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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334373 | Composite decking system A composite deck assembly includes a baseplate and a top plate secured to the baseplate. The baseplate is formed from a first composite matrix comprising strands of reinforcing fibers oriented in first direction and a polymer resin. The baseplate includes a pluralit... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7108577 | Wedge-lock building blocks A building block that is releasably attachable to another block of compatible design by wedging the tongue of one block into the groove of another block, without the need for any intermediate adhesives, bonding materials or any other means of holding the blocks toge... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6570950 | Nuclear plant containment with prefabricated component support structure A nuclear steam supply containment system employing prefabricated component supports that are surrounded by steel concrete forms and anchored to the floor liner of a nuclear containment. The prefabricated component supports extend through the concrete for... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6345473 | Apparatus for use in the construction of precast, moment-resisting frame buildings A method and apparatus for positioning mild steel reinforcing bars within a precast, moment resisting frame of a building. The apparatus includes a hand-receiving access component that can be installed within the concrete beams that make up the building f... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6338231 | Prefabricated concrete wall panel system and method A precast concrete wall panel and system using such panels, with each panel including a rectangular concrete frame having a flat outer side and a recessed inner side. On the perimeter of the panel and along the face of the recessed inner side, concrete ri... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6223480 | Pre-cast concrete panels for construction of a building A building made substantially of pre-cast components is disclosed. The building comprises of pre-cast concrete walls, floors and columns; the walls and columns being made of pre-cast concrete wall panels; and floors being made of pre-cast concrete slabs. ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6079909 | System and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall A system and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall is provided that includes a single row of caissons for providing the sole foundation of a breast wall and a sound wall. The caissons include a vertically-oriented network of reinforcin... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5809716 | System and method widening a highway and supporting a sound wall A system and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall is provided that includes a single row of caissons for providing the sole foundation of a breast wall and a sound wall. The caissons include a vertically-oriented network of reinforcin... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5806262 | Post and method of emplacing a post The invention provides means and methods to erect and plumb a precast concrete post in a concrete footing embedment. In a method of the invention, the base of a post is connected with mounting hardware to a partial footing, followed by the pouring of a fo... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5761866 | Stucco reveal connection system An intersection assembly for use with an architectural stucco reveal system. The stucco reveal system generally includes elongated strips of material which can be attached to an underlying structure. The strips include a base portion and generally two spa... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5713170 | System and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall A system and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall is provided that includes a single row of caissons for providing the sole foundation of a breast wall and a sound wall. The caissons include a vertically-oriented network of reinforcin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5625976 | Fly lines Improved fishing lines, and specifically fly lines, and methods of manufacture and use thereof are disclosed. The line includes a core line portion and a coating portion, the coating including a copolymer of olefin and acrylic material, the olefin prefera... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5537788 | System and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall A system and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall is provided that includes a single row of caissons for providing the sole foundation of a breast wall and a sound, wall. The caissons include a vertically-oriented network of reinforci... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5410851 | Slotted floor slab for the two-stage construction of level concrete plates Shuttering floor slab for the two-phase construction of level concrete plates, which is thin and rectangular or polygonal in shape and contains the bending reinforcement of the final slab, used to form a level monolithic structure by assembly and embedded... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5144779 | Joining of a concrete element to a support A concrete facing panel is joined to a counterfort by means of a pair of bolted joints. Each joint comprises a hole in the panel through which a bolt projecting from the counterfort passes, and a nut mounted on the threaded end of the bolt. A resilient pl... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5000793 | Method of manufacturing a building element based on a hydraulic binder, an element thus obtained, and a building method using such elements A building element based on plaster which is manufactured by dry mixing sand and plaster, by dampening the mixture, by placing the damp mixture in a mold, and by compressing the mixture in the mold while the plaster hydrates in order to densify the crysta... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4998393 | Construction of buildings Improvements in the construction of buildings is described using prefabricated panels provided with insulation material arranged in pairs. Couplying structure secures the panels to a base and to other panels. Concrete fills the hollow space between the pa... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4924641 | Polymer building wall form construction A polymer building or other structured wall form construction wherein forms prefabricated of polymer, such as polystyrene, are assembled together, spaced apart by integrally connecting polymer or blocks or spacers, erected upon a foundation footing, or ot... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4722153 | Cover joints for masonry and sheet material structures A cover joint for masonry and sheet material structures and a method of forming the joint between two structure surfaces comprising attaching a cover strip member having inner and outer leg parts at the joint by firstly securing the outer leg parts, which... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4678376 | Method of constructing means for directing or holding water An economical method of constructing a means suitable for directing, transporting, or holding water based upon the use of an aqueous liquid silicone elastomeric emulsion to form a membrane on a depression surface which is suitable to direct, transport or ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4107899 | Load-bearing walls and similar structures This invention is concerned with a method for erecting a building comprising the steps of locating storey-high relatively thin-walled precast cured concrete panels having substantially L-shaped cross-sections, in a jig corresponding to a floor or portion ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4038793 | Wall structure Wall panels are formed with horizontal edge faces. An edge portion integral with the panel projects from one of these edge faces. Another edge portion is recessed into the opposite edge face and is shaped to fit the projecting edge portion of another pane... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3948008 | Prefabricated structural element, especially balcony element The present prefabricated structural element is especially adapted for the formation of balconies or other cantilevered structures. To this end a floor slab section or main section is joined to a balcony or cantilevered section by reinforcing steel elemen... | 04/06/1976 |
