Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 10/06

20060236617 - Latticed net stretching and fixing structure: A latticed net stretching and fixing structure includes at least one fixing element fixedly mounted onto a vertical wall surface of a precast wall panel and having at least one horizontal section; at least one latticed net having a plurality of arrayed meshes and a winding section provided at one...

20060236618 - Pan flashing with sill wedge and window clip: The subject invention provides a system of accommodating flanged widows utilizing a novel pan flashing system in conjunction with a sill wedge, pre-formed corner flashing members and also the use of a novel clip for extending the length of the bottom window flange. The novel flange clip is preferably made...

20060236619 - Breakaway sign post with magnetically coupled sections: An improved sign post assembly (10) for roadway use is provided wherein a sign post (12) includes a lower section (16) adapted for anchoring to the earth, a mating upper section (20) and a magnetic coupling assembly (24) for maintaining the sections during normal use while permitting breakaway of the...

20060236620 - Ground anchor: A ground anchor system shaped and dimensioned for secure attachment within a support surface. The ground anchor system includes a primary anchor body extending along a longitudinal axis and including a first end and a second end. A coupling member is associated with the first end of the anchor body....

20060236621 - Ground anchors with compression plates: Ground anchors, in particular tent stakes (100), comprise one or more inherently flexible tines (110), a ground compression plate (160), and various tie points (420, etc.) for attaching a guy rope or the like to the top of anchor. The compression plate extends perpendicularly or at a large angle to...

20060236622 - Storm panel assembly: A storm panel assembly mounts on a structure adjacent an opening. The storm panel assembly comprises a frame having a flange for securing the frame to the structure and defines a channel having a locking tab and a first locking surface. A panel having an outer periphery is supported by...

20060236623 - Pre-hung door assembly installation kit: A kit for installing a door assembly including a plurality of door frame brackets adapted to be attached to a door frame and to a wall having an opening in which the door assembly is to be installed and a lockset bracket adapted to be attached to a lockset hole...

20060236624 - Concrete microprocessor control device: Concrete products, and products similar to concrete to create manmade stone-like structures, are formed with embedded paths, i.e. embedded signal pipes, for light and/or electrical current, to create microprocessor control surfaces for remotely located microprocessors. The light and/or electrical current travels through the signal pipes to activate, run or otherwise...

20060236625 - Panel system: An office panel partition includes a panel frame having at least two uprights and a horizontal structural member rigidly interconnecting the uprights. The panel frame has a first side and a second opposite side, and the panel frame defines at least four apertures on the first side thereof. The partition...

20060236627 - Combination lift and anchor connector for fabricated wall and floor panels: An apparatus and method for interconnecting concrete precast floor and wall panels is provided. More specifically, one embodiment of the present invention includes an adjustable connector with a captive nut that is embedded into a wall panel. A floor panel that includes an aperture integrated therethrough is placed adjacent to...

20060236626 - Multi-angle exterior drywall corner bead: A drywall corner bead made of high-impact plastic or other material that can be in-elastically bent to any angle at the bead itself. The corner bead can have a front layer of paper or other material capable of directly receiving paint or texture and an optional backing layer of paper...

20060236628 - New steel stud load-bearing and/or perimeter wall systems, a new composite steel beam system supporting concrete-topped floor on open web steel joists, a new vehicle-proof perimeter metal stud wall for buildings, and a new shear-connection-ready open web: This invention reveals new metal stud perimeter wall and load-bearing wall systems that support, without eccentricity, concrete-topped floors on open-web-steel-joists, deep-profiled composite metal decks and channel-shaped joists and allow upper floor framing to complete before floor concreting; a new composite steel beam for open-web-steel-joist support; a new shear-connection-ready open-web-steel joist;...

20060236629 - Panel forming system and components: A pre-cast panel forming system. The system includes one or more bulkheads to constrain the flow of uncured panel-forming material. The bulkhead is made up of an upstanding form and a base clip to secure the upstanding form to a panel-forming surface. The base clip is configured to promote ease...

20060236630 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236631 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236632 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236633 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236634 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236635 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236636 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236637 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236638 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236639 - Insulation configuration suitable for crawl space installation: A packaged insulation product comprises an insulation assembly having first and second insulation blanket portions and a folded sheet facing sandwiched between the insulation blanket portions. Each insulation blanket portion has a major face bonded to the sheet of facing. The folded sheet of facing forms a hinge that connects...

20060236640 - Structural framework having solid coupling: A structural framework includes two frame members each having one or more channels, and one or more lock devices each having two mating member fitted and engaged into the channel of one of the frame members, and a lock nut engaged into the channel of the other frame member. Each...

20060236641 - Polymeric foam and scrim sheathings: A sheathing adapted to be fastened to at least one wall supporting structure comprises at least two layers. The first layer comprises a polymeric foam layer. The second layer comprises a polymeric scrim and is located adjacent to the first layer. The second layer has a first portion and a...

20060236643 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060236642 - Mechanical locking system for panels and method of installing same: Floor panels (1, 1′) are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element 15 in a locking groove 14 which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically....

20060236644 - Adjustable truss construction: A truss construction especially adapted for use in reinforcing and/or restoring sagging flooring of a building to a substantially horizontal position comprises a plurality of individual truss units arranged in a row and coupled to one another in such manner as to enable adjacent units to rock relative to one...

20060236645 - Construction clip: A clip for securing metal plates in walls constructed using masonry blocks. The clip includes a plate portion and a block portion. The block portion has members that form an opening that fits over a member of a masonry block. The plate portion also has members that form an opening...

20060236646 - Nesting closure strip: The closure strip having a pair of longitudinal side walls with undulating top edges configured to mate with the corrugations of corrugated sheet material. The side walls are interconnected by a plurality of support ribs. The side walls are also angled outward toward the bottom edges. A hollow nesting volume...

20060236647 - Structural column with footing stilt background of the invention: A structural column assembly of the type used for erecting building structures and the like is bedded in a concrete footing formed in situ in an earthen hole. The column assembly includes a post whose bottom end is suspended above a floor of the hole by a stilt. The stilt...

20060236648 - Means for securing the lower end of a wind turbine tower to a foundation: An inverted T-shaped connection member is disclosed for securing the lower end of an upstanding wind turbine tower to a foundation with the tower comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending peripheral sections joined together with each of the peripheral sections being bent along a plurality of longitudinally extending break lines...

20060236649 - Architectural capital having an astragal formed thereon: An architectural capital has an astragal formed on the capital, the capital configured for use in an architectural column....

20060236650 - Processing apparatus, mold for wood processing, and method of processing wood: A processing apparatus for processing a wooden piece into a predetermined three-dimensional shape includes a first mold made of a material having at least one of viscosity and elasticity at least in a portion that abuts a surface of the wooden piece; and a second mold made of metal sandwiching...

20060236651 - Electric lamp having an outer bulb: The lamp comprises a discharge vessel (2), which is sealed in a vacuum-tight manner and is arranged in an outer bulb (12) which only partially surrounds the discharge vessel. The outer bulb comprises an open tube, which is closed by sheet-metal parts....

20060236652 - Composite structural members and methods for forming the same: Composite structural members and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, a composite structural member includes a central structural portion comprised of a reinforced, polymer-based material and having a length, a first side and an opposing second side extending along the length. A first reinforcement member...

20060236653 - Wall finishing system: The basement wall insulating and finishing system is a system for finishing a basement to increase the amount of livable space in a home. The basement finishing system comprises a plurality of connectable panels. An insulation layer is secured to the rear surface of the panels. The insulation layer has...

20060230687 - Solid edge gutter screen: A one-piece, integral metal gutter screen includes an expanded metal screen section for covering a gutter. A front edge margin is sized and shaped to engage the gutter, the front edge margin having no sharp edges. A rear edge margin is sized and shaped to engage at least one of...

20060230688 - Gutter outlet: A gutter outlet (10) having a connecting portion (12) for attachment to a base wall of a gutter, and a downpipe connector portion (13) having at least one pair of spaced apart planar, substantially parallel sidewalls (15) and a pair of shaped sidewalls (16) adapted to allow attachment of various...

20060230689 - Position adjustable control panel for image forming device: A control panel adapted to be attached to a main body of an image forming device is disclosed. The control panel has a plurality of positions with respect to the image forming device main body and comprises: a panel main body; a fixed member adapted to be fixed relative to...

20060230690 - Rotational manifold and building incorporating a ratational manifold: A rotational manifold assembly (150) for providing fluid communication between rotatable parts such as a fixed and rotatable part of a rotatable building, the manifold assembly (150) comprising an innner member (162) located within an outer member (163) and defining a fluid chamber (167) therewith. A fluid supply line (168)...

20060230691 - Rotatable building structure: A rotatable building structure contains a vertical central core for supporting suspended floor units surrounding the core. An annular platform extends from the core at corresponding floor units for providing accessibility to and from the central core. The floor units contain a drive mechanism for rotational displacement. A wind tool...

20060230692 - Arm element for awnings and articulated arm for awnings: Arm element for an awning and an articulated arm for an awning is disclosed. It consists of an arm part that has a tubular element with a front perimeter edge in at least one end, and a securing part, which includes a securing configuration, a connection configuration and a perimeter...

20060230693 - Stair tread protection system: A protector device for protecting a stair tread has a base portion adapted to cover at least a portion of a stair tread and upon which a user can step. The base portion has a forward edge adapted to be generally aligned with a forward edge of the stair tread....

20060230694 - Roof panel assembly with skylight: A roof assembly includes a skylight panel and a roof panel. The roof panel includes a skylight opening to accommodate the skylight panel and also includes water management channels disposed adjacent to the skylight panel....

20060230695 - Window shutter system: A window shutter system having an escape hatch has been developed which is capable of protecting a building from adverse weather conditions while not blocking efficient egress from the building during an emergency such as a fire....

20060230696 - Tendon-identifying, post tensioned concrete flat plate slab and method and apparatus for constructing same: A tendon-identifying, post-tensioned, elevated concrete slab, and method and form panel apparatus for constructing the same, provides a distinctively-patterned bottom side slab surface in which the slab has a full thickness dimension extending along each individual post-tensioning uniform and banded tendon embedded within the slab and a reduced-thickness dimension in...

20060230697 - Deck structure: A modular structure for suspended floors or roofs which includes a pair of beams 4 supporting a floor slab 5a/5b which is preferably manufactured at ground level and then lifted into position as a modular unit 1. The beams 4 are preferably made of steel and the floor 5a/5b is...

20060230698 - Fabric fillet: A fillet is disclosed for enhancing the appearance of a frame or mat and comprises a flexible material, an elastomeric cord and an adhesive securing the fabric to the cord. The flexible material may have one or more flairs which may have a tape adhesive which adheres the flairs to...

20060230699 - Sound control flooring systems and methods therefor: A sound control flooring system adapted to reduce the transmission of airborne sound in a building structure. The system generally includes a subfloor assembly; a first layer of sound absorbing material disposed atop at least a portion of the subfloor assembly, a second layer of sound absorbing material disposed atop...

20060230700 - Modular decorative plate combination: A modular decorative plate device includes a number of plate members each having an anchoring flange on one end and a groove in the other end for allowing the plate members to be readily assembled together. The plate members have wood materials of about 50% by weight for forming wood...

20060230701 - Tile to be used in a laying system especially for producing a floor covering and method for producing the same: The invention relates to a tile (1) for use in a laying system, especially for producing a floor covering. Said tile comprises a support (2) located on the face on which the tile is laid. Said support (2) has contact surfaces (3) for contact with the laying face of the...

20060230702 - Pre-cast concrete construction block with manipulation handles and method of production: A pre-cast concrete construction block and method of producing same including handles at the lateral transverse webs. The handles are ledges cantilevered from said transverse webs adjacent the upper surface in either a 3-web or a 2-web configuration. In another embodiment, the handles are provided by voids within the lateral...

20060230703 - Pre-plastered wallboard: An alternative is presented to today's practice in construction of applying a thin layer of plaster to plasterboard or “blueboard”. In this invention, the inside or exposed surface of plasterboard or its equivalent is pre-coated with a relatively thin layer of plaster under controlled conditions at a remote location, such...

20060230704 - Method and components for erecting a building: The invention provides a method for erecting a building on a construction site. The building is made from components which are pre-fitted for the building and for a container for transporting the components to a construction site. The pre-fitted components can be joined and refitted to allow reuse of the...

20060230705 - Framestructure for partition walls of building rooms: A frame structure for partition walls (P) of building rooms, comprising a plurality of substantially vertical and substantially horizontal elongate support members (2), which are mutually connected at their ends to define a substantially rigid framework. At least one elongate member (2) comprises a base profile (3) having at least...

20060230706 - Constructing the large-span self-braced buildings of composite load-bearing wall-panels and floors: The large span buildings comprising no ordinary beams and columns are formed of vertical load-bearing composite wall-panels and composite floors, both comprising two concrete layers interconnected by steel strip webs. The stiff horizontal plane formed of assembled roof/ceiling units, supported by wall-panels, connected to both gables restrains transversal movement of...

20060230707 - Vented insulation panel with reflecting surface: A thermally insulative building construction panel (10) is comprised of a first or top sheet (20) that is a rigid nail-anchoring material; a second sheet (22) comprised of aluminum foil firmly adhered to the top sheet (20); and, a third or bottom sheet (26) comprised of an insulation material comprising...

20060225367 - Rain gutter guard: A rain gutter guard has mounting tabs that are integrally cut into or otherwise formed with a body of the rain gutter guard. The body includes a hood and a flange extending therefrom. The flange is attachable to a roof, and the hood has a forward surface from which the...

20060225366 - Standing seam-mounted gutter bracket: A bracket and strap assembly that permits a gutter to be attached to a standing seam on a metal roof without the use of roof-piercing screws and/or nails. A unitary bracket is mounted on the standing seam. A gutter-supporting strap is attached to the bracket. All attachments are made with...

20060225368 - Rainwater gutter and eave trough repair system: A method and apparatus for the repair of leaking rainwater gutter and eave troughs. The Rainwater Gutter and Eave Trough Repair System consist of a plurality contoured piece types that fit the rainwater gutter and eave troughs to form a strong leak resistant patch. The said unique Rainwater Gutter and...

20060225369 - Transportable building: A transportable building system including at least partially erecting a building, transporting the at least partially erected building (6) on its side to a building location, locating the at least partially erected building on a support at the building location, and orientating the at least partially erected building so that...

20060225370 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060225371 - Prefabricated folding structure having interlocking metal beams: The invention provides prefabricated folding residential dwellings comprised of prefabricated floor, wall and roof members that fold inwardly upon itself to produce a compact partially collapsed folded structure, which is easily transportable, and then unfold outwardly for quick and easy on-site installation....

20060225372 - Portable stair assembly for pets: A portable set of stairs for use by a domesticated animal, a small child, or a disabled or aged individual. The stairs have an L-shaped inner core with a lower platform portion and an upper platform portion. A form-fitting, removable cover surrounds the L-shaped inner core for protecting it from...

20060225373 - Construction clip: A clip for securing metal plates in walls constructed using masonry blocks. The clip includes a plate portion and a block portion. The block portion has members that form an opening that fits over a member of a masonry block. The plate portion also has members that form an opening...

20060225374 - Reinforced structural steel decking: A structural steel decking panel for supporting wet concrete and subsequently reinforcing the concrete after it has hardened is disclosed. The decking panel includes an elongate profiled steel sheet having a top side and an underside and a plurality of elongate reinforcing members connected to the sheet. The decking panel...

20060225375 - Stucco planning arrangement: A spray foam rasp tool for the forming of base-line grooves for the subsequent flattening of a rough spray of foam on a building. The tool comprises an elongated, extruded handle having an elongated, work-facing, planar surface. The elongated handle has a longitudinal axis. A plurality of blade receiving grooves...

20060225376 - Reinforcement assembly for matrix materials: An assembly of interlaced rods, suitable for use as embedded reinforcement in matrix materials, comprising first, second and third layers of rods, the rods of each layer being orientated generally parallel to one another, the second layer being located between the first and third layers, the rods of the first...

20060225377 - Floor panels with edge connectors: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting...

20060225378 - Connection block with bar-adapting trenches for adapting and holding framing bars at fixed orientations: The present invention discloses container that is structured with framing bars linked with mesh between the framing bars. The container further includes framing bar connectors and each of the framing bar connectors connecting and holding each of the framing bars at a fixed orientation relative to another interconnected framing bar...

20060225379 - Modular kit for a wind turbine tower: The modular kit for a tower has a height ranging between a minimum height and a maximum height, in particular for a wind energy turbine, comprises a first conical tower segment (10) comprising a steel tube having a predetermined length (11), a second conical tower segment (12) comprising a steel...

20060218868 - Apparatus for supporting molding pieces: An apparatus for supporting a molding piece such as a piece of chair molding or crown molding against a wall surface at a prescribed distance from a floor surface. The apparatus includes an elongate body having opposing first and second ends and a head assembly coupled to the first end...

20060218869 - Thermal insulation for a building: An insulation system of a building having a plurality of spaced-apart support members has a insulator with a plurality of ribs are formed thereon. A concave portion of each rib receives one of the support members. A panel covers and is secured to the support members. An exterior covering element...

20060218870 - Prestressed concrete building panel and method of fabricating the same: A low density concrete building panel and method of manufacturing is provided with one or more carbon fiber or steel reinforcements which may include window and door openings which can be easily transported and erected at a building site....

20060218871 - Clip for attaching ceiling panels to t-grid: An adaptor clip, for converting a standard tee grid ceiling to a snap-up panel system, comprising an injection-molded plastic body that includes gripping elements for engaging the tops of the flanges of the tee grid and support elements for mating with the upstanding peripheral flanges of the snap-up panels. The...

20060218872 - Non-slip floor grating and method of manufacturing: A floor grate having two or more sets of rails with at least one set of rails including a textured portion on a top side of the rails. Additionally, at least one set of rails includes cutouts that are spaced apart and dimensioned to receive at least a part of...

20060218873 - Composite architectural column: An architectural column includes a tubular column body having a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end, at least one inner layer, at least one support layer and at least one outer layer, wherein the support layer includes a composite fabric having fibers and a bonding...

20060218874 - Building means: Building means, having a main plate 1, a flexible sheet 2 attached thereto, a first bolt portion 4 extending outwards of the plate 1 and an opposite second bolt portion 5 extending outwards of the plate. The building means formed such that when it is in use a structural member...

20060218875 - Components for multipane window unit sash assemblies: Various desiccant, vapor barrier and/or sealant components are provided for a multipane window unit sash assembly having an integral glazing pane mounting structure. The components have varying shapes and features, which may include glazing pane mounting surfaces, spacer functions, dual seal capabilities and muntin bar retaining functions. Various materials can...