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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4715160 | Set of standardized structural elements and accessories for the accomplishment of spatial and/or flat structures which can be combined to delimit habitable spaces in an industrialized building system Rod elements with variable section, straight and discontinuous allow erection of flat and spatial structures. There are also provided flat panels with turned back edges and surface lining panels which can be associated with said flat panels as well as roo... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4714370 | Commodity shelf adaptors An improved shelf joint with a counter-sunk hexagonal slotted screw fitted axially in a body and having screw threads around the top edge and a conical face beneath the threads, and a round flat surface on the bottom where the conical face abuts against a... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4697393 | Metal building construction A metal building construction system includes a plurality of interfitting components for general purpose building requirements. Channel members of "C"-shaped cross-section define studs, headers and joists which are interconnected by means of adapters at t... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4692054 | Connector system for structural framework Disclosed is a connector system for structural frameworks which comprises a strut element (14) having one end connected to the end of a beam member (16). The strut element (14) has an axial bore (26) with the head portion of a bolt (36) retained therein. ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4688358 | Construction system A method and apparatus are provided for constructing buildings and the like, and particularly for constructing multistory structures. Adapters are disclosed which can be rapidly attached to girder members by attachment structure. The adapters are preferab... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4677804 | Demountable frames A demountable frame, for example for furniture, storage or display systems or for space frame construction, in which a structural member extending between two fixed spaced members can be fitted in place by the extension of projections at the ends of the s... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4676543 | Truck rack A rack for installation upon a truck body such as that of a pick-up truck or the like, in which upright supporting legs are installed adjacent to each corner of the truck body and a rack assembly is mounted upon said legs by means of unitary brackets havi... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4676043 | Space frame A space frame, comprises a plurality of joint elements, each of the elements including a plurality of releasably connectable bodies, each of the bodies having a plurality of connecting members; and a plurality of connecting pieces which are releasably con... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4674256 | Members for load-carrying spatial structure The invention relates to members constituting the elements of a load-carrying spatial structure. These members, which can have any cross section, have a central circular channel (3) projecting at least at one end for fastening to the corresponding joint e... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4669909 | Spacial structure An apparatus for joining sections to a knuckle in a spatial structure and including a first hollow base piece having a substantially spherical shaped out shell provided with a first plurality of equidistantly positioned holes and an inwardly bent perimete... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4664550 | Junction piece for releasably connecting rod-shaped elements with one another A junction piece for releasably connecting rod-shaped structural elements 7, the junction piece consisting of a junction ball K and a pin element 4 to be radially screwed into the ball K. The pin elements 4 are of cylindrical shape and can be inserted wit... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4660345 | Vehicle space frame, castings therefor and method for remote construction There is provided a remotely constructible, three dimensional space frame for a motor vehicle which comprises a plurality of elongated, metal structural members with outer surfaces and having axially uniform cross sections and a plurality of thin walled, ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4656801 | Frame structures A three way joint for a frame structure comprises a location piece secured to one end of a first transverse member and having two spaced protrusions extending axially of the first transverse member and a screw threaded nut (not shown); a second transverse... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4652170 | Slide connectors with frictional locking means This invention relates to slide connectors which connect a plurality of boards in Ell, Tee, and Cross, connections. The connection is made by the retaining slide rails affixed to the edges of the boards that has a cross section having a narrowed-down root... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4648223 | Concrete structure, block for making such structure and method of making such structure A concrete structure including a rigid three-dimensional lattice of concrete bars which are interconnected at nodes. The lattice is constituted by an assembly of prefabricated cast blocks, in which each block comprises a node and a plurality of arms (14) ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4637193 | Connecting apparatus Interconnecting apparatus (10) for a pair of structural members or space frame assemblies is disclosed. Apparatus (10) includes a button (12) attached to an end of one structural member and a receiver (18) attached to the end of another structural member.... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4633566 | Apparatus and method for constructing and disassembling a truss structure Apparatus and method for constructing and disassembling a triangular prism-form truss structure in spaced are disclosed. The apparatus includes a triangular prism-form construction fixture and three feed units disposed about the fixture for feeding the tr... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4630550 | Prefabricated knock-down metal-frame work table A plurality of side rails, cross rails, side and corner legs are prefabricated from a square, tubular, 12 gauge steel material. Separable side and corner connecting members formed of substantially the same tubular steel material include projecting arms an... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4626123 | Connector for tubular bars and attachment members in a space framework A connector 11 for connecting tubular bars at variable mutual angles by means of a spherical attachment member 13 with tapped holes 26. The connector 11 has a lockable ball 31 and socket 32 joint from which a bolt 23 extends for engagement in the tapped h... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4619546 | Jutted joint structures Faced with the necessity to establish a mechanical connection between the components of a supporting structure, a great many techniques and devices have been developed. This invention adds to the existing repertory a joint where a plurality of elongated m... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4610561 | Sectional structure for carpentry, particularly to realize cubicles The structure has a plurality of bars and a plurality of joints. These latter mainly consist of a cubic body whose center area is hollow and communicating with each of the six faces by way of a respective clearance hole. Three such clearance holes are so ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4600232 | Bracket kit A frame or rack of off-the-shelf cold rolled tubing, is erected on rear of pick-up trucks, employing novel multi-piece bracket, formed of die stamped pieces designed to define reinforced channels of the tubing in two and three dimensional array.... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4593514 | Space frame A space frame is made from a plurality of truss modules and transverse chords. The truss modules and transverse chords are interconnected by fasteners contained therein. The truss modules have split longitudinal chords which are abutted to interconnect th... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4592671 | Connector plate for fabricating buildings A connector plate for erecting structures of varied configurations. The plate comprises a main body having connections formed thereon by which the ends of six different struts can be connected together in a particular manner to form a cluster, with the nu... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4591286 | Spacial structure A special structure comprising equidistantly positioned knuckles, a set of sections, and means for joining either end of said sections to said knuckles, where each knuckle is made up from two hollow base pieces whose outside shape is approximately that of... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4584801 | Temporary building structure A kit of contructural elements permitting the quick assembly and knockdown of a temporary building structure. The kit includes a plurality of base beams which form the base frame of the structure. The two ends of each base beam are opposingly stepped wher... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4569165 | Structural connections A structural connection between a tubular thermosetting plastics member and a thermoplastics end cap is described. An end of the tubular member is inserted into an annular, axially extending gap in the thermoplastics end cap. The inner and outer wall surf... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4569176 | Rigid diagonal deployable lattice column The disclosed deployable lattice column includes a plurality of longeron elements connected together and reinforced by lateral elements including both diagonal members and battens. The diagonal members are formed of rigid elements thereby maintaining the ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4567707 | Geodesic structure A flat keyway joint member having a multiplicity of sides, each side having a keyway slot for receiving an arcuately disposed elongated key. A predetermined number of joint members and key members are connected together for the assembly of a particularly ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4562681 | Web section for a space frame A web section for a space frame has a node member attached to each end of the web member. A nodal section of the space frame is made up of four web sections which interconnect the chords of the space frame. Each node member of the web section is one quart... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4562682 | Three-dimensional reticulated structure with rods having tapered ends A three-dimensional reticulated structure or space lattice structure is formed of metal rods tapered at their ends so that the loss of cross-section leads to a thickening of the tubular wall of the rod, whereby it can be threaded at its ends by removal of... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4557097 | Sequentially deployable maneuverable tetrahedral beam The invention relates to a tetrahedral beam that can be compactly stowed, sequentially deployed, and widely manipulated to provide a structurally sound yet highly maneuverable truss structure. The present beam is comprised of a plurality of repeating unit... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4543008 | Stiffening for complex tubular joints A multicurvature reinforcing body comprising a pair of abutting bowl shaped members is fitted within a tubular chord member in the area of a complex joint. Cylindrical surfaces of contact of the multicurvature reinforcing body are positioned so that the l... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4516376 | Assembly system A shelf system comprises structural rods with hollow ends, coupling elements each consisting of a body and a plurality of spigots for interconnecting the ends of the structural members, and shelf brackets designed to fit the ends of the structural members... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4493425 | Rack assembly apparatus A rack assembly apparatus assembled by fitting panels and transverse beams to connection members, said apparatus characterized in that panel fitting plates consisting of two parallel panel fitting support plates are formed at the base of each of said conn... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4484429 | Connector for a framework structure A connector having a main body and a first group of at least four projections which extend outwardly from the body in a common plane. A second group of at least four projections extend outwardly from the body at an angle of between 15° and 75° to the af... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4483118 | Support system for building construction The invention relates to a support system for buildings having straight, longitudinally and transversely extending girders which are subjected to both compressive and tensional stresses. The girders are releasably connected to one another by connecting me... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4480418 | Modular system for space grid structures The ends of cylindrical girders are provided with spherical members mounted thereto. Sets of twelve, eight or four girders can be connected by a single joint, depending upon the configuration thereof. Each joint includes first and second parts which assem... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4473986 | Collapsible/expandable structural module with split hub locking A structural module formed by expanding a bundle of struts joined by hubs is locked in expanded condition by joining two components of a split hub assembly. The module may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional and plural modules may be combined to form ... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4460288 | Multidirectional linking system for use in constructions A system for making spatial structures includes connecting pieces for attaching structural rods. The connection pieces include a central body whereupon two superimposed crowns of lugs are arranged, the lugs of one crown being angularly shifted with respec... | 07/17/1984 |
