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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308778 | Metal stud frame A metallic stud for use in the framing of structures, the stud definable in terms of an x, y, z coordinate system, in which the z-axis corresponds to the gravity vector. The metallic stud includes a z-axis elongate generally rectangular integral xz plane web having ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7278244 | Concrete stud wall system A concrete stud wall system includes elongated mounting strips having mounting brackets that are pressure inserted through longitudinally spaced slots in the outer flanges of the studs and tracks for attaching a reinforcing mesh and encapsulated by a poured concrete... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7231746 | Sheet metal stud and composite construction panel and method Steel studs for use in construction having a web, main web openings through the web, a right angular flange formed on a free edge of the web, and depressions in the web and depression openings in the depressions. An alternate form of stud has a triangular tube struc... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7051484 | Metal stud frame element construction panel The instant invention relates to a metallic stud frame construction panel definable in terms of an x, y, z coordinate system. Each stud of the panel includes a z-axis elongate substantially rectangular integral steel web within a yz plane and further includes (i) a ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040066 | Structure formed of foaming cement and lightweight steel and a structural system and method of forming the structural system A foaming cement (1), cooperates with the steel member (5), forms the fender structure (111), which could solely resist the load in horizontal or vertical direction, or cooperate with the columniation (222). The whole lightweight steel ( | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028439 | Channel-reinforced concrete wall panel system A wall system employing channel-reinforced lightweight precast concrete wall panels. The precast wall panels include a concrete slab, a pair of spaced-apart elongated generally parallel metallic side channels, and a plurality of spaced-apart elongated generally para... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6907698 | Building system and method of constructing a multi-walled structure A building system including a plurality of supports structured to be vertically disposed in an underlying surface in spaced apart relation from one another, and a plurality of support headers removably disposed on an exposed end of each of the supports. Each support... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6837013 | Lightweight precast concrete wall panel system Wall system employing lightweight precast concrete wall panels. The precast wall panels include a concrete slab and a plurality of spaced-apart elongated generally parallel bent sheet metal channels that are partially embedded in the slab. Each wall panel can be cou... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6729094 | Pre-fabricated building panels and method of manufacturing A prefabricated concrete panel for use in forming the walls, floor, roof, ceiling, and/or foundation of a building is provided. The prefabricated concrete panel includes a concrete slab, a metal mesh embedded in the slab, an insulating panel adjacent to a surface of... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6390438 | End latch for removable support for concrete slab construction and method A removable support structure for concrete slab fabrication is described. A horizontally length adjustable latch device may be secured to both ends of shoring girders or shoring beams, or to just one end with a fixed in place latch secured at the other en... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6216404 | Slip joint and hose stream deflector assembly An elongated C-shaped structural member for cooperation with the inner wall or partition and ceiling of a structure to confine a fire and prevent its spreading, the C-shaped structural member having an intumescent thermal gasket positioned on its outer ve... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6112489 | Monocoque concrete structures A monocoque concrete structure includes a core structure comprised of foam panels presenting opposite sides and arranged in a desired shape of the monocoque concrete structure. A layer of concrete is applied to each of the opposite sides of the core struc... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6047510 | Load-bearing structural panel and stucco substrate, and building wall containing the same A load bearing-metal panel and stucco substrate cooperates with adjacent panels to form load bearing studs that are interconnected by a metal lath stucco substrate to which stucco can be applied, each panel being generally in the form of a channel in whic... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5906076 | Removable support for concrete slab construction and method A removable support structure for concrete slab fabrication is described. A latch device secured to the ends of both shoring girders and shoring beams permits rapid and accurate placement of the shoring support across a span to be structured in concrete. ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 4958961 | Anchoring arrangement for a rod-shaped tension member formed of fiber reinforced composite material A rod-shaped tension member formed of fiber reinforced composite material is utilized as an anchoring rod in foundation and mining construction, or as a reinforcing member in concrete and prestressed concrete construction. At least, in an axially extendin... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4885884 | Building panel assembly A panel is described for use as a building component. It comprises: (a) a plurality of C-shaped sheet steel channel beams each having a central web and an inner and outer edge flange, said inner flanges having cuts therein at longitudinally spaced locatio... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4494353 | Method of manufacturing and building preformed modular building wall sections Building frame units and building structures using such frame-units as load bearing wall sections or wall panels are disclosed. The frame units comprise metal sections providing longitudinal frame members, each framemembers and interconnecting means defin... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4068429 | Wall and wall part An upright-wall, ceiling or roof made of panels fastened together along contacting panel edges. Each panel is made of a can-supporting planar element (a sheet of plywood, masonite, plastic or the like), reinforcing bars defining outer edges of the panel, ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3962841 | Insulated decking structure and method An insulated decking structure and method using a sheet metal structural shape as a purlin or sub-purlin which is symmetrical about a vertical bisecting plane and having a central vertical web, two legs projecting downwardly from the bottom of said web at... | 06/15/1976 |
