Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 01/08

20080022616 - H-shaped boot-to-register cover mounting adapter: An adapter including a central body portion and a mount for connection to each of an HVAC register cover and duct-engaging boot. A surface of the central body portion includes mounting apertures, each configured to accept a fastener so that the central body portion can be mounted to a support... Agent: Vorys Sater Seymour Pease

20080022617 - Drain and a building structure having a drain: A floor drain with a bottom part having at least one discharge opening, a front part that is integral with the bottom part and which has a first part inclined to the bottom part at an angle of at least 30°, and a flange part that is horizontal or inclined... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080022618 - Concrete form system with skin panel: A system for holding poured concrete in a desired shape until it sets is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of forms having two opposing end sections. Each of the end sections has an end bracket attached to it. A plurality of footing stakes are used to connect the... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20080022619 - Insulating concrete form: A knocked-down insulating concrete form including two spaced apart lightweight panels maintained in position by a tie assembly.... Agent: The Adams Law Firm Suite H262

20080022620 - Flexible weather resistant building wrap: A method of enveloping a building in a weather resistant wrap is disclosed. A weather resistant building or house wrap is disclosed. The wrap is of a thin flexible web or sheet of material having multiple layers. The layers include a metallized polymeric layer (e.g. polyester metallized with aluminum) adhered... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20080022623 - Coupling beam and method of use in building construction: A coupling beam, and method for constructing multi-story buildings. A coupling beam design using multiple rebar groups is provided for use in coupled shear walls in multi-story buildings. First and second sets of a first rebar group have first ends extending into adjacent sheer walls, and second ends within the... Agent: R Reams Goodloe, Jr. & R. Reams Goodloe, P.s.

20080022625 - Method of forming joints of non-cylindrical tubing: Structures built from square metal tubing and methods for their construction, wherein curved sections of square tubing are welded to substantially straight sections of metal tubing according to the design requirements of the structures. The curved components are stronger and lighter than equivalent components made by bending. In addition, the... Agent: Vermette & Co.

20080022626 - Floor covering having two distinct representations: The surface structure of said floor covering is characterized by a minimum of two inclined planes (1,2) forming an angle respective to the vertical (FIG. 1). The resulting elements are arranged successively in such a way that each inclined plane is parallel to the corresponding plane of the consecutive element.... Agent: Johnny Wing Fuk Wong

20080022627 - Fiber-cement/gypsum laminate: A building material (40) is provided comprising fiber-cement (10) laminated to gypsum (20) to form a single piece laminate composite. This single piece laminate composite exhibits improved fire resistance and surface abuse and impact resistance, but achieves these properties without the excessive weight and thickness of two piece systems. Additionally,... Agent: Gardere / James Hardie Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP

20080016787 - Rain gutter cover: This invention relates to rain gutters installed on houses and other buildings, and in particular to covers installed on rain gutters to prevent debris from accumulating in the rain gutters and adversely affecting the water diversion function of the gutters. The subject invention overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art... Agent: Richard Marriner

20080016788 - Lng containment system and method of assembling lng containment system: An LNG full containment system is provided. The LNG system generally comprises a primary container, and a secondary container positioned around the primary container. The secondary container generally comprises a first end wall, a second end wall, and at least two side walls. At least one of the walls is... Agent: Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20080016792 - Building structure: An improved building structure is provided that is relatively inexpensive, easy to assemble and provides stable and sufficient shelter to inhabitants. The structure includes a plurality of support beams with each beam having an arch beam and a cross beam. The arch beam is in the form of a downward... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080016793 - Web hole reinforcing for metal wall stubs: A metal panelized wall system having a plurality of generally parallel vertical wall studs with an opening formed in each one. A top horizontal member is connected to a top end of each of the vertical wall studs and a bottom horizontal member is connected to a bottom end of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080016794 - Self-centering energy dissipative brace apparatus with tensioning elements: The present invention generally relates to a self-centering energy dissipative brace apparatus. A bracing system is often needed to stabilize, strengthen or stiffen structures such as buildings which are subjected to severe or extreme conditions. The brace apparatus may be installed in a structure to dissipate input energy and minimize... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20080016795 - Footing form for upright structural members of buildings: A footing form for supporting posts or other upright structural members of buildings and the like includes a primary web, and a plurality of structural webs extending upwardly from the primary web. The webs include structural webs that extend radially outward from a center portion of the base web, and... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080016796 - Facing structure for a stair step forward portion: A facing structure for a forward portion of steps of the stair comprises a working member made of a resilient material, a horizontal and a vertical fastening members connected to rearward and lower surfaces of the said working member. The thickness H of the working member and the modulus of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080016797 - Profile rail for a facade system: Profile rail for a facade system for the facing of a building, which can be secured in place on a substructure of the building for the fastening of filler elements, wherein the cross sectional profile of the profile rail formed of steel comprises a bolt groove section, cooperating directly with... Agent: Jackie Jay Schwartz

20080016799 - Three-piece frame assembly for window of enclosure: Frames are disclosed for mounting windows within the walls of enclosures for isolating or sealing substances such as radioactive or other hazardous substances from the surrounding environment. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a window assembly includes a two-piece frame that is welded into the wall of an... Agent: Trask Britt

20080016800 - Mulling and sealing system for compound fenestration units: A system is provided for coupling individual fenestration units together and sealing the gaps between them so as to form a sealed compound fenestration unit. The individual fenestration units include mating channels and tabs or other connectors that are attached to outside frame surfaces of the individual fenestration units. When... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080016803 - Wood-concrete-composite systems: A wood concrete composite system (100, 200) has a wood construction component (110, 111, 112, 210, 211), an intermediate layer (140, 141, 142, 143, 230, 231, 232) and a concrete construction unit (150, 151, 152, 240, 241). The concrete construction unit (150, 151, 152, 240, 241) has at least one... Agent: Moetteli & Associates Sarl

20080016804 - Workspace dividing system with integrated seating system: A system for dividing a workspace includes a wall designed to divide the workspace into a workspace and an area outside of the workspace. The wall includes a variety of features such as a seat back located in the workspace and positioned proximate to and spaced from the wall and... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080016806 - Pultruded trim members: The present invention is an improved method of making cornice assemblies and other trim members utilizing the process of pultrusion. The cornice assemblies and the other trim members made by the method of the present invention exhibit superior strength to weight ratios, low expansion and contraction due to changes in... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080016809 - Module for the construction of floors, partition walls, roofs and similar: The invention relates to a module which is used to form facing based on translucent elements, such as to facilitate the construction of partition walls or facing having said optical feature. The invention is characterised in that the module comprises a central high-strength body and at least one flat part... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080016810 - Bridging member for concrete form walls: A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bottom direction of the panels, a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080016813 - Tile and fastener therefor: A tile having a self-interlocking mechanism urges rain water running on the surface of the tile to run downward thus making it for rain water to leak less through a joint. The tile includes a tile base, an underlap portion on each of an upper side area and one of... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080016818 - Foldable metal wall frame assemblies for use in residential and commercial structures: A foldable wall frame is disclosed and includes first and second track members spaced from each other, each track member having a center web and a pair of opposite side flanges. A plurality of spaced stud elements are positioned between and substantially perpendicular to the track members with each stud... Agent: Law Office Of John L. Isaac

20080016820 - Composite door, door core and method of manufacture: A method for making the core of a door of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC). A billet of AAC is provided from which slabs are cut to the approximate dimensions of the door core. A reinforcing band is secured about the perimeter of a slab or a pair of slabs sandwiching... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080010906 - Cover with drip edge channel: A protective device for use with a gutter to prevent entrance of extraneous matter therein, the gutter having a rear wall, a front wall and a bottom wall which together define an open trough therebetween and wherein the gutter rear wall is designed to be located adjacent to a facia... Agent: Eric Fincham

20080010907 - Recessed ceiling fixture enclosure: An enclosure for use in conjunction with a recessed ceiling fixture is provided which includes a substantially rectangular housing defining a top wall and side walls constructed from a single piece of fire-resistant gypsum wallboard. The housing is fastened to continuous stamped metal support flange depend inwardly from bottom edges... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20080010908 - Flat panel display wall: A flat panel display wall as subject of the present invention comprises a frame, at least a first handle and a second handle and at least a first flat panel display having a bezel. The first handle is mounted on the bezel of the first display, the first and second... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080010909 - Multi-piece eaves beam for preassembled glazed roof system: An eaves beam for a glazed roof system includes a base member and an upper member. The base member includes a base plate adapted to rest on a building wall and includes upstanding wall members. The base member can be fastened from the top into the wall with the fastener... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080010910 - Framing lumber product and a bundle of pre-marked framing lumber products: Lumber having stud locator markings spaced along lengths thereof. The marked lumber assists in layout and assembly of a frame wall including a bottom plate, a top plate and a plurality of studs extending between the bottom and top plates. The stud are placed at one or more of a... Agent: Wilhelm Law Service, S.c.

20080010912 - Extendable support structures: Various types of extendable support structures provide a lateral dimension that is defined by at least one lazy tong, and the longitudinal dimension is variable by extension and retraction of the at least one lazy tong. The extendable structure may include a plurality of adjacent and attached lazy tongs that... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20080010913 - Construction element for heat insulation: A construction element for heat insulation between a ceiling and a balcony is provided, which includes an insulating body and reinforcement elements crossing the insulating body that are connected to both construction parts. Here, horizontally adjacent to the insulating body, at least one additional insulating body is arranged, with an... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080010915 - Apparatus and method for positioning a module on an object: A system for removably and adjustably mounting a device on an object is provided. The system for removably and adjustably mounting a device on an object, according to the present invention, includes an apparatus and method useful for removably and adjustably mounting one or more photovoltaic modules on an object... Agent: Wilmerhale/dc

20080010920 - Method of building construction: A method of building construction wherein blocks and panels made from autoclaved aerated concrete are used as structural elements, and roof panels, including insulated panels having a rigid polyurethane/polyiscocyanurate foam core, are attached to structural elements via metal anchoring caps, ridge flashing, rake trim, beams, end plates, clips, and/or various... Agent: Dorothy S. Morse

20080010922 - Curtain-type facade structure: A curtain-type facade structure is described, comprising a fixedly supported substructure of vertical or horizontal basic profiled supports and crossing horizontal or vertical profiled supports mounted thereon, panel holders which are fastened to the supporting profiles, and facade panels which are retained by means of the panel holders. The panel... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20080010923 - Partition panel with modular appliance mounting arrangement: A freestanding partition panel for dividing a floor space includes a rigid partition frame having vertical side frame members and first and second horizontal frame members extending between the vertical side frame members to form a vertically enlarged opening through the frame, and an open space within the panel. At... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080010925 - Molding profile and molding profile assembly: A molding profile assembly has a first and second molding profile. The first molding profile, whose upper surface is to form the upper surface of the molding profile assembly, has a groove formed into an under-surface of a first arm and a groove formed into a foot perpendicular to the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080010926 - Method and apparatus for attaching a lifting lug to a concrete product: Method and apparatus for attaching a part forming a lifting lug to fresh, prestressed hollow-core slab or massive slab, wherein the part forming the lifting lug is embedded by vibrating at least partly through the upper surface of the slab, after which the part forming the lifting lug is turned... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080010927 - Cladding: There can be provided a method of cladding a surface with panelling. The method can comprise: attaching a first panel support member to the surface, the first panel support member being configured to receive at least a part of a first edge of a panel comprising a core of woven... Agent: Walker & Jocke, L.p.a.

20080010928 - 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

20080010929 - 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

20080010930 - Removable and relayable floor covering: A removable interior building surface-covering section member such as a floor tile, sheet, or plank is provided that can be laid without the use of adhesives and which can be removed and relayed repeatedly. The removable floor section member has multiple layers including an top surface, an intermediate cushion layer... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment

20080010932 - Wall structure for protection from ballistic projectiles: A wall structure and a method for constructing the wall of a building provide protection for inhabitants of the building against ballistic projectiles impacting the wall. The wall structure includes an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel is a composite structure that includes a metal sheet having... Agent: Jerry Turner Sewell

20080010933 - Insulated pitched roofing system and method of installing same: An insulated pitched roofing system for a sloped deck in which an insulating sheet is adhered to the sloped deck or to a roofing substrate and the roof components are adhered to the insulating sheet with a polymer adhesive. The polymer adhesive is preferably a froth liquid polyurethane foam.... Agent: Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P.

20080010936 - Edging tiles: The present invention provides an edging tile 1 that can be assembled together with other interlocking tiles to form a planar base that can be used as a helicopter landing pad, roadway, taxiway or general hard standing, for example. The edging tile 1 includes an interlocking portion 2a including coupling... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20080010937 - Locking system comprising a combination lock for panels: A locking system for a floor panel includes a first connecting device, a second connecting device, and a third connecting device. The first connecting device includes a combination lock including an upwardly directed locking element configured to cooperate with a locking groove. The combination lock further including a flexible tongue... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080010938 - Panel and fastening system for such panel: The invention relates to a fastening system (1) for rectangular, tabular panels (2, 3, 10), especially floor panels. Comprising retaining profiles disposed on the small faces of said panels (2, 3, 10). Opposite retaining profiles match said retaining profiles in such a manner that similar panels (2, 3, 10) can... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080010939 - Embedded barrier to fluid flow: A method for implementing a barrier to fluid passage in which the barrier is embedded within, instead of atop, porous material. This retains the durability of the surface of the porous material. In one embodiment, a thin set mortar is applied to a concrete slab. A pleated metal foil is... Agent: Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Attn: Cehec-oc

20080010942 - Stiff panel having composite stiffeners with reduced shock sensitivity: A stiff panel (1) comprises a skin (2) and at least one stiffener (3) of composite material on said skin. Free surface (311) of web (31) of stiffener (3) on the stiff panel according to the invention comprises a deformable core (33) and a covering (34) which covers core (33)... Agent: Perman & Green

20080005973 - Paint shield for roof structure: A self-retained paint shield configured to shield an exterior roof structure while spray painting exterior side walls of a home or building. The paint shield includes a shield portion and an exterior-roof attachment portion. The shield portion is configured to shield at least a portion of the roof structure from... Agent: David L. Stott

20080005976 - Modular security suite [mss i ]: A suite of hardened high security steel & concrete modules for protection of people, pets and valuables during a tornado, hurricane, home intrusion or other emergency. A Modular Security Suite [MSS™] is an above ground set of two or more rooms whose steel plate walls extend deep down into a... Agent: M. Delane Montaigne

20080005977 - Prefabricated complex joint sealer: A sealing member for sealing over a structural joint or compound expansion joint. The sealing member has an elastomeric portion to overlie the lines of the joint and an adhesive receiving region to the sides of the elastomeric portion. The adhesive receiving region is adapted to be adhered to material... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20080005978 - Method and apparatus for filling a space between a sloping roof of a building and a peaked roof of an adjoining extension: An assembly of prefabricated metal extrusions is utilized to secure roof plates in a construction to fill a void or space between a sloped roof of a building such as one family house and a peaked roof of an adjoining extension such as a sunroom. The extrusions have angularly adjustable... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080005979 - Roof boundary clip: A roof boundary connection uses a clip that eases installation of the clip to blocking members both in the field by a carpenter and at a factory by one such as a truss manufacturer. The clip is formed with two indexing tabs that are set against the blocking for correct... Agent: James R. Cypher

20080005981 - Floor light: The present invention relates to a floor panel and a flooring with a preferably continuous and unbroken front face, which is at least partially light transmitting and which has a light pattern/sign at the front face.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080005982 - Satellite ready building and method for forming the same: A satellite ready building comprises a plurality of studs and satellite wires positioned adjacent to the studs having a first termination and a second termination. A connector is coupled to the second termination of the wires. The first termination is coupled through the roof or the siding of the building.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080005984 - Profile system for producing corner formations in dry construction: The invention relates to a profile system for producing corner formations in dry construction, comprising a fastening profile (4) and a cover profile (5) that can be attached to the fastening profile (4) in order to form a corner of a room. A simple configuration and a secure application is... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080005985 - Wall edge vortex suppressor: An apparatus disposed along and attached to a wall edge to mitigate wind-generated vortices and suction loads on the wall, suitable and convenient for both new constructions and retrofits of existing buildings. Preferred configurations are described and include such types as wall edge cap, wall edge windscreen and wall edge... Agent: Jason Lin

20080005989 - Laminate floor panels: Floor panels (2) are shown with a discontinuous surface (31) layer and core (30), which are mechanically connectable to each other along one pair of adjacent edges, said floor panels comprising at least two floor elements (1, 1′), which are connected with glue.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080005991 - Concrete wall formwork module: A concrete wall formwork module comprising a first side wall panel structure including a first grid and a first panel secured to the first grid, a second side wall panel structure including a second grid and a second panel secured to the second grid, and connecting rods having about a... Agent: Venable LLP

20080005990 - Modular system of permanent forms for casting reinforced concrete buildings on site: A lightweight, permanent form system includes a plurality of GRC forms having a one or more open cavities that form a continuous interconnecting void within and throughout the plurality of GRC forms when assembled on-site to form a permanent form assembly. The continuous interconnecting void is configured to receive pourable... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20080005992 - Locking system and flooring board: A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards. For horizontal mechanical joining there is a projecting portion with a locking element which cooperates with a locking groove in an adjacent board. A tongue-and-groove joint for vertical mechanical joining has cooperating upper abutment surfaces and cooperating lower abutment surfaces which are... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080005995 - Shingle with a rendered shadow design: A laminated shingle has a rendered shadow design when placed with other similar shingles on a roof deck. The laminated shingle includes an overlay member and an underlay member fixedly attached to each other. The overlay member includes an upper or headlap portion and a lower or exposed butt portion... Agent: Owens Corning

20080005997 - Floorboards, flooring systems and method for manufacturing and installation thereof: Floorboards with a format corresponding to a traditional parquet block for laying of mechanically joined floating flooring. Rectangular floorboards include a surface layer and a core with two long sides and two short sides, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along their four sides... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080005999 - Floor covering and locking systems: Floorboards with a mechanical locking system that allows movement between the floorboards when they are joined to form a floating floor.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080005998 - Floorboards, flooring systems and method for manufacturing and installation thereof: Floorboards with a format corresponding to a traditional parquet block for laying of mechanically joined floating flooring. Rectangular floorboards include a surface layer and a core with two long sides and two short sides, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along their four sides... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080006002 - Light steel structural members: A light steel structural member includes a web portion and a pair of flanges. The web portion has a web face. The pair of flange portions each extend generally orthogonally from each end of the web portion. The flange portions each having a plane and the planes are generally parallel... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080006004 - Siding installation apparatus and methods of using and making same: The invention is directed to siding installation apparatus and methods of using such siding installation apparatus to install siding pieces on a structure. A siding installation apparatus includes a body having a first and second ends spaced apart from each other by a first dimension. The siding installation apparatus further... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080006006 - System for the placement of modular fill material forming co-joined assemblies: A system for the placement of modular fill material forming co joined assemblies that promotes increased efficiency in fill material building methods by utilizing the capabilities of aerial conveyance devices, the pre-assembly of forms, the rapid bracing of forms, and the sequential placement of enclosure forms.... Agent: Santangelo Law Offices, P.C.