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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806620 | Corner joint and method for making the same Corner joint, in particular a corner joint (1) for cabinetwork which is made of hollow molds (2-3), whereby this corner joint (1) has at least one infeed corner piece (4) with two infeed parts (5-6) extending at an an... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7150584 | Steel-pipe sheet pile and coupling structure of steel-pipe sheet piles A steel-pipe sheet pile including a steel pipe and joints for coupling the steel pipe to another steel pipe and multiple steel pipes arranged in a building direction of a steel-pipe sheet pile wall, wherein the joints include a male joint and a female joint each mad... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7104021 | Terminal plug for screwing a muntin bar to a spacer frame of in particular an insulated glass window A terminal for use with a muntin bar or cross includes a muntin bar and a terminal plug. The muntin bar has an end and an outer surface. The end of the muntin bar includes a hollow space and an inner wall. The terminal plug is adapted to be inserted into the end of ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070356 | Multipart plug-type connector A plug-in connector for hollow sections of spacer frames for insulating glass panes with two connector parts which can be plugged together. The connector parts have one of an essentially U-shaped and box-shaped cross section. The connector parts include side walls w... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7043883 | Door jamb Disclosed is a door jamb having a pair of tubular side jambs and a tubular head jamb, the side jambs and the head jamb each have an outer low maintenance element, an inner structural element, and an intermediate element for receiving a portion of each of the outer a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036283 | Corner molding cap system A molding cap for use with a first molding having a first cross-sectional area and a second molding having a second cross-sectional area, is a three-dimensional structure with a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface. The side surface has a first hollow ar... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7000362 | Screening device A screening device is provided with multiple channel upper and lower panel retaining members that allow multiple panel members to be slid in front of or behind each other. Channel end caps and close spacing of the upper and lower panel retaining members prevent remo... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6973953 | Screen door A door having four lineal door frame components, each of the lineal components having a cross-section defining an interior space extending in a longitudinal direction of the linear components. Four symmetric, L-shaped members are provided that each have a corner por... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6862859 | Plug connector for hollow sections A plug-in connector for hollow sections (24), especially for spacer frames or bar sections of insulating glass panes. The plug-in connector has a middle wall (5) and two side walls (6) joining same with a plurality of lateral retaining elements ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6817153 | Cornerboard assembly A cornerboard assembly comprises an interlocking, opposite direction joint between cornerboard millwork components. Dual male members extend from the end of one of the respective components, forming an opening between the members. The male members and opening formed... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6481177 | Inside corner connector for structural framing members A connector is provided for structural framing members having T-slots running lengthwise along a major surface of the structural framing member. The connector includes a pair of guides, each guide being sized to fit within a T-slot of one of the framing m... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6425218 | Panel structure A panel structure for a building panel system to cover an exterior wall of a building. The panel structure comprises identical frame members fixed to the back surface of the panel, one along at least two of its edges. The frame members have mounting porti... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6354052 | Method for folding sections comprising a hollow body and a coating sheet, and resulting folded section A method of forming a composite profile including a hollow body with approximately parallel opposite walls and a covering sheet fixed against a first one of the walls includes heating a portion of the composite profile to form a temperature gradient. A ho... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6164036 | Flexible radiused corner key for insulated glass assemblies The invention is a flexible corner piece for use in the construction of a spacer frame for insulated glass panels. The corner piece is provided with opposing end sections suitable for mating with spacer tubes. In addition, the flexible corner piece has a ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6148883 | Wood trim system Door frames, window frames, baseboards, corner mouldings, etc are trimmed with solid wood, eg oak, trim pieces. The trim pieces are fitted over splines which are screwed to the wall. A jig enables the splines to be located accurately in position. The spli... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6050738 | Device for fitting a control panel to the lower front edge of a control device The invention relates to a device for fitting a control panel to the lower front edge of a control device. To provide the connection there are specially shaped corner pieces provided with screw sleeves which are inserted into screw apertures in the frame ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5971509 | Modular power and cable distribution system A modular power and cable distribution system includes an elongate member having a top flange which is configured to be mounted to a worksurface, a vertical web extending downwardly from the top flange, and a bottom flange which includes a connector confi... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5924259 | Corner piece for siding retainers A corner piece used in cooperation with retainer strips and exterior siding provides improved protection to a wall of a structure, particularly around rectangular openings in the wall. The corner piece includes a first section extending in a first directi... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5893245 | Panel with holding frame The present invention provides a panel with holding frames, in which the panel and the holding frames can be fitted easily and at a high accuracy and there is no problem concerning appearances. The panel with holding frames is formed by fitting the holdin... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5746325 | Knockdown CD/audio tape storage rack Disclosed is a knockdown CD/audio tape storage rack mainly including at least two supporting plates and a plurality of connecting blocks. Each of the supporting plate has a push means provided thereon near a rear end thereof and two side rails of which ea... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5661936 | Method of attaching extruded cellular panels A method of attaching extruded cellular plastic panels together to form structures comprises the steps of coextruding the cellular panel with a noncellular high impact section that forms a channel or keyway. Keys are received in the keyways of adjacent pa... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5642959 | Support device for a substantially panel-like component A bearing element for a substantially panel-like component having a support rail adjustably arranged thereon. The support rail may be connected to another bearing element of another component. The bearing element includes a recess in which the support rai... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5636936 | Connector assembly for joining structural members A connector assembly for joining two structural members arranged in longitudinal direction sequentially or side-by-side, includes at least one structural member which has a hollow space enclosed all-round by an outer wall and which has a receptacle adjoin... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5588726 | Cabinet wall board assembly A cabinet wall board assembly including a horizontal board, a wall board and multiple adjoining members. The horizontal board is formed with a connecting channel and each adjoining member has a first end for inserting into the connecting channel, a second... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5494369 | Connector and method for interconnecting hollow frame members A connector and method for interconnecting separate frame members to form a display frame which does not require the use of tools for the assembly or disassembly thereof. The connector includes a first plate, a second plate spaced-apart from the first pla... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5473853 | Corner assembly and frame comprising such assembly Corner members and frame members forming an assembly is provided, for holding a screen or the like, in which the corner members have arms disposed to be connected to frame members, preferably by being telescopically received therein, for facilitating reta... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5457927 | Truss A truss fabricated of cold rolled sheet metal structural members having chord members, web members, and connectors for joints thereof, of such construction as to enable fabrication of the truss with the chord members lying flat on a fabrication table and ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5380119 | Resiliently yieldable picture frame corner insert A resiliently yieldable picture frame corner insert for use with a picture frame corner construction. The corner construction includes first and second elongate frame parts extending at right angles to each other and having juxtaposed end portions and lon... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5263594 | Curtain rod for slidably supporting a curtain around an intermediate corner, and intermediate junction element therefor A section bar for supporting curtains, allowing said curtains to slide, is constituted by at least two portions of section bar united to each other by a juncture element and having a hollow, contoured cross-section with a longitudinal side groove from whi... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5259687 | Modular valance assembly A modular valance assembly (10) is disclosed that is both easy to assemble and to disassemble. The assembly (10) includes a front valance member (20b) interconnected at each side (21) to a side valance member (20a) by a corner member (40) disposed therebe... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5193786 | Modular hand rail A modular hand rail comprises a tubular length of material attached to at least one elbow section. The assembly is easily mounted to a wall to aid elderly or disabled persons in moving about. Use of different colors or materials provides in an aesthetical... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5177920 | Cross-connector of plastic material for a window grill construction The invention relates to a cross-connector of plastic material for hollow profiled window grill bars introduced into the insulating space of an insulated window assembly consisting of two panes. Such a cross-connector consists of four legs positioned perp... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5161808 | Collapsible sealing gasket A collapsible planar sealing gasket includes a number of longitudinally extending sections disposed in an end-to-end relationship with each longitudinal section being integrally and continuously joined to an adjacent longitudinally extending section by a ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5160212 | Corner joint for building units of stone The invention relates to a corner joint for building units of stone, especially of soapstone, for furnaces or the like to join two units (1, 2) cornerwise to each other by using a binding hook (3) extending from one stone unit (1) to another (2), which bi... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5156484 | Rafter reinforcement device A rafter reinforcement device for strengthening structural joints that are primarily of the type used to connect sections of hollow rafters in roof support systems. The rafter system to be reinforced includes a pair of "U"-shaped members, each of which ar... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5154531 | Flexible corner connector for insulated glass panel spacer frame A corner connector (10) for connecting adjacent first and second spacer sections (20, 22), to form an insulated panel spacer frame includes a first arm (12) joined by a flexible joint (15) to a second arm (14). The second arm includes a recess (44) adjace... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5150983 | Corner lock A corner lock (20) includes a first leg member (21) operatively connected to a second leg member (22). The leg members generally conform to a portion of the shape of the channel cavities of the sash members (11-14) which they are securing together. The le... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5144780 | Portable structure A plurality of members for temporary assembly into a rigid branch structure for supporting a cover to form an enclosure, including a plurality of elongated rigid, hollow posts defined by opposed pairs of flat post walls joined together along their respect... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5138814 | Wall partition units The partition wall units include panels with mitered tubular frame strips, posts, raceways which also can be adapted for baseboards, and covering edge strips. Most of these units include a groove along an outer edge into which are removably mounted interl... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5112157 | Flexible connector for curtain rods A flexible connector is disclosed for connecting one section of a curtain rod to another section of a curtain rod and for forming an easily adjustable transition corner between the two sections. The connector includes snaps and stops for locking the conne... | 05/12/1992 |
