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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110308188 | THERMALLY INSULATED BUILDING BRICK A thermally insulated building brick (1) and a method for production thereof, wherein the brick comprises a structural body (2) with at least one cavity (8) and an insulating filling (3) arranged in the cavity. To provide a brick with high in... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110293954 | APPLICATION OF HIGH TOUGHNESS, LOW VISCOSITY NANO-MOLECULAR RESIN FOR REINFORCING POTHOLE PATCHING MATERIALS IN ASPHALT AND CONCRETE BASE PAVEMENT Described herein are methods of improving the durability of concrete by the infusion of the concrete with a low-viscosity oligomeric solution, and subsequent curing of the oligomeric solution to form a high toughness polymer. Also described herein are compositions conta... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110271624 | INSULATED FIBER CEMENT SIDING Disclosed herein are embodiments of foam backing panels for use with lap siding and configured for mounting on a building. Also disclosed are lap siding assemblies and products of lap sidings. One such embodiment of the foam backing panel comprises a rear face configure... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110203197 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ADOBE An adobe that a group of which can be placed on one another without using a mediator and by means of a vibrator is capable of changing the imposed forces into vibration and finally dissipating them.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110185672 | Block Moulds and Method A moulding method for gravity casting masonry blocks which uses a mould with a base and four swing down sides, allows for an outer layer to be cast of different density material and allows for a core to be used to mould hollow blocks. The base and four sides when lowere... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110138702 | Pre-Engineered/Prefabricated Wall Assembly A pre-engineered/prefabricated wall assembly that has inner and outer sidewall panels of rigid insulation material that acts as both thermal insulation and concrete forms. The inner and outer sidewall panels are connected by connecting rods that secures a metal stud wal... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110047920 | DECK BLOCK A deck block adapted to be interconnected with other deck blocks to form an insulating deck for casting concrete. The deck block comprising a foam panel at least one hole extending into the panel from the one end toward an opposing end such that the hole has an open end... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110047916 | MOUNTING MEANS FOR MOUNTING NATURAL STONE, AND METHOD OF MOUNTING NATURAL STONE Natural stone cladding (10) with a plurality of strips (18.1, 18.2) for surface-parallel mounting on a surface to be clad, with a number of natural stone elements (11.1, 11.2) and a number of support holders (30.1, 30.2) and counterholders (<... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110041448 | CASTED CONCRETE STONE WITH OPPOSED MOLDED TEXTURED SURFACES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE A casted concrete stone having opposed parallel surfaces formed in a mold and wherein the opposed parallel surfaces have a molded textured surface. The concrete stone is fabricated by a dry-cast concrete mold wherein a profiling plate is provided with mold bottom wall f... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100287873 | DEVICE WITH A DIE RELIEF FOR MANUFACTURING A SLAB FROM AN EXTRUDABLE MATERIAL The present invention is directed to a device for manufacturing a slab of extruded material, with a die relief, in which an outlet is arranged, of which the outlet edge determines an outlet cross-section with a given shape and size, wherein at least one peripheral porti... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100251649 | Retaining Wall System Retaining wall building blocks for receiving fill material during construction of a retaining wall, retaining walls constructed with the building blocks and methods of manufacture of the building block wherein the block comprises a cast cement body having a base, a gene... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100183840 | MOLDED SIDING HAVING LONGITUDINALLY-ORIENTED REINFORCEMENT FIBERS, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME A siding member having longitudinally-oriented reinforcement fibers material extending substantially the entire length of the member contained therein, and an optional meshed reinforcement material contained therein and/or an optional foam insert at least partially enve... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100115875 | Products Made From Recycled Cardboard A method of making a structural component (and such a structural component) comprising mixing together wood pulp, water, bentonite clay, and calcium chloride and forming the mixture into the structural component.... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100111615 | MULTI-COMPONENT RETAINING WALL BLOCK A multi-component segmented retaining wall (SRW) block that may form a mortarless retaining wall. Each SRW block includes an interlocking face unit and an anchor unit that together form a vertically oriented hollow core bounded by the inner walls of the face unit and th... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100095953 | Brick Assembly with Magnetic Attachment, and Methods of Making and Use Thereof A brick assembly may include a molded brick having a planar surface and at least one magnetic attachment for magnetically securing the brick assembly to a ferromagnetic surface. A mold assembly for manufacturing a brick assembly may include a mold chamber and at least o... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100095628 | WALL SYSTEM A wall system includes a bracket assembly and at least one block member. The bracket assembly establishes a self-supporting wall frame. The at least one block member is supported on the self-supporting wall frame. The at least one block member includes an outer face, an... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100088991 | Method of Producing a Vacuum Panel, One Such Vacuum Panel, and a Masonry Block Using the Panel A method of producing a substantially parallelepiped vacuum panel which has, in an outwardly gas-tight manner in a sleeve or envelope, a filling made of granular or powdered degassed support elements, preferably silica particles, the interior of the sleeve being evacuat... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100077691 | CO2-SEQUESTERING FORMED BUILDING MATERIALS CO2-sequestering formed building materials are provided. The building materials of the invention include a composition comprising a carbonate/bicarbonate component. Additional aspects of the invention include methods of making and using the CO2-seq... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100064622 | INSULATING LIGHT WALL BUILDING ELEMENTS This light wall building construction element with insulation is to be used in the building of the internal and external walls of buildings and in the ceiling asmolen application. The objective is to provide heat, sound and water insulation with a single product without... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064621 | Cinder block construction system and method A cinder block construction system employs a cinder block component with top and side surfaces and cavities extending downwardly from the top surface. Solid body inserts are located in the cavities and are permanently bonded to the cavities' sidewalls. The inserts are c... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064623 | Building block and system for manufacture A compressed building block formed of a pre-mix of fly ash, Class C type, are combined with various aggregates either ground wood and/or chips, having maybe a small amount of Portland cement added thereto, moisturized, and then either molded, extruded or compressed in a... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090288361 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR THE BUILDING TRADE, MACHINE AND METHOD TO MAKE IT A structural element for use as a brick, construction block, panel, floor or suchlike in the building trade, comprises at least one part made of conglomerate material, such as concrete and suchlike, to which an insert made of insulating or filling material is constraine... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090277121 | MASONRY BLOCK AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Molds and processes that permit high-speed, mass production of retaining wall blocks having patterned or other processed front faces, as well as retaining wall blocks formed by such processes. The invention permits the front face of the block to be impressed with a patt... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090235606 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING MASONRY BLOCKS A method of making a masonry block employing a mold assembly having a plurality liner plates each having a major surface that together form a mold cavity having an open top and an open bottom, wherein at least one liner plate is moveable between a retracted position and... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090208298 | RETAINING WALL BLOCK WITH LEVELING PADS A block having a top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a front surface, a rear surface opposing the front surface, the front and rear surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces, a first side surface, a second side surface opposing the first... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090193740 | Composite masonry building block A composite masonry building block (1) that has an inner core (20) of lighter density than an outer face and includes upper most protrusions (4, 73) and matching lowermost cavities (5, 76) to have an interlocking arrangement with other like b... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090173027 | CONCRETE MASONRY HOLLOW BLOCK A building block having a body with three sets of opposing outer sides defining thereby a generally rectangular outer shape, the body having at least one passageway having an upper open end at a top of the block and an open lower end at a bottom of the block. An inner p... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090165410 | INSULATION SYSTEM COMPRISING INTERCONNECTED INSULATIONS PANELS DISPOSED AGAINST A WALL This invention relates to a wall system comprising a building wall with an insulating layer, said building wall being the facade wall of a building or an inner wall, said insulating layer comprising insulation panels each insulation panel having first and second substan... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090151292 | Building block and system for manufacture A compressed building block formed of a pre-mix of fly ash, either of the Class C type, is combined with either ground or pulverized wood chips, or with fine sand, and a plasticizer, and accelerator, then moisturized, and lastly either extruded or compressed in a mold i... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090019800 | Concrete Product With Enhanced Ornamental Surface Layer A concrete product is provided having a body including an ornamental surface layer, an intermediate strengthening layer and a concrete substrate layer. The intermediate strengthening layer functions as a buffer between any air bubbles remaining in the concrete substrate... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090000212 | Fire Components A surround for a fire comprises a body fabricated at least in part from a relatively low density material to which is secured a relatively high density fascia material.... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090000233 | WALL BLOCK AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME According to one aspect, the present disclosure concerns embodiments of an apparatus and method for making a wall block, such as for constructing retaining walls or fences, that has at least one surface formed with a pattern resembling the faces of multiple blocks. In p... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080276562 | ENGINEERED BRICK An engineered brick having a plastic shell having a shape that resembles a conventional brick; and an aggregate layer embedded into the surface of the plastic shell.... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080155938 | Fiber reinforced concrete stone panel system A method of forming an exterior wall of a building, including the wall, includes the step of mounting a fiber-reinforced panel to the building. The panel has a plurality of masonry units protruding from the face thereof that are spaced from one another with a groove bet... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080110116 | Dimensionally compatible stone fabrication system A system for manufacturing stones for use in construction such that the manufactured stones may be easily used in conjunction and alongside compressed earth blocks. The manufactured stones have a plurality of surfaces, wherein at least one of the surfaces includes a sim... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080098686 | Masonry System A masonry system having masonry elements which can be laid one on top of the other. Each masonry element has at least one spacer to which two panels are fastened.... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080060312 | Light weight brick A light weight brick includes foaming elements centrally located in and surrounded by cement, decorative slates securely attached to an outer periphery of the cement and at least one through hole defined through the cement.... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080000191 | CONCRETE-MOLDED STONE AND READY-TO-ASSEMBLE CONSTRUCTION MADE OF MOLDED STONES An essentially quadrate paving stone having a corresponding base block (21) is provided on all four side surfaces (25, 26) with flange-like, upright spacers (22) which are spaced apart from each other at intervals corresponding approximately to the ... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070289247 | Dry-cast concrete blocks and manufacturing process therefor A dry-cast concrete block is provided. The dry-cast concrete block comprises a surface to be exposed, at least a portion of the surface having a cast texture with a natural stone appearance. The cast texture may have a surface level difference of greater than 4 mm. In o... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070277471 | BRICK/BLOCK/PAVER UNIT AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREFOR In a method of splitting a base block to form brick, block or paver units, a cementitious or stone base block having a first side, an opposed second side and a plurality of perforations is provided. Each perforation extends through the base block from the first side to ... | 12/06/2007 |
