Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 05/07

20070119104 - Covered rain gutter system: A covered, multi-compartment rain gutter that mounts to facia to collect water upon exit from the peripheral edge of a roof structure, wherein surface dynamics facilitate the collection of rainwater and minimize the passage of undesirable debris, and wherein a straining member further limits the passage of debris into the... Agent: Myers & Kaplan, Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20070119105 - Dry joint aluminum wall panel attachment system: The invention provides a dry joint wall panel attachment system, applying the rainscreen principle. Interlocking components are used to attach aluminum wall panels to an exterior wall.... Agent: Peter L. Brewer Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz Law Firm

20070119106 - Wire corner bead for stucco: A welded wire corner bead comprising at least one and preferably two continuous wires defining a periodic wave form extending from side to side of the bead, the bead being bent lengthwise along an axis.... Agent: George S. Levy

20070119107 - Cornice corner cap and methods related thereto: A cornice molding cap is provided as an accessory to cover or eliminate gaps created where cornice molding meets at a corner of a building. The cap covers gaps where cornice molding meets at a corner structure formed by two walls. The cap is particularly useful in exterior siding installations... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070119108 - End cap for wood frame construction: An end cap is used as a barrier between a joist and a metal hanger and preferably between a joist and the surrounding wood or other structure, such as a foundation wall, sill plate, rim board, and/or other joist. The end cap is removably fit onto the end of an... Agent: Pedersen & Company, PLLC

20070119109 - Precast panel mounting system: A rigid elongate mounting bracket has an embedment portion and an extension portion. The extension portion has a fastener opening and abutment means. When cast into a precast panel in an appropriate angular orientation adjacent to an edge of a cladding panel, the extension portion projects rearwardly and laterally away... Agent: Donald V. Tomkins C/o Tomkins Law Office

20070119110 - Locking system for floorboards: A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards includes horizontal joining of a first and a second joint edge portion of a first and a second floorboard respectively at a vertical joint plane; vertical joining of the first and second joint edge portions; wherein the tongue, the tongue groove, the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070119111 - Panel structure of steel house and panel contructing method: A panel structure of a steel house built by constructing multi-story structural frameworks by forming wall panels by fastening face members to rectangular frames of light-gage channels of sheet steels, constructing walls of each story by disposing said wall panels along the four sides of a rectangle, and assembling said... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070119112 - Storm door with external pvc surfaces and a steel core: A storm door includes first and second horizontal rail portions each having a first end and a second end and having an internal steel reinforcement portion extending substantially from the first end to the second end, and first and second vertical rail portions each having a first end and a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070119113 - Sliding panel assemblies and connectors: A slidable panel assembly has a multi-component perimeter frame. The perimeter frame houses a sheet-type or panel-type structure therein. Each of the outwardly facing edge surfaces of the perimeter frame has a channel extending thereinto. The leading and trailing portions of the perimeter edge channels, adjacent the perimeter corners, define... Agent: Wilhelm Law Service, S.c.

20070119114 - Composite door structure and method of forming a composite door structure: A method of forming a composite door is disclosed. The method comprises: mixing together a thermoplastic polymer with an organic fibrous material in a ratio such that the organic fibrous material constitutes 40 to 60 percent by weight of the mixture; extruding the mixture under heat and pressure to create... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070119115 - Interlocking system for building walls, floors, and roofs: A wall comprising superposed rows of aligned conventional building blocks being approximately parallel front and back faces connected by a plurality of transverse webs defining chambers there between in which the tops and bottoms of the blocks are formed with V-shaped grooves to mate with similarly shaped V-shaped grooves in... Agent: Roberto J. Rios

20070119116 - Climbing system for shuttering, scaffolding and loads in general: The climbing system comprises an upper head (5) attached to the bracket arrangement (3) and also solidly joined to the body of a hydraulic cylinder (6) the rod whereof is attached to a lower head (7), both heads (5) and (7) having a body (8) with upper (9) and lower... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070119117 - Mounting system for roofs and the like: A mounting system for mounting panels to a structure such as a roof comprises a plurality of spaced parallel tracks at least one of which is in the form of a plurality of laterally aligned track segments. Each of the track segments includes a base portion for being mounted to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070119118 - Apparatus and method for fabricating foam wall panels: A foam wall panel system with a unique Z-shaped wall stud. The Z-shape of the wall stud provides cavities on each side which accept the angled edges of foam wall panels that fit within the cavities. Adjacent foam wall panels having angled edges are secured into the cavities on opposite... Agent: John C. Smith, Esq.

20070119119 - System and method for making wallboard: A method of making wallboard including the steps of providing an unfinished length of wallboard that has a recess along its longitudinal edges by conveying it upon a conveyor in a first direction in a step, forming recesses in the unfinished length of wallboard at both lateral edges thereof, selecting... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070119120 - High strength low density multi-purpose panel: A high strength low density multi-purpose panel. The preferred panel is made of a plurality of sections, organized into rows and columns, and each preferably including two voids. The voids are preferably triangular in cross-section and may be rounded at their apex and corners. Solid strips of material, extending between... Agent: R. Bennett Ford

20070113486 - Inflatable barrier: An inflatable barrier system for a doorway or other opening comprising a front side envelope of rectangular front elevation and dog bone shaped horizontal plane cross section, inflatable with gas and fillable with a hardening foam, combined with an inflatable back side array of tubular air beams configured with self... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20070113487 - Re-configurable armored tactical personnel and collective training facility: The present invention is generally directed to a reconfigurable armored unit for use in live fire training exercises. In one aspect, a reconfigurable training facility is provided. The reconfigurable training facility includes a first modular unit having at least one subsystem and a second modular unit having at least one... Agent: B. Todd Patterson Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070113488 - Mobile building: The invention provides a mobile building having: a an elongate mobile chassis; a pair of foldable frames mounted to the chassis and operable transversely between an extended and a collapsed position; a rigid roof structure longitudinally spanning the pair of frames; a pair of side walls suspended from the pair... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070113489 - Wind spoiler for roofs: A wind spoiler including a vertical member mounted vertically along a roof of a structure to extend above the plane of the roof for creating turbulence in wind flowing over the roof.... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070113490 - Construction site hole cap for covering holes: A hole cover is provided for covering holes formed in the walking surfaces at construction job sites. The hole cover includes a cap having a top surface, a bottom surface and an edge. In addition, the cap includes a plurality of bores which project vertically from the cap's top surface... Agent: Drummond & Duckworth

20070113491 - Anchor system: An anchor system which provides a threaded member which can be advanced into a baled material upon rotational engagement of a first member end terminal with the baled material.... Agent: Cr Miles, P.C. Craig R. Miles

20070113492 - Portable floor: A portable floor system having a plurality of floor panels configured for connection along abutting edges to form an extended floor surface. Each panel has a planar portion including a top surface, a core, and a bottom surface. Extruded edge portions include tongues along two edges and complementary tongues along... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070113493 - Stair bracket system and method: A stairway has a pair of stringers, mounted in inclined, spaced-apart, parallel relationship with at least one stair assembly, disposed in spanning relationship across the stringers. Each stringer has a top surface and a side surface. Each stair assembly has a pair of brackets and a tread with each end... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070113496 - Impact-resistant shutter assembly: An impact-resistant shutter does not fracture upon impact from debris. The shutter includes a decorative panel and a support panel. The decorative panel has an outer surface and an inner surface and includes a first chemical composition. The support panel has a first surface and a second surface and includes... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070113495 - Modular assembly system: Methods and apparatus for modular combinations of structural elements (22) and connectors (30) that are sold as a set of unassembled or partially assembled parts (14), and are then transported and assembled by a consumer (10) having ordinary skill without special tools or expertise.... Agent: Giaccherini

20070113494 - Storm shutter system: A storm shutter system is provided for protecting windows from hurricane conditions, storm conditions, and/or the like. In certain example embodiments, a storm shutter system includes both opaque metal corrugated storm shutter panels and clear plastic corrugated storm shutter panels which together may make up the system. The system is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070113497 - Closure frame corner joint: A closure assembly includes a frame having at least one hollow end rail and a pair of side rails coupled in butt joints to opposed ends of the end rail. The butt joints include a core extending through the hollow end rail and from opposed ends of the end rail... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070113498 - Arched door frame: An arched door frame for use within an arched opening in a framed, wallboard clad wall comprises: two similar door frame side portions each having a lower straight portion, an upper rounded portion, and an upper connection edge portion; wherein each door frame side portion has a jamb having a... Agent: Sean W. Goodwin

20070113499 - House wrap with integral furring strips: There is disclosed a furring strip system wherein furring strips are pre-attached to at least one side of a water resistive barrier (WRB—sometimes referred to as “Housewrap”) to promote drainage and drying between the exterior siding or cladding and the underlying wall construction. The furring strips themselves may be ventilated... Agent: Cornelius J. Husar, Esq.

20070113500 - Method to regulate temperature and reduce heat island effect: The present invention relates to a method of regulating and controlling surface temperature of concrete or asphalt structure (the structure) and the like, as well as atmospheric or air temperature around the structure by encapsulating and containing temperature (thermal) control materials (TCMs) or/and water in the structure which constructs or... Agent: Joe Ru He Zhao

20070113501 - Wall system and method: A multi-layer wall panel includes a core filler material surrounded by two plastic sheets. Each sheet includes three-dimensional texture formed to resemble masonry or other desired aesthetics. A layer of concrete may be disposed between each sheet and the filler material. The sheet may be removed from the concrete layers... Agent: Vic Y. Lin Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP

20070113502 - Resilient surround tiles: Tiles made of a resilient material bear an irregular rippled surface shaped so that the ripples pass from one tile to another without discontinuity. The rippled surface is taken from a natural surface such as beach or river sand which has had water flowing over it. Applications include covering the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070113503 - Jet blast wall structures: A jet blast wall structure is provided which is adapted to withstand and deflect high temperature jet blasts from the jet engines of aircraft. The structure comprises a plurality of panels, each of which has a front panel face and edge frame members at each side of the front panel... Agent: Gowan Intellectual Property

20070113504 - Insulated concrete form blocks: An insulated concrete form block includes front and rear wall portions, left and right end walls extending between the front and rear wall portions, spacer ribs positioned to extend between the front and rear wall portions in a spaced-apart relation to define apertures therebetween.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070113505 - Stackable construction panel intersection assembly: The invention concerns a wall form intersection assembly for receiving a flowable material. The assembly includes a pair of opposed spaced-apart foam panels having a top surface and a bottom surface, each panel including a first section having first and second opposed ends, the first sections being parallel to each... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070113506 - Thermally insulated stud and methods for producing the same: A thermally insulated stud and methods for producing the same. First and second elongated structural members are placed vertically parallel to one another, defining a space therebetween. The space is filled with a thermally insulative material, providing reduced thermal conductivity in a horizontal direction through the stud.... Agent: Robert M. Storwick

20070113507 - Compressed dovetail lance: A roll formed sheet metal grid tee, having a multilayer web, is rigidified by a series of longitudinally spaced tabs lanced through the web. The tabs are cut with a dovetail shape and are foreshortened relative to the holes, made when they are formed, by bending them along a line... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070113508 - Batten riser: A batten riser (10) is inserted into the overlap (11) between a batten (3) and a supporting member which can be a rafter (4), or a sheet of plywood (8) which covers the rafters. The battens support tiles (2) of a roof (1). The batten riser (10) has a flange... Agent: Design Ip, P.C.

20070113509 - Interlocking structure for floor panel: This utility model is a new interlocking structure for floor panel. The new interlocking structure for floor panel in accordance with the invention comprising floor panels; one panel edge having an upwardly curved flange, having at least one tooth, formed at it end and at least one hump and depression... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070113510 - Structural building block system with enhanced load bearing capability and method comprising same: A building block arrangement comprises a first layer of building blocks and a second layer of building blocks. The first layer of building blocks includes two spaced apart rows of building blocks whereby a space is provided between adjacent side faces of the building blocks of the first layer. The... Agent: David Odell Simmons

20070113511 - Truss and purlin support apparatus and a method of making and using same with building supports and floor and roof sheathing: A support apparatus is for use with building supports and floor or roof sheathing. The apparatus includes purlins and Pratt-style trusses. Each truss is supported on the building supports. Each truss includes top and bottom chords, and web members extending therebetween. Each purlin extends transversely of the trusses and has... Agent: Lang Michener LLP

20070113512 - Systems and methods for building construction: Systems and methods for building construction that utilize frame members (e.g., studs) having attachment portions to which construction panels can be secured. In one embodiment, a stud designed to support vertical wall panels consists of a pair of metal C-channel studs that are oriented back-to-back with a stiffener plate between... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier

20070113513 - Trim system for island ceiling: An edge trim system for suspended island ceilings in which a one-piece clip couples standard grid tees to standard wall molding. The clip is arranged to snap onto the grid tees where the ceiling boundary is along a line of the grid and to be screw fastened onto a tee... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070113514 - Tiles with embedded locating rods for erosion resistant linings: A tile for lining an internal surface in a heavy wear area. The tile includes at least one locating rod embedded within said tile and an internal mechanism for laterally extending said at least one locating rod out of said tile and into a gap in an adjoining structure which... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20070113515 - Fastening member and external wall construction structure: The present invention aims to provide a fastening member excellent in strength of fastening a decorative external panel and capable of constructing an external wall surface excellent in design appearance, and an external wall structure. The fastening member 1 is used for fastening the decorative external panel 6 to a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070113516 - Hold-down connectors and wall systems: A hold-down connector for attaching metal studs forming a wall assembly to a support structure. One embodiment of the hold-down connector has a base portion that has first and second side gusset plates protruding therefrom. The first and second side gusset plates each have a welding edge constructed to be... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070113517 - Acrylic pool sealer and method for using the same: An acrylic compound and method for resurfacing a pool or water feature surface, which creates a smooth, impermeable and watertight surface over existing plaster. This acrylic compound and method eliminates the need to blast and chip off existing degraded pool plaster pool prior to resurfacing, and results in an aesthetically... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070113518 - Office building inefficiency factor and space planning circulation factor calculation system and method: A system and method for calculating a space required for a tenant in a building includes determining the areas of rooms required by the tenant. A circulation factor for each of the rooms based on the area of each room is calculated. The total of the room areas and the... Agent: R. Blake Johnston Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

20070113519 - Method of repairing a manhole chimney using a stretchable sleeve: A method of repairing and renewing a manhole chimney utilizes a circumferentially stretchable liner sleeve which is inserted into the manhole and pressed by an inflatable bladder into engagement with the walls of the manhole chimney. The sleeve is coated with an uncured resin, which is allowed to cure as... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070113520 - Door, method of making door, and stack of doors: A door, method of making a door, and stack of doors includes providing a door having front and back skins that have differing, but complementary profiles, one for the front side of the door and one for the back side of the door where each allows and fits onto the... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070113521 - Door edge construction: A door is constructed with a separate member joined to the door edge by a tongue-and-groove coupling and screws so as to be readily removable and replaceable. The separate member sustains the impacts imparted to the door by carts or wagons pushed past the door and can be readily replaced... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070107319 - Apparatus for filtering and selectively crushing and grinding debris as well as restraining large debris from passing therethrough: A pair of counter-wound spring-like members are placed in a gutter above an opening communicating with a downspout. A cord joined to the spring-like members extends through said downspout and out of an opening in the downspout. The cord is pulled and released to contract and expand the spring-like members... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070107320 - Soffit support: A fascia and soffit system having a fascia component, a soffit component and a soffit support structure, the fascia component comprising first and second members which are adjustable with respect to each other to permit different heights, the soffit having a plurality of apertures formed therein to permit air passage,... Agent: Eric Fincham

20070107321 - 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

20070107322 - Bilevel bicycle storage system: A multiple-level bicycle storing system includes a framework having a vertical support and a horizontal mounting frame. The framework defines a lower storing space with a lower receiver, a middle storing space with an upper receiver attached to the mounting frame with a pivot mechanism, and an upper storing space.... Agent: Law Office Of Timothy M. Barlow

20070107323 - Non clogging screen: A filter assembly includes a filtering screen having a top surface and a bottom surface. A skeletal structure is attached to the filtering screen and has a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface of the filtering screen contacts the top surface of the skeletal structure. The skeletal... Agent: Venable LLP

20070107324 - Drywall guide: The present invention is a guide for delivering drywall at a construction site. The device comprises a weight bearing base with a plurality of vertically disposed guide rollers. Both the guide rollers and the base are composed of a material that has a low coefficient of friction, thereby limiting damage... Agent: Michael A. Shippey, Ph. D.

20070107325 - Device for the earthquake-resistant mounting of a partition: The invention relates to a device for the earthquake-resistant mounting of a partition between a floor (2) and a ceiling (4) According to the invention, the partition consists of: a frame comprising (i) a lower runner (8) and an upper runner (10) which are essentially horizontal, and (ii) essentially-vertical studs... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070107326 - Modular cupola assembly: The present invention relates to kit for a cupola assembly. The cupola assembly utilizes injection molded plastic panels having integrally formed connectors. The cupola is capable of being packaged and shipped in a knocked-down state and constructed into a secure cupola.... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070107328 - Panel attachment system: The panel attachment system includes opposite upper and lower tracks attached to the edges of an opening in a building structure, and one or more panels that secure removably to the tracks to protect the opening from extreme weather, such as hurricane force winds. The upper track has a generally... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070107327 - Window protection structure: A window protection structure for a building including novel structure for affixing a sheet of protection material over the window opening. The sheet material is cut to the size of the window opening in the building, and holes are formed therein. U-shaped clips are slid onto an upper edge of... Agent: J. Ron Richebourg

20070107329 - Panel mounting system: A panel mounting system to secure a protective panel to a building including a portal or window having a frame including an inner surface formed about the periphery thereof to receive and secure the panel mounting system thereto so that the protective panel covers the portal or window when the... Agent: Arthur W. Fisher, Iii

20070107330 - Tandem window assembly system: A unitary frame carries a primary window and a secondary window. The view area of the primary window is substantially the same as the view area of the secondary window. Two windows can be installed, to close an opening, at the same time using the frame. A frame, a secondary... Agent: James H. Patterson Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070107331 - windows: A window includes at least one multiple pane unit (1, 2) mounted in an opening for sliding movement between an open position and a closed position. The multiple pane unit (1, 2) includes at least two panes (34, 38) in spaced disposition, and has a seal (30) disposed there between... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070107332 - Modular framing system: Disclosed is a framing system devised to fit around cables and conduits entering into a concrete structure via an opening through which one wants to pour concrete. The system includes angle-bars, modules fitting into each other and panels. In practice, one incorporates the anchor sleeves in the concrete structure on... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070107333 - Bolt-a-blok system: A mortar less masonry structure comprising a plurality of regular masonry blocks and/or bricks connected to each other by a plurality of metal bars and a plurality of standard metal threaded fasteners thereby forming a post tensioned structure. Preferably, the blocks are operatively connected to each other as a structure... Agent: Ritchison Law Offices, PC

20070107334 - Method for casting hollow core slabs: A method for producing hollow-core slabs substantially with a horizontal slipforming process, the concrete mix to be cast being fed in said method through a limited cross section to form a product with a desired form, whereby the areal weight of the hollow-core slab to be cast is changed by... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070107335 - Apparatus and method of routing cabling around leveler legs in a thin modular office panel: A modular furniture component such as an electrified relatively thin panel has electrical wiring in a raceway near a downwardly depending adjustable leveler leg and a pluggable multiconductor cable for connecting the raceway electrical wiring with another modular furniture component. The components may each comprise a relatively thin upstanding generally... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070107336 - Corner bead having a reinforcing member: A corner bead for joining adjacent pieces of wallboard including an arched center section having a pair of wing sections attached thereto. The arched center section extends outwardly above planes defined by the wing sections, and the wings and arched center section define an interior surface which is placed adjacent... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070107337 - Tape and joint compound applicator for drywall: An apparatus for applying tape and joint compound to a drywall. The apparatus comprises a pan member having each of a predetermined size and a predetermined shape and formed of a predetermined material for holding a drywall joint compound. A holder means that is engageable with the pan member is... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070107338 - Hold-down connector: A hold-down connector for attaching metal studs forming wall assembly to a support structure. One embodiment of the hold-down connector has a base plate, a back plate and at least one gusset plate. The gusset plate(s) extend between the base plate and the back plate and may be integrally formed... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070107339 - Method of accurately positioning anchor bolt to foundation by swing-type anchor bolt: An anchor bolt 6 is accurately positioned and installed on leveling concrete 2 by fixedly installing a base seat 1a of a mounting member 1 so as to be aligned with a center mark for the anchor bolt positioned and indicated thereon, disposing the anchor bolt 6 upright on a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070107340 - Rooftop access system: A roof access system mounted on a roof having a roof support member, said device being adapted for use with an internal component and an external component. The device includes an enclosure and an access panel providing resealable access to a central aperture located through said enclosure, a channel extending... Agent: Chase Law Firm L.c

20070107341 - Assemblage concrete system and methods of constructing thereof: This invention teaches inter alia a one-piece layered monolithic modulus of composite thermally-insulated concrete walls comprising a foundation; a concrete wall; a plurality of reinforcing steel plates; a pair of wall form panels; a slab; and optionally a plurality of slab-supporting bars; wherein the wall form panels having a plurality... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070107342 - Molding assembly, modular molding system, and methods for using the same: There is provided at least one molding segment in a modular molding kit or system. The molding segment comprises a rearward attachment and an alignment surface that define an angle there between. Placing the rearward attachment side against a wall and placing the alignment surface proximate to a ceiling thereby... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20070107343 - Insertion member fixing structure: An insertion member fixing structure includes an insertion member which is inserted into a support hole formed in a support member; and outer and inner adhesive-pouring recesses formed on an inner peripheral surface of the support hole at one end thereof and on an outer peripheral surface of the insertion... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070107344 - Floor strip: A thin decorative thermosetting laminate of postforming quality is glued to a longitudinal carrier to form a floor strip. The laminate has a thermosetting resin as well as hard particles impregnated therein to increase the abrasion resistance of the laminate. The carrier generally has a cross section of a dilatation,... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070107345 - Building panel: The invention relates to a building panel including a face of fibre reinforced cement material, an integrally formed flange of fibre reinforced cement material extending rearwardly from the face and around at least the edge thereof, and a reinforcing member or frame, at least a portion of which passes through... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070107346 - Insulation sheet structure and concrete sandwich wall panel assembly constructed therewith: An insulation sheet for concrete sandwich wall panels comprising a sheet base composed substantially of expanded cellular foam and having opposed base surfaces. Protrusions on rigid plastic inserts molded into the sheet base extend from each of the base surfaces. Each of the protrusions has a narrow waist into which... Agent: Altman & Martin

20070107347 - Cladding system: A building cladding has a cladding material (6) which is fusible and which attached to fastening (7) by fusing. The fastening penetrating the building substrate (4). By fusion to itself the cladding material forms a generally continuous membrane over the substrate. Preferably polyurethane is used as the cladding material fusible... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070107348 - Tapered edge drywall connector: A joint connector for connecting abutting edges of tapered drywall is provided that includes a base, a column projecting forward from said base, and mud legs extending generally perpendicular to said column forming pockets for receipt of tapered edges of said drywall.... Agent: Mary Powell Powell & Powell P.C.

20070107349 - Prefabricated modular architectural wall panel: Wainscot wall panels made at a manufacturing plant through either the cut and assembly of the various components that make up the panel, through routing of a lumber, plywood, or other material, then assembled into a prefabricated wainscot, for later shipment and installation at the home or jobsite during construction... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20070107350 - Radio frequency wave reducing material and methods for manufacturing same: An improved radio frequency wave attenuating wall (ceiling or floor) or door material comprises a laminated structure having as an integral part thereof one or more layers of a viscoelastic material which also functions as a glue and one or more electrically conducting layers. An electrically conducting material such as... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070107351 - Notchless glass plate clamp: An apparatus and method for clamping a panel, such as a glass panel, with no notch or drilled hole. The apparatus includes a base and two opposite opposing clamp halves. The lower edges of the clamp halves have downwardly extending cam surfaces. Inwardly extending arms are formed near the bottom... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070107352 - Construction of wall opening in steel house: This invention provides a reinforcing construction for a wall opening in a steel house capable of suppressing shearing stress to a low level while keeping, especially, the initial rigidity at a high level. Each side face wall 73 is so arranged as to be clamped between a vertical wall panel... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070107353 - Cross panel: A cross panel for a grid type suspended ceiling comprising a sheet metal body forming a rectangular face adapted to close the space between the flanges of a pair of parallel grid tees. The panel has four connectors each adjacent a respective corner of the panel face and adapted to... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070107354 - Collision repair process: A process is provided to facilitate the repair of damage, such as that sustained by the body or frame of a vehicle during collision. The present invention provides a standardized process for vehicle body repair and offers the technician a standardized and practical toolkit to be implemented into said process.... Agent: Guy N. Chartier

20070107355 - Window shroud system: A shroud and construction methods using the shroud wherein windows are temporarily covered for protection. A shroud subframe comprising resilient, plastic extrusions is custom fitted about the window periphery. Each extrusion has an elongated foot, an offset body portion, and an integral ramp connecting the body and the foot. Each... Agent: Stephen D. Carver

20070107357 - Fastener guide for siding: A system for attaching siding to an exterior wall through use of a fastener rip that is held within or against the nailing hem of a siding panel so as to allow the slide along the guide strip during thermally induced expansion and contraction of the panel.... Agent: Erickson & Kleypas, L.L.C.

20070107356 - Staggered look shake siding panel with improved locking mechanism: A simulated shake siding panel having the random appearance of individual shakes is provided. The siding panel comprises a siding panel board, the siding panel board comprising front and rear faces, the front face including at least a bottommost course of a plurality of simulated side-by-side shakes forming an uneven... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070107358 - Concrete tile system and method of manufacture: Tile panel assemblies and systems of manufacturing and installing said tile panels. The tile panels of the subject invention can be used as a covering for walls, roofs, siding, etc. on a variety of structures. In one embodiment, the tiles are manufactured of a lightweight concrete having sufficient strength to... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070107359 - Panels to be engaged with each other through a locking element: Panels to be engaged with each other through a locking element, comprising board (1) and locking element (2), adjacent said boards (1) engaging with each other through said locking element (2); a groove (3) is formed in the vertical direction at each of the coupling parts of the adjacent strip... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070107360 - 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... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070107361 - Turning profile: The invention relates to mechanical connecting means, in particular for panels, which can be connected together in a positive fit in two spatial directions which are perpendicular to each other.... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070107363 - 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... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070107362 - Interconnectable panel system and method of panel interconnection: Interconnectable panels having tongue-and-groove connections are mechanically connected to each other by first moving two panels into an intermediate position and then pivoting one panel with respect to the other. The underside of the tongue of one panel has a depression, while the groove of another panel has a protruding... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070107364 - Modular wall assembly apparatus and method: An improved structural system of cooperating building components including premolded, interlocking block units having configurable interlocking components and passage configuration components. The block units are disposed end-to-end in a plurality of stacked, interlocking courses to form a configurable plurality of horizontal and vertical passageways for receiving material. The interlocking components... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070107365 - Manufacture of trusses: A plurality of wooden roof trusses for constructing a roof includes first and second wooden roof trusses. Each of the first and second wooden roof trusses includes a bottom chord and at least one upper chord obliquely disposed relative to the bottom chord. A first web is provided to the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070107366 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing poles and columns: The present invention refers to an apparatus and method that allows manufacturing of steel poles and honeycomb columns. It consists of placing previously cut strips of steel in vertical position with a set of top and bottom clamping devices to form a steel tapered pole. The strips of steel are... Agent: Loeffler Jonas & Tuggey, LLP

20070107367 - Structural support beams: The invention relates to structural support beams for use in building and construction, which possess structural characteristics suitable for use as load-bearing flexural members. The support beam comprises a timber support frame formed from two spaced apart flanges connected by at least two outer support webs. Optionally one or more... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070107368 - Boxed frame member and method for manufacture: A box-type frame member assembly, and a method for assembling the box-type frame member. A first section, having a web, a pair of flanges and a number of holes with locators, is placed onto a fixture assembly with the holes fitting onto pilots. A spacer is placed over each of... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20070107369 - Method of production of joining profiles for structural members: A method for forming a joining profile in a structural member comprises providing an assembly having a base member, a forming body and a pair of side anvils having profiles formed therewithin. The method further comprises mounting the structural member on the base member, advancing the forming body toward the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070107370 - Modular structure for building panels and methods of making and using same: The present invention is a polymeric panel system and method for production and use thereof, enabling the rapid construction of a building foundation wall or other structure and in particular a below-grade foundation. The polymeric foundation system includes polymeric wall panels and other components suitable for withstanding lateral and end... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070107371 - Systems and methods for changing view perspective in 3-d graphical displays of buildings with stepped rotation: A method and system of rendering buildings in three-dimensional space first renders a respective floor, then adds objects and finally walls to bound each of the floors. The result, a three-dimensional rendering of a building illustrates the position of objects within the building in addition to presenting the overall shape... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070107372 - System for manufacturing a granule covered roofing shingle having a national shingle color: A system for manufacturing a granule covered roofing shingle includes establishing at least two sources of granules. A standardized process for manufacturing granules having a standardized appearance is then established, wherein a color of the granules from one of the sources of granules is substantially identical to the color of... Agent: Owens Corning

20070107373 - Installation grid: A molded tile grind is adhesively secured to a support wall, floor or planar surface in preparation for installing tiles. The grid is installed in a aligned manner and additional grids are abutted together to provide a continuous grid across the surface. The grid includes cells sized for snuggly receiving... Agent: Dennison Associates

20070107374 - Brick laying device: A building block spacer mat (14) comprises a plurality of spacer elements (18) provided at intervals on a support structure (16, 22). Adjacent spacer elements, (18) are provided at 90° to one another and 45° to the support structure to provide additional structural stability.... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070107375 - Symmetrical load transfer device for insulated concrete sandwich wall panels: A symmetrical load transfer device for use in insulated concrete wall panels. The symmetrical shape allows for forces induced in manufacturing, transportation, installation and nature to transfer through the device equally to both concrete wythes of the wall panel. The load transfer device is preferably made of a thermoplastic or... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Financial Center

20070101660 - Basement door opener: A device is provided for opening and closing a basement door leaf. The device may include a motor and a piston for pushing the door leaf open and pulling the door leaf closed in response to activation by an input device.... Agent: Mr. Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20070101661 - Web-mounted pleating brackets: A hanger for pleated curtains comprises a flexible elongate web adapted for receiving fasteners to secure the web to a support, and a plurality of curtain extension blocks affixed to the web and extending orthogonally from a front surface thereof for receiving curtain supporting fasteners. The blocks are composed of... Agent: Gregory J. Gore

20070101662 - Adjustable angle roof platform: An adjustable angle roof platform is comprised of a pair of lower support members, a pair of upper support members, and a floor. The lower support members have a plurality of openings at their upper ends. The openings are adapted to receive a retention pin. The lower end of each... Agent: Gregory T. Zalecki

20070101663 - Combination water and radon gas evacuation system: A combination sub basement flooring water and radon gas evacuation system consisting of a plurality of semi-cylindrically shaped porous channeling components affixed to one another and in turn to a modified sump pump unit characterized by the presence of holes tapped into front, back and lateral sides thereof and a... Agent: John J. Welch, Jr., Esq. John J. Welch, Ltd.

20070101664 - Flashing boots for roof penetrations: Improved flashing systems are disclosed for use with metal and non-metal roof systems. A lead flashing apparatus is provided comprising a generally planar lead base defining an aperture, a generally cylindrical structure attached to the base in surrounding relation with the aperture and projecting upward therefrom, and an adhesive sealing... Agent: Mark D. Bowen Stearns Weaver Miller, Et Al.

20070101665 - Method of forming a standing seam skylight: A skylight for a standing seam roof having a skylight panel housed in a frame with a vertically extending curb along two longitudinal and two lateral sides. The frame curb integrates on the longitudinal sides with U-shaped curbs formed into modified roof panels selected from the construction project. On the... Agent: Keeling Patents And Trademarks

20070101666 - Corrugated plastic storm shutter system: The corrugated storm shutter system protects glass-covered openings from damage during windstorms. The system components include plastic panels for covering the building openings, and fastening hardware for securing the panels to the buildings. The panels may be removed from the windows during periods when windstorms are not anticipated. The panels... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070101667 - Storm panel bracket system: The storm panel bracket system secures storm panels inset within the frame of building openings. The storm panel bracket system includes one or more storm brackets and one or more resilient bumpers. Each storm bracket includes an adjusting screw and adjustment nut. Turning the adjustment nut moves the nut along... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070101668 - Window assembly for school bus: A window module for a school bus includes a frame, a fixed window panel affixed to a portion of the frame, a perimeter panel secured to another portion of the frame and defining an opening at the other portion of the frame, and a movable window panel. The movable window... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070101669 - Building material anchor: A building material anchor including a resilient pad. A resilient, openwork tube is affixed to the top of the pad. An adhesive layer coats the bottom of the pad.... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20070101670 - Panel attachment clip: A clip for suspending ceiling panels from a horizontal channel having a C-shape formed by a vertical web and integral opposed horizontal upper and lower flanges, the clip comprising a sheet metal body, the body including a vertical web extending between upper and lower portions, the upper portion being configured... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070101671 - Apparatus and method for positioning reinforcement material within an interior trim panel: A cassette comprising a frame member having at least two sides interconnected by a cross member, and a reinforcement material partially encapsulated by and suspended by the at least two sides of said frame member such that the reinforcement material is positioned at a predetermined location when placed in a... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070101672 - Reinforcing elements and reinforced concrete or prestressed concrete parts produced by means of the same: The innovation concerns components and their application in concrete components, in particular in shear stressed reinforced concrete components. Proposed are novel concrete components which, apart from the flexural reinforcement, also intend different types of shear reinforcements in the form of novel components which at least partially encircle the flexural reinforcement.... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070101673 - Column form: A device and method for creating a support structure. The device includes a pair of L-shaped form members connectable on their outer edges thereby producing a forming region therein. The form includes chamfer members disposable within the corners within the inner periphery of the form member. Also included, are sealing... Agent: Gilbreth, Roebuck, Bynum, Derrington, Etal.

20070101674 - Method of making a post cover and a post cover made in accordance with the method: A method of making a post cover. A first step involves providing a rigid elongate substrate having a first face, a second face, a first side edge and a second side edge, with parallel “V” grooves positioned lengthwise in the first face and a flexible backing covering the second face.... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070101675 - Method of constructing a building, such building, and wall and floor elements for use therein: The invention relates to a method of constructing a building, comprising the step of providing a skeleton for a building wall of the building. The skeleton includes at least upright building elements such as columns or dividing walls. At least one lightweight, heat insulating and fire retarding wall element is... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070101676 - Method and apparatus fo protecting a shingled roof: A process and apparatus for protecting a shingled roof of a building which includes the steps of selecting a flexible net shaped to fit a predetermined building roof which net has a plurality of net fastener components positioned around the edge thereof and then placing the selected net on the... Agent: William M. Hobby, Iii

20070101677 - Litho-mosaic: A mosaic concrete product, methods of creating the same, and methods of fabricating a module for use in creating the mosaic are provided. The methods of installing the mosaic upon an uncured concrete surface utilize the module. The module may be fabricated by mapping out tile in a design corresponding... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070101679 - Panel structure: A panel structure and a method of forming the panel structure are disclosed. The panel structure typically includes at least one panel or support associated with an activation material. The panel structure has been found particularly advantageous for use as an interior panel of an airplane although multiple other uses... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070101678 - Thermally insulating panel & wall constructed therefrom: A thermally insulating wall construction (1, 100, 199, 200 or 300), a masonry panel (5A, 513, 205A, 20513, 305A, 305B) and a method of fabricating masonry panels are disclosed. The panels are fabricated by pouring lightweight concrete into a mould (201) which includes a former (227) preferably formed from egg... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070094938 - Inflatable structures: A method of forming a building structure in a desired contoured configuration. An inner supporting fabric is inflated into at least one form. An outer finishing fabric is draped over the inflated form. A coating is applied to the outer finishing fabric and a hardened shell is formed. The inner... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070094937 - Pneumatic two-dimensional structure: The invention relates to a pneumatic plate element (1) consisting of a hollow body (3) that can be impinged upon with a pressure medium having overpressure p. Said hollow body is located between two pressure/tension elements (2) that are connected to one another by their ends and is made of... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, PC

20070094939 - Gutter cover with passive ice and snow melt: A gutter cover which more effectively and efficiently prevents the clogging of gutters and the formation of ice dams without the use of heating cables and other active components. The gutter cover comprises a first section, a second section, and a passive heating element. The first section is adapted to... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070094940 - Covered rain gutter system: A covered, multi-compartment rain gutter that bi-directionally mounts to facia to collect water upon exit from the peripheral edge of a roof structure, wherein surface dynamics facilitate the collection of rainwater and minimize the passage of undesirable debris, wherein a straining member further limits the passage of debris into the... Agent: Myers & Kaplan, Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20070094941 - Environmental containment unit: A portable enclosure, easily erectable and collapsible, to provide environment control and prevent contaminants from being released from the enclosure. The enclosure provides a flexible envelope attached to the interior of the space defined by vertical and horizontal supports which can be erected and collapsed. When erected the enclosure functions... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070094942 - Safety barrier for multi-storey buildings: A safety barrier system for use in constructing multi-storey buildings has elongated safety barrier panels extending upwards from a first floor level a sufficient height to serve as effective safety barriers during the work for the subsequent floor. The panels are supporterd at their side edges in tracks along which... Agent: D.w. Eggins

20070094944 - Blast mitigation structures: This invention relates to a blast mitigation structure (1) comprising one or more rigid free-standing frames (2) of one or more channel section, the or each frame being adapted to receive in the or each channel, in use, one or more rupturable containers (3) adapted to contain liquid to thereby... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070094945 - Fire resistant construction: The present invention is directed to a structure having a fire resistance rated, area separation wall including: a first building unit; a second building unit; and a two- hour fire resistance rated, area separation wall having only outer membranes. In the preferred embodiment, the two-hour fire resistance rated, area separation... Agent: Maccord Mason PLLC

20070094946 - Modular industrial equipment facility: A modular industrial equipment facility is provided. This facility includes a plurality of pre-assembled, portable modules that may further include a plurality of internal modules, and a plurality of terminal modules for connecting to the plurality of internal modules, wherein each module may be configured to operate either in combination... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070094943 - Modular shelter system, particularly for transport of persons and/or objects: The invention relates to a modular shelter system, in particular for transporting persons and/or objects comprising at least one container/capsular enclosure and a reception system arranged in the case for persons and/or objects. The inventive reception system is mounted in such a way that it is isolated in the direction... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070094947 - 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

20070094948 - Roof ridge anchors: Several modifications and variations of roof ridge anchors are disclosed. One group has simple but extremely effective anchors which are inexpensive to make and will fully satisfy all requirements of building codes as well as roofers. Some roof ridge anchor crowns or head sections have all planar surfaces with no... Agent: Doonan Dwight Mcgraw

20070094949 - Apparatus for securing an opening with a removable cover: A securing apparatus for securing a cover in a window opening, the securing apparatus engages fastening locations on opposite sides of a window opening. The securing apparatus includes a tube having a first end and a second end. A connector is disposed on the tube at the first end. A... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20070094950 - acoustical sound proofing material and methods for manufacturing same: An improved acoustical damping wall (ceiling or floor) or door material comprises a laminar structure having as an integral part thereof one or more layers of viscoelastic material which also functions as a glue and one or more constraining layers, such as metal, cellulose, wood, or petroleum-based products such as... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070094951 - Taco shell earth anchor: An earth anchor has the general shape of a taco shell. First and second sidewalls are disposed in transversely spaced apart relation to one another and are interconnected to one another by a bottom wall. An opening is formed in each sidewall, near a top edge of each sidewall and... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070094952 - Basement wall water protection system: A basement wall protection system has a plurality of plate members (24) with a short leg section (26) abutting a basement wall (12) and a shelf section (28) extending outward at about a 5° cant away from the wall and extending at least the length of basement wall below the... Agent: John R Benefiel

20070094953 - Roof vents: Roof vents are configured to cover a ventilation opening formed in a roof deck. Roof vents can permit venting of an area underlying the roof deck while shielding the ventilation opening from condensation such as rain. Roof vents can also include a guard for shielding a ventilation area from outside... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070094954 - Corrosion resistant window shutter: A window shutter has corrosion resistant stiles with a non-metallic core and louvers, and non-metallic top and bottom rails. The shutter is resistant to the adverse effects of sunlight, humidity, rain and wind, and will retard flying objects, and will pass commonly used missile tests for building materials. The resulting... Agent: B. Craig Killough Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC

20070094955 - Sectional construction assemblies: The disclosed system, method and device for construction generally includes a mullion having a guide track disposed therein and a custom fitting suitably adapted to support a construction section via substantially adjustable attachment to the guide track. Disclosed features and specifications may be optionally controlled, adapted or otherwise modified to... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070094956 - Carved solid face door and method of fabrication: Embodiments of a carved solid face door and methods of fabrication are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a carved solid face door includes a solid base having a substantially flat face and an opposing rear surface, wherein the face has a design carved into at least one section of the... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070094957 - High performance window and door installation: A drainage system for a fenestration assembly is located in a rough opening of a structure. The drainage system includes a moisture barrier located between at least a bottom of the fenestration assembly and a bottom inner surface of the rough opening. The moisture barrier includes a vertical portion extending... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070094958 - Apparatus and methods for trim used with building siding: A trim system for exterior siding includes interlocking trim units that may be installed without nails, screws, or other fasteners being visible. The preferred trim system includes an offset between its two back panels, which offset receives, shields, and conceals a sheet(s) of insulation, and a relief portion which gives... Agent: Ken J. Pedersen Pedersen & Company, PLLC

20070094959 - Phase-shifting masks with sub-wavelength diffractive optical elements: The present invention discloses a method of designing a set of two tiled masks, as well as, a mask including: a first tile, the first tile being transparent to a light, the first tile having a first characteristic linear dimension that is 15% or less of a wavelength of the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070094960 - Composite structural member with longitudinal structural haunch: A composite structural member with a longitudinally extending structural haunch. The composite structural member comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending girders with molded sections disposed thereon. The molded section comprises a molded deck portion having a plurality of longitudinally extending structural haunches extending downwardly therefrom. Each haunch is disposed on... Agent: Mcafee & Taft Tenth Floor, Two Leadership Square

20070094961 - Butt joint for logs in log structures: A butt-joint connection structure for joining two logs end-to-end in a log wall includes a first log having a first end face and a second log having a second end face for abutting the first end face and forming a seam therebetween, each log having a log height extending between... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070094962 - Floor table of a concrete mould and device for displacing a floor table: A floor table (1) of a concrete mould for producing a concrete floor (2), comprising at least one front (18, 19) and one rear holder (23) for fixing at least one front (11) and at least one rear ligament (12) of a crane harness (9), characterized in that when the... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20070094963 - Modular building panels, method of assembly of building panels and method of making building panels: A modular construction system is made of a plurality of panels having peripheral frame elements defining a top channel, a bottom channel, and side channels. An exterior planar sheet and an interior planar sheet element enclose an inner core region that is filled with an adhesive bonding material that attaches... Agent: Venable LLP

20070094964 - Dynamically ventilated exterior wall assembly: A dynamically ventilated exterior wall includes a sealed exterior wall assembly and a ventilation assembly fluidly coupled to the exterior wall assembly. The exterior wall assembly includes an interior wall portion and an opposing exterior wall portion, and insulation and a flexible porous grid disposed between the interior and exterior... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070094965 - Method and apparatus for spanning gutter gaps in wall panels: The wall panel system of the present invention includes a flexible sheet interlock to flexibly seal a joint defined by adjacent perimeter framing members and a capillary break to inhibit the entry of water into drainage or weep holes in gutters in the perimeter framing member.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070094966 - Insulation batt having integral baffle vent: A baffled insulation product and a method for insulating and ventilating a space between rafters for supporting a roof includes, an elongated insulation mat having an integral baffle, at least one channel on a roof facing side of the baffle for passage of ventilating air, and at least one vapor... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070094967 - Panelized wall system with foam core insulation: A wall system includes a plurality of wall members, the wall members having a first metal panel, a second metal panel, and an insulating core between the first panel and the second panel. At least one of the first panel and the second panel include ridge portions. The insulating core... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070094968 - Lightweight concrete panel and method of building structural members: The invention includes a concrete rib panel system. The rib panel is used as a support element, and as a form for pouring concrete. The rib panel is incorporated as part of the finished structural member. The rib panel is small and light so that it can be handled without... Agent: Law Office Of Wayne Carroll

20070094969 - Modular flooring assemblies: A modular flooring assembly including a flooring component adhered to a tray substrate is described. The modular flooring assembly may be interconnected with additional modular flooring assemblies to form a modular floor suitable for most flooring applications. The flooring component may be tile or wood or other materials commonly used... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070094970 - Valence junction fitting: A specialized angle valence junction fitting forms a joint for connecting two lengths of valence molding. The fitting has a pair of openings angled apart and has an internal shape matching an external shape of the molding utilized. The specialized angle joint may have a color to match or accent... Agent: Curt Harrington

20070094971 - Suspended deck for liquid natural gas tank: A non-welded deck used to support insulation from the roof of a low temperature or cryogenic storage tank is disclosed. The deck may be comprised of a plurality of spaced apart bars with metal sheets covering the spaces between the bars. The edge of the metal sheets may be clamped... Agent: Rexford A. Johnson Howrey LLP

20070094972 - Wind protection system and roof ballast module: A wind protection system, a roof ballast module, and a method for protecting a building from high winds are described. The wind protection system includes a plurality of roof ballast modules disposed across a rigid roof. The roof ballast modules may include several elongate liquid impermeable bladders. A valve permits... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070094973 - Assemblage concrete forms and method for manufacturing thereof: Taught herein is inter alia a concrete wall modulus comprising a concrete-steel wall having one or more steel mesh plates; at least two form panels being physically connected to the concrete-steel wall; a plurality of steel plates; and a plurality of jointing pieces; wherein the form panels are made in... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070094974 - Insulated concrete form system with variable length wall ties: Variable length polypropylene ties are used to form an insulated concrete wall by holding sheet materials in a fixed distance part so concrete can be cast between the two sheet materials.... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070094975 - Joint profile for a panel: A joint profile (1) intended to be arranged between panels (2 and 3 respectively). The joint profile (1) comprises a first edge portion (10) and a second edge portion (11). The first edge portion (10) comprises a main body portion (101), a bridge portion (102) being at one end connected... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070094976 - Roof system and method for installation: A roof having slate attached by battens and hangers. The hangers have a short member and a long member. The long member has a hook on one end and the remaining end is adjacent to a first outward extending arm. The first outward extending arm is adjacent to a central... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070094977 - Emi shields and related manufacturing methods: An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield according to one embodiment generally includes a frame and a cover. The frame includes peripheral walls each having at least one folded portion forming an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall. The cover includes a lid portion and a plurality of edge portions extending downwardly... Agent: Anthony G. Fussner

20070094978 - Flooring material: The invention relates to a wood based flooring material having an upper surface and a backing surface, the wood based flooring material comprising one or more layers, wherein the backing surface has a coating of a thermoplastic composition, wherein the thermoplastic composition has a ratio elastic modulus G′ to viscous... Agent: Akzo Nobel Inc.

20070094982 - Heat treatment for a panel and apparatus for carrying out the heat treatment method: A heat treatment method is provided for a panel. The panel includes a plastic housing composition, in which semiconductor chips are embedded by their rear sides and edge sides, and the top sides of the semiconductor chips form a coplanar area with the plastic housing composition. The panel is fixed... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070094981 - Methods of and apparatuses for hardwood floor installation: Apparatuses for installing a wood floor at a job site. The apparatuses are configured as start courses, finish courses, or border courses for the wood floor. In one embodiment, the courses comprise hardwood tongue and groove strips or hardwood tongue and groove planks fastened together prior to installation in the... Agent: Larry Williams

20070094980 - Molded panel: A pre-formed molded deck panel is adapted to be secured on a supporting frame structure to create a deck surface. The deck panel comprises a moldable thermoplastic material impregnated with a fibrous stranded material. The panel includes a top surface and four lateral sides extending downward from the top surface.... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20070094979 - Plastic utility shed flooring system: The present invention provides a system which includes injection molded floor panels having integrated connectors which combine to form a family of variously sized floor assemblies for utility enclosures. The floor panels are formed of injection molded plastic to create light-weight panels having integrally formed ribs and gussets for strength... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070094984 - Knock-down roof curb: A roof curb is shipped in a disassembled state to an installer who assembles, sizes, locates and configures the curb to accommodate slope on any roof without welding or metal cutting. The curb includes an aluminum walls, each having a channel for receiving the bottom edge of a board, which... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070094983 - Sheet metal joint: The invention provides a sheet metal joint and a method for forming a sheet metal joint. The sheet metal joint includes first and second metal sheets disposed in a parallel relation to one another. Each of the first and second metal sheets has a plurality of perforations with a tang... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070094985 - Connecting element: A connecting element for connecting flooring panels with a core of wooden material, in particular MDF or HDF, which is provided with a tongue on one side edge and with a groove on the opposite side edge, and the tongue corresponds to the groove of the panel and the groove... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070094986 - 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... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070094987 - 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... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070094988 - Building panels: Flooring material comprising sheet-shaped floor elements with a mainly square or rectangular shape. The floor elements are provided with edges, a lower side and an upper decorative layer. The floor elements are intended to be joined by means of joining members. The floor elements are provided with male joining members... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070094990 - Concrete pavement slabs for streets, roads or highways and the methodology for the slab design: The traditional paving systems employed until now, consider the width of pavement slabs equal to a lane width and the long dimension equal to the lane width or 6 meters long. These dimensions make that the vehicles loads, and especially loaded truck, apply the loads at both edges simultaneously, inducing... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070094991 - Invertible retaining wall block: An invertible retaining wall block comprises a front portion, a rear portion and a neck portion connecting the front portion and rear portion. A projection extends outwardly from the block to interlock with similar blocks in adjacent courses of blocks. One or more notches are provided to the front portion... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070094989 - Modular superblock interlocking building system: A system of interlocking construction blocks comprising mating interlocking protrusions and openings with interior openings in the blocks creating passageways through assembled arrays of blocks for conduits and wiring to pass.... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20070094992 - Structural wall panel assemblies: Novel wall panel assemblies and shear wall assemblies are disclosed herein. Preferred embodiments include novel corner posts, studs, and sill plates for formed of composite materials and suitable for fabricating wall panels and shear wall assemblies for use in the construction of residential and commercial buildings.... Agent: Laura G. Barrow

20070094993 - Reinforcement bar spacer wheel: A spacer wheel for use in construction using reinforcement rods cast into a compound such as concrete. The spacer wheel is configured to space a reinforcement rod from adjacent surfaces as the as the concrete is cast into a mold. The spacer wheel is of a three part design and... Agent: Laurence P. Colton

20070094994 - Structural couplings: The present invention relates to structural couplings for forming of a variety of structures such as floor and wall panels for buildings and internal structures such as hand rails. The structural coupling comprises a structural component or components (1) provided with coupling leg formations (2) and locking flanges (F) and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070094995 - Concrete anchor float: A concrete anchor float that, in one embodiment, facilitates the placement of anchor bolts that protrude from concrete constructions, such as foundations. The concrete anchor float of the present invention can be used with nearly any conventional anchor bolt to insure the correct placement and alignment of the anchor bolt... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20070094996 - Trim piece: A trim piece for installing at a corner, either inside or outside, which has a bullnose corner bead. An exemplary embodiment of the trim piece includes a body that wraps over the convexly curved portion of the bullnose corner bead and at least one flange extending parallel to the edges... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070094997 - Molding-furnished glass: A molding-furnished glass in which a resin molding is integrally provided to the edge portion of a glass base. A metal molding is attached to the resin molding by connecting the metal molding to the resin molding through the use of a slide piece and a fastener.... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070094998 - Wall transition molding: A wall molding has two grooves formed on opposite sides for receiving wall panels or interchangeable molding attachments. The body of the molding has a rear surface with grooves that engage a track attached to the wall. The molding also has a front surface with a decorative pattern formed thereon.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070094999 - Construction of convservatory roofs: A connector (70) for a roof beam (14) engages a cooperating formation of an eaves and/or ridge beam (72) or a component of a roof system associated with either the ridge or eaves beam in a snap-fit manner.... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070095000 - Modular moulding with fitted spline joinery system: An ornamental modular columnar moulding system having a groove and spline that joins two or more modular moulding pieces together to form a unitary columnar moulding that can be readily attached to a surface of a piece of furniture, cabinet, frame, or the like. Each modular moulding piece includes an... Agent: Kathleen T. Petrich Stokes Lawrence, P.s.

20070095001 - Continuous process of roll-forming pre-stamped varying shapes: An apparatus includes a press with dies configured to deform a strip of material by drawing material primarily from a width direction, a slitter set to cut the deformed strip to a uniform desired width dimension, and a roll-former with rolls configured to shape linear portions of the deformed and... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070095002 - Nx steel lumber: The invention is a cold formed, steel metal C-shaped structural member having an elongated web member with novel opposing angular intervening web extensions with variable exaggerated bends and extending laterally to opposing perpendicular flange members and extending to opposing end stiffening lips parallel to the center web member at the... Agent: Suk K. Kim-whitty Suite 240

20070095004 - Concrete deck insert: A concrete deck insert has an upper portion and a lower portion that are connected by a threaded coupling. The upper and lower portion are drawn together to clamp onto a portion of a perimeter of a hole.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070095003 - Floor stripper/cleaner containing organic acid-base pair: Floor finishes are stripped or deep scrubbed using a floor stripper/cleaner composition containing sparingly water-soluble floor finish solvent; water; sulfonic acid, sulfate acid, phosphonic acid, phosphate acid or aromatic acid coupler in an amount sufficient to provide a homogenous aqueous liquid phase and no or low foaming during shaking; and... Agent: Ann Kulprathipanja Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070095005 - Methods and system to efficiently design and erect buildings: The construction of a building structure is described. A construction grid is marked with a building plan. Points are located on the building plan. Master corner locations are located on the building plan. Distances and angles from the master corner locations to the points are measured. Master corner plates are... Agent: Robert J. Caretto

20070095006 - Lightweight portable concrete enclosure and associated method of construction: Disclosed is a lightweight, portable concrete enclosure and an associated manufacturing method. The manufacturing method employs a structural member made up of two wire mesh grids that are spaced via web wires. The structural member further includes an intermediate layer of insulation positioned along the web wires. A lightweight concrete... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070095007 - Prefabricated structure made of reinforced concrete with an integrated removable handling system: A method for manufacturing, transporting and installing on a building site a prefabricated structure made of reinforced concrete for the replacement of a structure such as a manhole, access chamber, access vault, junction box or other, which is buried in the ground and is part of an underground network such... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070095008 - Wind turbine assembly tower and method for constructing the same: A method for constructing a tower having a length along a longitudinal axis defined by the tower includes assembling a first tower section including three first legs. Each first leg diverges from the longitudinal axis along a length of the first leg. A second tower section is assembled. The second... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070095009 - Snow guard assembly: A decorative snow guard assembly attachable to raised portions of a building surface such as a standing seam roof. The assembly includes a decorative snow brake plate integral with a base, means spanning between adjacent bases, and means connecting said spanning means to said bases.... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070095010 - Method and device for manufacturing composite building panels: A method for manufacturing frame-type composite panels to a desired length comprises forming an elongate core-frame composite in which frame members have been received in slots on a slab of core material. The composite is cut to the desired length and the frame is finished by application of end members.... Agent: Sim & Mcburney

20070095011 - Fiberglass splicing method: A method for splicing reinforcement panels using a UV curable adhesive. The method includes the steps of: (a) aligning facing ends of two reinforcement panels; (b) applying adhesive on said facing ends of said two reinforcement panels; (c) butting together said facing ends of said two reinforcement panels; and (d)... Agent: Attn: William J. Davis, Esq. Legal Department

20070095013 - Reinforcing bar coupling: A reinforcing bar coupling includes a sleeve segment having a deformable interior section weaker than the balance of the segment. The deformable interior section, for example including deformable ribs, is configured to be pressed onto ends of reinforcing bars to be spliced together. The ribs deform onto and around deformations... Agent: Jonathan A Platt Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar

20070095012 - Three-dimensional cellular light structures directly woven by continuous wires and the manufacturing method of the same: Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional cellular light structure formed of continuous wire groups. In the cellular light structure, six orientational-wire groups are intercrossed each other at 60 degrees or 120 degrees of angles in a three-dimensional space to thereby construct the structure similar to the ideal Octet or Kagome truss... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070095014 - Consumable assembly for forming a concrete wall structure, a concrete wall structure formed with the assembly and a side plate for use in the assembly: The invention relates to a consumable assembly (10) for forming a concrete wall structure (11). The assembly comprises side plates (12) having major planar sections (13) forming opposite sides of the wall structure (11) and peripheral edge flanges (14, 15, 16, 17) substantially perpendicular to the major planar sections (13)... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070095015 - Resin panel and manufacturing method therefor: A skin layer (19) is formed of a solid layer on sides (15) of a package tray along the direction of the thickness of the package tray and both surfaces (17) of the package tray substantially orthogonal to the sides (15). An expanded layer (21) is formed in an inner... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070095016 - Hollow panel and method for manufacturing same: A hollow panel includes a panel body and a guide rail member joined thereto. The panel body is formed in a structure such that two plate-like members are joined by many ribs. The panel body includes an open space portion and a closed space portion. The open space portion is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.