Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 04/07

20070089372 - Gutter cover: A gutter cover for preventing leaves and debris from clogging a gutter, comprising a central strip having a plurality of perforations disposed therein, said perforations being sufficiently large to allow water to flow while preventing leaves and debris from passing therethrough, wherein said central strip is bounded at either edge... Agent: James G. Coplit

20070089373 - Method and apparatus for installing egress window steps: A modular egress window well structure which is constructed of structurally identical walls that interlock and attach to the foundation of a building via a termination strip. The identical wall members allow for ease of manufacturing and installation of the egress window well. The method of installation comprises removing soil... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070089374 - Extensible beam: An extensible beam (1) comprising: a first, elongate element (10), a second element (50) adapted to move relative to the first elongate element in order to vary the amount of overlap between the first and second elements and thereby vary the length of the beam. Wherein the first element includes... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070089375 - Devices for securing panels over an opening, and panels having the devices: A mounting device includes a base having a first surface and a second opposite surface, the first surface having a supporting surface and an engaging member having an engaging surface. The engaging member can include an elongated flexible member with a headed end having the engaging surface. The mounting devices... Agent: Ppg Industries, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070084135 - Construction system for steel-frame buildings: A construction system for steel-frame buildings wherein steel shipping containers are used to furnish structural components of the building. A building includes a substantially horizontal deck and a plurality of substantially vertical columns, where the deck includes a base of a shipping container. A side wall of the shipping container... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070084136 - Butt joint connector: A butt joint connector is described which includes a plurality of ribs (31, 50) which are interconnected by batons (32) or webs (52). The ribs (31, 50) define first and second arms (31a, 31b and 50a, 50b) which form attachment surfaces which are inclined with respect to one another so... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070084137 - Post support and stabilization: A post support and stabilization apparatus includes a stand having at least three legs, each of the legs being pivotally attached to a substantially ‘U’ shaped bracket, and a reversible mechanism for holding and releasing a post, when set within the bracket. A method for post support and stabilization includes... Agent: Aquilla Patents & Marks, PLLC

20070084138 - Sliding storm shutters: Exterior windows on a structure are protected from storm damage by solid panels in pairs mounted in frame members of an attachment apparatus positioned above and below the window and on the exterior of a structure. U-shaped channels are disposed above and below the window and are of sufficient. width... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070084139 - Exterior wall assembly: An exterior wall assembly includes an interior wall portion, an exterior wall portion having an inner surface, insulation disposed adjacent to the interior wall portion, and a flexible grid disposed between the insulation and the inner surface of the exterior wall portion. The flexible grid defines an air passage between... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070084140 - Axle guide assembly for drywall coating box: An axle guide assembly for a drywall coating box. The axle guide assembly comprises one or more, preferably two, axle guides. Each axle guide is a clip that fits onto an axle of a drywall coating box in order to allow coating mud to be applied to the outside of... Agent: Thomas B. Tate

20070079560 - Guttering system: An apparatus for pivotally securing a gutter to a facia such that it may be pivotally moved between a first (draining) position, and a second (cleaning) position. The apparatus includes an outwardly extending arm 2 with a hinge 4 thereon. The gutter is attached, for instance, by means of a... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070079561 - Display mounting system: A system for installation of multiple panels for shelving and the like, wherein the geometry of the junction between panels provides a cavity adapted to receive the anchoring portion of shelf support brackets, or the like.... Agent: Lott & Friedland, P.A.

20070079562 - Ceiling tile assembly: A ceiling tile assembly includes a sheet of ornamental facing and a support frame or a supporting member with a retaining element.... Agent: Owens Corning

20070079563 - Window shadow and skirting system for manufactured and mobile homes: A system for inexpensively updating manufactured mobile homes with decorative window shadows and skirting. Decorative panels are attached to the home by circular metal snaps. The panels may be of vinyl plastic or other suitable material of sufficient thickness to withstand the weather. A base frame is positioned on the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070079564 - Devices for securing panels over an opening, and panels having the devices: A mounting device includes a base having a first major surface and a second opposite major surface; a supporting member having a supporting surface connected to the base, and spaced from and facing away from the base, and an engaging member having an engaging surface in facing relationship to the... Agent: Ppg Industries, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070079565 - Light weight sandwich panels: Light weight structural wall panels are made of two layers of load bearing skins, separated by a light-weight concrete, using expanded materials such as Perlite, Pulverized Fuel Ash, Styrene or foam cement to form a sandwiched construction for structural strength. The load-bearing skins, which are sprayed into a mold, are... Agent: Bahram Bahramian

20070079566 - Modular building block system: A modular building system formed of blocks supported around a loadbearing pipe frame. The blocks include half cylinder protruding portions located at opposing ends of the blocks wherein the protruding portions of adjacent blocks form cylindrical fastener portions. Horizontally adjacent blocks form courses, and horizontal courses of blocks are stacked... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070079567 - Grid system for building structure and method therefor: A structural assembly has a foot assembly anchored to a base. A structural column is received in the foot assembly and connected thereto assuring the vertical alignment of the column. At least one structural beam is connected to the column at a desired height above the base. A deck is... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP Intellectual Property Law Offices

20070079568 - Door module system: A door module and a method of packaging and assembling the door module (10) to a vehicle door (12) is disclosed. The door module (10) comprises a non-structural substrate carrier (14), a door trim panel (15) configured to be coupled to the substrate carrier, a door trim interface member (32)... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070079569 - Multipurpose protective surface cover: A large-area protective covering system for installation in a staggered or grid configuration is provided comprised of a plurality of essentially identical large-area panels with honeycomb internal structures which have locking systems on the sides and ends for locking the panels in place. The panels, once locked together, have little... Agent: Lang Michener

20070079570 - Reinforced concrete forming system: A building system for a reinforced concrete floor includes forms made of foam plastic material such as expanded polystyrene for receiving liquid concrete. The reinforcing steel bars are mutually connected to form trusses which are supported upon vertical, reinforced concrete columns at the corners of each bay, and in some... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070079571 - Methods and apparatuses relating to block receptor configurations and block assembly processes: The present invention approaches the filling efficiency problem from the perspective of the block receptor sites independent of any modification to existing manufacturing equipment or general block geometry. The present invention teaches the use of receptor site openings consisting of various shapes to increase the filling efficiency by improving the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079572 - Anchor sheet and anchor sheet module: This application discloses a relatively thin flexible anchor sheet for instalation under carpets or other decorative coverings and a covering module composed of a pre-attached decorative covering and anchor sheet which can be assembled by overlapping hook and loop attachment to an additional covering module to create a complete floor... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20070079573 - Expandable shelter system: A side expandable shelter system having a transport mode in which a side expandable section(s) is completely nested within an (ISO-style) main shelter section, and a deployment mode in which the side expandable section is completely protracted from the main shelter section. The side expandable shelter system comprises a flooring... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., PC Soundview Plaza

20070074458 - Device for producing a prefabricated cast concrete element: A device for producing a prefabricated cast concrete element. The device includes a plurality of central structural elements, each of the plural central structural elements comprising two parallel welded wire lattice mats, straight bridging wires welded at each end to the two wire lattice mats holding the wire lattice mats... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070074459 - Liquid dispersing plate: A liquid dispersing device includes a relatively rigid thin perforated plate having a plurality of closely spaced minute openings or holes in the form of a fine mesh. A plurality of plates are mounted on brackets secured along a side wall of a structure in the path of liquid flowing... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070074460 - Portable drilling mast structure: A portable drilling mast structure comprising a lower drilling mast having a lower end pivotally coupled to a base. A hinge is coupled to an upper end of the lower drilling mast and a lower end of an upper drilling mast. The drilling mast structure has a first position wherein... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070074461 - Adjustable shade-providing building structure: A shade structure includes a vertical column and a roof having a cover, a framework supporting the cover, and a mount attached for rotational adjustment to a top of the column and supporting the roof on the column. The framework includes a triangularly-shaped main beam arrangement comprising a plurality of... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070074462 - Assembleable and modular housing unit exhibiting powder impression molded construction: A modularizable and assembleable structure including a plurality of individual and three-dimensional shaped components, each being interengageable along opposingly extending edges in order to establish a three-dimensional and internally accessible structure. The components include a roof, a plurality of walls and a floor, each exhibiting an impression molded plasticized/polymer based... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070074463 - Housing modules with solar panels and buildings formed from stacked modules: A building module for housing purposes comprises a rigid, rectangular, three-dimensional truss formed with four steel end columns and steel beams extending between the columns. The modules may be combined with similar modules to form building structures. Each module includes a floor panel extending between the four end columns, wall... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070074464 - Systems and methods of constructing, assembling, and moving modular washrooms: Assembly time of a modular washroom may be reduced when compared to assembly of a conventional washroom, thereby reducing delays in occupancy of building units such as those in a strip mall. In one embodiment, a modular washroom comprises coupling devices on adjoining walls that are easily accessible so that... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070074465 - Combinational housing structure: A combinational housing structure comprising several housing units, every housing unit has a rectangular steel frame as backbone, several wedge holes are on the top, bottom and four comers of the steel frame, several hook parts corresponding to four walls are on the edges of the steel frame; four walls,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074466 - Drip edge with compliant fastener strip and method: A drip edge and related method for building roofs includes an elongate, substantially rigid edge strip having a generally L-shape defined by an upper flange with a forward portion protruding outwardly from the bottom edge of the roof and a generally flat rearward portion, and a lower flange disposed at... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070074467 - Bird deterrent device: A device for deterring birds from alighting onto an object, the device having a mounting adapted to be fixed to an object upon which birds may alight, a hub rotatably associated with the mounting, and at least one arm adapted to extend radially from said hub. The at least one... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070074468 - Tubular skylight dome with variable prism: The inside surface of a cover for a skylight is molded to have a variable prism that directs low-angle light into the skylight tube and that reflects away some high-angle light, to achieve a more constant light output over the course of the day. The prism is established by a... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070074469 - Entry door frame: A door frame includes a pultruded profile extending from a first side to a second side and having a back wall and a front wall, the first side of the front wall having a recessed area, the second side including a mounting section to receive a wood board.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070074470 - Bottom of wall unit: Bottom of wall unit compartment plinth support for cable passage (C) and users connections fixations (32) at the bottom of wall (M), comprising the assembly of several elements treated at various stages of work, with a wall construction profile (1) for the connection with the wall (M), a chest profile... Agent: Bendrell Jean Claude

20070074471 - Hotel area for family reunions and the like: A hotel area designed for family reunions and the like includes a large common area from which each of a plurality of bedrooms is accessible. The bedrooms each include one or two beds and a bathroom. The common area is substantially larger than the bedrooms (i.e. sized to accommodate at... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070074472 - Folding footing tamp: A tool for leveling and finishing concrete footings that is light weight and easy to use in many varying situations. Specially designed hinges allow the tool to become rigid when opened for work and also fold for transport and storage. The tool has two working surfaces of different lengths. By... Agent: Gary D. Hulls

20070074473 - Waterproof/drainage structure for a casing, and electronic devices: Provided is a waterproof/drainage structure for a lower casing 11 having a plurality of pushbuttons 16 on a surface thereof. The waterproof/drainage structure has a cover member 14 forming the surface and provided with a plurality of button holes 14a, the plurality of pushbuttons 16, and a sheet portion 17... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070074474 - Insulating wall assembly, and structure including the same: An insulating wall assembly including a substantially rectangular framework having opposite interior and exterior sides, the framework including a plurality of vertical support studs mounted to a plurality of horizontal end studs so as to define at least one inner spacing within the framework, the vertical support studs and the... Agent: Robic

20070074475 - Storm door insert: An insert for storm doors is provided. The insert includes swing-out doors that allow a homeowner to pop out and pass items through the storm door without requiring that the storm door be opened.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070074476 - Insulated concrete form installation protection and debris control system: This invention is new art forming a system of components that enables installers of Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) to save labor time and effort in multiple aspects of ICF installation. After a course or row of ICF is placed on the footing, another course is started. This procedure is continued... Agent: Mr.peter Dennis Morico

20070074477 - Construction element for heat and/or sound insulation: A construction element for heat and/or noise insulation between two construction parts is provided, and includes an insulating body (2) to be arranged between the two construction parts and a fire protection element (4, 5), with the fire protection element having a weather or aging protection in the form of... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070074478 - Block connector: A block connector for pre-cast building blocks comprising a top body portion to be fitted into the bottom surface groove of an upper block and a bottom body portion to be fitted into the top surface groove of a lower block. The top and bottom body portions define three pairs... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20070074480 - Beam and joints for use in screened enclosure and method for designing screened enclosure: A screened enclosure having aluminum structural members, joints interconnecting the structural members, and screen panels formed by the interconnected structural members. The structural members include two-piece box beams formed by two mating extrusions, wherein flanges of the extrusions continuously engage each other along their length by means of interlocking lips,... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070074479 - Metal strengthened structure: A metal strengthened structure has an extruded pillar with a first through hole, a metal pillar arranged in the first through hole, a gap between the first through hole and the metal pillar, and a buffer material filled up the gap. The metal pillar and the buffer material provide enhanced... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074481 - Structural supports and method for making same: A support structure for use in tables and the like comprises a short I-beam segment having a top section, a bottom section and a center section joining the top and bottom sections. Each of the top and bottom sections has two flanges which are preferably stabilized with tension rods. In... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070074483 - Rainscreen clapboard siding: A generally rectangular siding panel having a front and rear faces is provided. The siding panel has at least one protrusion disposed along at least one of the faces, wherein the at least one protrusion provides an air gap between the siding panel and a face of a second siding... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070074482 - Skylight fall protection safety panel and method of making: A skylight fall protection safety panel formed from a single sheet of metal having a predetermined surface area A1 and a plurality of apertures are punched out of at least one central perforated portion of the sheet having a surface area A2 surrounded by strip portions having a perimeter surface... Agent: Charles C. Logan Ii

20070074484 - Light-transmissible construction material and manufacturing method for the same: A light-transmissible construction material and manufacturing method for the same. The light-transmissible construction material comprises at least a light-transmitting unit and a concrete unit. The light-transmitting unit has a light entrance end, a light exit end, and a lateral wall between both ends. The lateral wall of the light-transmitting unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074486 - Flooring material, methods for producing and laying same: A flooring material comprises a core layer of resilient granular agglomerate and a membrane that envelops the aforesaid core layer. In a preferred way, the material is in the form of modules, such as strips or tiles and the membrane forms, on at least one side of the modules, a... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070074485 - Improved panelized wall construction system and method for attaching to a foundation wall: An improved panelized construction system for providing a wall formation for attaching to a foundation wall including a plurality of block forming units adaptable for being both vertically and horizontally arranged to form the wall formation, the opposed side wall portions of each unit including cooperatively engageable portions for fixedly... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP