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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146302 | Tactile tile with improved reinforced embedment plate Disclosed is an embedment tile for producing a tactilely detectable surface in a moldable material and method for using same. The tile comprises a tile member having a pattern of upwardly extending projections on its upper surface forming a tactilely detectable patt... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146303 | Integrated decking member fastening track The deck track is a steel track having a series of formed receivers and fasteners. The deck track will allow a deck system to be installed without the use of any mechanical fasteners such as screws, nails or individual fasteners. The upper fasteners and receivers, r... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136312 | Fencing floor An aluminum floor for fencing has an improved friction surface with traction-enhancing grooves and is configured to reduce noise. Aluminum extrusions forming the floor define a flat surface but with series of parallel grooves separated by non-grooved spaces. In a pr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8112950 | Panel for sheathing system and method The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may inclu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8096087 | Overlying member to support assembly connection A support assembly connectable to a base structure preferably disposed in an attic or other like location of a house, dwelling, and/or other building to provide or facilitate storage and or standing, walking, or crawling thereon. The support assembly comprising at l... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8082704 | Sports flooring A flooring, preferentially designed to be used for laying running tracks, includes a treading layer constituted by an elastomer mass and a supporting layer also constituted by an elastomer mass. The supporting layer has, on the side opposite to the treading layer, a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079184 | Skid resistant surfaces Pedestrian trafficable skid-resistant flexible articles (24) are described. These articles (24) include a flexible substrate (17) having a non-skid coating that may be either a pressure-sensitive adhesive (13) or a highly- filled, texture... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074407 | Floor profile arrangement with articulation A floor profile arrangement is provided, in particular for bridging a joint between adjacent floor coverings, with a base profile, a covering profile with at least one sideways projecting covering wing, and a web arrangement as a connection between the base profile ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8037648 | Interlocking tile A polymeric interlocking tile for an adhesive-free assemblage with adjacent tiles having substantially similar, but inverted, edge interlocks thereon. The interlocks on each edge of a tile include a row of first and second sets of male-female types of alternating in... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8015761 | Re-orientable storage assembly supported on base A storage assembly structured to be supported on a base is presented, wherein the base includes a plurality of spaced apart beams. At least one embodiment of the storage assembly includes a platform and at least one mounting device attached or otherwise connected to... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8006443 | Interlocking modular floor tile An interlocking, modular floor tile that comprises a planar member defined by a perimeter having four sides and a top surface, a plurality of downwardly projecting support legs of common length dispersed pattern-wise inside the perimeter of the planar member and cou... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006444 | System and method for fastening floor deck to semi-trailer cross members A support system includes a plurality of spaced apart cross members, a plurality of decking members supported on the cross members and extending perpendicular to the cross members to form a support surface, and retainers securing the decking members to the cross mem... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7966781 | Profiled cover strip system with a facing device for a stair step which is open on at least one front side A profiled cover strip system (1) for finishing a bottom covering (2) on a step (3) open on at least one front side (4), the system having an upper covering profiled element (12). A facing device (16) having a facing cap ( | 06/28/2011 |
| 7946083 | Wheelchair ramp for shower access A frame for building a ramp provides wheelchair users ingress and egress to a shower area. A first embodiment includes a first flat inclined surface and an arcuate surface. In a second embodiment, the frame has first and second flat inclined surfaces having first an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941979 | Thermal processing cabinet with monolithic floor Smokehouses (20) or other similar thermal processing cabinets or houses are provided with improved floor assemblies (22) which eliminate fluid collection and provide a high degree of structural integrity. The smokehouses (20) include upright wal... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7918057 | Modular floor tile system with sliding lock The present invention provides floor tiles and modular floors. The floor tiles may include a locking system that allows adjacent tiles to interlock, while also permitting a predetermined amount of lateral sliding relative to one another. The modular tiles may be inj... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908802 | System for constructing tread surfaces The present invention relates to a system for constructing tread surfaces comprising polygonal elements (1) where each element has a top surface and a number of substantially straight side edges arranged perpendicular to the top surface along the periphery of... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7877938 | Panel for sheathing system and method The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may inclu... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7870694 | Panelized roofing system and method The panelized roof sheathing construction system includes a plurality of panels attached to a building frame structure in substantially abutting relationship. Each panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop the outward facing surface of the panel. T... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866100 | Wall sheathing system and method of installation The invention comprises a wall sheathing barrier system having moisture permeability and simple improved installation method. The system comprises adjoined structural panels. Each panel has an overlay paper bonded permanently to the structural panel, which provides ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7849642 | Tile with wide coupling configuration and method for the same A method and apparatus providing a tile configured to form a modular floor covering including an array of substantially identical tiles. The tile includes a top surface, bottom side, front and rear sides and first and second lateral sides. The top surface includes a... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845122 | Efficiently installable and durable embedment tile for producing tactilely-detectable surfaces Disclosed is an embedment tile for producing a tactilely detectable surface in a moldable material and method for using same. The tile comprises a tile member substantially planar in form, having a pattern of upwardly extending projections on its upper surface formi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7827742 | Removable covering for surfaces A removable covering for surfaces includes, in principle, tiles consisting of bases made of a plastic material and top plaques joined to the bases, the bases incorporating male and female anchoring elements along their edges which fit together for attaching one tile... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7797890 | Interlocking floor tiles with mushroom shaped connectors An interlocking tile system comprises tiles that has a body, interlocking cap structure with a first surface and a second surface; a first curved portion connecting the first surface with a radius of R1 to the second engaging surface with a radius of R | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793469 | Sanitary cove base A sanitary cove base including an outer wall and an inner wall that are separated from each other by a plurality of longitudinally-extending web members creating a plurality of hollow channels between the inner wall and outer wall is disclosed. Each of the hollow ch... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793470 | Deck planks A deck plank that can be quickly assembled into a deck with a water resistant seal between adjacent deck planks to inhibit water penetration and an integral drain channel that can direct rainwater away from the deck to provide a protected region below the deck with ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793471 | Floating floor assembled from an array of interconnected subunits, each of which includes a stone, ceramic, or porcelain tile bonded to an injection molded polyolefin substrate A floating floor assembled from an array of interconnected subunits, each of which includes a stone, ceramic or porcelain tile and a one-piece polymeric plastic substrate to which the stone, ceramic, or porcelain tile is bonded. Each substrate is injection molded fr... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7779581 | Replaceable wet-set tactile warning surface unit and method of installation and replacement A replaceable, wet-set tactile warning surface unit having a body defining an upper surface and a lower surface, the body defining a series of raised projections on its upper surface, and defining a plurality of spaced through-holes from the top to the bottom surfac... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7748177 | Modular tile with controlled deflection A modular tile configured to interlock with multiple tiles to form a modular floor covering over a floor. The tile includes a top surface having a periphery defining side walls extending downward from the top surface, the side walls having a coupling portion configu... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748176 | Flooring systems A flooring system comprising a plurality of elongate members (1) secured together along adjacent longitudinal side edges by means of co-operating male and female formations (2, 3). The female formation (3) is a channel with relatively convergent... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7698859 | Removable surface covering A removable surface covering comprises a combination of lower supports with plastic support legs and upper ceramic parts which are joined to the supports by contact faces and with the aid of an adhesive material, such as to form covering modules which are interconne... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690160 | Modular floor tile system with transition edge The present invention provides a modular flooring system including a ramp to facilitate entry and exit from the flooring system. The ramp may be modular and interconnect with all or parts of a perimeter of the flooring system, and the ramp may also interconnect with... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7676995 | Interlocking tile A polymeric interlocking tile for an adhesive-free assemblage with adjacent tiles having substantially similar, but inverted, edge interlocks thereon. The interlocks on each edge of a tile include a row of first and second sets of male-female types of alternating in... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673425 | Covers, systems, and methods for covering outdoor deck components According to various aspects of the present disclosure, there are provided various exemplary embodiments of covers, systems and methods for covering boards and deck components. In one exemplary embodiment, a cover generally includes an upper portion and generally do... | 03/09/2010 |
| RE41140 | Modular decking planks A decking system for placement on a subassembly having at least two spaced apart joists. A plurality of elongated tubular elements for placement in lateral interlocking engagement with each other transversely of and spanning the distance between the joists. Each of ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7658040 | Panel for sheathing system and method The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may inclu... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7634876 | Modular floor locator apparatus A modular floor apparatus comprising a modular-floor-locator section to be combined with a plurality of modular-floor tiles to form a flooring surface. The modular-floor-locator section may comprise a top surface and a first locator raised surface area formed in the... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7634877 | Skid resistant surfaces Pedestrian trafficable skid-resistant flexible articles are described. These articles include a flexible substrate having a non-skid coating comprising polymer units that degrade upon exposure to light and/or heat, preferably via chain scission. These articles may b... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7624546 | Modular floor tile system with transition edge The present invention provides a modular flooring system including a ramp to facilitate entry and exit from the flooring system. The ramp may be modular and interconnect with all or parts of a perimeter of the flooring system, and the ramp may also interconnect with... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7617641 | Attic floor joist grid system for weight bearing storage An Attic Floor Joist Grid System for Weight Bearing Storage called an Attic Grid System. This system features low profile, flat, open and high strength grid panels that are supported by a joist system. The panels install directly onto the ceiling joists in an attic ... | 11/17/2009 |
