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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110277401 | "J" Bolt Roof Hardware Mounting System A “J” Bolt Roof Hardware Mounting stanchion for elevating and supporting objects such as wind turbines and solar panels upon a roof where high load and wind sheer are present. This invention presents a new method of capturing the roof rafter with a bolt shaped in th... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277402 | SOLAR PANEL MOUNT The invention relates to a solar module attachment, comprising a Z-support (2), the one Z-side (2.1) of which is used directly as a roof attachment or can be connected to roof hooks or support posts in the case of a mounting system, while clamps (5)... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277403 | HANDRAIL CONSTRUCTION A handrail construction, such as for a bridge or stairway, includes a tubular handrail element, the cross section of which is defined by a closed tube wall which encloses an internal cavity, and also a series of supports fastened to the handrail element. At least one co... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277404 | GRAIN STORAGE PIT A grain storage pit includes an open-top chamber configured to be substantially flush-mounted in a surface and a grain-receiving grate that covers at least a portion of the open-top chamber so that grain may be poured into the open-top chamber through the grate from a t... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277405 | MODULAR BUILDING PANEL AND DUCT SYSTEM A modular building panel and integrated duct system including at least one modular building panel. The modular building panel includes a panel frame defining a longitudinal, a transverse width, and a transverse height; first and second ducts including therein duct stiff... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277406 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHERING FLOOR PANEL A pressure sensitive adhering floor panel includes a panel body. The panel body has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface. The bottom surface is coated with a foam layer and a pressure sensitiv... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277407 | Composite Panel for a Wall and Method for Making Same A composite panel for making a wall of a building includes an outer cladding plate, an inner wall plate, and a supporting structure provided between the outer cladding plate and the inner wall plate and which is partially embedded in a polymer foam.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277408 | ROOFING PRODUCT A starter block and a shingle are utilized to form courses that may be positioned in overlapping fashion on a roof to form a roofing covering system. The particular design of the starter block and shingle result in a roofing product that provides increased durability ov... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277409 | Wood planks with brick-like surface features and method of making same A plank has a simulated brick front surface formed on a board. The board has a horizontal first lap cut into a first edge of the board defined by a first shoulder and a first cheek. The first shoulder has a first shoulder distance and the first cheek has a first cheek d... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277410 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESTORING, REPAIRING, REINFORCING AND/OR PROTECTING STRUCTURES USING CONCRETE Methods are provided for repairing an existing structure to cover at least a portion of the existing structure with a repair structure. Such methods comprise mounting one or more standoff retainers to the existing structure; coupling one or more standoffs to the standof... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277411 | DOOR ASSEMBLY SYSTEM A versatile, yet sturdy, modular door assembly system comprising a plurality of modules forming the frame (stiles and rails) of the door, and means for non-permanently fixing the modules together. The assembly system may also comprise one or more interchangeable panels ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277412 | WALL REPAIR APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD A wall repair apparatus, system, and method to repair localized wall damage and easily support an installed wall repair patch are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments provide a convenient way to both position and align a wall repair patch with the outer face of the wall... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEAKING CRACK REPAIR Disclosed is a system and method for providing a concrete crack repair system that is capable of providing a pressurized seal that continues to resist the ingress of water even as the crack continues to open and close over time. A compressible seal is provided that may ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277414 | PREFABRICATED WALL/FLOOR PANEL A prefabricated wall or floor panel includes a rectangular concrete section comprising a projection along one side, a recess along the other side, the recessing being complementary to the projection, a protrusion along one end, a trough along the other end, the trough b... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277415 | Backband and vinyl slat covering system for structures A system of fastening elements that attach to the building surface, including a backband with cambered support surfaces and catches, to support vinyl log siding slats with interlocking edges, and provide a log appearance to the building.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277416 | METAL ROOF TRUSS HAVING GENERALLY S-SHAPED WEB MEMBERS The metal truss assembly disclosed herein is made from generally U-shaped metal chords and multiple generally S-shaped web members extending between the chords. A typical truss assembly has a pair of elongated, opposed, diverging metal upper chords and a lower chord, wi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277417 | Modular Building System The present invention relates to components and method for modular building system used as houses, home flat, buildings, offices, gazebos, and pavilion, and to assemble the modular building system fast, easy and simple. Specifically a modular building system of the pres... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277418 | Recording media sheet processing system, image forming system including same, and insertion method used therein A recording media sheet processing system includes a folding device including a folding unit to fold a sheet and a squeezing unit to squeeze the folded sheet, an insertion device to insert in an envelope an enclosure, and a controller. The folding device. The controller... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277419 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE OF CONTAINERS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL USE The packaging structure of containers for pharmaceutical use comprises a box-type body in plastic having a bottom and side walls, means for predetermined spatial positioning of the containers, and a lid applied for closing the box-type body and comprising a membrane sel... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277420 | OVERHEAD CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING PACKAGING TRAYS The invention relates to conveyor system (1) for conveying packaging trays (2), for food products for example, from one or more import stations (3) to one or more export stations (4). The conveyor system is provided with an endless conveyor t... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277421 | Loading Device for Loading Particles, Method for Loading Particles Using a Loading Device Loading device for loading particles through the entries of an array of tubes, the device comprising of a plate having a pattern of loading holes, which pattern corresponds to the array of tube entries, the opening of the loading holes being smaller in size than the ope... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277422 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND BAGGING DECORATIVE GRASS An apparatus and method for producing and bagging decorative grass.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277423 | PALLETISING DEVICE A palletising device including a lower surface which restingly receives a pallet, and an upper platform which is provided with a variably-configurable first support, cyclically between a closed configuration in which the first support supports a layer of products and an... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277424 | Method of packing furniture suite for shipping A method of packing a furniture suite for shipment and, particularly international shipment, comprising the steps of forming a recess having a perimeter created by a skirt circumscribing a large table top and nesting several elements within the recess by forming packing... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277425 | METHOD FOR STORING FLUID WITH CLOSURE INCLUDING MEMBERS WITH CHANGEABLE RELATIVE POSITIONS AND DEVICE THEREOF In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a closure for a container comprises at least two closure members. The relative position of the closure members with respect to each other is altered upon mating of the closure and container. The alteration of the relative posi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277426 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Envelopes Containing Contents A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. A feeder serially feeds envelope from a stack of mail. Two cutters at a cutting station cuts one or two edges of the envelopes. As the envelopes travel from the feeder to the cutters the envelope is jogged on two e... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277427 | Apparatus for Packaging Low Count Packages of Absorbent Articles An apparatus for providing low count packages of absorbent articles during a high speed manufacturing process. The apparatus including a conveyor configured to serially convey a plurality of absorbent articles; a continuously rotating stacker that includes an infeed, an... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277428 | WIRE FILTER CAGE LOCKING MECHANISM A filter bag support structure, including a first section and a second section. The first section includes a pair of opposed alignment members located partially internal to the first section and extending outwardly away from the first section aligned to insert into the ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277429 | Velocity stack mounted air filter assembly The air filter assembly or “air box” includes a flat base tray mounted to velocity stacks and a detachable filter box. The base tray includes a number of pliable mounting shoes, which are seated within openings formed in the base tray. The mounting shoes are formed ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277430 | FILTER MEDIA PLEAT PACK RETENTION An approach that provides filter media pleat pack retention is described. In one embodiment, filter media pleat pack retention is attained by providing a filter media pleat pack having a joining member located between a first filter media portion and a second filter med... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277431 | AIR FILTRATION MEDIA PACK, FILTER ELEMENT, AIR FILTRATION MEDIA, AND METHODS An air filtration media pack is provided having a plurality of layers of single facer media. The layer of single facer media includes a fluted sheet, a facing sheet, and a plurality of flutes extending between the fluted sheet and the facing sheet and having a flute len... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277432 | MAT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE MAT, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS A mat includes a first main face and a second main face opposite to the first main face. At least two layers include a first layer occupying a first area from the first main face along a thickness direction of the mat. The first layer includes a first long fibrous subst... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277433 | SUSPENDED OPERATOR PLATFORM A suspended operator platform for use with a ride-on lawnmower or the like is connected to a rigid chassis of the ride-on lawnmower by a suspension system that has a parallelogram linkage. The operator platform supports an entire body of the operator and isolation mount... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277434 | SELF ENGAGING WING LAWN MOWER A wing lawn mower for cutting grass is disclosed. The wing lawn mower is attached to a main mower, the wing mower moveable from a lowered position to a raised position. When in the lowered position, the wing mower is driven by a wing belt which is in turn driven by a ma... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277435 | CROP HARVESTER HAVING METAL CONDITIONER ROLLS WITH HERRINGBONE RIB PATTERN The conditioning rolls of a crop harvester have intermeshing metal ribs arranged in a herringbone pattern, each rib comprising a pair of end-to-end segments that converge spirally from opposite ends of the roll to a centermost apex. Alternative embodiments provide a sin... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277436 | CROP HEADER WITH LATERAL FINGERS AND HOOD ARTICULATED Crop header with lateral fingers and hood articulated which particular structure facilitates time reduction during the task of inspection of the transport commands or auger activations of the crop header thereby contributing to the rotation or turn of aforementioned lat... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277437 | ROTARY DISK CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH AN AUGER AND IMPELLERS FOR CONVERGING THE CROP A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening. A crop converging system includes two over-shot auger elements defined by a common auger shaft wit... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277438 | Lawn Mower Blade The present invention is directed towards a rotary lawn mower blade designed to eject grass clippings away from the center of the blade. The rotary lawn mower includes a main body which has two opposing ends. The first end comprises a first leading cutting edge arranged... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277439 | ROTARY MOWER WITH OPTIONAL LOWER SKIN A rotary mower apparatus includes a mower deck with a frame, an upper skin attached to the frame, and a lower skin removably attached to the frame below the upper skin such that a separation distance is provided between the upper and lower skins. A blade assembly is rem... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277440 | SYNTHESIS GAS-BASED FUEL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A SYNTHESIS GAS-BASED FUEL SYSTEM A synthesis gas-based fuel system with a main synthesis gas pipe that branches of a gasification device is provided. A synthesis gas storage tank is connected to the main synthesis gas pipe via a first secondary pipe. Further, a method for operating such a synthesis gas... | 11/17/2011 |
