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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 concernin... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20070251185 | Dual-bias airbeam An airbeam, inflated to create a structural member, has three functional layers in its wall: a flexible gas barrier and a braided reinforcing layer plus the novelty of an additional braided layer. Key design factors are the bias angles of the braids in the two braided l... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070245680 | Methods and apparatus for assembling wind turbine towers A method of assembling a wind turbine tower is provided, wherein the method includes providing a plurality of tower members having a top end and a bottom end, and coupling the bottom end of a first tower member to the top end of a second tower member such that the botto... | 10/25/2007 |
| 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 ... | 09/13/2007 |
| 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 en... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070175165 | Hybrid composite beam system A construction beam useful for building bridges, commercial or industrial buildings, or the like has an elongated shell with an interior volume. A conduit lies within the interior volume of the beam that has profile extending along a longitudinal direction of the beam. ... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070125037 | Segment for a tower of a wind energy turbine and method for arranging operating components of a wind energy turbine in a tower thereof The segment for a tower of a wind energy turbine comprises a tubular section having a longitudinal axis and inner and outer sides, and at least one group of supporting elements arranged at the inner side of the tubular section. The segment further comprises at least one... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070101673 | Column form A device and method for creating a support structure. The device includes a pair of L-shaped form members connectable on their outer edges thereby producing a forming region therein. The form includes chamfer members disposable within the corners within the inner periph... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070094999 | Construction of convservatory roofs A connector (70) for a roof beam (14) engages a cooperating formation of an eaves and/or ridge beam (72) or a component of a roof system associated with either the ridge or eaves beam in a snap-fit manner. ... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070074480 | Beam and joints for use in screened enclosure and method for designing screened enclosure A screened enclosure having aluminum structural members, joints interconnecting the structural members, and screen panels formed by the interconnected structural members. The structural members include two-piece box beams formed by two mating extrusions, wherein flanges... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070074479 | Metal strengthened structure A metal strengthened structure has an extruded pillar with a first through hole, a metal pillar arranged in the first through hole, a gap between the first through hole and the metal pillar, and a buffer material filled up the gap. The metal pillar and the buffer materi... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070039282 | Gooseneck beam A beam having a gooseneck shape with two gooseneck portions. The beam may have a variety of cross sectional configurations. One such configuration has an upper front wall, a lower front wall, and an offset wall there between. The offset wall may be recessed, or offset a... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20070028553 | STRUCTURAL WINDOW IN COMPOSITE SANDWICH BEAM A window for installation in a sandwich composite beam shown in FIG. 2B that contains window body (18), tabs (22), and a means of attaching the tabs to the composite sandwich beam. The means of attaching tabs (22) could be an interlocking mec... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20070022705 | SEGMENTED SUPPORT ASSEMBLY A column includes a foundation, a plurality of column segments mounted to the foundation and extending upwardly, and a cap mounted to at least one of the plurality of column segments. A yield plate connects adjacent column segments to one another. An elastic strip conne... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20060236647 | Structural Column With Footing Stilt Background Of The Invention A structural column assembly of the type used for erecting building structures and the like is bedded in a concrete footing formed in situ in an earthen hole. The column assembly includes a post whose bottom end is suspended above a floor of the hole by a stilt. The sti... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060196144 | Crown molding A crown molding and system for its use where the crown molding is formed from a specially blended plastic as extrusions to have a roughened surface and consisting of an inverted “L” bracket and a facing crown mold member for each crown molding section. The inverted ... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060174582 | Assembled pole An assembled pole, which is capable of easy disassembly into its component parts. The assembled pole may be used for recreational structures, such as gazebos or awnings. ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060150568 | Fabrication strip A fabrication strip for use in construction of walls, joists, and rafters. The fabrication strip comprises an elongated strip of material having a base and a plurality of first and second tabs extending in the same direction from the base and being generally parallel to... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060150570 | Wallboard trim and building components and methods for making same A metal corner bead having a pair of flanges oriented in an L-shape and having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge that each have been frictionally deburred. Other embodiments of the present invention comprise apparatuses and methods for forming such a metal ... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060150569 | Plastic blow molded board-like members Plastic blow molded board-like members include a plurality of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced aligned channels/grooves in opposite sides of the members. Each of the channels has closely spaced apart side walls and inner end walls. The inner end walls of align... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060150567 | Wall stud A stud (10) for a wall structure has a central stud member (11) having opposed faces (16 and 17), an acoustic support member (12, 13) mounted on each face (16, 17) of the central stud member (11) and an outer stud member ... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060144009 | Metal framing member with off site manufactured locking tabs A metal framing member for use as a stud, joist, rafter, truss, etc. is disclosed. The framing member includes at least one knock out opening and a corresponding tab that is positioned onto the metal framing member during the manufacturing process via computer so that s... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060144008 | Shear wall attachment assembly and method of use The present invention is a raised floor assembly efficiently connecting a pre-fabricated shear wall to a foundation in applications other than slab-on-grade. The raised floor assembly includes an engineered wood material block machined to accept a connecting rod thereth... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060101776 | DAP-IT DAP-IT is a new innovative method to achieve what has not been able to be accomplished in the concrete construction industry. The usual procedure to obtain what is commonly called a “dap out”, or step down in a newly placed concrete slab was to use any available mat... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060037273 | Frame construction for low-rise building A frame construction for a low rise building. In the construction, a wall frame panel is made of thin light-gauge section steel by bonding together a surface member, a lower frame member, vertical frame members and an upper frame member. Roof or floor support girders ar... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20060016148 | Method of manufacturing a metal framing member A framing member incorporates a series of web slots along a portion of the member that are expanded through the process of manufacture. The expansion of the web slots creates voids and metal web elements in the webbed portion of the member, which can be a stud. The void... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050284084 | Shear wall aspect ratio reducing frame (ARRF) My invention, the Shear Wall Aspect Ratio Reducing Frame is a simple, economical, efficient, easy to install device that allows greater oppotunity and flexibility in the size and location of openings in the walls of wood frame constructed buildings particularly houses. ... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050257487 | Gap filling member for blanket cylinder A filling member for filling the concave portion of a blanket face which is generated along the opening portion of a groove of a blanket cylinder comprises a wedge-shaped limb portion and a head portion capable of filling the concave portion. The limb portion is inserte... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050257486 | Moldboard support beam A moldboard support beam including a beam body and a wooden beam installed in the beam body. The beam body has a recessed space inward recessed from the top wall of the beam body. Two hooking members are respectively formed on the two sidewalls of the recessed space and... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050247010 | Discsmark stake marker, a stake marker,with a nail-able head insert, to locate points on the ground a stake marker, with a nail-able head insert (4) for the purpose of permanently attaching other marker items (provided by user) and a tube body (2), for locating points on the ground. The tube (2) can be steel, galvanized steel, or stainless steel a... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050229530 | Lightweight component for bearing elements of motor vehicles A lightweight, plastic coated component is in the shape of a three-dimensional shaped part with a metal layer provided with access apertures through which the plastic may flow. The component includes stiffening ribs created by the plastic that are positioned within holl... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050204686 | Precast concrete column for use in post-frame construction A column for use in post-frame construction having a two piece construction in which a first or foundation column portion of the column is set into the earth with a proximal end thereof protruding from the earth. The proximal end of the foundation column includes a colu... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050166530 | Composite beam A structural beam has a thin metal web with a plurality of holes located along its top and bottom edges. One or more rectangular flange pieces are located on each side of the web overlying its top margin and one or more rectangular flange pieces are located on each side... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050155314 | Connector assembly A connector assembly for use in securely joining together elongated structural members, which extend angularly with respect to one another. The connector assembly is ideally suited for use in interconnecting wooden structural members that make up playground equipment fo... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050155315 | Strengthened roof-wall bracket A strengthened, inexpensive roof-to-wall bracket that includes two perpendicularly aligned wall flange members, integrally formed on a wall transverse member, and two perpendicularly aligned rafter flange members integrally formed on the wall transverse member. Disposed... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050155313 | Post leveling assembly and method of using same A post leveling assembly for indicating whether a fence or deck post is vertical or not is disclosed. The assembly includes a base, an arm pivotally mounted on the base and a marker disposed on the base. An assigned point on the arm lines up with the marker if the post ... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050144891 | Electrical bracket An electrical bracket is for mounting an electrical device to a wall stud. The bracket includes a frame having first and second opposite end walls and first and second opposite side walls. The bracket further includes a front opening surrounded by the end walls and side... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050144890 | Structure and method of connecting I-type prestressed concrete beams using steel brackets A structure and method of connecting a plurality of PSC-I beams (PSC-I beams) to each other using steel brackets. The beam connecting structure, each having a sheath pipe therein, includes an end plate which is mounted on each of both ends of each of the PSC-I beams, wi... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050138885 | Unitary metal structural member with internal reinforcement A metal unitary structural member for structural support. The member includes a plurality of web portions extending radially from each other and extending with each other in an axial direction, and a plurality of outer portions extending in an axial direction with the w... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050138886 | Multiple sensitivity stud sensing device A multiple sensitivity stud sensing device for determining a location of objects behind a wall lining has a housing with a surface for moving over the wall lining. Within the housing are a capacitive sensor with first and second capacitances provided adjacent the surfac... | 06/30/2005 |
