Static structures (e.g., buildings) inventions 03/08

20080072503 - Soffit structure: A soffit structure which is a sheet member having an upper surface and bottom surface with a plurality of channels formed in the sheet members, the channels extending inwardly from the bottom surface and being defined by at least a pair of opposed side walls, with apertures formed in the... Agent: Eric Fincham

20080072508 - Vibration and force absorbing assembly incorporated into a building foundation for dampening the effects of environmentally induced events: An improved hold down vibration dampening assembly suitable for minimizing property damage resulting from high winds or earth tremors, typically resulting from a natural event. A plurality of individual dampening assemblies are provided, typically located one per corner of an associated foundation structure. Each of the assemblies most broadly includes... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080072515 - Locking device: An improved locking device is essentially characterized by the following features: at least two recessed sections extend radially outwards from the central axis and are arranged at regular angular intervals from one another, a setting member or rotary member is provided in the inside of the pot-like or housing-like fixed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080072516 - Tubular structural member with non-uniform wall thickness: A tubular structural member has substantially constant cross-sectional size and configuration along its length between its opposite ends. The member has a pair of parallel oppositely aligned flat areas in its exterior surface. The member has substantially uniform wall thickness except in a selected portion of each the opposing areas... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080072518 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072519 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072520 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072521 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072522 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072523 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072524 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072525 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072526 - Wall fastener: A wall fastener that attaches a wallboard member to a mounting track in a manner that allows for relative movement between an overhead roof structure to which the mounting track is secured and a non-load bearing wall. The wall fastener holds the wallboard in a fixed position relative to the... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20080072527 - Fiber-reinforced composite member and method for producing structure using same: A method for assembling a fiber-reinforced composite structure by connecting fiber-reinforced composite members to additional members, comprising the steps of providing at least one of said fiber-reinforced composite members with projections having information concerning the identification and connecting positions of said additional members, to which said fiber-reinforced composite member is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080072529 - Hinged support column: A height adjustable jack piling assembly has a piling with a top and a bottom. A hinge axis is disposed on the top and a bearing plate is disposed at the bottom. A height adjustment mechanism extends upwardly from the bearing plate and through the piling to raise the piling,... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080072530 - Pre-embedded connector formed by hot rolled steel for concrete: A pre-embedded connector formed by hot-rolled steel for concrete including a channel bar and an anchor-bolt connecting with it. The channel bar has a channel shape and has a notch. A T type of connecting screw bolt having a bolting portion is provided inside each of the channel feet of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080072531 - Coated ballast pavers: A method is disclosed of producing ballast pavers for use in a roof system. A concrete mixture may be provided. The concrete mixture may be shaped into an uncured paver including a top surface. A reflective coating may be applied to the top surface. The uncured paver may be heated... Agent: Jon D. Wood Chief I.p. Counsel

20080072532 - Curtain wall system and method: A connector device is provided for a curtain wall system of the type having structural members secured to the building framing to define frames to support glazing panels. The glazing panels each have a sash by which they are secured to the frames of structural members to form an outer... Agent: David M. Carter Carter Schnedler & Monteith, P.A.

20080066391 - Method and apparatus for removal of gutter debris: A debris removal apparatus for use in a gutter having a mounting plate with a hole defined therein, attached to the top of a gutter, a power source situated near the top of the mounting plate, a shaft, having a first end and a second end, and wherein the shaft... Agent: Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP

20080066396 - Noise insulation device for aircraft: Disclosed is a noise insulation device for aircraft, comprising a first opening that is delimited by a series of conducting surfaces whose inner edge is oriented towards the interior of the noise insulation device from a horizontal cross-sectional perspective and whose outer surface is directed towards the side, a roof,... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080066397 - Component for soundproofing: The present disclosure relates to a component for soundproofing, wherein the component has a frame-shaped structure which has a single wall or multi-wall plastic composite or comprises such a composite.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080066398 - System for buffering horizontal acceleration acting on structural member and position returning unit: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A position returning device is provided with rolls (3,4) for absorbing the horizontal force acting on a structure are provided between the foundation (1) and the structure (8), a shake is thereby absorbed as the rolling motion of the rolls, roll receivers (2,6), as a returning... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080066401 - Suspended cable support system: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a suspended cable support system is provided. The suspended cable support system includes a plurality of suspension rods; and at least one cable tray. Each cable tray includes a pair of stringer elements, wherein each stringer element is configured for connection to... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080066404 - Corner support: A corner support for aiding in the finishing of interior and exterior corners during building construction. The corner support includes three leg members connected perpendicular to one another, a plurality of shelf members which extend outward from, and along the length of each leg member, and three lip members where... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080066406 - Panels having a strip flooring look: The invention relates to panels having a decorative surface for forming a flooring, to a method for producing the decors and to a flooring made up of said panels. The invention finally relates to a decorative paper. The aim of the invention is to provide panels that allow to produce... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080066407 - Panel installation set and method of installing panel using the same: The present invention relates to a panel installation set used to finish the surface of a building, and to a method of installing panels using the panel installation set. The panel installation set comprises a support member (10) having a coupling projection (15) and a panel (20) having a coupling... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080066410 - Covering element, method and machine to produce said covering element: Covering element (10) for surfaces, comprising at least a support (11) made of synthetic material, which is at least partly covered by a finishing layer (12) of hide, leather, their by-products, fake hide, or fabric, natural or synthetic, attached on said support (11) by means of a glue (13).... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080066411 - Muntin bar joiner: A muntin bar joiner is adapted to be connected to a first muntin bar and a second muntin bar. The muntin bar joiner has a base adapted to be connected to a first muntin bar. The base has a cap sized to extend beyond a first opening in the first... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080066412 - Prefab panel for realizing a double layer wall in buildings: Prefab panel for assembling a double layer wall of a building, with structural support function and thermal insulation. The panel includes at least one element of brick material having an exposed surface, a connection surface, a narrow side with a protrusion, and an opposite narrow side with a recess. Panel... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080066416 - 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

20080066415 - Mechanical locking system for panels and method of installing same: Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove, which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080066417 - Deck fastener, system and method of use: A device for fastening first and second structural members, typically decking joists and planks has a generally planar base plate with first and second ends and a thickness. A first vertical tab is integral with, and bent upwardly along a first bend line from an interior portion of the base... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080066418 - Framing system: A framed shear wall has a pair of crossed tension straps passing through the studs that make up the shear wall. The straps are preferably rods and are preferably attached to upstanding plates installed at the corners of the wall. Each of two straps is preferably attached to an opposite... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080066420 - Protective sheet made from a blend of ethylene vinyl acetate (eva) and polyethylene (pe): A protective sheet and method for protecting an object is disclosed. The protective sheet or drop cloth is made from a blend comprising ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and polyethylene (PE), making it naturally liquid impervious and slip resistant. The protective sheet includes a top side having a raised surface design... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080066423 - Method and apparatus for providing multiple tile shapes or appearances of same: A method apparatus and product is provided which includes the use of an S-Tile mold, combined with a scoring/knifing process, which allows for subsequent controlled separation of what would normally be an S-Tile into two separate tile sections each having a general C-shaped cross section. This allows for two types... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080066422 - Self-suporting spatial unit having non-supporting advanced outer walls: A self-supporting module contains first and second rectangular, generally closed longitudinal frames, which are detachably interconnected by crossmembers and to which external wall elements are detachably fixed. The module is characterized in that the external wall elements have dimensions corresponding generally to the height and the width or length of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080066424 - Stucco sheathing fastener: A fastener including a body having a predetermined axial length, wherein the body includes a screw head at one axial end of the body, a threaded portion at an opposite axial end of the body and an unthreaded shank portion extending between the screw head and the threaded portion, and... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080060281 - Apparatus and method for sealing a vertical protrusion on a roof: An apparatus for covering a protrusion on a roof designed having a substantially flat base portion. An opening is located in the base portion. The apparatus has a top portion attached to the base portion along the opening in the base portion. A break in the top and base portions... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080060282 - Insulated panel for mine safe rooms: A structural insulated panel for use in a mine safe room, which includes a carbon foam core having a high ratio of compressive strength to density, desirable fire retardant properties, and resistance to environmental stress. The carbon foam structural insulated panel also includes a first layer and a second layer... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20080060296 - Building having a hold down system: A building comprises a stud wall including a bottom plate; a foundation; a tie rod operably anchored in the foundation and extending through the bottom plate within the stud wall; a metallic bridge member attached to the stud wall, the bridge member having an opening through which the tie rod... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP Suite 600

20080060297 - Hold down system: A fastener assembly comprises a first cylindrical member disposed within a second cylindrical member. One of the first and second cylindrical members is movable relative to the other in a first direction. The other one of the first and second cylindrical members is locked relative to the one in a... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP Suite 600

20080060302 - Breathable low-emissivity metalized sheets: A moisture vapor permeable metalized composite sheet is formed by coating a moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one metal layer and at least one outer organic coating layer. The moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080060303 - Tip-resistant sheet and tip-resistant method for standing articles: A tip-resistant sheet capable of preventing heavy and easily toppled structures such as tombstones and gravestones, memorial tablets, Buddhist images, furniture, refrigerators, pianos, heavy articles on four wheels, and furniture with thin legs from tipping over utilizes an elastic material that is characterized in that one or more types of... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080060305 - Interlocking floor: A modular floor includes a plurality of interconnected, uniform and elongated floor sections. Each floor section includes a wear layer, an upper subfloor panel, a lower subfloor panel and a plurality of parallel spacers sandwiched between the upper and lower subfloor panels. The spacers extend horizontally outwardly from three sides... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080060307 - Shingles and methods of producing shingles: The present specification describes shingles having first and second discrete portions. A fastening member, such as a rivet, secures the first and second portions to one another. The rivet resists separation of the portions over time after the shingles have been installed on a rooftop. The present specification also describes... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080060309 - 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

20080060310 - 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

20080060308 - Locking system for floorboards: A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards includes horizontal joining of a first and a second joint edge portion of a first and a second floorboard respectively at a vertical joint plane; vertical joining of the first and second joint edge portions; wherein the tongue, the tongue groove, the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080060311 - 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

20080060315 - Combined corner guard and spacer clip for fenestrations: A clip and method for protecting and properly installing fenestrations during installation of building masonry and insuring a minimum clearance between the masonry and the fenestration frame. The clip is fitted to each side of the frame and temporarily secured by insertion of a retention rib into a slot formed... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20080060316 - Construction material composition, construction material, coating composition and waste construction material soil conversion method: The object of the present invention is to provide a construction and coating composition that effectively utilizes vermiculite as a natural resource and is able to satisfy requirements for humidity control and/or deodorizing as well as an attractive appearance, while also offering superior balance between the amount and rates of... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080060317 - Window, muntin and method: A non-metal window muntin formed from plastic or wood is described for use in hermetically sealed insulated glass windows. The process for forming the muntin includes machining polystyrene sheets which are painted with a latex pain and baked prior to use between sealed glass of the window.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080060318 - Modular raised wall paneling system and method of manufacture: The present invention is a new and novel modular raised wall paneling system and method of manufacture that is economical, labor non-intensive, and can be easily constructed for a variety of room configurations and dimensions. The modular raised wall paneling system of the present invention comprises a plurality of individual... Agent: Smith Brandenburg Ltd.

20080060319 - Lightweight structural panel and method for making same: The invention relates to an improved lightweight panel, novel uses thereof, as well as to an improved method for manufacturing the same.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080053006 - Frame plumbing system and method: The invention resides in a frame plumbing system and method typically for the plumbing and levelling of panels, frames or walls, having an outer frame member, an inner panel/frame/wall member sized to fit within the outer frame member, and a fastener adapted to plumb the inner frame member relative to... Agent: Austin Bonderer, Esq.

20080053008 - Structure support apparatus and structure installation method: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a structure support apparatus for anchoring and supporting a structure upon a roof comprises a bowed plate having a dome-shaped convex portion formed in the center of the bowed plate projecting from the concave side toward the convex side of the bowed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080053013 - Drywall backing apparatus and method of installing same: A method and apparatus for installing backing in walls which include a first, second and third upright U-shaped stud. A first backing member has a first end, a second end, a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. The first backing member is disposed between the first... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20080053014 - Two-way architectural structural system and modular support member: An architectural structural system comprises a structural beam and a structural connector. The structural beam includes a first c-beam and a second c-beam adjacently disposed one in parallel to the other. Each of the c-beams has opposed first and second ends. The structural connector has a plurality of transverse blades... Agent: Schwartz Cooper CharteredIPDepartment

20080053019 - modular decking system: A modular decking system includes decking in the form of a plurality of treads, the decking being supported by one or more beams, each beam having a lower surface. The modular decking system also includes a plurality of piers, each pier having an upper surface and each pier supporting on... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080053024 - Fastening member and external wall construction structure using the same: A fastening member which can fix with sufficient strength siding boards whose lateral joint portions are disposed in a portion where no vertical member is provided and prevent displacement in the vertical direction, is capable of ensuring a ventilation space without using furring strips and has excellent durability, and an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080053025 - Clip: A clip may be connected to a first piece of siding and a second piece of siding, and the clip may be used to interconnect the pieces of siding. The clip may include a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion. The first attachment portion may include one or... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080053026 - Slidable panel clip assembly for use with roof or wall panels: A clip assembly secures standing seam skylight or roofing panels to substrates and allows for a full range of movements by the panels while eliminating or reducing frictional noises. The clip assembly may also be used with wall panel systems. The clip assembly includes a first clip member and a... Agent: Mckay & Associates, PC.

20080053027 - 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

20080053028 - 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

20080053030 - Asymmetric retaining wall block: A method of manufacturing retaining wall blocks includes providing a mold and disposing a core in the mold. A dry casting concrete mixture is introduced into the mold around the core. The mixture is compressed with a movable shoe to form a casting comprising two retaining wall blocks joined together.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080053031 - Assembling and arrangement flat element consisting of one or several elements: The assembling element defining a plane comprises primary and secondary structures which are positioned substantially in parallel to the plane. The primary structure comprises at least two separate beams each of which is provided with boards having a rectangular cross-section, parallel with respect to each other and placed on an... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC