"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021075 | Capped and/or beveled jet blast resistant vehicle arresting units, bed and methods Aircraft arresting beds at ends of runways may be subject to damaging effects of jet blast phenomena. Arresting units for that and other applications and which are resistant to such effects are described, with related methods. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7950873 | Set of paving blocks A set of concrete pavers is formed by a plurality of pavers being arranged in a paver row, and a plurality of paver rows being arranged to form a row. A number of parallel, adjacent rows form linear or meandering joints in the end-paver region of the rows when the r... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7874761 | Support structure for a soft ground The inventive support structure for a soft ground consists of at least two elements which comprise a plate [1], on the lower supporting surface of which three anchoring projections in the form of hooks are made or secured, one of these projections [9] ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7575392 | Concrete-molded stone and ready-to-assemble construction made of molded stones An essentially quadrate paving stone having a corresponding base block (21) is provided on all four side surfaces (25, 26) with flange-like, upright spacers (22) which are spaced apart from each other at intervals corresponding approximately to ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7425106 | Concrete pavers positioned in a herringbone pattern First and second concrete pavers that are configured to form a paver system arrangeable in a herringbone pattern. A plurality of the first pavers and a plurality of the second pavers, which together form a kit of pavers, can be used to construct a permeable pavement... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7270497 | Paving element A cluster of paving elements is formed with a peripheral edge having a re-entrant formation formed between the upper supporting surface and the lower, supported surface. The formation engages a complimentary formation on an adjacent cluster to inhibit relative movem... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7186058 | Stormwater detention system and method A stormwater runoff detention system includes a system including an inlet, a first surge chamber, a second surge chamber and one or more storage chambers. The first surge chamber is connected to receive stormwater from the inlet prior to the second surge chamber or ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7001101 | Interlocking paver/tile Interlocking paver system for the use of constructing sidewalks, pathways and decks being formed from a light weight material for easy handling. Joined together by a plastic spline with gripping teeth, which when placed in spline receiver slots on sides of paver, wh... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6988847 | Paving unit A interlocking paving unit has a top surface (2) and a plurality of side surfaces (4, 5), with at least one of the side surfaces (4, 5) of the paving unit being provided with at least one substantially vertically extending, substantially asymmet... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6988848 | Drip berm having hydrophobic and hydrocarbon retentive properties A drip berm for mounting onto a drip mat includes one or more inner berm members and one or more cooperating outer berm members. Each inner berm member is mountable contiguously around the circumferential edges of the drip mat. Each outer berm member is mountable al... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6954975 | Mat Ramp Securement A ramp member is provided for attachment with an edge of a floor mat to facilitate transportation of an object from a floor to an upper surface of the mat. A tab is provided which extends from the ramp member and defines a plane. Two projections extend from the plan... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6939077 | Paving block There is disclosed a paving block for use in the construction of a paved surface, which paving block has a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one lateral surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces and abutting in use at least part of a lateral sur... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938382 | Stockade A palisade comprises visible or wall surfaces disposed on opposing sides and intermediate end faces. One of the end faces is provided with a projecting convex head, while the other end face comprises a correspondingly formed concave receptacle for the head. When for... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6536988 | Construction kit made of concrete paving stones The invention relates to a construction kit made of concrete paving stones comprising substantially prismatic stone bodies of a uniform height and upright lateral surfaces. A plurality of stone paving stones (2) arranged in rows and having the same width ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6471440 | Paving stone A paving stone (1) has a linkage securing against displacement. This is achieved by overengaging interlocking elements (6) and underengaging interlocking elements (5) being respectively provided on each side (3, 4) of the paving stone (1).... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5941657 | Floor covering made up of pentagonal concrete moulded parts with joints between them The invention relates to a ground covering of pentagonal shaped concrete slabs (F1) placed against another with joints. The shaped slabs are simple to produce and simple to lay and in order to give such a covering an appearance similar to a gro... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5797698 | Paving elements for the water-permeable reinforcement of surfaces A paving element for the water-permeable reinforcement of surfaces, said paving element comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of sides. One or more of the sides have vertical recesses extending from the top surface of the paving eleme... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5466089 | Ground and floor covering block A paving block for covering the ground, floor and like surfaces. The paving block is generally planar with a vertical dimension. The upper and lower planar surfaces and the vertical sides define a pentagon. the pentagon has three longer sides and two shor... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5428934 | Interlocking slab elements A surface covering slab element with a unique shape which has a combination of straight edges and complementary concave and convex edges. Numerous slab elements of this shape can be assembled in a variety of different ways for generating circular, straigh... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5224792 | Shaped (concrete) slab kit Shaped slabs (10) made of concrete for forming groundcoverings have spacers (15 to 20) on their edges with which the shaped slabs are braced against one another when the groundcovering is completed. This bracing of the shaped slabs (10) on their spacers (... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5051023 | Fracture-free layered paving blocks The fracture-free paving block comprises a cement block substrate and a top solid layer, and is characterized in that the top layer is selected from a cured cement mortar layer and tile-like layer firmly bonded to the substrate with cement mortar; the top... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4834575 | Paving stone A paving stone for use with other similarly configured paving stones all of which are to be laid adjacent each other to form a paved surface. The paving stone having two centrally symmetrical contiguous parts at least one of which is generally square-shap... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4792257 | Set of paving stones, particularly set of concrete paving stones A paving stone set includes a square paving-stone, a larger rectangular paving-stone and a smaller rectangular paving-stone. Each of the paving stones has generally planar top and bottom surfaces and generally planar side walls, with a clothoid shaped sur... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4773790 | Groundcovering element, especially (concrete) slab Known groundcovering elements (44) consist of three basic shaped slabs which are connected to form a unit and which are delimited from one another by at least two dummy joints (stem dummy joint 74 and middle dummy joint 81), the peripheral surface having ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4715743 | Mobility guide tile for visually handicapped A tile for positioning on walkways, crosswalks and other areas of pedestrian traffic for providing direction and warning to visually handicapped persons. The tile comprises a flat plate having a chamfered edge and including raised bumps coupled to a top s... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4627764 | Paving stone, process for manufacturing same and device for carrying out the manufacturing process The paving stone comprises a recess which divides the stone into an upper part having a smaller circumference and a lower part with a greater circumference. The lower part, having also a greater height than the upper part, comprises a ribbing or other ver... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4468910 | Mat module with ramp strip A floor mat assembly is disclosed which is molded from resilient plastic material, and made up of only two different elements, mat modules and ramp strips. The mat module comprises a rectangular shape with two adjoining edges, each of the edges having an ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4445802 | System of prefabricated concrete elements for constructing paths Prefabricated concrete elements for constructing paths corresponding to a width N or a multiple thereof contain two groups. The first group comprises flat, four-sided slabs for the straight sections of the path, having a dimension corresponding to the nor... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4326817 | Paving stone and walkway formed therewith A plurality of pavings stones are organized in an array to form a walkway having the appearance of cobblestones. Each of the prime elements of the walkway includes an elongated stone having the general appearance of three hexagonal stones joined together.... | 04/27/1982 |