Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 02/07

20070039247 - Portable garage: A portable garage is disclosed that has a tubular frame having a horizontal central roof ridge and two spaced parallel side edge members supported by a plurality of generally vertical legs. The frame is constructed of tubular sections and joint members that telescopically and removably connect together. A removable flexible... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070039248 - Utility portal: A utility portal, including—a frame including a base plate and at least one side which extends substantially orthogonally from an outer peripheral edge or edges of the base plate—a cover engageable with the frame; wherein said frame can in use be raised from a first position substantially below a new... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070039250 - Building component: A building component for forming a roof. The component includes an ETFE foil cushion comprising sheets of ETFE foil which are held in a frame about their periphery, and which are inflated. The frame includes a release mechanism for releasing the cushion from the frame, for example, in the event... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070039251 - Building component: A building component for forming a roof. The component includes an ETFE foil cushion comprising sheets of ETFE foil which are held in a frame about their periphery, and which are inflated. The frame includes a release mechanism for releasing the cushion from the frame, for example, in the event... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070039249 - Building component: A building component for forming a roof. The component includes an ETFE foil cushion comprising sheets of ETFE foil which are held in a frame about their periphery, and which are inflated. The frame includes a release mechanism for releasing the cushion from the frame, for example, in the event... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070039252 - Fungus strip: A fungus strip that release ions when precipitation flows down on the strip that are deleterious to fungus and algae. The strip is positioned on a building material. The strip has a length, width and thickness. The ions are preferably of zinc or tin. The building material can be asphaltic... Agent: Attn.: William J. Davis, Esq. Gaf Materials Corporation

20070039253 - Small format retail business building: A small format retail business building includes a modular enclosure with at least four insulated walls, an insulated roof disposed over the walls, and a facade located parallel to each wall and adhered to the roof. The roof can support at least about 20 pounds per square foot and the... Agent: Buskop Law Group, P.C.

20070039254 - Soccer ball type room struture: A soccer ball type room structure capable of being easily transported and constructed and capable of forming a living space for communing with nature, comprising a plurality of regular hexagonal first panels and a plurality of regular pentagonal second panels having the sides of the same length as those of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070039255 - System for securing a monoblock window to a vehicle body: A system for securing a window to a vehicle body, comprising a support body consisting of a window chassis supporting an outer glass, said system further including a counterchassis fit to connect said support body to said vehicle body, wherein said counterchassis further includes a draw piece with at least... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070039256 - Window suspension for vehicle soft top: There is disclosed a system for suspending a rigid panel in an opening formed in a barrier structure. The system comprises a sleeve of flexible material having an anchor portion attachable to the perimeter of the opening and a grip portion opposite the anchor portion. The grip portion is contoured... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070039257 - Low profile architectural detailing assembly: An architectural detailing assembly adapted to be attached to a building structure. The architectural detailing assembly includes a base member and a finish member. The base member is adapted to be attached to the building structure. The base member includes a first interface structure. The finish member is adapted to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070039258 - Adjustable attachment system: An adjustable attachment system is provided for attaching a unit to a base. The adjustable attachment system comprises an embed, a bridging clip and a locking strip. The bridging clip is adapted for receiving an attachment piece, to which the unit may be attached. The embed is positioned in an... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070039259 - Connector strip for partition panel assembly: A partition panel assembly comprises first and second partition panels each having a first outer surface, an end surface, and a first flange extending outwardly from the end surface. The partition panel assembly also comprises an elongate connector strip including a body portion having an outer surface, first and second... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070039260 - Modular clean room structures and laminations for the life sciences and health-care industries: Homogenous monolithic modular structures and laminations are usable alone and together to provide easily wipeable aseptic smooth surfaces free it seems, joins and other crevices where bacteria and contamination may lie that is suitable for clean rooms for the life-sciences and health care industries and other applications.... Agent: Law Office Of A.p. Durigon

20070039261 - Complex of structural elements for glass brick walls: A complex of structural elements for forming glass brick walls, characterised by comprising: a substantially C-shaped aluminium profile bar (2) for perimetrally bounding the wall, a plurality of dividers (6) horizontally separating each glass brick from the adjacent one and having at least their exposed longitudinal edges of aluminium, a... Agent: Christopher J Mcdonald Hoffman Wasson & Gitler

20070039263 - Construction element for heat insulation: A construction element for heat insulation between two construction parts, in particular between a building part and a protruding exterior part, is provided, and includes an insulating body (2) to be arranged between the two construction parts with reinforcement elements (4, 5, 6) that can cross it and that can... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070039262 - Poly-bonded building panels: A light weight single layer building panel with a peripheral frame of metal, wood ceramic or plastic, with or without internal members, deriving its structural integrity from the peripheral frame and internal members if used, the layer of expanded foam and the bonding of the expanded foam to the peripheral... Agent: Delphine M. James

20070039264 - Building and training block and process for making: A process for making blocks with simulated masonry faces which involves forming individual building or training block shapes and applying a decorative arrangement of mortar lines on each block surface. The decorated surfaces are etched according to the decorative line arrangement and thereafter smoothed and finished to form finished blocks... Agent: Charles Y. Lackey

20070039265 - Prefabricated masonry covered structural wall panel: A prefabricated masonry covered structural wall panel is disclosed, comprising a plurality of framing members extending in a parallel relationship to each other and to which are secured metallic skeletal supports. A perforated metallic cladding, attached to the metallic skeletal supports, is covered with a plurality of thin bricks. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070039266 - Composite construction element, in particular for making wall structures for buildings and process for its manufacture: A composite construction element (1) is described including a body (2) made of expanded plastics material provided with opposite faces (8, 9) and at least one reinforcing section bar (10, 11), transversely extending in the body (2) between the faces (8, 9) and incorporated in the expanded plastic materials. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070039267 - Tile frame: A tile frame is provided for supporting and protecting a tile having sides. The tile frame comprises a base wall, a peripheral flange, having an inner wall and an outer wall. The flange is attached to and extends upwardly from the base wall to define a chamber sized for frictional... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070039268 - energy absorptive/moisture resistive underlayment formed using recycled materials and a hard flooring system incorporating the same: A recycled energy absorptive/moisture resistive underlayment includes a recycled energy absorbing layer comprised of either a nonwoven fiber batt formed from shoddy fibers or a foam pad formed from bonded foam. To protect the recycled energy absorbing layer from moisture, a moisture barrier is laminated on either one or preferably... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070039269 - Panel-type subfloor for athletic floor: An athletic floor uses a panel-type subfloor to secure directly to a concrete base. The panel-type sections include upper and lower rigid layers which sandwich a resilient layer. The rigidity of the lower layer spans most uneven spots in the floor, while the resilient layer provides some degree of a... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070039270 - Veneered raised panel element and method of manufacturing thereof: The present invention relates to veneered paneled elements such as doors. For example, a veneered raised panel door could include two vertically-oriented framing members (e.g., stiles) and two horizontally-oriented framing members (e.g., rails). These members are combined with a center panel to create a door frame. Each exposed edge of... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070039271 - Adhesive articles and release liners: The present application is directed to adhesive articles and release liners. Namely, the present application is directed to an article comprising an adhesive layer with a structured surface. The structured surface comprises a first groove and a second groove recessed into the adhesive layer from a reference plane defined by... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070039273 - Cappings for use in conservatory roof construction: A glazing bar (30) and an upper capping (42) therefor and means for locating the capping on the glazing bar, the glazing bar having a stem (32) and lateral flange means (34, 36) for supporting roofing panels directly or indirectly, and wherein the upper capping comprises at least a twin... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070039272 - Roof beams: A roof beam (14) for a conservatory roof (10) comprises a core profile (16) of metal, a plastics member (18) fitted to the core profile and providing at least one ledge for carrying an edge of a sheet of glazing material (12) and a cap (20) mountable on the plastics... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070039274 - Roofing shingle including sheet as headlap: A roofing shingle includes a buttlap portion with a butt edge and a headlap portion with a head edge. The roofing shingle includes a coated mat which is a roofing mat coated with an organic-based coating material. The roofing shingle also includes a water impermeable sheet adjacent to the coated... Agent: Owens Corning

20070039275 - Features for thin composite architectural panels: Thin composite panels with interconnection schemes that are unitized with the panels, i.e., formed integrally and substantially simultaneously with the panels, and/or that are embodied by structural elements bridging a face sheet and a liner sheet of a panel. Further contemplated is the application of an injection molding technique, such... Agent: Ian K. Samways Reed Smith LLP

20070039276 - Concrete reinforcer and method: A concrete reinforcing apparatus including a plurality of shear stirrups, each having a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion separated by a bend. Stringers may be rigidly attached to the substantially horizontal portions.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070039277 - High tensile grid module for use in concrete construction and method of use: A plurality of concrete reinforcing grid modules each comprising a plurality of spaced longitudinal wires and a plurality of spaced transverse wires may be nestably stacked together and sold as a package. The transverse wires are secured to the longitudinal wires at intersections. Each grid module may be secured to... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070039278 - Rebar positioner for masonry construction: A rebar positioner for positioning rebar in concrete masonry units has a spine having a midsection, a first end, and a second end. The first end may be partially offset to form a first rest and the second end may be partially offset to form a second rest. The positioner... Agent: Maccord Mason PLLC

20070039280 - Detachable fastening element: A detachable fastening element to fasten a panel on a front side of a display panel includes a pressing portion, a locating plate, two elastic pressing members, and two hooks. The pressing portion presses the panel on the front side of the display panel. The display panel is mounted onto... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070039279 - Device for connecting beams and pillars or similar structural elements: A device for connecting beams and pillars or similar structural elements, particularly for prefabricated concrete structural elements, comprising a bracket, which forms, when installed, by means of its upper face, a support for the beam, and a first connection for connecting to the pillar the end of the bracket that... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070039281 - Anchoring insert for embedding in a concrete component and concrete component provided therewith: A concrete component embedded anchoring insert for bracing panels in buildings, and prefabricated concrete component provided therewith, the anchoring insert comprising an insert body delimiting a compartment and having a face with a main access opening. The insert body can be embedded in the concrete component so that the face... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070039282 - Gooseneck beam: A beam having a gooseneck shape with two gooseneck portions. The beam may have a variety of cross sectional configurations. One such configuration has an upper front wall, a lower front wall, and an offset wall there between. The offset wall may be recessed, or offset away from the body... Agent: Robert J. Sayfie, P.C.

20070039283 - Prefabricated segmental concrete filled tube member, and fabrication structure and method using the same: A prefabricated segmental concrete filled tube member, and fabrication structure and method using the same are provided. The prefabricated segmental concrete filled tube member has a hollow pipe filled therein with concrete, and a connection flange shaped in a ring radially extending from the peripheries of both ends of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070039284 - Stringers made of a composite material with a bulb: The invention relates to a stringer (11, 21, 31) made of a composite material for stiffening panels made of a composite material, particularly those used in the aeronautics industry, formed by a foot (15) for joining with the panel and a structural member (13, 23, 33) with a structural reinforcement... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070039285 - Trash-a-splash disposable temporary splash guard: Protective sheeting for protecting a work area includes a removable self sticking adhesive being positioned on the protective sheeting and formed into a strip and a perforation formed in the protective sheeting to reduce the size of the protective sheeting.... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20070039286 - Electric magnetic nail remover and nail impailer: The electric magnetic remover will pull the nails from the wood or any surface and hold the item in place; at the same time the shingles will be discarded in whole, easier and cleaner to pick-up. There's a power indicator to help the worker to adjust the electric power to... Agent: Douglas D. Demasi, Sr.

20070039287 - Poly-bonded framed panels: A one layer building panel derives its structural integrity from a foam forming the layer that bonds to horizontal and vertical stud members with a mesh material disposed therein. The vertical members can be provided at the edges of the building panel. The horizontal members can be provided at the... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070033882 - Clean work booth: A mobile clean room has a substantially rectangular frame having an upper and lower portion and is formed of a plurality of metal tube members and transparent plastic wall panels affixed to the frame to form an end wall and front and rear walls. A floor plate is affixed to... Agent: Arthur G. Yeager, P.A.

20070033883 - Structural systems: A structural system for use in areas in which space is valuable. The structural system is a self-contained meeting center capable of transforming from a closed storage position into an open position for conducting a meeting. The structural system may be used for interior and exterior applications. The structural system... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070033884 - Universal stud: A framing system for a wall that uses just one type of unit. The Universal Stud is the same unit that serves as its own plate or track. A plurality of the stud having the same slot configuration at each end and two sides of the stud receiving that same... Agent: William A. Wright

20070033885 - Concealed panel locking mechanism: A concealed panel locking mechanism is provided which may be used to secure the contents of a container in a manner that is not discernable to an uninformed individual viewing the container. In one exemplary embodiment, the locking mechanism includes one or more channels formed into a central area of... Agent: Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070033886 - Apparatus and method for scribing trim strips: Apparatus and method for scribing a trim strip to fit between a cabinet and a nearby surface with a first edge of the trim strip facing one side of the cabinet and a second edge of the trim strip facing the surface in which a guide is run along the... Agent: Edward S. Wright

20070033887 - System for alleviating in-vault condensation in double-glazed windows: A hole is drilled through from the outside atmosphere into the between-panes vault, and into the hole is inserted a normally-open valve assembly. The valve Is arranged to close responsively to the presence of a pressure differential in such direction that air would tends to enter the vault.... Agent: Anthony Asquith

20070033888 - Cap-on-cap mounting block: A wall-mounting block or frame is used to mount fixtures to exterior building walls having siding. The wall-mounting block includes two major parts, a first or base section and a second or holding section which are both configured as cap-like structures detachably connected to each other with integrated, adjustable connectors.... Agent: Lev Intellectual Property Consulting

20070033889 - Multi-functional medical facility with diagnostic, therapeutic and interventional capabilities: A multi-functional medical facility permits emergent diagnostic imaging assessment, image guided therapeutic interventions, and open surgical procedures within the complex. The concept of bringing diagnostic and therapeutic imaging and operative equipment to the critically ill patient or the patient undergoing non-emergency, elective surgery, instead of bringing the patient to the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070033890 - Poly-bonded framed panels: A one layer building panel derives its structural integrity from a foam forming the layer that bonds to horizontal and vertical stud members with a mesh material disposed therein. The vertical members can be provided at the edges of the building panel. The horizontal members can be provided at the... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070033891 - Support panel: The present invention concerns an air permeable panel (1) for an intermediate cladding layer having filtering characteristics. Such cladding layers are for use in breathing buildings where the building walls provide filtering characteristics. The panel comprises a plurality of projections (3) interconnected in a lattice configuration, said projections being arranged... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070033892 - Sealing arrangement of a piezoactuator in a fuel injector: A seal for a piezoactuator in a fuel injector as simply, reliably and, in respect of the useful life of the piezoactuator, as favorably as possible has a support element (28), positioned on terminal posts (20) projecting in an axial direction (A) out of the piezoactuator (12) and pressed in... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070033893 - Reduced friction fastening clip assembly for use with standing seam roof or wall panel systems: A roof or wall panel system that includes a first panel having a first longitudinal seam a second panel having a second longitudinal seam, and a clip assembly that includes a vertical web or webs having a first exterior side and a second exterior side. The t vertical web or... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070033894 - Partition system: A partition system for office spaces generally includes a framework and a plurality of different types of decorative and/or functional tiles mountable to the framework. The framework includes I- and C-shaped vertical frame members which are adjustably joined by upper and lower horizontal spanners such that the distance between the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070033895 - Fixture set: The present invention relates to a fixture set which comprises an accessory part (2), and at least one means for fixing the accessory part (2) to a front surface of a wall of a hollow frame (1), through a hole (6) provided through said wall. The fixing means comprises an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070033896 - Protective guard for a post, pole or leg of a sign: A protective guard for a post, pole and/or leg of a sign is provided. The protective guard may be placed around a post, pole and/or leg of a sign to protect the post, pole and/or leg of a sign from the environment and/or the environment from the post. More specifically,... Agent: Justin Lampel

20070033897 - Apparatus and method for arranging a spacer: An apparatus for arranging a spacer includes a substrate, a roller, and an adhesion unit. The substrate includes a recessed portion. A spacer, which maintains a cell gap of a display panel and has an adhesive member formed thereon, is received in the recessed portion. The roller corresponds to the... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070033898 - Fibre privacy or room-divider panel: Rigid, non-woven fibre panels that are used as privacy screens, partitioning, room dividers or as workstation surrounds, for example, are described. The panels are strong and may be self supporting, have good acoustic properties, and preferably have a substantially smooth surface. They are made from a single, substantially homogeneous, layer... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070033900 - Apparatus and method to control the temperature of a melt stream: Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling the temperature of a melt stream, a method of using the apparatus to make variable-density polymeric articles, and the polymeric article formed thereby. The apparatus for making the article includes a row of baffles wherein the baffles include a temperature-control conduit defined or disposed... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c.

20070033899 - Extruded hollow aluminum alloy panel and method for producing the same: An extruded hollow aluminum alloy panel includes a panel body and a guide rail that are integrally formed by extrusion so as to extend in an extrusion direction. The panel body has a plurality of closed spaces defined between plates by ribs in a cross section perpendicular to the extrusion... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070033901 - Stackable insulated unit for wall construction and method: A stackable insulated unit for wall construction for cooperation with conventional wall studs forming a self-supporting wall structure consists of two side wooden planks spaced apart and provided therebetween with an insulating layer which has at least two transverse through openings for reception of respective wall stud sections, either slidably... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20070033902 - Suspension systems: An easily installed, aesthetically pleasing island ceiling system is provided. The system includes a soft fiber panel having a top surface, a bottom surface and an edge extending therebetween. The top surface includes a routed channel which does not extend to the edge of the panel. The system also includes... Agent: Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Legal Department

20070028550 - Rafter platform: A platform installed on a rafter or joist provides stability and improved safety in construction-related settings. The platform may be sized according to the specific rafters, and in some embodiments the platform may span two or more rafters. A non-slip surface on top of the platform improves traction for the... Agent: Richard C. Calderwood

20070028551 - Beam attachment system: The invention relates to a beam attachment system (1) comprising two pillars (5a, 5b), a beam (3b) and at least one beam tie (9a, 9b). Said pillars are stressed by the beam (3b) in order to be moved away from each other and by the beam tie (9a, 9b) in... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070028552 - Tilt-up anchor and anchor pocket form: An improved, lightweight, portable, and self-contained concrete form for fabricating tilt-up concrete walls is provided. The form includes a frame made from metal frame members jointed at their ends with the frame members forming the sides of the frame. Optional structural anchors may be attached inside the frame members. The... Agent: W. Michael Deloach, Sr.

20070028553 - Structural window in composite sandwich beam: A window for installation in a sandwich composite beam shown in FIG. 2B that contains window body (18), tabs (22), and a means of attaching the tabs to the composite sandwich beam. The means of attaching tabs (22) could be an interlocking mechanism such as dowel interlock feature (48) in... Agent: Richard Kirby Suite A

20070028554 - High strength runner: A suspended ceiling grid beam is provided that has an increased beam height to provide enhanced resistance to downward deflection. The beam has a cross-section generally in the form of an inverted T, with a central web, a pair of panel support flanges extending from one edge of the web,... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070028555 - Clip for steel stud walls: A clip for steel stud walls, including a steel stud having a stud width; a front surface; a back surface; a pair of fasteners being set apart an inner width, the inner width sized at least as large as the stud width and the steel stud being positioned between the... Agent: Angenehm Law Firm, Ltd.

20070028556 - Roofing insulation fastening system: A system for securing a plurality of slabs of insulation to an underlying roof decking substructure by a plurality of batten strips is disclosed, wherein the plurality of slabs of insulation are disposed within a grid-type arrangement comprising a plurality of transversely oriented rows of the slabs of insulation and... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Schwartz & Weinrieb

20070028557 - Height-adjustable, structurally suspended slabs for a structural foundation: To form a new structurally suspended slab or to raise an existing slab for a structural foundation, structural supports are placed in the ground. The structural supports are attached to lifting assemblies, which are also installed in the slab. Actuation of the lifting assembly allows the slab to be raised... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070028558 - Structural wood elements and system that can be constructed therefrom: A system of structural wood elements has blocks that have grooves on bases and tongues on tops for superimposing the blocks. A lateral element fixed to one side of the blocks is thinner and longer than the blocks. Opposite ends of the lateral element are fixed to the topmost top... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070028559 - Universal door skin blank, method of manufacturing a door produced therewith, and door produced therefrom: A universal door skin blank comprises an exterior side and an interior side for securing to a frame member, first and second molded, spaced stiles, and a flat planar portion disposed between the stiles and lying on a plane spaced from the plane of the stiles. An interface portion is... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070022668 - Open medical system: An open medical system for deploying, supporting and organizing medical equipment and medical utilities comprising a utility connection, and a main assembly having a primary structure having an upper plate and lower plate held in fixed spaced apart relation by a plurality of spacers, the main assembly also having at... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070022669 - Gazebos with decorative posts having replaceable tops: A gazebo having four or more support columns connected together to form a frame structure which supports a covering support structure which in turn supports a roof covering has decorative posts (e.g., eight in number when four support columns are used) which are connected to the frame structure so that... Agent: Law Offices Of Roy Anderson

20070022670 - Small vehicle enclosures and methods for operating the same: Small vehicle enclosures and methods for operating the same are disclosed. An example enclosure includes a base portion configured to receive a vehicle and includes at least one channel or groove configured to guide vehicle. The example enclosure further includes a cover portion configured to cover the vehicle when the... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070022671 - Weather resistant structure: An improved weather resistant structure. The structure comprising: at least 2 outer walls; a decking for supporting a roof; a deck support structure between the top of the walls and the decking; and a plurality of glass-ceramic building tiles attached to the upper surface of the decking forming the roof.... Agent: Maccord Mason PLLC

20070022672 - Hurricane protection harness: A hurricane protection harness apparatus for protecting homes, buildings and other assets from the destructive forces of high winds such as from hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones and typhoons is disclosed. The disclosure presents an apparatus for mooring and securing a building roof and the underlying structure during periods of high winds,... Agent: James R Hasselbeck

20070022673 - Sectioning scheme applied to two- or four-foot cross tee members associated with a ceiling grid system and accounting for an offset existing between an associated end of a cross tee and a center point of the main tee measured to an oppositely positioned w: A measurement scheme applied to a cross tee member accounting for an offset between the tee and a cross-sectional center point of a main tee measured to a wall angle. The cross tee exhibits an overall length with first and second opposite lip supporting edges. A cross section of the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070022674 - Building block lifting and carrying tool: A tool for lifting and carrying a building block includes a body having a first end adapted to engage an inner building block wall. A nose extends from an upper portion of the first end and is adapted to engage an upper surface of the building block. First and second... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070022675 - Apparatus and method to measure cable tension: A method and apparatus for measuring tension in a stressed cable wherein the apparatus comprises two clamps, a circuit board and a power source. A transverse acceleration is generated in the stressed cable which is measured by an accelerometer in the apparatus, converted into an analog signal and transmitted to... Agent: Edmonds, P.C.

20070022676 - Roof object support system: A support block for supporting objects on a roof. The support block is a moulded elastomeric block with a substantially hollow core. The support block can be used as is or in a system whereby a galvanized steel channel is secured to the top wall of the block accommodating the... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070022677 - Base for a building structure: A base for a building structure to be erected abutting an existing building comprises a plastics shutter having a base and sides to be filled with concrete.... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070022678 - In-ground storm shelter: An in-ground storm shelter for use near a structure having no basement, especially for use adjacent mobile homes or other slab-on grade dwellings. The in-ground storm shelter is a generally rectangular-shaped enclosure having a pair of generally vertical side walls and a pair of generally vertical end walls, an enclosed... Agent: Janet P. Schafer Schafer Law Office, P.A.

20070022679 - Modular curvilinear staircase: Provided as a curved staircase which extends between upper and lower levels of a building structure. The building structure has a plurality of spaced vertical wall studs. The curved staircase comprises a plurality of step modules each including a side panel, a front riser and a back riser. Each of... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070022680 - Retention assembly for retaining a panel in a window or a door: A retention assembly is for retaining a panel in a window or a door. The assembly includes a surround, a frame, and a locking latch. The surround includes a first and a second pair of spaced segments which extend to define an opening. The frame includes a pair of first... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070022681 - Interior treatments and furniture of fibrous felt construction: Interior design structures and lightweight furniture formed from a felted fibrous material such as needle punched felt as the material of construction in replacement for wood. The felted fibrous material is adapted to provide adequate strength to permit construction of three dimensional structures by use of standard joining techniques such... Agent: James M. Robertson J.m. Robertson Intellectual Property, LLC

20070022682 - Panel wall system: Several curtain wall system embodiments are described including dry system embodiments, wet system embodiments and a rain screen system embodiment. The dry system embodiments utilize a subframe grid that is comprised of tubular subframe members. The subframe members are interconnected to form a typically rectangular grid that is attached to... Agent: Leyendecker Lemire & Daley, LLC

20070022683 - Modular wall system incorporating z-strips: A modular wall system is described that includes a plurality of wall panels, a horizontal main bracket having a length; and a plurality of wall panel brackets. Each wall panel bracket is configured for attachment to a corresponding one of the wall panels. Each wall panel bracket is configured to... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070022684 - Open ended interlocking block system: An interlocking block system building system for block walls which employs an “H” shaped open ended block to build any size walled structure. The device features a first block having a center portion connecting and two parallel sidewalls with two open ends opposite the endwalls. A plurality of interlocking tabs... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070022685 - Crown molding member having planar portion, intermediate portion, and mounting flange: As used to trim a corner where a wall and a ceiling meet, a crown molding member has a planar portion, an intermediate portion, and a mounting flange. The planar portion is attached to the ceiling, in a first mode, or to the wall, in a second mode. The intermediate... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070022686 - System and method for a secondary water drainage system with street level leak detection: A system and method for a secondary water drainage system with street level leak detection positioned between spaced apart prefabricated building panels is disclosed herein. In the space between two adjacent prefabricated building panels, an inner line of caulk is formed from the top to the bottom of the panels.... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070022687 - Decorative stone module: A decorative stone module comprising a backing panel having a peripheral contour, a decorative face and an opposing structure mounting face. The decorative stone is formed on the decorative face of the panel. The module is configured for mounting on a structure surface in a side-by-side fashion with other like... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20070022688 - Adjustable corner bead: An adjustable corner bead which can join two wall members or board members at a plurality of angles can be set up relatively easily, and is portable, easy to transport, and easy to store. The adjustable corner bead has a first support member and a second support member. The first... Agent: Michael J. Foycik, Jr #225

20070022689 - Plastic flooring with improved seal: A floor or wall covering has blocks with mating strips having multiple ridges and multiple grooves in both mating members. Ridges and grooves can have different sizes and cross-sectional shapes from one another, and can mate in a manner that provides expansion gaps. Male/female positioning pairs can advantageously be included... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker LLP

20070022690 - Wall mold attachment clip: A clip for attaching the end of a grid tee to a wall angle. The clip, in various forms, is arranged to frictionally lock between the hem of the horizontal leg of the wall angle and the vertical leg. The clip, typically, has a pair of opposed open hems forming... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070022691 - Drawer or door front assembly with reconfigurable inserts panel: A repairable drawer or door assembly has a rear panel and a front panel that each have corresponding openings. Perimeter portions around the openings in the two panels are formed to capture a window. A removable escutcheon plate covers raw edges of the perimeter around the insert opening. The rear... Agent: Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070022692 - Synthetic roofing shingle or tile: A synthetic roofing shingle or tile is provided, in which a core material is formed, of generally less expensive material, and with a skin material provided, disposed on a plurality of surfaces of the shingle or tile, with the skin material being generally of greater expense and having desirable weather-withstanding... Agent: John F. Mcnulty Paul & Paul

20070022694 - Connecting system for surface coverings: A system and method for joining floor planks includes two or more planks wherein each plank includes a tongue, a groove, and optionally a shoulder, and optionally a protruding lip, that provide a mechanism for connecting two or more planks together. The tongue can be on the opposing side of... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070022693 - Tile mounting system and method: In a method and mounting system for placing tiles, use is made of a form-retaining grid element (10) with a number of mutually intersecting walls (11,12) which define a number of tile compartments (13) therebetween. The grid element is fixed to a surface for tiling, whereafter tiles (20) are placed... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070022695 - 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. The middle layer forms between 45% and 75% of the overall material of the board... Agent: Attention Of Joshua N. Randall Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070022696 - Panel for maintaining high pressure strength at any point: The present invention relates to a high-strength panel used as flooring in a clean facility, such as a semiconductor clean room. The high-strength panel comprises rim ribs, each having a tapered surface, formed at a respective rim portions of the panel. A main reinforcing rib divides an interior space defined... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070022697 - Modular curvilinear staircase: Provided is a curved staircase installed between upper and lower levels of a building structure. The curved staircase may be configured as an “outside radius free-standing” version, an “inside radius free-stranding” version, or as an “entirely free-standing” version using a plurality of step modules disposed in stacked relationship to one... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070022698 - Window assembly and methods: A window assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth frame pieces connected together to form a rectangular frame. Each of the frame pieces has an inside face defining a glass-receiving groove and a muntin-engaging face orthogonal to the inside face and defining a muntin-receiving channel. A first muntin is oriented... Agent: Erik G. Swenson Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070022699 - Knockdown doorframe for adjustably accommodating wall thickness and building method thereof: A knockdown doorframe includes: a pair or jambs respectively secured to a right and a left vertical side wall of a doorway, each jamb having an adjustable covering plate adjustably shielding a side portion of the jamb with the wall; and a lintel horizontally secured to a top portion of... Agent: Guo-chi Wang

20070022700 - Spacer arrangement with fusable connector for insulating glass units: A spacer frame arrangement for insulating glass units, comprising a spacer profile body extending in a first direction and having a predetermined cross section in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, the predetermined cross section defining a hollow inner space of the spacer profile body with predetermined dimensions in... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070022701 - Diagonally braced sheet metal framing wall: A bracing beam extends at a diagonal between an end portion of a track and a stud, or between two studs. A series of the brace beam sections extend along a diagonal line to diagonally brace a framing wall. Each bracing beam section has a web and a pair of... Agent: Delbert J. Barnard

20070022703 - Method and structure for an anchor rod cap: An anchor rod cap and method for protecting an anchor rod/bolt/lower flange assembly are provided. An anchor rod is provided having upper and lower tubular elements connected by a shoulder. The upper element is disposed about the anchor rod threads and has an interior surface defined on a radius smaller... Agent: Driggs, Hogg & Fry Co. L.p.a.

20070022702 - Roofing bracket apparatus and system: A novel roofing bracket is disclosed wherein use of a plurality of the roofing brackets provides a generally horizontal working surface on an inclined standing seam roofing panel. The roofing bracket comprises a first and second section, each section defining a base and an upright extending from the base, and... Agent: Robert L. Rispoli Clayman, Tapper & Baram

20070022704 - Cross tie connection bracket: A cross tie bracket that is attachable to a rod and a building structural element. The cross tie bracket has a generally cylindrical body sized to receive the rod and a gusset disposed between the body and a base. The base has a series of apertures formed therein for inserting... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070022705 - Segmented support assembly: A column includes a foundation, a plurality of column segments mounted to the foundation and extending upwardly, and a cap mounted to at least one of the plurality of column segments. A yield plate connects adjacent column segments to one another. An elastic strip connects to an exterior surface of... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070022706 - Service line distribution base: A service line distribution base (10) comprises a ground anchor (18) having an upstanding cruciform portion adapted to extend into the ground. A cabinet (20) suited to support a utility pole (14) extends upwardly from the ground anchor (18). The cabinet (20) defines and internal space for receiving buried wire... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070022707 - Composite structural member having an undulating web and method for forming same: Composite structural members and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a composite structural member includes a central structural portion that extends in a first direction and having a first flange portion and a second flange portion that are spaced apart in a second direction perpendicular to... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20070022708 - Building block: A building block comprising a front panel and a rear panel together with spacer means adapted to space the front panel from the rear panel to create a cavity there between characterised in that said building block further comprises means to allow a filling material to flow such that, in... Agent: Bradley N Ruben

20070022709 - Systems for attaching wood products: Systems for attaching a plurality of wood products are provided. In a first type of system, a first wood product has a first chemical compound applied to a surface of the first wood product. A second wood product has a second chemical compound applied to a surface of the second... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20070022710 - Fastpull: A device providing a quick and easy alignment tool for installing acoustical ceiling grid for ceiling tiles and grid for drywall ceiling. The tool is especially useful in situations where space and time constraint prohibit the use of a laser or when additional alignment functions are required in addition to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070022711 - Roofing cover board, roofing panel composites, and method: A prefabricated cover board has a high-density polymer or predominantly polymer material core layer having a density between 4 lbs/ft3 and 25 lbs/ft3. A prefabricated roofing panel composite includes the cover board and an insulation board that has a low-density polymer or predominantly polymer material foam core layer preferably having... Agent: Robert D. Touslee