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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404691 | Dowel bar assembly with snap fit side frames An apparatus for combining adjacent concrete slabs including a dowel, an end cap, and a side frame. The end cap has a hood defining a curved channel extending at least partially around a dowel receiving end. The side frame has at least one wire received in the curve... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7373764 | Extruded upper beam slab bolster for use in construction A bolster for use in construction has a beam, a first plurality of leg members on one side of the beam, a second plurality of leg members on an opposite side of the beam, and a plate having a first receptacle on one side and a second receptacle on the opposite side.... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7341627 | Fiber reinforced concrete products and method of preparation Concrete products and mixes with reinforcing carbon graphite fibers, the carbon fibers being provided in the form of resin coated warped beam fabric, and a method for producing reinforced concrete products, where semi-cured carbon fibers are mixed with concrete and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7284354 | Upper beam slab bolster with extruded plates A bolster for use in construction has a beam, a first plurality of leg members on one side of the beam, a second plurality of leg members on an opposite side of the beam, a first plate having a receptacle on one side thereof and a second plate having a receptacle on... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7265994 | Underfill film for printed wiring assemblies A self supported underfill film (18) adhesively bonds surface mount integrated circuit packages (14) to a printed circuit board (10). The printed circuit board has conductive traces (12) and exposed conductive pads (13) on the surf... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7232276 | Road reinforcement sheet, structure of asphalt reinforced pavement and method for paving road A paved road including a reinforcement sheet layer (1A) and a pavement layer (22), in which the reinforcement sheet layer (1A) includes an asphalt layer (2) laminated to at least one side of a reinforcement sheet (1) including a co... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7108233 | Wire ring net for rocky wall barriers and method for making it A wire ring net, particularly for providing barriers for rocky walls and the like comprises a plurality of braided wire rings, each wire ring comprising, at a starting end of its wire, a first curled portion wound about the wire of the first turn and, at the termina... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100336 | Concrete building panel with a low density core and carbon fiber and steel reinforcement An insulative, lightweight building panel is provided with a lightweight, insulative foam core and which includes one or more carbon fiber or steel reinforcements and an exterior concrete face which are manufactured in a controlled environment and can be easily tran... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7052203 | Surfacing structure for traffic areas and for surfaces of structures The invention relates to a surfacing structure for traffic areas and for surfaces of structures, which has a substructure located on the base of the surfacing and has a superstructure, which covers the latter and is comprised, at least in part, of concrete, sepecial... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6973864 | Protective structure and protective system A protective structure for protecting buildings, bridges, roads and other areas from explosive devices such as car bombs and the like comprises: (a) a mesh structure having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface defines an annular space; (b... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6447203 | Load transfer dowel support The invention relates to supports for apparatus for transferring weight loads from one concrete structure to another. The devices are particularly suited for concrete highway construction. The support apparatus is used to position joint dowels that extend... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6440529 | Grid structure reinforcement for roads This invention relates to a grid structure (1) for reinforcement in road building, with crossing strands of warp and woof. The openings of the grid are traversed by longitudinal-laminar belts of textile material, leaving free passage openings.... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6231946 | Structural reinforcement for use in a shoe sole A structural reinforcement in the form of an open gridwork which is advantageously used, for example, as part of a shoe sole. The structural reinforcement provides and/or enhances spring-like characteristics of the member it is reinforcing, propels and en... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6168118 | Reinforcing mat for reinforcing asphalt The invention relates to a reinforcing mat (1) for reinforcing a top layer of a ground, which top layer consists of bitumen, asphalt or a hydrocarbon-containing material of like nature, in which the reinforcing mat (1) is a mat woven with longitudinal wir... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6019546 | Support for load transfer device for concrete constructions The invention relates to supports for a device for transferring weight loads from one concrete structure to another. The device is particularly suited for concrete highway construction. The supports are used to position joint dowels that extend across pav... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5896722 | Weldless spacer A weldless spacer for manually connecting without a tool two reinforcement cage wires or re-bars of a concrete reinforcing structure in spaced-apart relation is a unitary resilient wire member that has an elongated spanning portion that extends between th... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5836715 | Structural reinforcement member and method of utilizing the same to reinforce a product A structural member for reinforcement of asphalt and concrete roadways and other products, and which comprises a gridwork of warp strands and weft strands which are disposed at right angles to each other and so as to define an open structure. In one embod... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5664378 | Exodermic deck system An exodermic deck for structural floors including bridge floors, road beds, pedestrian walkways, or the like, comprises a composite structure of a grid component and a top component. The grid component is preferably made of steel and includes a plurality ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5657595 | Fabric reinforced beam and column connections A technique for applying high strength fiber fabric to strengthen beams and the connection between beams and either supported platforms or supporting vertical columns is disclosed. Fabric made of high strength fibers such as glass, boron, or carbon, is la... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5418036 | Tile application backing material and tile application execution method A tile application backing material is disclosed having as an object thereof to greatly simplify tile allocation, positioning, and affixing and the like, and to strongly affix tiles and backing material to a laying surface; in order to achieve this object... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5106227 | Reinforced asphalt concrete and structure for producing same A reinforcement structur for asphalt pavements comprising corrugated or zig-zag bent perforated or open mesh strips disposed relative to each other so that when said strips are brought into contact with each other and fixed together at the apices the cont... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5082393 | Method for forming road and ground constructions A method for forming load-bearing road and ground constructions on a ground bed having a low load-bearing capacity includes assembling rigid support elements on the ground bed, forming a wearing layer above the support elements and disposing a light mater... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5009543 | Reinforced asphalt concrete and structure for producing same A reinforcement structure for asphalt pavements comprising corrugated or zigzag bent perforated or open mesh strips disposed relative to each other so that when said strips are brought into contact with each other and fixed together at the apices the cont... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4996816 | Support for elongate members in a poured layer A support device for supporting longitudinal rigid members in a poured layer for example rebar within concrete comprises two V-shaped wire elements which are inverted and have parallel rails welded across the elements. Two lower rails are spaced at the en... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4865486 | Method of assembling a steel grid and concrete deck The present invention is directed to a weldless pavement module and a method for making a weldless pavement module. Each of the primary load bearing bars is formed with openings for receiving slotted secondary load bearing bars which are passed through th... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4834577 | Process and means for the protection of roadway dressings against crack initiation The protection of roadway surface dressings against the initiation and the propagation of cracks is accomplished by interposition between the base layer and the surfacing layer of a binding layer consisting of a nonwoven geotextile interface impregnated w... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4637946 | Road repair membrane A membrane for the repair of road surfaces, particularly for the retardation of reflective cracking from an old road surface to a newly-applied overlay. The membrane comprises a glass fiber mat impregnated with a blend of asphalt, a block copolymer and a ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4508770 | Road repair material of knitted unidirectional glass roving mat coated with elastomeric modified asphalt A knitted unidirectional mat of glass rovings, factory coated with elastomeric modified asphalt, is used to reinforce a crack in an old road before applying a new layer of asphalt-based pavement.... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4507013 | Device and method for repair of pot holes Repair of pot holes in public roads, streets and highways is facilitated and improved by the use of a simple holding device which is firmly anchored in place in the pot hole before filling the hole with conventional road patching material which then perma... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4309124 | Reinforced asphalt layer A reinforced asphalt layer, consisting of an asphalt-forming mixture of bitumen with mineral particles, in which is embedded a reinforcing network of elongated reinforcing elements which, where they intersect one another, have a connection to one another ... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4168924 | Plastic reinforcement of concrete Reinforced concrete is prepared by embedding within it a reinforcing element of at least one rigid plastic gridwork (which is optionally filler reinforced) of integrally molded struts.... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4084916 | Steel mesh system and brackets A steel mesh system for reinforcing concrete for airport landing strips and the like, comprising at least two mesh sections, each including separate groups of spaced apart parallel steel bars positioned perpendicularly to each other and welded together at... | 04/18/1978 |
| 3950911 | Apparatus for reinforcing concrete Method and apparatus for reinforcing concrete, and like materials, wherein modular units or sections of reinforcing mesh are provided which are connectable to provide a larger reinforcing mesh. A variety of forms of connections between adjacent mesh secti... | 04/20/1976 |
