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A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112955 | Building having a reinforced stud wall and method for reinforcing a stud wall A building comprises first and second floors and respective first and second ceilings; a foundation; and a stud wall extending between the second floor and the second ceiling. A cross member is operably attached within the stud wall. A tie rod anchor is anchored in ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7975443 | Precast prestress raised access floor construction A precast prestress raised access floor construction is provided which includes a precast prestress concrete slab, having an upper base floor surface and a lower surface, a plurality of raised access floor panel pedestal support members bearing directly upon the upp... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7937901 | Tendon-identifying, post tensioned concrete flat plate slab and method and apparatus for constructing same A tendon-identifying, post-tensioned, elevated concrete slab, and method and form panel apparatus for constructing the same, provides a distinctively-patterned bottom side slab surface in which the slab has a full thickness dimension extending along each individual ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7596915 | Slab edge insulating form system and methods A method of forming an insulated concrete foundation is provided comprising constructing a foundation frame, the frame comprising an insulating form having an opening, inserting a pocket former into the opening; placing concrete inside the foundation frame; and remo... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7424792 | Positively retained cap for use on an encapsulated anchor of a post-tension anchor system An anchor assembly for a post-tension system has an anchor member, a polymeric encapsulation covering the anchor member and defining a tubular section extending outwardly of an end surface of the anchor member, a rigid ring affixed within this tubular section and ha... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7412807 | Cabinet dryer door with truss and method of use A cabinet dryer door includes a truss attached to the door to establish seal compression for adequate sealing of the door against the drying cabinet. The inner door has spacers molded into the inner door. The truss cooperates with the spacers to bias the door agains... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7275347 | Post-tension anchor seal cap An anchor for engagement with a post-tension tendon includes an anchor base having a generally tapered wedge receiving bore. A sheath surrounds the anchor base. The sheath has a substantially cylindrical extension on one side of the anchor base for contacting the te... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7237366 | Post-tensioned insulated wall panels An insulated concrete panel having one or more tendons positioned in the insulation layer inside the panel which are put into tension after the concrete panel has been formed. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7216467 | Column to structure attachment device A column to structure attachment device and method is disclosed for securing a support column between a base structure and a beam structural member. The device includes a structural column having a first end and a second end with a void parallel to a longitudinal ax... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216462 | Insulated concrete panel billets Improved premolded foam billets and drop-in foam billet joints increase the R value in concrete panels. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7174685 | Pocket former for post-tension anchor An apparatus and method for reducing corrosion in post-tension construction is described. An anchor is engagable with a post-tension tendon and comprises an anchor base and sheath engaged with the anchor base, and a cap for sealing the portion of the tendon within t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160052 | Paving system using arrays of vertically interlocking paving blocks A continuous covered area, such as a sidewalk or patio, is formed by vertically interlocking tessellated components. One embodiment, termed PORTAPAVE™, achieves this interlocking via an array of uniquely configured two-sectioned pavers. Each paver has a first sect... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146773 | Concrete accepting wall structure with adjustable curvature A structure for forming a vertically orientated wall comprises a flexible front panel having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis and substantially continuous front surface; a flexible rear panel positioned rearwardly and parallel to the front panel; and a plurali... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144186 | Massive security barrier Barrier elements couple together into a longitudinal wall to provide security from terrorist threats by being able to withstand both vehicle collisions and explosive blasts. Each barrier element is prefabricated to include a massive block of durable material, prefer... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7073298 | Solid shear panel for supporting a light-framed structure A solid shear panel for supporting a structure having an upper edge, a lower edge and two side edges. The upper edge is secured to a horizontal double plate mounted beneath a beam underneath a floor surface of a structure, while the lower edge rests on a sill plate ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069703 | Method and system for constructing large, continuous, concrete slabs A method and system are provided for constructing large, continuous, concrete slabs without using conventional shrinkage joints. The system comprises a grid of closely-spaced crack inducers (2) arranged relative to a concrete-pouring surface and adapted to be... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056463 | Method of manufacturing prestressed concrete Pre-tension and post-tension processes for the manufacture of pre-stressed structures in which bonded carbon fiber cables are provided with burial anchors and temporary anchors outward of the burial anchors. The burial anchors are embedded in the structure. The temp... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6976345 | Cementitious based structural lumber product and externally reinforced lightweight retaining wall system The invention includes a method for constructing buildings using non-wood construction products and buildings constructed from such non-wood construction products. The invention further includes a method and apparatus for manufacturing high-performance fiber-reinfor... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6973755 | Column to structure attachment device A column to structure attachment device and method is disclosed for securing a support column between a base structure and a beam structural member. The device includes a structural column having a first end and a second end with a void parallel to a longitudinal ax... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6955014 | Insulated concrete cast panels with voids in billits A method for casting hollow core concrete panels includes the use of raft connectors to hold a plurality of spaced foam billets in place during the manufacture to create panel or plank with spaced foam-filled cores. The panels include billets that form longitudinal ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926379 | Door brace for a refrigerator cabinet assembly having varying width compartment doors A side-by-side refrigerator includes fresh food and freezer compartments, each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume. Doors, each having corresponding upper and lower sections that vary in width, are provided to selectively seal the fresh fo... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920724 | Bracket for a structural panel and a structural panel made with such a bracket A bracket for use in fabricating steel structural panels has a first passageway for accepting a connecting member secured to a diametrically opposed bracket to introduce tension between the opposing brackets in the panel. The brackets each have an additional second ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6843027 | Cable system and method for wind-resistant buildings A system and method for securing the wall framing and roof of a building structure against wind. A cable tensioner, located between two uprights of the wall framing and below the top plate, is attached to an anchor secured in the foundation. A cable extends over the... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6761002 | Connector assembly for intermediate post-tension anchorage system A post-tension anchor system including a first tendon, a second tendon, a first anchor receiving the first tendon therein, a second anchor receiving the second tendon therein, a coupler extending over the first anchor and secured to the second anchor such that the f... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6729093 | Prefabricated concrete panel for industrialized building with high thermal and/or acoustic insulation A prefabricated concrete panel for industrialized building, with high thermal and/or acoustic insulation, comprising a first sheet and a second sheet which are embedded in the concrete body of the panel and face each other on planes which are parallel to the planes ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6688058 | FASTENER ASSEMBLY SERVING AS A PRODUCT, OR COMBINED WITH OTHER COMPONENTS AS A PRODUCT, ALLOWS AUTOMATIC CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS IN ONE DIRECTION AND PREVENTS MOVEMENTS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN FORCES ARE APPLIED A fastener assembly 10, in respect to forces which are subsequently applied, after the installation thereof, when forces is applied in one direction, this fastener assembly 10 is self adjusting incrementally, as needed in travel or actuation; yet when a f... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684585 | Method and apparatus for providing a visual indication of the tension applied to a tendon of a post-tension system An anchorage for a post-tension system including an anchor body having an interior cavity and a generally flat end surface, a tendon extending through the interior cavity of the anchor body, a plurality of wedges in interference-fit relationship between a... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6631596 | Corrosion protection tube for use on an anchor of a post-tension anchor system A post-tension anchor system including an anchor encapsulated with a polymeric material, a corrosion protection tube having a connection portion at one end and a sealing portion on an opposite end thereof, and a tendon having a sheathed portion and an uns... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6601354 | Method and apparatus for post-tensioning steel strands in slab construction A method and apparatus for post-tensioning a reinforcing strand disposed within a concrete slab of the character having a plurality of reinforcing members embedded therein. The apparatus includes a yieldably deformable elastomeric body having a longitudin... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6584738 | Clamping device for a band-shaped tensional member A concrete tensioning band is disposed on a surface of unhardened concrete and tensioned by being attached to a clamp disposed on the base, and then displacing the clamp by a drive mechanism disposed on the clamp. Such displacement serves to tension the b... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6560939 | Intermediate anchor and intermediate anchorage system for a post-tension system An anchor for an intermediate anchorage system including an anchor body having a first wedge-receiving cavity and a second wedge-receiving cavity. The first wedge-receiving cavity has tapered walls narrowing in diameter from the first side to the second s... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6539679 | Structural member with strength-reinforcing steel strap A load-bearing structural member includes an elongate structure body and a strength-reinforcing flat steel strap. The structure body has a top and a bottom, and first and second opposing ends. The steel strap extends along the length of the structure body... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6470636 | Detensioning apparatus for releasing a chuck on a prestressed strand An apparatus for detensioning prestressed strand, the hollow apparatus being capable of movement along a pre-tensioned strand, thus enabling the protrusion of the apparatus's separation device into the rear portion of the strand chuck barrel's inner conic... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6470640 | Reinforced shrinkage compensating concrete slab structure A reinforced concrete building structure comprises a shrinkage compensating concrete slab having a plurality of deformed reinforcing bars embedded therein, the bars being restricted to a peripheral portion of the slab which surrounds the centroid of the s... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6443666 | Reinforced concrete panel and method of manufacture A reinforced concrete panel is formed by embedding a stretched steel chain link mesh unit within concrete. The panel can be used to form a building or a flood dyke, or an earth reinforcing wall. The earth reinforcing wall is formed by digging a trench in ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6409423 | Prestressed pavement system A prestressed pavement has apparatus to prestress the slabs, has slab abutments to resist the prestress force, has short-life friction-reducing medium to prevent the slab early cracking, has restraints to prevent the slab buckling, and has accumulators to... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6385930 | Concrete structure and method of making it A novel and simple method of making a novel concrete slab structure supported on vertical columns (1) and having high strength against punching shear failure involves: placing stirrup cages (3, 3') with their open sides downwards directly on top of the bo... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6269599 | Construction component or construction with a composite structure, associated composite construction element, and method of production A composite reinforcing structure for reinforcing a structural member, a method of making the structure, and a method of using the structure to reinforce a structural member. The structure includes a plurality of first fiber components arranged substantia... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6223487 | Concrete construction modules for building foundations and walls Construction modules made of concrete or other cementitious materials, as well as walls made from such modules, are shown and described. The modules bear internal passages through which cables, rods, or other elongated members may be extended. The members... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6195949 | Hold down device and method A hold down device and method for connecting two building elements of a building comprises an elongate member, typically in the form of a rod or a cable, that is connected between the two building structures. A tension compensator, which includes a housin... | 03/06/2001 |
