Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 09/07

20070220814 - Roof gutter: A gutter system (10) for channelling rainwater flowing into a downpipe comprising a trough (24) extending the length of the gutter system (10), the trough (24) being adapted to be mounted to a building below and generally parallel to the roofline (14) of the building. The trough (24) is adapted... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070220815 - Seismic isolation access floor assembly: An access floor assembly includes a base floor, a substructure mounted to the base floor, a bearing plate, formed with a first cavity, mounted to the substructure and disposed apart from the base floor, an isolator plate, formed with a second cavity, overlying the bearing plate, a ball disposed between... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20070220817 - Storm shield: Storm shield guides air flow and debris contained therein over and around the structure(s) it is shielding; and in so doing takes the force of the air flow and channels it to the ground by the use of ballistic straps and cloth that covers trusses that are connected to concrete... Agent: Ronald Scott Bonds

20070220819 - Roof pass-through and method for the production of same: A roof pass-through and method for the production of same. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims,... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

20070220820 - Methods, apparatuses, and assemblies for log building: The invention provides technology for building houses and many other structures using logs. Log-positioning apparatuses are provided. Also provided are assemblies that include a plurality of logs and a plurality of log-positioning apparatuses. Finally, various log building methods are provided.... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070220821 - Wall exterior structure for outer wall heat-insulated building and wall exterior base, lateral furring frame for wall exterior material installation and method for covering wall using lateral furring frame, and exterior base material and outer wall using: In a wall exterior structure, an exterior base is formed of a number of vertical furring strips and a number of lateral furring strips, which are arranged in lattice to each other, each furring strip being a C-shaped channel material. A latch tongue, formed to an upright piece of each... Agent: Quarles & Brady

20070220822 - Building component for forming a floor or wall coverings: The invention relates to a building component for forming floor and/or wall coverings, for example tile or parquet floorings. According to said invention, the inventive building component comprises a support layer (1) and a layer (2) which is connected thereto and consists of at least one coating element (3) forming... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070220823 - Roofing system: The roofing system is a system that allows for numerous shingles to be attached to the roof of a house without using nails, releasably interlocking the shingles to each other and also attaching the shingles to the surface of the roof. The roofing system includes at least a single foundation... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070220824 - Board building material, board building material producing method, board building material installation method: Perforations of a board for building material are formed by a number of recesses (13), or a number of recesses (13) and through-holes (12). A bottom face (16) of the recess forms a face for screwing or driving the fixing element (70) thereto. A color of the bottom face is... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070220825 - Fabrication system for continuously fabricating graded extended length lumber with maximum grade utilization of input low quality raw lumber: An extended length graded lumber fabrication system features a number of fabrication stages along a substantially continuous fabrication path providing high through put fabrication of graded lumber of extended length from low quality raw lumber. The fabrication stages include reject recognition stages, a supply lumber grading stage, a finger jointing... Agent: Johannes Schneeberger

20070220826 - Fire-resistant and heat-insulating door/wall structure: The invention relates to a fire-resistant and heat-insulating door/wall structure, which is installed inside a hollow door plank or wallboard frame that is made of a refractory material. The characteristic of the invention lies in that the fire-resistant and heat-insulating structure is in the form of board enabling at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070214730 - Gutter cover: A gutter cover which can be more easily installed over a gutter without the use of siding breaks or other clamping tools. The gutter cover comprises a generally planar first section adapted to be installed under or over a row of shingles on a roof; a generally planar second section... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070214731 - Gutter cover: A gutter cover which more effectively sheds pine tree needles and other debris and therefore resists clogging. The gutter cover comprises a first section adapted to be installed under or over roofing material on the roof; a second section attached to the first section and adapted to at least partially... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070214733 - Multi functional, pre-fabricate, portable, polygon structures featuring over-sized pillars separated by floor-to-ceiling windows; and a central utility core to: a) house electrical, electronic, digital, and mechanical equipment and apparatus for the build: I present a pre-fabricated, modular, site assembled, portable, habitable polygon structure distinguished by large diameter functional pillars surrounding the structural posts; the potential for multi levels accessed by standard or circular staircases; and a compact multi-function central utility core (CUC) to house all electrical, mechanical, digital and plumbing equipment wires,... Agent: Denis Hugo Braun

20070214734 - Fixing device for structure member: The first and second engagement members 4, 4′ are held in such a manner as being able to move in the direction of the width of the engagement groove A1 by a holding member 5. A coiled spring 7 for biasing the first and second engagement members in the direction... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070214735 - Pile assembly for engineering and construction works: A conventionally available pile for civil engineering work is constructed such that the pile has in its inside a core body with wedges that stick into soil deep in the ground and function to prevent the pile from coming out of place. A problem exists with such a pile in... Agent: Leighton K Chong Godbey Griffiths Reiss & Chong

20070214737 - Above-joist, integrated deck-gutter system: A deck with an integrated gutter system includes at least two separated joists and a plurality of planks. Each plank includes longitudinal grooves, is disposed above and supported by the joists, has an undersurface which is juxtaposed with the joists, and is secured to the joists. The deck also includes... Agent: Donald E. Schreiber Donald E. Schreiber A Professional Corporation

20070214738 - Extendable drip edge: The present invention relates to the building structures and more particularly to the drip edge or water leakage guard strip above or below the objects mounted on or into building walls. Such drip edge inhibits the infiltration of water into the building by providing a path for the potentially infiltrating... Agent: Juergen Koessler

20070214739 - Wall forms for spraying insulation: A panel system is provided to form a barrier and an enclosed cavity for spraying foam insulation. The panel system may use panel sections removably attached together to achieve a desired length. The panel sections are attached to wall studs and foam insulation is sprayed into the resulting cavity. After... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070214740 - Cavity former: A cavity former for forming one or more cavities in a concrete slab, includes a hollow body (20) about which, during use of the former, poured concrete flows and subsequently cures to form a concrete slab in which the hollow body defines a cavity. The hollow body (20) has a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070214741 - Device for joining parquet-type plaques or pieces: The recesses (28) and projections (24) are located in the lower third of the thickness of the piece (18), the first in a lower flange (29) and the second below a flange (25) of the central third of the thickness of the pieces (18). The visible face can be backed... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070214742 - Method for constructing, transporting, and installing mobile home: A method for constructing a mobile home that minimizes the cost of transporting the mobile home, that facilitates the construction of two story mobile homes, that minimizes the cost of the construction plant used to assemble mobile homes, and that facilitates building mobile home that have elevations similar to those... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20070214744 - Articulated glass block: A glass block window that can be opened and closed by rotating one or more columns of glass blocks to provide an open space in the window opening, a telescoping cantilever support for columns of glass block, and a rotatable support on the telescoping cantilever support. The columns of glass... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070209289 - Rain gutter diverter: A rain gutter diverter includes a body and a diverter wall. The body includes a roof and side walls to capture water running down a valley between roof sections. The diverted wall forms a vertical splitter and directs the captured flow into the gutter.... Agent: Averill & Varn

20070209291 - Wind protector for structures: A system for protecting building structures such as mobile homes, trailers, sheds, and hangars from high wind conditions comprising a rigid plate-like member externally attached in the middle and across the width of the roof of the building structure. The plate-like member is raised at the center thereby forming an... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070209292 - Corner lift device: A lifting device for transporting items of personal property between one floor and another floor in a building is provided. The device is used in a building having at least two floors and a corner formed at an intersection of a first wall and a second wall. The building also... Agent: Thomas R. Shaffer

20070209294 - Collapsible building having rigid walls: A structure includes a base, a first side wall rotatably attached to the base, a second side wall rotatably attached to the base, a roof guidingly coupled to both the first side wall and the second side wall, and a biasing assembly selectively urging the building into a fully erected... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070209295 - Modular enclosure: A modular enclosure, such as a shed, may include sidewalls and a roof. The roof, for example, may include one or more roof panels. The roof may also include a truss that is sized and configured to support the roof panels. The shed may also include one or more support... Agent: Gilmore, Richard Workman Nydegger, P.C.

20070209293 - Stowable seat for wheel chair accessible kiosk: A stowable seating apparatus for a wheel chair accessible electronic kiosk includes a first curved track attached to an interior wall of the kiosk that has a horizontal portion and a vertical portion; a second curved track attached to the opposite interior wall of the kiosk, parallel to the first... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070209297 - Slab formwork system and method for preparation of slab formwork system of this type: The invention relates to a slab formwork system having a plurality of formwork elements which have first hook members at their lower side for establishing a hook connection with second hook members provided at upper end sections of vertical supports. The first and second hook members are designed to establish... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070209298 - Housing positioning system and method: The housing positioning system and method encompasses a residential subdivision having rectangular adjacent building lots including adjacent driveway areas perpendicular to a street and separated by a fence having a partial gradient. Dwelling units are placed on the lots so that a front wall of each dwelling unit faces the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070209299 - Extendable door jam: An apparatus and method for providing a variable width door jam assembly for adjustment of a decorative door jam in an environment in which the frame of the door openings varies in width depending on materials and architecture.... Agent: Woodrow Douglas English County Square Professional Offices

20070209300 - Window jamb assembly: The present invention includes a window jamb assembly mountable in a jamb of a double hung window for cooperative engagement with upper and lower sash assemblies. The window jamb assembly includes a jambliner that has inner and outer sash hardware accepting recesses and first and second weather-strip retaining recesses disposed... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070209301 - Earthquake damage resistant glass panel: Architectural glass panels for use in a wide variety of building wall systems, such as curtain walls and storefronts, which have improved resistance to damage from earthquake and/or other loads that could cause horizontal racking movements of architectural glass panels within their glazing frames are disclosed. Embodiments include various types... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070209305 - 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

20070209306 - Fire rated wall structure: A fire rated wall structure includes a channel-shaped top track and bottom track each having male protrusions formed along their side walls. The wall structure further includes at least one stud member interconnecting the top and bottom tracks. The stud member comprises a stationary portion and a slip extension slidably... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070209307 - Cellulose fibre based insulation material: The present invention relates to a fibre insulation material for the manufacture of a non-woven fibre batt comprising primary fibre components of a portion of 50% to 90% cellulose fibres; 2% to 20% synthetic fibres, said synthetic fibres being crimped fibres having a length between 12 to 75 mm; and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070209308 - Faux-stone architectural panel system: A set of faux-stone architectural panel members can be installed to create a stone-look wall or facade. Each panel member is cast from a concrete mixture of a cement or bonding agent and a light-weight aggregate. The various panel member may have one, two or three courses, i.e., rows, with... Agent: Bernhard P. Molldrem, Jr.

20070209310 - Solid, reinforced and pre-wired rebar support apparatus: A solid, reinforced and pre-wired rebar support apparatus that supports, positions and firmly secures rebar in a footing. The apparatus comprises a body made of a cement mixture having a triangular shape that includes a reinforcement structure located centrally within the body and recessed depressions wherein rebar is to be... Agent: Lott & Friedland, P.A.

20070209311 - Truss hold-down connectors and methods for attaching a truss to a bearing member: A truss hold-down connector for attaching metal trusses to a bearing member. One embodiment of the truss hold-down connector has a vertical connector web that has a bottom attachment leg protruding therefrom for attachment to a bearing member and first and second attachment tab portions for attachment to the flanges... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070209312 - Truss hold-down connectors and methods for attaching truss to a bearing member: A truss hold-down connector for attaching metal trusses to a bearing member. One embodiment of the truss hold-down connector has a vertical connector web that has a bottom attachment leg protruding therefrom for attachment to a bearing member and first and second attachment tab portions for attachment to the flanges... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070209313 - Flange engaging strip with a carrier for engaging a flange having a varying thickness along a longitudinal dimension: A flange engaging strip is provided for engaging a vehicle flange, wherein the flange has a varying thickness along a longitudinal dimension. The flange engaging strip has a closed end and projecting limbs and can include a carrier having a corresponding base and projecting legs that define a constant combined... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070209315 - Apparatus and method for use in building construction: A structure for supporting loads includes a flexible envelope filled with a filler material. The envelope may comprise a mesh or non-mesh material and may have a high tensile strength. The filler material may comprise a loose or coarse material. The resulting structure may permit an applied compressive force to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070209314 - Moment-resistant building column insert system and method: The invention is a novel moment-resistant building column insert system for distributing lateral and vertical loads between the column-beam and column-foundation connections. Loads are distributed between the column and beam using a column insert, nut plates and beam end plates incorporated to beam-ends. The column insert is hollow and similar... Agent: James E. Parris

20070209316 - Post system for a railing: A post system for a railing, the post system including a railing post, an insert and a post base. The railing post includes an elongated tubular body with first and second ends. The insert may snugly be insertable within the first end of the railing post. The post base may... Agent: Peak Innovations Inc. Attn:IPLegal Department

20070209319 - Method of assembly of extruded profiles and the extruded profiles therefor: Extruded profiles for use in assembling panels comprises a rigid peripheral frame of extruded material which serves as a base structure onto which are put flat surfacing materials such as glass, metal, wood or any of a variety of composite materials normally used for making cabinetry.... Agent: Inventarium Suite 1607

20070204520 - Self-elevating staging with rack-and-pinion posts: A staging system includes vertical posts each with rack gears disposed along their lengths. A self-propelled truss-support collar with a motor and pinion gear can climb up and down the vertical post by engaging the rack gear. A battery inside the collar provides electrical power to the motor so AC... Agent: Robert Charles Hill

20070204521 - Gutter guard and decor support arrangement: A gutter guard arrangement is provided that functions to keep debris from entering and clogging a rain gutter. The arrangement may include a cover for keeping debris out of the gutter and a bracket that positions the cover over the gutter. The bracket may include a bracket securing portion that... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070204522 - Gutter clip and method for manufacture thereof: A gutter clip for elevating a gutter end piece from ground in a first position and for retaining the gutter end piece to a gutter down spout in a second position is disclosed. The gutter clip includes a foot portion for engaging the ground when in the first position. Legs... Agent: Alan Loudermilk Loudermilk & Associates

20070204523 - System and method for forming a header of a retail merchandising unit: According to one embodiment, a RMU comprises a header. The header comprises a sidewall, and at least one coupling surface protruding from the sidewall. The header further comprises a top surface coupled to the sidewall via a through-surface coupling mechanism coupled at least partially through the at least one coupling... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20070204524 - Equipment storage module: An equipment storage module (24) is provided for use with a modular wall (20). The modular wall (20) includes a plurality of frame units (100) configured to form a grid of vertically and laterally spaced apart wall spaces having a predetermined height (132) and a predetermined width (130). The equipment... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070204525 - Eave for a building: According to the invention, a method for making an eave for a roof on a building is disclosed. First, coupling a roof rip piece with an eave trim piece; second, coupling the coupled roof rip piece and eave trim piece with the top of a building; and, in some embodiments,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070204526 - Retractable storm shutter: A retractable storm shutter for protecting a fenestration is disclosed. The retractable storm shutter includes a base panel coupled to a wall surrounding the fenestration and extending lengthwise across a side of the fenestration. The retractable storm shutter further includes a plurality of planar panels arranged adjacently so as to... Agent: Mark Terry

20070204527 - Flexible space management system and method: A method of managing a plurality of operable wall panels in a room equipped with an overhead track system from which the panels suspend and in which the panels are movable to selectively partition the room, the track system including a reading portion. The method comprising providing an identification tag... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070204528 - System for overlaying the overhang of a building: A system for protecting the overhang portion of a building comprising sheets of impervious material largely pre-formed before delivery to job site to minimize on-site shaping and forming, including the optional use of one or more pre-formed pieces to be fitted together on-site, and also including an optional S-fold connector... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP Intellectual Property Department-nwj

20070204530 - Crawlspace access panel: A crawlspace access panel assembly for covering a crawlspace accessway opening in a building exterior wall is provided. The crawl space access panel assembly having a substantially rigid panel member adapted to cover the opening and a seal attached around a perimeter of the substantially rigid panel. A number of... Agent: Perman & Green

20070204531 - Heated insulating glass panel with a fitting: A heated insulating glass panel, with a fitting, is provided. The heated insulating glass panel is formed from two dielectric sheets that are separated by a spacer, which has a spacer layer at the spacer edge. The fitting, which is made of a fitting base portion and a fitting tubular... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20070204532 - Roof vent: A roof vent is provide. The roof vent comprises a top component coupled to a bottom component. The top component has a top wall, a side wall, a first louvered region disposed between said top wall and said side wall, and a top cylindrical baffle located inwardly of said first... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070204533 - Wind abatement barrier mounting brackets and kit: A universal mounting system for a flexible wind abatement barrier includes a flexible textile screen of a size and shape to cover an opening in a building. The shutter has hems at the peripheral edges with thickened structure. Several discrete brackets are fastened to the shutter hems about the margin... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070204534 - Doorframe: A doorframe assembly includes a doorframe post front portion (202), a doorframe post rear portion (204) and a doorframe post middle portion (207). These three doorframe post portions can be installed into wall-bodies (10) having different thicknesses. Each of the three doorframe post portions has an L-shaped transverse section. The... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Gilman & Berner, LLP (itw)

20070204535 - Method of installing windows into a concrete structure: A method of installing a window into a concrete wall. The method includes taking a frame and securing a sub-frame thereto to form a buck. A bracing member is then fastened to the buck and the buck is positioned within a concrete wall form. Once the window is properly positioned... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070204536 - Prefabricated fixture protection cover and assembly and method of use thereof: A prefabricated fixture protection cover for attachment to a recessed electrical fixture mounted on a grid system comprises a panel having grooving dividing the panel into a top wall, a first wall, and a second wall. The first and second walls are foldable about the grooving to a position substantially... Agent: Barley Snyder

20070204537 - Modular furniture system: A modular furniture system includes a framework assembly comprising vertical and horizontal frame members that can be shared by back-to-back workstations. The vertical and horizontal frame members are configured to facilitate routing of various utility service lines through the framework assembly to locations near the workstations. In another embodiment, a... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070204538 - Log-cabin type facade: The invention relates to a log-cabin type façade for cladding walls in internal and external areas. Said façade comprises elongated contoured elements (12) and corner elements (16), which are designed to produce an interior corner and an exterior corner for internal and external areas.... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070204539 - Raised flooring system and method: A raised flooring system of the type having multiple levels of a sub-work surface utility line containment for supporting cables, wires, piping and the like. The system includes a plurality of pedestal assemblies, a plurality of base floor pads for placing and securing the pedestal assemblies, and a locking assembly... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070204540 - Means and method for fireproof sealing between the peripheral edge of individual floors of a building and the exterior wall structure thereof: A construction and a method for fireproof sealing between the outer edges of a floor and the exterior wall structure of a building which includes the placement of an insulation support member between the safing insulation positioned immediately around the floor edge, and the spandrel insulation extending between the vertical... Agent: Sperry Zoda And Kane Suite D

20070204541 - External wall and roof systems: A ventilated exterior wall or roof system comprises frame including a plurality of frame members, and a double envelope structure attached to the exterior of the frame. The double envelope structure comprises a water resistant membrane, an exterior sheathing material disposed on the exterior side of and spaced from the... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070204545 - Flooring apparatus for reducing impact energy during a fall: A floor including a flooring plate and a plurality of spaced apart stiffening columns extending from an underside of the flooring plate. The columns remain substantially rigid up to a predetermined critical pressure and then buckle as the pressure increases. The columns are at least partially surrounded by by a... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070204547 - Electrical service conduit system and method of use: A system and method to route electrical service conduits through the interior of a building and also to comply with the National Electrical Code(NEC). The system includes the use of a two inch concrete encasement which is reinforced by metal plates. A lower portion of the concrete encasement has a... Agent: John V. Moriarty Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070204548 - Building blocks with integrated assembling design: A new building material made of chopped straw, cement, mortar cement or lime combined together with a bonding agent is pressed into building blocks of different sizes and shapes. The blocks come in different sizes and shapes to serve different building needs and/or to fit an integrated assembly system. The... Agent: Louis Gagne

20070204549 - Construction system including perforated modular structural members: A construction system includes three types of structural members. The first type includes a first flange and a second flange merged at a right angle. The first flange includes a row of circular apertures extending longitudinally between the first end and the second end, a first oblong aperture and a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070204550 - Stress distributing cross-member for trailer: A stress distributing cross member hanger system for an aluminum boat trailer includes a welded bracket assembly on an aluminum cross member for bolting the cross member to an aluminum side rail. The side rail can be either I-beam or tube shaped with mounting bolt holes through its web or... Agent: John J. Simkanich Paul & Paul

20070204551 - Illuminated gazebo: A structure including a gazebo including a plurality of vertical structural elements and partial walls constructed between adjacent vertical structural elements, and a roof constructed of roof slats that extend from a central hub situated at an apex of the roof, at least one solar powered light attached to the... Agent: Dekel Patent Ltd., David Klein

20070204552 - Plastic composite deck screw: A deck screw for use with plastic and plastic composite deck materials has a shank with a lower segment having a right hand thread and an upper segment having a left hand thread. The upper left hand threaded section has a major diameter which is the same as or slightly... Agent: James R. Cypher

20070204553 - Door stabilizer for a building: According to the invention, an apparatus for stabilizing a door is disclosed. The apparatus may be a U-shaped member in which the edge of a door is disposed. The member may have press-fit features to resist removal of the member from the edge of the door. The member may also... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070204554 - Siding trim: The present disclosure is a siding trim that includes at least three trim elements each having at least two recesses associated therewith. The two recesses share a traversing frame element. The traversing frame element has at least two projecting elements projecting outwardly therefrom. The two recesses selectively receive and retain... Agent: Tobin, Carberry, O'malley, Riley, Selinger, P.C.

20070204555 - Systems and methods for using light to indicate inconsistency locations on a composite structure: A method for using light to indicate locations of inconsistencies on a composite structure. The method generally includes electronically accessing positional data defining one or more inconsistency locations on a composite structure. The positional data may be extracted from a part fabrication file containing numerical control (NC) data that may... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20070204556 - Covering module and anchor sheet: This application discloses a relatively thin flexible anchor sheet for installation under carpets or other decorative coverings and a covering module composed of a pre-attached decorative covering and anchor sheet which can be assembled by overlapping hook and loop attachment to an additional covering module to create a complete floor... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20070204558 - Apparatus for forming concrete and transferring loads between concrete slabs: An embodiment configured according to principles of the invention includes a plate defining a hexagon having a base parallel with joint between concrete slabs. Another embodiment includes a hexagon-shaped plate having a first portion and a second portion, and a form having a slot configured to closely receive the second... Agent: Emerging Strategies, PLLC

20070204557 - Structural building panels, apparatus and method for fabricating structural building panels: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for fabricating structural building panels. The apparatus may be used for fabricating panels directly on the foundation for a building. The apparatus may include a support frame, a flattening frame, a press frame, drive members such as pneumatic cylinders supported by the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070204560 - Man-made studs and lumber: e