Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 06/07

20070144077 - Hip, ridge or rake shingle: A hip, ridge or rake shingle comprised of a plurality of panels sandwiched on each panel portion side of a layer of shingle material, such that each panel portion can be folded along a fold line, and wherein tabs are provided for each panel portion, adapted to be bent backwardly... Agent: John F. Mcnulty John F. Mcnulty At Paul & Paul

20070144078 - Expandable container: The present invention relates to an expandable container-like housing structure (1) that includes a main module provided with a door (7), and which further includes at least one expansion module (E1) that includes a number of structural segments, such as a roof part (21) firmly connected to a first wall... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070144079 - Buildings: A modular building system for constructing a building comprises a frame for detachably mounting modules providing rooms and modules providing services to the rooms. The service modules are located between room modules and the modules can be inserted in and removed from the frame without compromising the integrity of the... Agent: Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd.

20070144080 - Cementitious roofing systems and methods: A roofing system constructed from cementitious materials that may be provided with various desired cosmetic appearances, some of which may resemble conventional roofing shingle patterns and the like. Methods for constructing roofing systems from cementitious materials shot under pressure through a hose are also disclosed.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070144081 - Ground anchor system and method for a sports goal and the like: A ground anchor system for anchoring an article, such as a sports goal, bench or the like, to an underlying ground surface. The ground anchor includes an elongate body capable of being embedded within concrete within a hole in the ground and has an anchor and locking plate assembly secured... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070144082 - Pool having curvable wall: A curvable panel for swimming pools and the like includes a panel that is flexible to form concave or convex surfaces. At least one elongated reinforcing member is secured to the panel to retain the panel in the desired shape. Locating features such as notches or the like in the... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070144083 - Temporary support system: A temporary tripod support system for use during preparation of the home foundation of concrete piers and the like. At locations along the sidewalls and mate line of home the tripod supports may be installed in a number significantly less than conventional design supports. The tripod support system comprises multiple... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070144084 - Modular staircase kit: A staircase kit comprises a plurality of side panels and a plurality of inner and outer reinforcing panels disposed in layered arrangement over the side panels. The side panels and inner and outer reinforcing panels have preformed holes extending axially therethrough. The side panels are disposed in stacked relation to... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070144085 - High r-value window unit with vacuum ig unit and insulating frame: In certain example embodiments of this invention, a window unit may include a vacuum IG (VIG) unit as an inboard lite and a monolithic lite (e.g., with an optional low-E coating thereon) as an outboard lite. A dead air space may separate the inboard and outboard lites. A highly insulated... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070144086 - Decorative trim assemblies: An exterior trim assembly for use with a window or door surround in a building structure comprises at least one mantle for affixing above the window or door, and first and second pilaster assemblies for affixing on the sides of the window or door. The mantle comprises a mantle base... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070144087 - Simulated stone veneer architectural trim assembly: An architectural trim assembly includes a receptacle and a stone veneer trim piece having an orifice that is configured to hold the receptacle within the orifice.... Agent: Owens Corning

20070144088 - Urinal privacy partition mounting system: A flexible attachment for mounting a privacy partition adjacent a urinal in a public restroom is provided. The flexible attachment allows the partition to be pushed out of position without pulling out the mounting screws. Further, the flexible mounting arrangement includes a biasing means to move the partition back to... Agent: Tim Cook

20070144089 - Corner trim: A corner trim piece including a vertical leg having a vertical outer edge and a vertical inner edge. The corner trim piece also having a horizontal leg integrally connected to the vertical leg to form an L shaped unitary corner trim piece wherein the horizontal leg including a horizontal outer... Agent: Mark A Koch

20070144090 - Prefabricated universal structural steel panel and panel system: The prefabricated universal structural steel panel and panel system includes a generally elongated rectangular panel having an opposed exterior and interior surfaces, an opposed first and second end portions, and an opposed first and second side edge portions. At least two stiffening ribs are integrally formed in the panel and... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070144091 - Retaining clip: The invention provides a sheet material retaining clip 10 to hold sheet material 25 onto a structure having a panel 20 and a frame member 21 adjacent the panel. The clip has an elongate base portion 12 adapted to be located in a gap 22 between the panel and the... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070144092 - Method and apparatus for fabricating cellular structural panels: An apparatus for manufacturing cellular laminate structural panels includes one or more supply stations of a flexible strip material including folding rollers for sequentially folding the strip material into cellular structures and feeding the cellular structures into a conveyor where the cellular structures are held in compression. The apparatus further... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070144093 - Method and apparatus for fabricating a low density wall panel with interior surface finished: A fabricated low density concrete foundation/wall panel is provided with a plurality of insulation panels and reinforcing ribs to improve strength and reduce the density of the wall panel. The wall panels are easily placed and interconnected together to quickly provide a foundation adapted to support the main walls of... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070144094 - Stud extension for use with weldment spacer in precast concrete construction: A stud extension sleeve is an elongate sleeve for use with a weldment plate spacer support and weldment plate in the pre-cast concrete industry is adapted to receive at one end, a stem portion of a weldment plate spacer support. The elongate sleeve has a hollow portion within which the... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20070144095 - System for providing a decorative covering on a support surface using panels with interlocks: A system for decoratively covering a support surface is provided. The system comprises a plurality of panels. Each panel includes a top, a bottom, and first and second ends. Each panel includes a nailing hem for mounting the panel to the support surface. Each panel also includes first and second... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070144096 - Fastener guiude for siding: A system for attaching siding to an exterior wall through use of a fastener guide strip that is held within or against the nailing hem of a siding panel so as to allow the panel to slide along the guide strip during thermally induced expansion and contraction of the panel.... Agent: Erickson & Kleypas, L.L.C.

20070144097 - Roof cladding element with hidden fastening: The objective of the invention is a roof cladding element with hidden fastening, which roof cladding element has been manufactured of plate material, and which roof cladding elements are adjacently and in succession mountable such that the edges of roof cladding elements will be placed a distance overlapping the edges... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070144098 - Hardwood flooring assembly system and method: A floor installation system comprises a fastening system for interlocking a plurality of hardwood floor members. The fastening system utilizes a plurality of main fasteners that pass laterally into each hardwood floor member at set intervals. Each of the main fasteners includes an elongated shank having opposite distal ends each... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish

20070144099 - Extended width retaining wall block: A retaining wall block having a front surface, a rear surface, side surfaces, a top surface, and a bottom surface. Each side surface comprises a first section, a second section, a third section, and a fourth section, with the sections configured and arranged to allow a plurality of blocks to... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A. 4800 Ids Center

20070144100 - Synthetic resin structures and mountings for such structures: Structures composed of synthetic resin materials having surfaces textured to imitate wood are presented formed by processing allowing folding to create seamless profiles. Examples include corner boards and load-bearing designs including railing assemblies.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20070144101 - Combination architectural mesh sunscreen with pre-determined shading characteristic: An architectural mesh sunscreen panel having at least a first portion including a first architectural mesh; and a second portion including a second architectural mesh, the first architectural mesh being different from the second architectural mesh.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070144102 - Method of fabricating a dimension lumber product: Lumber having stud locator markings spaced along lengths thereof. The marked lumber assists in layout and assembly of a frame wall comprising bottom plate, top plate, and a plurality of studs extending between the bottom and top plates at one or more of a limited number of regularly-spaced pre-determined stud... Agent: Wilhelm Law Service, S.c.

20070144103 - Method of manufacturing hollow member: A washer is provided between two inner rings arranged in a row, and annular washers are disposed outside the inner rings in the axial direction of the inner ring, respectively. A bolt is inserted into the two inner rings so that a head part of the bolt comes in contact... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070144104 - Support for installations in housing technology and industry: A support for installations in the field of housing technology and industry includes first and second chords (12; 22) spaced from each other and formed of two elongate profiles (13; 23) extending parallel to each other and spaced by a distance (A) from each other, U-shaped connection profiles (14; 24)... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070144105 - Mounting bracket for roof-top structures: A one-piece mounting bracket for securing a roof-top structure to the roof top of a building. In one embodiment, the one piece mounting bracket includes a first substantially L-shaped portion for engaging the roof top of a building, a second substantially L-shaped portion for engaging the roof top of a... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070144106 - Window installation clip: As installation clip for use in supporting a window, such as a mulled window, during installation in a building wall opening, and reinforcing the window after installation against the pressures of wind or the like. The installation clip is of unitary construction with a generally flat base portion, and a... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070144107 - Motor vehicle with an attachment device for a separating or retaining element: A motor vehicle has a body shell section, an interior trim part covering the body shell section and an attachment device for a separating or retaining element in particular a luggage grille. The attachment device has a mounting part secured to the body shell section with an attachment section and... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070144108 - Assembling method and assembly jig of building structure composed of pipe structure: The invention provides a method and an assembly jig for fixing a pipe structure unit manufactured by assembling tenons and mortises formed on end portions of pipes to a building structure. The pipe structure unit 10 comprises large-diameter pipes 20, 30, 40 and 50 and small-diameter pipes 60, 70 and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070144109 - Method of camouflaging a structure against a background having a generally uniform composition: A method of camouflaging a structure against a background having a generally uniform composition of hue, saturation and brightness. In one embodiment, spaced regions on the exterior of a structure are colored with differing colors and regions between the spaced regions are colored with a gradient of the differing colors... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20070144110 - Water management building wrap: The present invention provides a water management building wrap that may be useable between a frame structure of a building and an exterior building covering. In at least one embodiment, the building wrap comprises a permeable membrane and an extruded polymeric drainage structure secured to the second side of the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070144111 - Structural sandwich plate members: A structural sandwich plate member is provided with at least one interlayer to improve ballistics and/or blast resistance. The interlayer may be a solid or perforated metal plate, a metal mesh, hard ceramic or high tensile strength fabric. The interlayer may be corrugated.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070144112 - Road-system fire stop: A fire-resistant road-system apparatus includes at least one cover can be arranged detachably in a frame that is intended to be fixed to the ground, to close a gallery or an underground technical room to protect it from fires. A casing filled with a heat-insulating refractory material is fixed detachably... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070137123 - Staircase block and staircase construction method using the staircase block: To reduce the weight of a staircase block so as to be manually carried and installed, prevent adjacent blocks from being displaced from each other after installation, and prevent the blocks from being raised and separated from each other due to heating and cooling by conquering problems with the staircase... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070137124 - Wall panel arrangement: A pair of upright wall panels are each provided with a sidewardly spaced pair of generally parallel but inclined guide grooves extending vertically along the outer face of the upright frame edge rails. A connector assembly including a main activator rod having a pair of wedge members threaded thereon in... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070137125 - Shear wall construction: A shear wall construction and method for assembling the same is disclosed. A plywood sheet includes close laterally-spaced pairs of vertical studs or posts proximate each lateral end. A channel-defining member is fitted and fixed between the spaced studs. A tie member extends from the channel-defining member into a concrete... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070137126 - Multi-purpose roof outlet: a covering member (3) connectable with the outlet body (2). The outlet body is distinguished in being a part of a modular construction, the outlet body (2) having a first interface portion (8) that is complementary and connectable to a second interface portion (9) of any of a plurality of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070137127 - Wall covering with stone appearance: A wall covering having a plurality of panels. The panels are molded to disguise the panel's individuality after installation. The panel's outline is jagged to terminate horizontal and vertical partition lines of the panel's front surface. The partition of the panel's front surface is not aligned with the horizontal and... Agent: William Lincoln

20070137128 - Modular stone panel: A modular stone panel is disclosed. The panel is adapted to be mounted or fastened to a structural wall to provide a stone wall facade therefor. The panel is generally comprised of a shaped backboard and a plurality of stones solidly fastened on a front face thereof. The backboard is... Agent: Bcf LLP

20070137129 - Profile-rail system: The profile-rail system (1) serves for bridging expansion joints. It is held by means of undercut tongue and groove profilings (3, 4) such that it can be held in a click-in arrangement against flooring elements. In order to obtain a width adjustment and an adjustment to movements of the floor... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20070137130 - Weatherproof underlayment with high filler content polymer asphalt layer: A roofing membrane underlayment material includes a fibrous mat generally encapsulated within a non-adhesive asphalt coating, the resulting encapsulated mat having an adhesive asphalt layer applied to one surface thereof, typically the bottom surface. An acrylic, talc or granular coating is applied to the surface of the encapsulated mat that... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20070137131 - Lofted mat for shingles: A roofing shingle comprising a mat having regions of various thicknesses. A layer of asphalt-based material coats the mat and a layer of granules is deposited on the asphalt-coated mat. The variations in the thickness of the regions of the mat give the shingle differences in thickness corresponding to the... Agent: Owens Corning

20070137136 - System and method for minimizing holes on slab floor when forming tilt concrete walls: An apparatus and method for bracing a form laid out for the construction of a tilt-up wall includes a sleeve which is configured to allow the passing of a structural frame member through its interior. The sleeve has a tab depending from its bottom side, which is configured to be... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20070137137 - I joist with reinforcing aluminum sheet: Disclosed is an I joist including a first and a second flange interconnected by a webstock; the first flange has a first major surface upon which is formed a groove, so that the groove faces and receives the webstock; and a reinforcing aluminum sheet material disposed in the groove.... Agent: Carlos Nieves, Esq. J.m Huber Corporation

20070137138 - Adobe building construction system and associated methods: A method of constructing an adobe building from adobe bricks, at least some having a hollow core therethrough, includes assembling adobe bricks atop one another to form a vertical wall structure, so that the hollow cores align to form a vertical channel. An extended reinforcing member is inserted through the... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070137139 - Performance enhancing underlayment, underlayment assembly, and method: An underlayment for supplementing one or more physical properties of wall, ceiling, and floor construction components is used to in a wall, ceiling, or floor assembly that may be fabricated on site. The assembly includes: first and second wall, ceiling, or floor construction components which each have physical properties and... Agent: Johns Manville

20070130840 - Thermal cushion and device comprising such a cushion: The inventive heating cushion consists of a system of blocs (1) which comprise a thermal material, are separated by interstices (8) containing a deformable thermal material (10), are connected by joints provided with elastic solid bodies which are fixed to the blocs and form said deformable thermal material and/or elastic... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070130841 - Construction module system and method: The present invention provides a simplified construction module system and method to form a structure by a minimal crew with little specalized trade skills and minimum equipment in a relatively short time period. Relatively lighweight construction modules can be brought to a construction site and linked together to form the... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP

20070130842 - Diversion system and method: In a water diversion system, in a preferred embodiment, a first fold of a deflector is disposed into a first hanger cavity and a second deflector fold is disposed into a second hanger cavity. The first fold of the deflector cooperates with the first cavity of the hanger to allow... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070130843 - Canopy for a stationary covering device having an asymmetrical shape: A canopy for a stationary covering device in accordance with the present invention comprises a cover that has a vertex point. The vertex point can be characterized by a fixed uppermost point or tip, at the highest culminating point of the canopy from which the cover projects. According to the... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070130844 - Isolation shelter pressurized to avoid transfer of contaminants between an isolation space and the outside environment: An isolation shelter includes, in its interior, an inner closure defining an isolation space. The isolation space is at a pressure less than the pressure of the environment in the shelter interior, at the outside of the inner enclosure. An outer enclosure of the shelter encloses a sealed region defined... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070130845 - Modular shooting range: Disclosed is a modular, expandable, and portable shooting range system. The system can include one or more shooting modules that mount together to provide different numbers of shooting lanes with various lengths. The shooting modules are pre-engineered with removable panels to permit additional shooting modules to be added on as... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070130846 - Window well: A modular window well arrangement includes one or more window well members. The window well members can be interconnected in a vertically stacked arrangement to provide the required overall height. Snap-connectors interconnect the vertically adjacent window well members, and a plurality of steps provide for escape. The window well members... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070130847 - Bridge apparatus: The invention comprises a bridge apparatus for connecting two drywall carts together spaced with a front rear relation to one another for supporting materials on the bridge, said bridge apparatus having two identical bridge sections with the bridge sections detachably fixed connection to one another at their one ends and... Agent: Robert E. Kleve

20070130848 - Anti shock device: An anti shock device has a base plate and a top plate, at least one pair of support racks are mounted between the top plate and the base plate. At least one adapter is mounted between the support racks. The adapter has a curved rail defined therein, and the support... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070130849 - Barrier formation and building protected by barrier: A method of forming a barrier against entry of water into a sub-floor ventilator of a building, which comprises adhesion of a sealant material such as a self-adherent pad to an external surface of said sub-floor ventilator. The invention also provides in another aspect, a building having a wall structure... Agent: Gosz And Partners, LLP

20070130850 - Ventilated roofing tiles: Ventilated roofing tiles along with other multilayered energy saving and/or producing constructions are disclosed. Also disclosed are insulating bonding constructions having enhanced energy saving attributes. The ventilated roofing tiles employ heat transfer means that may include natural and/or forced air convection.... Agent: Frank A. Palase

20070130851 - Window assembly with serviceable glazing retention system: A window assembly includes a glazing, a frame encircling a periphery of the glazing and securable about an opening in a support structure, and at least one retaining bracket secured to the glazing. The retaining bracket can be secured to the glazing with adhesive or mechanical fasteners. The retaining bracket... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070130852 - Wood wall construction made of wooden beams: A wood wall construction made of wooden beams is provided wherein the wooden beams (1) are superposed or possibly juxtaposed and assembled by means of screws (2). The wooden beams (1) are assembled to each other using the screws (2) provided at the end sections thereof with threaded sections (3,4)... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070130853 - Space division system with technology cross-reference to related applications: A space division system (100) is disclosed, with the space division system (100) incorporating technology. The space division system (100) is disclosed as having a space divider (102) vertically suspended from a rail system (104). The rail system (104) includes a rail (106) with a pair of hanger clips (108)... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20070130854 - Web offset lug dry-stack system: Generally, the invention is a dry stack building block for constructing a masonry wall. The dry stack unit has a front section having an outer surface, an inner surface, a bottom surface, and a top surface. The dry stack unit also has a rear section substantially parallel to the front... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20070130855 - Glut, method and apparatus for manufacturing gluts: This invention relates generally to an improved glut and the manufacture of a glut (11) of folded or cut and stacked sheet material aligned to form a block and having apertures (21) therein in order to reduce the overall weight of the glut without substantially reducing its strength, and in... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070130856 - Sheet metal intersection studs: A corner stud (40) has a four-sided post portion (42) that sits into a corner region of a framing wall. The post portion includes a pair of flanges (92, 96) which form a right angle inside corner at the inside corner of the framing wall. Edge portions of wallboard panels... Agent: Barnard Intellectual Property Law, Inc.

20070130857 - Fastener assembly serving as a product, or combined with other components as a product, allows automatic controlled movements in one direction and prevents movements in the opposite direction when forces are applied: A fastener assembly 10, in respect to forces which are subsequently applied, after the installation thereof, when forces is applied in one direction, this fastener assembly 10 is self adjusting incrementally, as needed in travel or actuation; yet when a force is applied in the opposite direction, this fastener assembly... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law

20070130858 - Multi-layer decoupling, sealing and drainage system: The invention relates to a multi-layer sealing and drainage system (1), in particular for the laying of ceramic paving (10) according to a thin-bed method (12). Said system comprises a layered construction containing, from the base upwards, a drainage layer (3) that is configured from a first lattice-type structural element... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20070130859 - System for building with glass blocks: A system for building using glass blocks is disclosed which employs spacing strips. The spacing strips comprising elongate, generally planar elements having a cross section generally corresponding in shape to the intended spacing between two adjacent blocks in the completed construction. The spacing strips are hollow and may be provided... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070130860 - Artificial stone anchoring system and method: An artificial stone and a method of fabricating a stone surface area therewith are described. The artificial stone comprises a stone body cast of a cement aggregate and has an outer visible surface area shaped to resemble a real stone. The stone body has a substantially flat rear surface. Fastener... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070130861 - Movement control screed: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a movement control screed that is structured for installation between first and second masonry coatings applied adjacent to a building wall. The movement control screed is structured as a control joint for absorbing movement between the first and second masonry coatings... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070130863 - Roofing adhesive: An adhesive for a roofing material includes an asphalt material and reinforcing fibers dispersed in the asphalt material. The reinforcing fibers have an average length within a range of from 1.6 mm to 10 mm. The adhesive is capable of adhesively bonding a first asphalt-based roofing material to a second... Agent: Owens Corning

20070130864 - Roofing system: A roofing system includes an insulation layer and an exposed fiber surface of a sheet. A cement layer is placed intermediate therebetween. An elastomeric outer weatherproof coating overlies the sheet. A process for applying to a roofing system is provided that includes applying to a roofing substrate an insulation layer... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070130862 - Roofing system and apparatus for applying rolled roofing material: An adhesive for securing a roofing system to a substrate includes a magnesium oxide matrix having dispersed therethrough a plurality of particles or fibers. The dispersant coating is operative to suppress electrostatic attraction between the particles or fibers. An elastomeric overlayer is placed in interfacial contact with the magnesium oxide... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070130866 - Engineered lumber studs for interior wall construction: A method of building an engineered lumber stud and a method of using such studs to form a modular wall panel for use in the construction of buildings. The invented studs having a first skin, a foam core, and a second skin. The engineered lumber stud can be created by... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070130865 - Thermal break structural stud: This invention is a structural building stud that provides interior cavity space for insulation. It also affords construction time savings for in-wall infrastructure systems such as wiring, plumbing, telephone, networking, etc. The common building method is to use solid lumber studs which have the thermal characteristics of conducting thermal energy... Agent: Dean Wedel / Precision Truss, LLC

20070130867 - Barrier panel: Disclosed is a panel comprising: a liquid-impermeable, moisture-permeable film layer, and an underlying wood board.... Agent: Carlos Nieves, Esq. J.m. Huber Corporation

20070130868 - Siding spacer and ventilation means for outer walls: A spacer and a method for its use in an outer wall of a building between the outer vertical surface of its underlying structure and the inner surfaces of each of the portions of overlapped lengths of siding through which the lengths of siding are nailed to the underlying structure... Agent: Brooks & Cameron, PLLC

20070130869 - Suspended ceiling segment: A horizontally extending suspended ceiling segment that appears to float in space. Support hangers in an upper tier connect to a grid that forms a lower tier, and cantilever the outward ends of the beams in the lower tier. A perimeter trim strip surrounds the suspended ceiling segment, on the... Agent: Eugene Chovanes Jackson And Chovanes

20070130870 - Fastener assembly serving as a product, or combined with other components as a product, allows automatic controlled movements in one direction and prevents movements in the opposite direction when forces are applied: A fastener assembly 10, in respect to forces which are subsequently applied, after the installation thereof, when forces is applied in one direction, this fastener assembly 10 is self adjusting incrementally, as needed in travel or actuation; yet when a force is applied in the opposite direction, this fastener assembly... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP Suite 600

20070130871 - Siding spacer and ventilation means for outer walls: A spacer and a method for its use in an outer wall of a building between the outer vertical surface of its underlying structure and the inner surfaces of each of the portions of overlapped lengths of siding through which the lengths of siding are nailed to the underlying structure... Agent: Brooks & Cameron, PLLC

20070130872 - Wide width lock and fold laminate: Lock and fold floor covering panels can be installed by angling a long locking edge into a previously installed row of panels and dropping or locking the projection of the tongue of the short side into the depression of the lower lip forming the groove in the short side. By... Agent: Douglas E. Winters Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

20070130873 - Building elements: A building element for use in construction of buildings and the like comprises a flat body portion and first and second connecting members. The connecting members can be attached to the body portion following manufacture or else they can be integrally formed with the body portion. The body portion and... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn:IPDepartment Docket Clerk

20070130874 - Geometric construction system: A geometric construction system includes: a plurality of construction pieces of polygonal shape, each of which has a plurality of sides faces, and each of which is formed with a plurality of threaded holes, each of the threaded holes extending inwardly from a respectively one of the side faces in... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20070130875 - Systems and methods for fabricating a structure on an uneven surface: Disclosed are systems and methods for fabricating a structure on an uneven surface. A bracket is disclosed for attachment of a beam or the like to an uneven surface such as a tree trunk, telephone pole, or the like. The bracket includes mechanisms for leveling and adjusting the height and... Agent: Law Offices Of Rita C. Chipperson

20070130876 - Structural element for the construction of buildings: A structural element for the construction of any type of buildings, comprising a first “C”-shaped element with equidistant cavities at least on one of its faces and a second element in the shape of a continuous strip with equidistant angular folds, whereby once both structural elements are assembled to each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070130877 - Retro-stud: A solid bar with fabrications, namely, eye-holes for coupling strings to the bar, markings or threaded nuts etc. placed on the bar, for the purpose of placement and anchoring of the bar on the back-surface of a wall or a ceiling, so that an item can be fastened to drywall... Agent: Mohiuddin Ahmed Chowdhury

20070130878 - Line block for masonry: The masonry line block facilitates the alignment of standard masonry walls while providing clearance for the construction of quoin corner buildouts without need to relocate the corner pole set for alignment of the standard wall. The line block has a squared U shape, with a central side or leg and... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070130879 - Fastening member: A fastening member is provided. The fastening member is formed with a plurality of positioning portions, a plurality of coupling portions, a plurality of protruding portions, and a plurality of fastening portions. The fastening member is assembled and disassembled without using tools, and made of low-cost material that is cheaper... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070130881 - Dimensionally stable wood and method for making dimensionally stable wood: A wood plank which is dimensionally stable and moisture resistant includes a sealant layer on at least four of its sides. A geometric variation (e.g., tongue and groove) may be located on at least one side of the dimensionally stable wood. The sealant layer may be applied to the tongue... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070130880 - Prefabricated wall panel: A low cost prefabricated wall panel comprised by an internal metallic grid structure incorporating a plurality of sandwiched cardboard strips, two cardboard sheet covers, a fire proof substance applied to both cardboard sheet covers and to the wall panel edges and means for linking other panels. The internal cardboard core... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070125006 - Gutter assembly: A gutter assembly (1) including a longitudinally extending channel (5) having an opening (10) and downwardly converging side surfaces (15) terminating at a bottom surface (20) to receive and disperse therealong water runoff from a roof (25) of a building (30). At the opening (10) the side surfaces (15) have... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070125005 - System for dislodging and removing debris in gutters: A rain gutter cleaning system of the invention comprises a generally planar panel, or two generally planar panels, movably secured to the bottom of the gutter. The rain gutter cleaning system includes a hinge securing one end of the generally planar panel to the gutter. One generally planar panel is... Agent: Patula & Associates, P.C.

20070125007 - Multi-functional construction apparatus: A multi-function construction apparatus for support of roof loads to prevent slippage, shifting or sliding thereof along and/or from a roof surface. A pair, or more, of multi-function construction apparatuses can be combined with a platform placed thereon for stationing of workpieces and/or equipment. In an alternate embodiment, a pair,... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070125008 - Patient point-of-care water sterilizer: A modular patient room includes a plurality of modular wall panels or units having various configurations. In some embodiments, the modular wall units have water dispensers. Headwall units having water dispensers are also disclosed. The water dispensers are configured to filter water or to sterilize water.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070125009 - Suspended display apparatus: Apparatus for displaying merchandise is suspended from overhead ceiling structures. The display apparatus includes a suspension strand supported by a support hook which attaches to the ceiling support grid members of a drop-style ceiling. The support hook is locked into place on the support grid member by the ceiling tile.... Agent: Jack A. Kanz

20070125011 - Acoustic partition for removable panel finishing system: An acoustical absorbing membrane that may be used in removable panel finishing systems is provided. The acoustic membrane may be formed of any sound transmission loss material that possesses sound-absorbing or sound-deadening qualities. Examples of suitable materials include foil, a foil-faced asphalt material, elastomeric materials, composite laminates, a polymer film,... Agent: Owens Corning

20070125010 - Sound absorbing panel: A sound absorbing panel comprising a generally rectangular mat of sound absorbing material, a plastic non woven covering at the frontal mat surface facing towards the sound insulated space and a sheet metal plate covering at the rear. The sheet metal plate covering extends outwardly perimetrically around the mat and... Agent: Papakonstantinou Panagiotis

20070125012 - Furniture for mitigating the effects of a disaster: A piece of furniture comprising a first part including a first outer surface, a second part including a second outer surface, a seam formed at an interface of the first part and the second part, and a polymer coating adhered to the first outer surface and to the second outer... Agent: Bennett Jones C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

20070125013 - Finishing system for wall openings: A wall has a framed opening primarily for a window. A window unit is installed in the framed opening. A decorative unit is formed or preassembled from moldings and jambs and is thereafter installed into the opening to finish the opening and provide structure to receive coverings like a blind... Agent: Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP

20070125014 - Device for assembling laminated glass panes: An assembly device for at least two laminated glazing elements each including plural individual glazing elements that are rigid and assembled to one another at the surface by bonding layers, which succeed one another in a direction of extension, partially overlapping in contiguous edge regions in perpendicular projection on faces... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070125015 - Article hanging system, slidable wire holder, detachable wire holder, wire hook and wire gripper: An article hanging system capable of easily changing an exhibit position and an exhibit height of an article such as a goods exhibited in a shop, a hanger and a display shelf comprises a ceiling rail assembly, a wire holder slidably retained to the ceiling rail assembly, a wire hanging... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070125016 - Wall panel with corner-connected open frame: An upright space-dividing wall panel with a rigid interior frame, and a cover attached to the frame for covering the interior thereof. The frame includes a first pair of horizontal rails defining top and bottom sides, and a second pair of upright rails defining right and left sides. Corner members... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070125017 - Thin prestressed concrete panel and apparatus for making the same: A thin, prestressed concrete panel, having a thickness of about one and one-half inch thickness or less, and apparatus for making the same is disclosed. Pairs of prestressed tendons extend between the side and end portions of the panel. The tendons of each pair are positioned on each side of... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070125018 - Intumescent firestopping apparatus and method: A firestopping apparatus for providing a fire barrier in a construction barrier. The apparatus is comprised of a sleeve within which there are located intumescent pads that are oriented to form a confinement area therebetween to accommodate various penetrating members such as cables, conduits and the like that need to... Agent: Gibbons P.C.

20070125019 - Curtain wall installation bracket: A support bracket for supporting a horizontal mullion during the construction of a curtain wall, the support bracket having a first horizontal leg and a second vertical leg in 90 degree relationship to each other, the horizontal leg defined by a support member engagable with the vertical mullion, the horizontal... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20070125020 - Trim molding system and apparatus: A trim molding system including trim pieces having a tab and corresponding keyway system. The tab fits into the keyway. Trim boards having keyways are configured to be joined to a corner cap having tabs to provide a trim system that is suitable for use with bullnose corner bead. Trim... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070125021 - Skirting board, floor covering system and method for manufacturing a skirting board: Skirting board, more particularly a skirting board with a laminated surface on one or more sides, characterized in that it is composed of short pieces (59), more particularly with a length of less than two meters, which can be mounted successively one after the other in longitudinal direction.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070125022 - Concrete post anchor: The current invention is a concrete post anchor and method of using comprising two substantially vertical side brackets, side brackets operatively connected opposite one another and spaced apart with a base bracket and a back bracket forming a U-shaped bracket. A pair of front brackets is removably attached to the... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070125023 - Mounting clip: The mounting clip is different from other tabs and brackets because it clips right on to the opening cut out, top and bottom in seconds without any drilling for screws to hold the clip in place, making the lock installation faster and secure.... Agent: Michael Gill

20070125024 - Method of construction using serpentine panels: A method for using serpentine panels to construct an object comprising gathering said serpentine panels, forming said serpentine panels as needed, assembling said serpentine panels to shape said object, assembling said forms around said serpentine panels; and pouring concrete to create said object.... Agent: R. Michael West Law Offices Of R. Michael West, A Professional Corporation

20070125025 - Fastener pre-stressing joint: Fastener joints induce static pre-stresses into a fastener that clamps the joint in a magnitude equal and direction opposite from bending stresses induced in the fastener by application loading. Such joints include angling the bolts seats of a connecting rod bearing cap inwardly, creating a relief at the bolted interface... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070125027 - Inside corner framing element for supporting wallboard: The present invention is directed to an inside corner framing element for supporting wallboard at the intersection of two adjoining walls made from sheet metal framing members. The inside corner framing element may be characterized as either: (1) an elongated sheet metal strip bent lengthwise two times to define a... Agent: Thomas Loop

20070125026 - Metal stud arrangement: A metal stud arrangement has a top track with a support rail fixed to the track-web and extending between track flanges into the trough of the track. The support rail has an enlarged hanger portion with a maximum width. A metal stud of the arrangement has an opening near the... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070125028 - Ceiling hanger clip: A clip is formed from sheet stock and has first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion forms a tab for attaching the clip to an overhead. The second end portion forms a U-bend channel for carrying a wire on the clip. The tab extends transversely... Agent: John R. Casperson

20070125029 - Vinyl siding outside corner mounting block: The Vinyl Siding Outside Corner Mounting Block, made of molded plastic, nailed approximately two feet apart to the outside verticle corner of a structure with one 8d box nail, makes the application of the vinyl siding outside corners simple, fast and accurate.... Agent: James R. Lawrie

20070125031 - Method of fabricating a building frame structure: A column/beam, beam/beam interconnection in a building frame method. The interconnection of the method of the invention features (a) a pair of parallel-spaced, upright, planar plate components operatively associated with either a side of a column or a side of a beam, (b) an elongate, generally horizontal beam including a... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.C.

20070125030 - Support for installations in housing technology and industry: A support for installations in the field of housing technology and industry includes first and second chords (12; 62 and 16; 66) each formed of two parallel elongate profiles (13, 17; 63, 67) spaced by a distance (A, B; C, E) from each other and being connected by connection profiles,... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070125032 - Structural assembly and a method for its manufacture: A structural assembly comprising profile members imparting axial strength to the assembly. The profile members extend along a length. Ribbon holds the profile members together along their length. The ribbon imparts lateral strength to the assembly by being braced to the profile members. A method for manufacturing the structural assembly... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070125033 - Multiple node junction structure: Multiple node junctions have at least two nodes sharing an axis. Each node includes a node adaptor-mounting-surface at an angle Θ relative to the axis. An adaptor mounted to each node at the angle Θ relative to the axis uses an adaptor node-mounting-surface and at least one adaptor beam-mounting-surface. A... Agent: Sylke Law Offices, LLC

20070125034 - Joint fitting between members, joint structure of upper and lower floor vertical frame members, and method of joining: The present invention provides a joint fitting between members of a simple structure with few parts and able to transmit stress of both compressive force and tensile force and a joint structure and method of joining using that joint fitting, that is, a joint fitting 1 between members connecting an... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070125036 - Sealing cover for a fastening device: A sealing cover for a fastening device (26) for a spaced attachment of an object (5) to a constructional component includes a base plate (12) having a through-opening (13) for an anchoring element (27) of the fastening device (26) and at least one inlet opening (17), and a first circumferential... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070125035 - Wallboard bracket and method for repair: A structurally rigid inside corner bracket constructed of plastic or other durable material used to quickly and effectively accept a predetermined sized insert “patch” of drywall or other board-type material in order to repair a damaged section of same material. The bracket shall be placed in the inside corners [either... Agent: Michael A. Herbold

20070125037 - Segment for a tower of a wind energy turbine and method for arranging operating components of a wind energy turbine in a tower thereof: The segment for a tower of a wind energy turbine comprises a tubular section having a longitudinal axis and inner and outer sides, and at least one group of supporting elements arranged at the inner side of the tubular section. The segment further comprises at least one platform supportable by... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070125038 - Grid tee for suspension ceiling: In one embodiment, a roll formed sheet metal tee for grid type suspended ceilings with the face of its flange integral with the stem and the layers of the stem fixed together for improved torsional strength. An upper region of the stem can have one or more of its layers... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070125039 - Sheet metal intersection studs: A corner stud (40) has a four-sided post portion (42) that sits into a corner region of a framing wall. The post portion includes a pair of flanges (92, 96) which form a right angle inside corner at the inside corner of the framing wall. Edge portions of wallboard panels... Agent: Barnard Intellectual Property Law, Inc.

20070125040 - Straight edge clamping device: An extrusion cross-section for a straight edge clamping device including (a) an elongated hollow base having a constant cross-section; (b) a first stop fixed at one end of the base; (c) a second stop movably provided along the base; and (d) a clamp for holding the workpieces together, includes a)... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070125043 - Multi-layered fire door and method for making the same: A door has a core that includes a porous layer having a thickness and two opposing major surfaces. In one construction, the core also includes three fire-retardant layers, and two of the fire-retardant layers are separated by the porous layer. The porous layer and the fire-retardant layers are coupled together.... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070125042 - Structural insulated panel construction for building structures: A structural insulated laminated construction panel for building structures is described. The panel comprises a rigid core material layer of expanded polymeric material having opposed flat parallel surfaces. An outer skin is adhesively secured to one of the flat surfaces and an inner skin is adhesively secured to the other... Agent: David M. Carter Carter Schnedler & Monteith, P.A.

20070125041 - Wallboard system and methods of installation and repair: A wallboard system composed of panels having weldable joint areas is disclosed. The panels are joined together by a connector that can also be utilized to align adjacent panels. Each panel has a reinforcement grid either embedded therein or attached thereto. Preferably, the reinforcement grid is made of a network... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070125044 - Multi-layered fire door and method for making the same: A door has a core that includes a porous layer having a thickness and two opposing major surfaces. In one construction, the core also includes three fire-retardant layers, and two of the fire-retardant layers are separated by the porous layer. The porous layer and the fire-retardant layers are coupled together.... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP