Famous Patents
The first match was accidentally discovered in 1826 when John Walker scraped a stick with chemicals on the end against a stone floor.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7862010 | High impact resistant barrier/fence A barrier is disclosed which includes a connected pair of upstanding and equidistantly spaced first and second walls which together define a channel having a bottom and an open top. Dirt or rock fill (or fill of any other non-vegetative material) is poured into or o... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7540471 | Hoarding construction A hoarding comprising wall elements and one or more wall supports, in which each wall support comprises a trough and a post, in which the trough is substantially rectangular in shape and has a first end and a second end, and in which in use the post is disposed subs... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7334778 | Modular stackable fence apparatus A unitary stackable fence module having end assemblies and span members is provided for forming a perimeter fence having an inwardly inclined profile. A right angle end support has vertical and horizontal members and an angle arm, spaced from and attached to a side ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7303358 | Reconfigurable barrier system A reconfigurable barrier system (10) includes a plurality of support units (100) spaced one from the other, with each support unit (100) having at least one engagement section (110) defining an elongate channel (112). System (10... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7172176 | Collapsible crowd control barrier A modular crowd control barrier that is collapsible includes a rounded top rail and a rearward projecting horizontal boss with a bore and axel. The axel of one barrier connects to the respective bore of an adjacent barrier. A hinged gate with a latch and catch may p... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7152383 | Joining of foam core panels A blind connection for joining foam core panels which comprise a central sheet of foamed resinous material having top and bottom rails and veneers bonded to opposite sides of the central sheet and the rails. The rails having abutting side edge faces with matching sl... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7097385 | Tetrapod control device and method for stabilizing, depositing and retaining windblown particles A three-dimensional multi-pod windblown particle control device is used to control the deposition, accumulation and retention of windblown particles. The multi-pod device is formed by connecting beams to create legs which intersect one another at a crossing area. Th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7036798 | Mobile barrier to control litter and wind A mobile barrier for use in wind control, reduction of blowing litter and suspension and transport of airborne contaminants with applications in areas of landfill maintenance, agriculture, erosion control, and snow control is described. The mobile barrier is a large... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6961909 | System for displaying a hierarchical directory A segmented-tree system for web browser display of a selected part of a tree-structured directory of hierarchically-related entities in a computer system. In the segmented-tree design of the present system, only the amount of information necessary to render the part... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6783116 | Guardrail end terminal assembly having at least one angle strut A highway guardrail system is provided with an end terminal assembly mounted on a pair of support posts. Portions of the guardrail are attached to the support posts, the end terminal assembly preferably includes a kinetic energy absorbing assembly that dissipates en... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6772998 | Fence panel A fence panel comprised of sections which can be simply attached together without the need for any separate fasteners, connectors or the like. The fence panel has a reversible rail and tear out strips. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6588979 | Flood fence A flood fence wherein a plurality of deflectors or sections are placed end to end and into the soil in upright positions. The sections have a saw tooth bottom edge and downwardly extending uprights that engage within a soil substrate to thereby protect th... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6478287 | Plastic fence panel A fence panel is constructed from extruded hollow polyvinyl plastic boards. The boards are arranged with vertical end boards and filler boards between the end boards. Three horizontal rails each have a board on each side of the vertical boards with a hori... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6443655 | Flood barrier A flood barrier unit is provided for a flood barrier system. Each unit has three pillars attached to pillar footings implanted in the surrounding ground surface. For each pillar a concrete brace member footing is provided for the support of brace members ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6345809 | Fence panel A fence panel comprising of sections which can be simply attached together without the need for any separate fasteners, concrete and the like.... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6264172 | Electric fence An electric fence is disclosed for keeping selected small animals out of an enclosed area. The electric fence has an electrically conductive screen, a plurality of support members for supporting the screen, at least one electrically conductive element pos... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6142704 | Wave barrier A wave barrier for protecting users and their possessions at a beach location close to the water from becoming wet from waves crashing into their location. The wave barrier includes a flexible wall sheet with a plurality of spaced apart elongate poles cou... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6123321 | Modular resilient child or pet safety fence system A modular fence unit provides a rigid frame supporting flexible and resilient sheet plastic that is stretched over and secured to the frame to create a visually open, yet resilient barrier. Each modular unit is provided with a connector for joining togeth... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6095503 | Dasher board system A dasher board system for providing a surrounding barrier for the playing surface of a hockey rink. The dasher board system includes lower dasher board sections and extended continuous transparent upper shielding elements. The lower dasher board sections ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6086051 | Portable versatile structure A portable structure is provided including a plurality of wall sections each having a front face, a rear face, and a periphery formed therebetween. The periphery is defined by a horizontally oriented linear top and bottom edge and a pair of vertically ori... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5996973 | Fence gate support device A fence gate support device which in its broad embodiment comprises a pair of first and second post members which, when driven into the ground and clamped together with upper and lower clamp bars, provide a lateral stabilizing first unit for a gate adapte... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5944114 | Devices for constraining wildfires Devices for constraining wildfires are disclosed. The first device is a free-standing hollow structure which contains at least one lower intake duct, a vertical duct, and an upper outlet duct. This device contains curved chambers which may have baffles. T... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5911411 | Combination strainer and stay and thrust member A strainer/stay combination for use in fencing, includes a strainer having one end to be inserted into the ground; a unitary, one-piece prop member connected to the strainer, the prop member having first and second opposite ends, with the first end connec... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5899171 | Portable corral panel A portable corral panel is disclosed and which has a supporting leg structure pivotally secured to one side thereof with the supporting leg structure being pivotally movable from a stored position adjacent the panel member to an outwardly extending suppor... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5779227 | Crowd control barrier A crowd control barrier is formed by a plurality of congruent rectangular fence panels joined end to end by pins in a plurality of sleeves secured to panel end posts in axi-ally aligned vertically staggered relation. A knee brace secured to adjacent panel... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5732935 | Golf barrier cross bracing system A wind protection mechanism on a barrier netting installation with sections of vertical poles 25 to 100 high set in ground along a line supported by guy wires to the ground with a horizontal top cable on which the polypropylene netting is draped and attac... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5687956 | Post-and-panel building walls Reinforced fence and building wall construction having upright tubular posts supporting lightweight foam wall panels extending from post to post. The vertical side edges of the panels are recessed to accommodate enough of the post circumferential extent t... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5671913 | Fence wall construction with decorative facing Fence walls comprising flanged supporting posts spaced on centers and uniform lightweight panels doubly slotted at their ends fitting between adjacent posts and engaging such flanges. The engaged post flanges are substantially concealed from view. At leas... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5653308 | Safety net support array A perimeter safety net support assembly of multiple, fixable posts. Each post consists in a stanchion that is fixed by welding, or bolted with braces, for support to a base crosspiece. The base crosspiece is an elongate angle iron that is boltable to a su... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5622021 | Wall brace apparatus and method for holding together and supporting walls and for forming an arena A wall brace apparatus and method for holding together and supporting walls and also for forming an arena or walled enclosed structure. Wall brace 10 or 15 has a frame 30, a top bracing member 40, and a bottom bracing member 50 for holding together, braci... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5599006 | Self stable fence A fence of the invention is made up of fence elements assembled together in sequence, each having a rigid first structure part (6) forming a vertical wall and a horizontal rigid second structure part (7) in a plane perpendicular to the base (8) of the fir... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5509640 | Post-and-panel building walls Reinforced fence and building wall construction having upright tubular posts supporting lightweight foam wall panels extending from post to post. The vertical side edges of the panels are recessed to accommodate enough of the post circumferential extent t... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5421558 | Building wall construction Building walls comprising flanged supporting posts spaced on centers and uniform lightweight panels doubly slotted at their ends fitting between adjacent posts and engaging such flanges. The engaged post flanges are substantially concealed from view.... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5356119 | Versatile baby barrier system A free standing versatile baby barrier system comprising individual modules each having a flat stiff mat-like horizontal component and a flat vertical component of similar width attached at one end near a mid-section of the horizontal component such that ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5353562 | Foam panel for construction A foam panel which is combined with a steel skeleton. Individual panels are connected to each other through the use of a key constructed of plastic, steel, aluminum, or the like. The key slips into a narrow groove on the panel to maintain the panels in pr... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5240230 | Fence panel with integral anchor fitting A self-supporting panel for a fence has a skewed anchor sleeve welded to each lower corner of the panel for receiving a stake to fasten the anchor sleeve to the ground or other support. Two panels are joined by a pin in the open ends of abutting lower rai... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5221076 | Protective device and method of installing protective device The invention relates to a protective device adapted to be mounted at the base of a roof. The device has a set of posts each having a base section which locates in the gutter at the base of the roof and a fixing device linked to this base section, at leas... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5184800 | Portable snow fence system A portable fence system including a snow fence panel having a wood frame of 2"×6" posts bolted together at the corners, with a 4-foot wide strip of plastic snow fence material pulled taut across the center. Each panel is 8 feet long, with a height of 6'-... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5184808 | Fence wall construction Fence wall construction materials, method, and resulting wall. Flanged fence posts spaced apart at intervals corresponding to the end-to-end length of wall panels have their vertical edges slotted to accommodate the post flanges. Preferably the posts are ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5129628 | Fence panel and wall construction Fence wall construction including panels of polymeric material. The vertical edges of such panels are slotted to accomodate flanges of upright supporting posts. The horizontal edges of such panels are slotted to accommodate added reinforcing flanges. A fe... | 07/14/1992 |
