-manufactured construction: This invention provides a new wall arrangement in panels composed of glass wool and fire resistant thermal and acoustical insulating material, adequate for any kind of land and weather condition, to create a habitable environment that may be utilized in many applications such as houses, attendance stations, schools, first aid...

20060080914 - Injection-molded window panel and related methods: A window panel adapted for installation relative to a structure. The panel includes a single piece of generally transparent injection-molded material configured to span one or more openings in the structure. The panel has panel attachment inserts for attaching the panel relative to the structure. The inserts are embedded in...

20060080915 - Automatic machine for applying a spacer tape made of flexible material to flat glass panes, particularly glass panes for manufacturing double-glazing units: An automatic machine for applying a flexible tape on a substantially flat glass pane, comprising a machine body in which there is a plane for the substantially vertical arrangement of at least one substantially flat glass pane, a carriage with which a head for applying a flexible tape along the...

20060080916 - Cubicle panel: A cubicle panel is disclosed wherein hangers underneath the panel are inserted into a frame and an upper end thereof is pushed upward and rotated, a magnetic catcher thereon is magnetically attached to the frame, and the panel is engaged to and/or disengaged from holes of a frame, such that...

20060080917 - Curtain wall mullion sealing bridge: A mullion sealing bridge and method for use in a curtain wall system. In one aspect, the bridge is placed at an intersection horizontal and vertical mullions to divert fluid along the curtain wall system. This Abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an Abstract that allows a searcher...

20060080918 - Screen assembly: A screen assembly includes a first frame member, a second frame member and a spring biased roller rotatably mounted in one of the first frame member and the second frame member. A screen is fixed at one end to the spring biased roller and is fixed at a second end...

20060080919 - Fabric/rail attachment process: A channel which extends along a periphery of a panel member is initially provided on at least part of an inner wall thereof with a thin coating of a solid but tacky material which provides a high friction gripping surface. An edge portion of a fabric sheet, which covers a...

20060080920 - Corner moldings and coolers made therewith: Novel walk-in coolers and other enclosures, which employ novel elongate extruded, generally non-insulating corner moldings which receive thereinto wall panels of the enclosures. The elongate corner moldings have elongate first and second channels which extend toward an outer corner of the molding, and extend toward each other along intersecting, non-parallel...

20060080921 - Wall surfacing template: A template assembly for use in the production of a variable depth building wall surface, which may be simulative of multiple units separated by mortar joints, such as a simulated brick, stone, tile, or mosaic surface. The template assembly is formed of a backing sheet which is releasably attached to...

20060080922 - Separated-panel structure of vehiclebody panel: A separated-panel structure of a vehicle body panel including: a first panel, forming a part of an outer shape of a vehicle, including an outer face, a first flange face formed at the rear end of the outer face, and a second flange face formed an end of said outer...

20060080923 - Insulation sheet structure and concrete sandwich wall panel assembly constructed therewith: An insulation sheet for concrete sandwich wall panels comprising a sheet base composed substantially of expanded cellular foam and having opposed base surfaces. Protrusions integral with the sheet base extend from each of the base surfaces from a footprint at the base surface to a distal surface away from the...

20060080924 - Door: The present invention relates to a door. The door of the present invention comprises a main frame in which an opening is formed at the center thereof to mount glass to the opening and which includes a connection mold formed along an inner circumference of the opening and formed with...

20060080925 - Skirting board: Skirting board including at least a support able to be attached to a wall, and a covering able to be coupled with the support by the interposition of an intermediate element. The support includes a base plate and at least a first guide, rectilinear and perpendicular to the base plate,...

20060080926 - Wall bracing system and method of supporting a wall: In accordance with one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a wall brace apparatus for use in supporting a damaged wall from the interior of a building basement is disclosed. The wall brace apparatus includes an alignment brace positioned between a floor bracket, which is secured to a floor and...

20060080927 - Profiled element for establishing tongue and groove connections, and laminate thereof: The invention relates to profiled elements (P) for the interior and exterior mounting, each element comprising at its lateral edges connection portions (10, 20) for establishing tongue and groove connections, and the connection portions (10, 20) comprising co-ordinated bulges (14, 24, 25) and recesses (12, 13, 22, 23) to provide...

20060080928 - Assembled block: A block which can be easily assembled into a large variety of shapes and sizes using a smaller number of kinds of joints at a low cost. The assembled block includes equilateral triangular block plates, square block plates, and joints through which the block plates are coupled together. Each of...

20060080929 - Constructive disposition used in the construction of buildings: The present invention provides a modular construction system to be applied to buildings, comprising a steel structure composed by octagonal tubing that acts as external beams, octagonal tubing that acts as external beams, octagonal tubing that acts as internal beams, structural connections, cross members for the roof structure, a hollow...

20060080930 - Working machine: A working machine includes an upper frame structure rotatably mounted on a lower ground engaging structure including ground engaging means by which the machine is moveable over the ground, the upper fame structure including first and second monolithic frame parts each mounting machine components, the first and second frame parts...

20060080931 - Structural truss with crimp/clamp method of making same: A structural truss (3) with crimp/clamp (18) and method of making same wherein the truss (3) includes disposed U-shaped channel chords (2) and struts (1) interconnected to one another at alternately extending apices (6) wherein successive segments of the struts (1) have U-shapes and inverted U-shapes at their mid-sections and...

20060080932 - Method for providing attachments between a concrete part to a further part: A method for providing a connection between concrete parts. One of the concrete parts is provided with a number of encased, projecting reinforcing bars. The other concrete part is provided with a series of cavities in which said reinforcing bars are placed and are then fixed to the concrete part...

20060080933 - Multi-rung supporting means for elongated building services supply means: A multi-tier support means for supporting service supply means is provided including a first tier having a first tier bearer element. The first tier bearer element has a clip fixedly associated therewith. The clip is adapted for attaching the first tier bearer element to a spine. Each clip includes two,...

20060080934 - Hanger bracket: A bracket is provided comprising a rectangular and substantially planar base panel, a pair of generally opposed and substantially parallel panels extending generally normal to the base panel and spaced apart, with a third panel extending generally normal to the base panel along a third edge, with a fourth panel...

20060080935 - Composition and method for controlling moisture: A composition and method which exhibits enhanced moisture sealing properties, suitable for use with flooring materials, such as concrete, and flooring installations, such as carpeting, wood, tiles, etc. are provided. The composition is preferably non-water-based and can form a non-aqueous barrier coating on the flooring substrate, and most preferably provides...

20060080936 - Method of manufacturing reinforced structures: A method of manufacturing reinforced structures wherein a hardened steel shell is constructed to desired specifications and anchored to a structure's foundation. The remainder of the structure is constructed around the hardened steel shell, thereby incorporating the steel shell as an integrated room or section of the structure....

20060080937 - Wall support and plumb brace: Two or more sections of hollow tubing of graduating width or diameter permitting one tube to slide into adjacent tube. Tubes can extend or contract to various lengths, held at desired length by a securing object of suitable dimension placed through holes in both sets of tubing. Two flat plates...

20060080938 - Process for artificially ageing blocks: An apparatus for artificially ageing blocks, in particular concrete blocks, vitrified bricks and natural stones, has an underlying surface, on which the blocks can be placed in such a way that the surface to be worked and the adjoining edges are exposed. Provided here are essentially freely movable distressing bodies...

20060080940 - Storm-window/door shield: In all, I believe the benefits of this invention out weight the current practices being used. It's simplicity in being produced and also in its application to storm victims gives them a safer and quicker response time to get out of harms way....

20060080939 - Wall panel system: A wall panel system comprises an array of panels that provide a prefinished wall surface. The panels may be of the same or different sizes and include grooves or reveals supporting inserts that cooperate to provide rectangular faux panels or other wall panel designs. A trim system for mounting the...

20060080941 - Floor sheet assembly: A floor sheet assembly has an intermediate member and a pair of sheet members. The intermediate member includes at least a thin panel, on which a plurality of hollow projections is formed. The pair of sheet members sandwiches the intermediate member. The intermediate member and the pair of sheet members...

20060080942 - Facing unit construction: A facing unit construction is adapted for mounting facing units on a structure, such as a roof or a wall. The facing units can comprise various suitable materials, including slate, wood, tile, metal, concrete, ceramic and plastic. Center channel spacers are mounted on the structure and provide outwardly-projecting ribs for...

20060075689 - Pivoting gutter guard cleaning system: A pivoting gutter guard provides easy cleaning. The device has a hinged hook assembly which is secured to the rain gutter. A guard is a perforated screen that is connected to the hinged hook assembly which is secured to the top of the gutter trough....

20060075690 - Modular roof protector for periods of high winds: An invention where a roof protector comprised of a group of modular panels which can be interconnected having the qualities of lightness, strength, flexibility and durability and when connected to strong anchor points and installed over a roof, such panels serve to provide adequate protection against uplift and shingle damage...

20060075691 - Snow guard: A snow guard including a resilient body with a slot for receiving a portion of a standing seam of a metal roof. The resilient body has a pair of apertures on opposite sides of the slot into which can be inserted the jaws of a tool for manipulating the resilient...

20060075692 - Playground roof system: A playground roofing system, for use in protecting sections of a playground system, is provided having a support structure and a molded frame structure. The frame structure is molded to appear as the soffits, fascia and gutters of a real roof, and includes an interior perimeter that has means to...

20060075693 - Opening polygonal rib structure and polygonal rib structure: The present invention relates to a polygonal rib structure having ribs directed orthogonal to one plane and intersecting each other to form polygonal shapes. More particularly, to a shock absorbing polygonal rib structure. In a polygonal rib structure having ribs directed orthogonal to one plane and intersecting each other to...

20060075694 - Roof edge vortex suppressor: An apparatus attached to the roof perimeter to mitigate wind-generated vortices and uplift loads on the roof perimeter area of a building, applicable for both new constructions and retrofits of existing buildings. The apparatus comprises at least one face portion having face perforation and/or edge serration for increasing small-scale turbulence...

20060075695 - Method of allocating advertising space and system therefor: A system for the application of an image to an upper surface of a built structure, the image arranged for visibility from over-flying craft. An upper surface of a built structure incorporating indicia thereon or therein; the indicia constructed so as to be discernable by observers in craft passing over...

20060075696 - Luminous door for display units, in particular for refrigerators and refrigerators fitted with the said door: The invention proposes a door of the kind composed of a double-glazing unit made of transparent material for display units or refrigerators, which is equipped with a panel made of transparent plastic material slotted into a double-glazing unit and which bears, on at least one side, a figure consisting of...

20060075697 - Floor tile debris interceptor and transition plenum in a nuclear power plant: A flooring system for intercepting debris including at least a plurality of floor tiles with a perforated top surface providing on a top of the plurality of tube frames for intercepting the debris. Each plurality of floor tiles may include a plurality of tube frames in side by side relationship...

20060075699 - Hanger assembly: A architectural mesh hanging system includes an architectural mesh panel having a predetermined width, a first support member having a predetermined length substantially equal to the predetermined width of the architectural mesh panel, and a second support member having a predetermined length substantially equal to the predetermined width of the...

20060075698 - Luminous door for display units, in particular for refrigerators and refrigerators fitted with the said door: The invention proposes a door equipped with a wall consisting of a double-glazing unit made of transparent material, made in such a way as to be fitted on display units and in particular refrigerators, provided with LEDs a lighting system applied to the inside edge of the double-glazing unit gasket,...

20060075700 - Window sill flashing: The present invention is directed towards a window sill flashing comprising a base having a substantially rectangular shape. A front flange projects perpendicularly downward from a front edge of the base and at least one side flange extends vertically from a side edge of the base. The side flange includes...

20060075701 - Composite construction element, in particular for manufacturing floor structures and wall structures for buildings and method for manufacturing the same: e

20060075702 - Panel system: The fibre linear tensile elements 2 with the clamping devices 3 prefitted are delivered to site on pallets 71, so as to reduce the amount of work required on site. A laser level 74 may be used to ensure that the clamping devices 3 are positioned at their correct heights,...

20060075703 - Defined relative-motion tongue-and-groove building-surfacing-panel interface: A plural-story, external, building-surface panel system securable to a structural building frame, wherein each panel in the system includes (a) a generally planar body having elongate upper, lower and lateral edge-defining structures, (b) elongate tongue structure operatively associated with, and extending along, the upper edge-defining structure generally in the plane...

20060075704 - Large high density foam glass tile: A large, high density foam glass tile which can be used as a facade on both exterior and interior building walls. The foam glass tile can also be used with other materials to form a panel or a composite. The present invention may be used on the critical surfaces of...

20060075705 - Bearing and expansion joint system including same: A bearing is provided for use in connection with expansion joint systems. The bearing may be incorporated into expansion joint systems that are used in roadway constructions, bridge constructions, and architectural structures. The bearing can absorb increased loads that are applied to the expansion joint system. The structure of the...

20060075707 - Floor structure: b

20060075706 - System of protecting the edges and construction joints of cast in place concrete slabs: An improved joint edge assembly, of the type used in the construction of concrete slabs, is disclosed. The assembly comprises a longitudinal joint rail, preferably of steel, which is supported off the ground by formwork. The joint rail comprises first and second joint edge members that are connected to each...

20060075708 - Elevator hall door and door hanger apparatus: A door panel comprises a surface board 11 facing a hoistway, a back board 12 facing a hoistway, and a reinforcing member 13 for reinforcing the surface board 11 and the back board 12. The back board is connected to the surface board or the reinforcing member by a connecting...

20060075709 - Method for assembling structural components and related attachment apparatus: A manufacturing assembly includes a frame that is formed by at least one first structural component secured to one end of at least one box beam. A first attachment plate is attached to the first structural component, the attachment plate having a plurality of tongues while a second attachment plate...

20060075710 - Housing construction system: A wall surfacing system for providing a secondary ceiling or wall covering structure adjacent a primary structure. The system provides a plurality of elongated structural support rails, each of these support rails have a coupling web with a bearing surface for attachment to the primary structure, a coupling mechanism, and...

20060075711 - Attic floor joist grid system for weight bearing storage: An Attic Floor Joist Grid System for Weight Bearing Storage called an Attic Grid System. This system features low profile, flat, open and high strength grid panels that are supported by a joist system. The panels install directly onto the ceiling joists in an attic or storage area for residential...

20060075712 - Moisture diverting insulated siding panel: A siding panel product is provided comprising a first polymeric siding panel having a butt end and a top end, a front surface comprising a plurality of front faces defined between the top and butt ends and separated by at least one shoulder surface to define a stepped contour, and...

20060075713 - Method of making a floorboard and method of making a floor with the floorboard: Floorboards for installation of floors in herringbone pattern are formed with two opposite sides inverted relative to each other. The invention further comprises methods for producing and making floorings comprising such floorboards, as well as fitting pieces and sets of parts for such floorings....

20060075714 - Multi-function building panel beam tube with homogeneous anchor sites: A generally planar, rectilinear, skin-panel sub-frame panel having spaced, upper, lower and lateral edges, and designed to occupy an upright plane adjacent the outside of a plural-story building frame, and to possess a vertical dimension which is substantially the same as inter-floor story-height in the frame. The sub-frame includes (a)...

20060075715 - Structural framing system and components thereof: A structural framing system is provided that includes at least one first framing component having upper and lower flange elements separated by a web element having a depth measured between the upper and lower flange elements, the upper and lower flange elements having upper and lower positioning dimples spaced therealong....

20060075716 - Building means: Building means, having a main plate 1, a lower ledge 2 extending outwards of a first face of the plate, a first bolt portion 4 extending outwards of the first face of the plate and a second bolt portion 5 extending outwards of a second face of the plate opposite...

20060075717 - Process for the construction of a building: The invention is based on a procedure for the construction of a building with at least one wall, ceiling and/or roof element that has been manufactured utilizing a stackboard plate. “Stackboard plate” should be specifically understood as a plate that is manufactured from a multitude of solid wood boards, which...

20060075718 - Systems and methods for manufacturing customized prefabricated buildings: Systems and methods for designing and manufacturing customized prefabricated buildings in optimized modules. In one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a customized prefabricated building includes a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to execute a process including receiving a specification...

20060075719 - Window component system including pusher for scrap removal: An apparatus for automatic removal of scrap elongated window component stock from a conveyor includes a path of travel altering mechanism, a translating mechanism, and a controller. The path of travel altering mechanism is positioned along the path of travel that selectively facilitates movement of scrap elongated window component stock...

20060075720 - Window component scrap reduction: A method of making elongated spacer frame members prevents a first spacer frame member in a series of spacer frame members from being scrapped. A supply of thin relatively narrow sheet metal stock is provided. The stock is fed endwise to a stamping station. The stock is passed through the...

20060070302 - Stage apparatus and camera shake correction apparatus using the stage apparatus: A stage apparatus includes an X-direction movable member provided parallel to a reference plane and relatively movable thereto only in a specific X-direction via an X-direction guide device; a Y-direction movable member supported by the X-direction movable member thereon to be movable only in a Y-direction orthogonal to the X-direction...

20060070303 - Rear gutter cover closure diverter device: A closure device for the posterior area of the standard rain gutter with a gutter shield installed where the gutter extends past the fascia edge for a variable distance terminating at the gutter shield end closure. This posterior area extending from the top of the posterior of the gutter to...

20060070304 - Water and debris separator for gutters: A gutter shield for separating debris from water entering a gutter, the shield being intended for installation over a conventional longitudinally extending gutter that is mounted outboard from and below a longitudinally extending roof edge. The gutter shield includes a longitudinally extending length of planar stock material that is perforated...

20060070305 - Pneumatic hurricane shutters: Pneumatic hurricane shutters are designed to temporarily cover a window or door in a building or other structure. The shutters have a lightweight rigid frame for surrounding the openings and mounting on fasteners attached to the building. Elongated pneumatic tubes are connected to frame rails and span the space between...

20060070306 - Retrievable combinational house: A retrievable combinational house comprising a main body to store following items, at least one motor to expand and retrieve the combination, at least one floor part, at least one wall part and at least one roof part; when the combination expands, the motor expands the roof part, the wall...

20060070307 - Extendable and retractable support system: An extendable and retractable support system for raising and lowering structures, including covers or tops of mobile and immobile dwellings which includes a plurality of telescopic assemblies. The telescopic assemblies include at least two tube members that are provided with enclosed sides and a centrally located internal channel structure that...

20060070308 - Swimming pool roofing: An element of swimming pool roofing which can be moved on rails (1) has a pane (2) which is curved in an arc shape. On the two curved edges (5) of the pane (2), only on the outer side or the inner side, frame elements (6) are attached, the frame...

20060070309 - Ecological wall veres: This will be a wall and floor unit for home construction. The ECOLOGICAL WALL VERES is an original, high quality product. These walls are a structured, combination of five elements. The five elements used in building these walls are the sheetrock panels, the polystyrene panels, the same type empty glass...

20060070310 - Apparatus for routing water: An apparatus is disclosed for routing water away from contacting a surface. A strip fabricated from a rigid plastic or a light metal includes a horizontally extending member that when engaged, routes water out from a vertical surface to which it is affixed. The longitudinal base of the molding strip...

20060070311 - Siding support apparatus: A siding support apparatus includes a rigid vertical member having an upper end and a lower end. An anchor block is provided for anchoring the vertical member in parallel spaced relation to a wall to which siding is to be applied. A plurality of supports are positioned at uniform spaced...

20060070312 - Anchor bolt holder: A reusable anchor bolt holder includes an anchor bolt engagement section that defines a bore configured to receive an anchor bolt, such as those used in typical commercial or residential construction practices. The anchor bolt holder also includes an attachment section connected with the anchor bolt engagement section. The attachment...

20060070313 - Self-leveling form stake: A form stake for use in securing wooden forms around an area of concrete to be poured. The stake has a flat body with a T-shaped flange structure protruding from its front face, while the rear face of the stake is flat to slide smoothly against the face of the...

20060070314 - Tile with multiple-level surface: A grid-top floor tile for outdoor use includes a polymer tile having a grid-type top surface with multiple levels, such as a bi-level surface having an upper lattice and a lower lattice oriented generally transverse to the upper lattice. The multiple levels of the surface are preferably integrally formed with...

20060070315 - Knock-down roof curb: A standardized, corrosion-resistant roof curb that can be shipped in a disassembled state, which an installer may assemble, size, locate and configure to provide an appropriate roof slope on any roof without welding, includes a panel and an extrusion configured to receive the panel, wherein the panel is trimmed according...

20060070316 - Roof curb mounting: A roof opening structure for a roof includes support members supported by the roof and a frame supported by the support members. An uplift kit secures the frame to the roof to prevent lifting of the frame with respect to the roof. While preventing lifting of the frame from the...

20060070317 - Force-resisting devices and methods for structures: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a force-resisting device for transmitting forces and dissipating and absorbing energy across a discontinuous structural element of a structure. The device includes at least one active element, the active element having defined force versus deflection properties and able to transmit force...

20060070318 - Glass door: A glass door includes a pane of glass securely held by upper and lower frames. A clamping device is mounted in an outer groove of each frame and includes an outer clamping member mounted in the outer groove and an inner clamping member mounted in the outer clamping member. Each...

20060070319 - Devices and systems for preventing the propagation of fire along cables and methods of preventing same: Several embodiments of a firewall sleeve system for preventing the propagation of fire along a cable, wire, line, pipe, conduit, and the like are disclosed. The firewall sleeve systems comprise a front/male housing with a first flange area and a rear/female housing with a rear/female flange area. Preferably, the rear/female...

20060070320 - Baffle apparatus for a hollow structural member: A baffle apparatus mountable in a hollow structural member includes first and second sealed containers, each containing a separate reactive component. The first and second containers are formed of complementary melting point materials so as to melt and allow the reactive components to mix and react when the thermal energy...

20060070321 - Fire-resistant panel and method of manufacture: A highly fire-resistant and environmentally-friendly panel of 2 mm to 28 mm may be manufactured by a blending of magnesium compounds, sodium silicate, kaolin, fillers, and additives to form the core materials, reinforced by 4 layers of fire-resistant glass fiber meshes and fabrics. Using a proprietary ITC process that accelerates...

20060070322 - Constructional element and method for its manufacture: Constructional element intended for cogged joining having side walls of a single wooden or wood-like element; preferably both side walls are made of solid wood. Each element is preferably furnished with longitudinal grooves on its inside, curved across its longitudinal axis and on its inner side coated with a layer...

20060070323 - Cladding apparatus, method and system: There is provided cladding apparatus comprising a body portion (108) having an inner surface (110) and an outer surface (112) extending longitudinally between a leading edge (114) and a trailing edge (116) and transversely between opposed side edges (118). The leading edge (114) is provided with a formation (124) which...

20060070324 - Stick on drywall corner cover: A stick-on drywall-corner cover for covering predetermined drywall-corner configurations has a stick-on first cover-attachment panel (2) and a stick-on second cover-attachment panel (3) with undetectably thin panel edges (7) on opposite sides of a corner portion (4) that is predeterminedly rigid. The thin panel edges can be paper layers (19)...

20060070325 - Hardwood flooring board: The present invention is a hardwood flooring board including a middle layer formed from a non-hardwood flooring material and a hardwood material upper layer which is secured to an upper surface of the middle layer that is thick enough to include decorative designs. The middle layer forms between 45% and...

20060070326 - Insulating floor underlayment: A flooring material having a textile pad substructure with a density of greater than 10 pounds per cubic foot is provided. The textile pad has reinforcement and binding fibers. The binding fibers are thermoplastic and are used to bind the reinforcement fibers together. The pad is created by heating and...

20060070328 - Apparatus, system, and method for constructing a wall using wall blocks: A wall block includes two finished wall material layers attached to a frame where the tops of the wall blocks are configured to support other wall blocks. Exterior wall blocks for constructing exterior walls include an interior wall material layer and an exterior wall material layer. Interior wall blocks include...

20060070327 - Wall block and method of manufacture thereof: A wall block includes two finished wall material layers attached to a frame where the tops of the wall blocks are configured to support other wall blocks. Exterior wall blocks for constructing exterior walls include an interior wall material layer and an exterior wall material layer. Interior wall blocks include...

20060070329 - Modular wall paneling system, wall panels, and method of installation: A modular wall paneling system and installation method for wainscoting and other wall covering applications includes a plurality of rectangular wall panels each having a decorative front surface and a convex rear surface which provides line contact with the wall. A plurality of elongate upper and lower mounting rails are...

20060070330 - Bearing and expansion joint system including same: A bearing is provided for use in connection with expansion joint systems. The structure of the bearing permits improved motion of, and provides improved support for, the components of the expansion joint system that are supported on or engaged with the bearing. The bearing is particularly useful for expansion joint...

20060070331 - Versatile tapeless drywall system: A versatile tapeless drywall system comprising a drywall board panel having a generally rectangular shape formed of paper-wrapped core material and having front and back faces spaced apart to define a thickness of the panel and having long and short edges, said edges being characterized by one of the long...

20060070332 - Vertically joined floor elements comprising a combination of different floor elements: Vertically joined flooring material comprising floor elements (1) with a mainly triangular, square, rectangular, rhomboidal or polygonal shape, as seen from above. The floor elements (1) are provided with edges (2) which are provided with joining members (20), a lower side (5) and a decorative top surface (3). The flooring...

20060070333 - Mechanical locking system for floorboards: Floorboards (1, 1′) are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system consisting of a separately machined locking strip (6) which is mechanically joined with the floorboard (1), the locking strip (6) being designed for mechanical fixing to the floorboard (1) by means of a joint, which is operable...

20060070334 - Sidewall plank for constructing a trailer and associated trailer sidewall construction: A sidewall plank (14) for constructing trailers and an associated sidewall construction (10). The sidewall plank (14) has an body (15) defining a first edge portion (17) and has a second edge portion (19) for engaging the first edge portion (17) of another plank (14). The first edge portion (17)...

20060070335 - Fire block module: The fire block module includes a number of rectangular plate strips, arranged vertically and parallel to each other to form a grid layer. The grid layer is arranged horizontally in respect of the vertical direction of flame propagation occurring in the event of a fire, thus achieving good heat energy...

20060070336 - Spacers for use in masonry wall: A spacer for use in constructing masonry walls of brick, block or cut stone and the like has two parallel rows of flexible beads that are connected to one another by filaments. The beads are spaced apart from one another so that when one course of bricks or the like...

20060070337 - Anchor bolt spacer: The anchor bolt spacer of the present invention includes a central panel that has an end and a side. An end panel is connected with the central panel at the central panel's end. The end panel includes an outer edge opposite the central panel. An anchor bolt bore is defined...

20060070338 - Shape modification and reinforcement of columns confined with frp composites: Strengthening reinforced concrete columns by using Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites can be an effective method of retrofitting existing columns. FRP composites have a number of advantages over steel, including their high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent durability. The confinement effectiveness of FRP materials for rectangular sections can be improved by...

20060070339 - Formwork support: The aim of the invention is to improve the load-bearing capacity of formwork supports during shock-type stress that is effective especially perpendicular to or at an angle from the longitudinal axis of the support. Said aim is achieved by a formwork support which is made essentially of wood and is...

20060070340 - Hybrid beam and stanchion incorporating hybrid beam: A hybrid metal/composite material beam is suitable for withstanding bending stresses. The hybrid beam is a combination of dissimilar materials that are geometrically optimized in a structure to provide benefits beyond the characteristics of the materials separately. Also a stanchion assembly incorporates the hybrid beam....

20060070341 - Unitized fibrous constructs having functional circumferential retaining elements: A unitized fibrous construct for providing reinforcement to castable structures, such as cementitious structures is claimed. The construct includes a bundle of reinforcing fibers or filaments that are held in place prior to addition to the cementitious mixture by a retaining element. The retaining element is of such a composition...

20060070342 - Method to assemble curtain walls and curtain wall adopting the method: Curtain wall comprising a reticular supporting structure, provided with uprights and cross-pieces, and covering elements attached to the supporting structure. The uprights and the crosspieces include first attachment members for closure profiles positioned between two adjacent covering elements and provided with mating second attachment members....

20060070343 - Clay tile roof walkers: A method and apparatus for distributing weight on corrugated clay tile roof utilizing a thick piece of sculpted foam attached to a strong stiff material. Used in pairs the roof walker permits a person to travel across a clay tile roof without breaking the fragile tiles....

20060070344 - Method and apparatus for forming a through-hole and running wire in a building structure: An apparatus for creating a through-hole in a building structure includes an elongated member defined by a first end and an opposite second end. The first end is defined by a penetrating point configured to form the through-hole in the building structure. The second end is defined by a receptacle...

20060070346 - Laminated support mat: A support mat, such as a mat suitable for supporting heavy construction equipment, includes a plurality of beams fastened together, each of the beams being made of a plurality of individual wood laminations....

20060070345 - Reinforced structural assembly having a tee joint and method for forming the same: Reinforced structural assemblies and methods for forming such assemblies are disclosed. In one embodiment, a ribbed portion includes rib segments having a vertical height that extend laterally between junctions to form a network coupled to a supporting substrate. The rib segments include a plurality of flanged portions coupled to a...

20060070347 - Impact resistant door facing, method of forming impact resistant door facing, and door formed therewith: The present invention is directed to an impact resistant door facing. The facing includes a rectangular sheet of molded hardened polymeric material having first and second opposing major surfaces. A mat having a continuous structure is integrally molded into the sheet. The mat is sufficiently porous to allow the polymeric...

20060070348 - Collision-deterrent, energy-efficient window: A window design that includes a thin semi-transparent reflective surface that is intentionally distorted, so as to disrupt and confuse reflected images without significantly impairing transmitted viewing, thereby providing energy-efficient properties while reducing inadvertent collisions, particularly from birds. The surface can be a layer of material suspended or supported between...