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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7610728 | Molded plastic system for use in constructing footings or supports for structures A molded plastic system for use in constructing footings or supports for structures, preferably for supporting a deck. The system includes a base that includes a lower peripheral flange that extends in a substantially horizontal plane in use with the peripheral flan... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7325363 | Foundation system for prefabricated houses A prefabricated foundation is provided using a plurality of concrete panels that are cast at a factory location to a predetermined uniform form and size. These panels are of a generally rectangular shape and are positioned end to end forming a wall-like structure ar... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7281287 | Prop-type damping device There is disclosed a prop-type damping device which effectively consumes energy of up-and-down vibration on a main girder of a bridge caused by earthquakes, winds, passing vehicles or the like to prolong a life of the bridge and improve comfort for bridge users with... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7254926 | Deck bracket and method of attaching a deck to a building An apparatus and method are disclosed for attaching a deck to a building. The apparatus and method disclose a deck bracket with an L shaped bracket, a solid bar, preferably threaded at both ends, and a sheath which would surround a support member of the building. Th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251920 | Lateral force resisting system A lateral force resisting system includes a rigid structural panel and holdowns. A foundation bolt placement template may be used to locate and support the foundation bolts during fabrication of the foundation and to further secure the frame foundation interface. Th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7228661 | Rapid steel frame assembly A framing assembly system for steel building that substantially reduces assembly time while maintaining excellent strength and mechanical integrity and has vastly improved resistance to uplift forces. Foundation assemblies or anchor structures are first precisely lo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7178296 | Structural joint connection providing blast resistance and a beam-to-beam connection resistant to moments, tension and torsion across a column At a beams-to-column connection of two beams to a column, in which the joint connection comprises both a gravity load-carrying capability and a moment-resisting capability between each beam and column, there is added a beam-to-beam connection across the column, usin... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7146775 | Wall system A wall system comprising a plurality of multi-section panels coupled by posts disposed between adjacent multi-section panels wherein each multi-section panel comprises at least two panel sections, each panel section comprising an inner core including a pair of panel... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140157 | Foundation system for beam of manufactured home A foundation system 50 for supporting a support beam 80 of a manufactured home and for preventing longitudinal movement of the beam; beam 80 having a longitudinal axis defining the longitudinal direction. Ground support pan 52 including b... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137230 | Post support system An internal support system for a hollow plastic post comprising a rigid column on to which the post can be sleeved, a member secured to the lower end of the column for securing same upright, and at least one support bracket attachable to the column at a selected poi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137225 | Foundation wall system A wall system uses panels constituted by a sandwich of two polyolefin sheets and an interior layer of glass fiberboard. Such structural panels are used with a system of steel studs and channels to form walls of high strength and light weight. These walls are particu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131240 | Bucket column base and installation support A building foundation anchoring and interface system for receiving supporting the base of an upright structural column. This system and interface includes an open-topped bucket-well structure which is embedded in a foundation, and which is sized so as to permit the ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131239 | Structural slab and wall assembly for use with expansive soils A foundation assembly for use with expansive soils. The assembly includes a slab form, such as metal pan, for receiving poured concrete, a structural slab cast into the form, and structural members, e.g., piers, footing pads, and the like, contacting and/or extendin... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7066094 | Supporting framework for a craneway A supporting framework for a craneway for at least one crane which travels on at least one track, especially for a bridge crane which travels on two tracks, includes a track carrier elongated in a track direction and having at least one carrier section of reinforced... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7028445 | Method of constructing a concrete slab A method constructs a concrete building slab by loosening the soil on which the concrete building slab is to be constructed to at least a predetermined loosening depth so as to expand the soil upwards, driving a plurality of piles into the soil in predetermined resp... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6964139 | Precast concrete column for use in post-frame construction A column for use in post-frame construction having a two piece construction in which a first or foundation column portion of the column is set into the earth with a proximal end thereof protruding from the earth. The proximal end of the foundation column includes a ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945004 | Deck spacer An apparatus includes a predetermined size, shape, and thickness with a bolt hole adapted to receive a bolt therein and a method of attaching the apparatus to a ledger board sufficient to prevent rotation of the apparatus with respect to either the ledger board or t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6910672 | Corner assembly A construction form 10 for forming a concrete wall having an acute female corner 26 includes an outer wall 14, an inner wall 16, an intermediate wall 18 defining an inside corner 20 and an outside corner 22. The form ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6904724 | Piling based pool system and method A piling based pool system uses standard pilings, which are either pre-cast concrete, wood, or steel, etc., which pilings are drilled or driven into the ground in standard fashion with appropriate beams interconnecting the pilings. Some of the pilings are used to su... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6898905 | Offset beam clamp An offset beam clamp having a deep channel including two legs, a hole in the channel bottom, and a slot having two sides and a slot bottom and extending transversely through the legs. The slot receives the first of two angle iron members that comprise the upper cord... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6883283 | Semiconductor manufacturing facility and a semiconductor manufacturing method A semiconductor manufacturing facility has a proper strength and an anti-vibration effect. The semiconductor facility contains processing apparatuses, installation tables and an installation floor. An apparatus having a vibration source is installed on an installati... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6857241 | Building panel and plant for the manufacture thereof This building panel consists of lightweight panel for external or internal closures of latticework support structures, which is constituted by slabs of air-setting resistant material. The slabs are reinforced in the facade panels for external closures and unreinforc... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851234 | Deck construction A deck construction including a plurality of supports for anchoring deck construction elements to a building site. The supports include a body (which may be an integrally molded concrete pier) having upper and lower portions. The upper portion includes at least one ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6796089 | Building in suspension A building having columns supported on footings, and a flat roof supported on the columns. The roof contains a pool of water. Bolts are embedded in each footing. The columns are mounted on leveling plates which are vertically, adjustably mounted on the bolts. The ro... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6755001 | Suspended concrete flooring system and method A suspended concrete flooring system (100) comprising a plurality of spaced-apart load-bearing members (110) or supporting walls that support a plurality of joists (122) having opposing sides and arranged substantially at right-angles to the loa... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6745532 | Process for the articulated imbrication of concrete slabs ¢i(in situ) The invention relates to the articulated imbrication of concrete slabs i(in situ) wherein joints are formed by laying i(in situ), along joint lines, a simple armored mesh device with a cut and fold pattern which has been already prepared in the workshop. Advantage i... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6718711 | Prefabricated housing A prefabricated housing unit designed to be placed on top of ground bases 42. The housing unit 10 has a housing shell 13 having longitudinal and transverse lower edges and a foundation structure 12 incorporated into and underlying the hou... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6694699 | Post-frame building A post frame building that utilizes columns composed of and upper and lower section that is laminated from standard dimensional lumber. The lower section of the columns, made from treated lumber are set into the ground and cut to level. The upper sections... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6684577 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR LIFTING AND LEVELING EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT UTILIZES NON-CYLINDRICAL SUPPORT SECTIONS AND A VERTICALLY-ADJUSTABLE CAP THAT ENABLES THE BUILDING TO BE EASILY RAISED OR LOWERED TO A DESIRED HEIGHT An apparatus and a method are provided for lifting and leveling an existing building from a position underneath the existing building. At least a first non-cylindrical support section having a substantially rectangular shape and first and second ends is l... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6594963 | Self supporting privacy wall system An outdoor privacy wall that includes at least one self supporting panel mounted on multiple, spaced apart footings disposed in the ground. The panel features a rectangular shape and has opposing faces bounded by parallel upper and lower edges and a pair ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6591564 | Ground-anchor brace system for modular buildings A pier support system comprises a support pier with a load-spreading plate that is laterally braced at the top to an anchor plate pinned to the ground just under the periphery of a modular building. The support pier is placed directly under the support gi... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6571521 | Wall system and components thereof A wall system including at least a first brick fence segment. The first brick fence segment is formed from a plurality of bricks adhered together by mortar. The wall system further includes at least a first block column connected to the first brick fence ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6564519 | Shear wall construction A shear wall construction and method for assembling the same is disclosed. A plywood sheet includes close laterally-spaced pairs of vertical studs or posts proximate each lateral end. A channel-defining member is fitted and fixed between the spaced studs.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6550199 | Permanent foundation system for manufactured housing Systems and methods for anchoring or affixing a manufactured home to the land it is located on in a permanent or substantially permanent manner. A foundation for the manufactured home is provided by excavating a plurality of parallel trenches in a spaced ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550201 | Deck construction A deck construction including a plurality of supports for anchoring deck construction elements to a building site. The supports include a body (which may be an integrally molded concrete pier) having upper and lower portions. The upper portion includes at... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546686 | Balanced stabilization system The stabilization system includes a foundation platform (16) that supports a pier (18), with the pier in turn supporting the joists (12) of a premanufactured building structure (10). Cleat walls (25-28) at the edges of the central body portion of the foun... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6536170 | Manufactured home foundation A foundation system for a manufactured home utilizing a plurality of elongated footings extending transversely of the home and support blocks which may be pushed along the footings into proper position for attachment to the structural beams of the manufac... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6523322 | Method for building construction The subject of the invention is a method house building by using the construction elements prepared outside of the building site. The method consists of preparing the construction elements including beams, studs, and boards outside of the building site. T... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6508043 | Building construction system and method A building construction system including a pair of rigid vertical frame members secured to an underlying support surface, a connection trough defined between the vertical frame members, a horizontal suspension member also extending between the vertical fr... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6457291 | Floor frame structural support assembly and a method of making the same A floor frame structural support assembly having a plurality of substantially parallel, longitudinal support members or beams, each of the support members having an inside-directed and an outside-directed wall surface, the inside-directed wall surfaces of... | 10/01/2002 |
