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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122662 | Low-cost, energy-efficient building panel assemblies comprised of load and non-load bearing substituent panels This invention relates to building materials and methods. A building assembly for constructing a building includes load bearing structural panels joined and finished with a non-load bearing panels. The load bearing panels comprise a structural concrete insulating pa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8082713 | Weep screed corner A screed corner comprises a screed base including substantially perpendicular nailing flanges and a bead leg extending away from each nailing flange. The bead has a horizontally disposed V-shaped cross section. A separate screed corner component is provided to be se... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7406805 | Banding bead A step bead comprising: A) an elongated base having opposed front and back top and bottom longitudinal edges; B) a first rear vertical flange extending upwardly from the top rear longitudinal edge; C) a second rear vertical flange extending downwardly from the botto... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7251918 | Fixing bracket for joining wooden building components A fixing bracket is described for joining wooden building components to each other and to a substrate, particularly of the kind used for joining boards used to cover balconies and decks outdoors. It is essential that the fixing bracket is a double angle consisting o... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7194845 | Stucco wall building arrangement The present invention comprises a stucco wall structure for a building. The wall substrate is arranged for receipt of subsequent layers of surface material. The margin or periphery of said wall to be treated has a screed attached thereto. A sprayed-on coating of ure... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182320 | Integrated cable guardrail system A cable integrated guardrail system for highway guardrail. The rail of the system contains at least one cut section placed longitudinally along the panel, and of sufficient dimension as to allow interaction with a cable. Said cut sections also act to reduce longitud... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165793 | Door jamb security plate A reinforcing plate comprising an elongated portion adapted to be secured to a door jamb; a plurality of tabs perpendicular to the door jamb and adapted to be secured to one or more studs adjacent the door jamb; and an L-shaped connecting portion between each tab an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7131624 | Landscape edging form assembly and method A landscape edging form assembly for forming a concrete edging in place, includes first and second sidewalls and a series of flexible connectors extending between and interconnecting the sidewalls. The flexible connectors are spaced apart from each other in the dire... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7086203 | Support A support apparatus (10) for providing a robust load bearing support for screed rails (12) during the laying of concrete in which the height of the screed rails can be accurately adjusted and supported so as to allow the screed rails to be used for car... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7036284 | Stucco casing bead An improved curtain wall casing bead for installation on buildings having stucco or similar curtain wall exteriors. The improved curtain wall casing bead incorporates a mesh attached to at least the base portion of the casing or starter bead, which mesh extends beyo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007434 | Building structure element and stiffening plate elements for such an element A prefabricated, supporting building structure element, such as wall elements (11), floor structures (47) or the like includes a reinforced concrete slab (13) having a plurality of discrete, parallel, horizontally separated, not mutually joined,... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000361 | Method of creating a concrete paved area A method of providing a paved area having a predetermined set of surface features. The method begins with the pouring of wet concrete into a predetermined area. Then a predetermined thickness of the wet concrete is removed in a predetermined portion of the predeterm... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001558 | Counter top mold and method of using same A mold for producing a finished countertop on top of a countertop substrate is provided. The mold is comprised of a shaped inner surface to receive a countertop material pour and form a countertop edge and a tab extending from the shaped inner surface, the tab dimen... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6948291 | Plastic slab bolster upper A slab bolster upper for supporting rebar in a reinforced concrete structure while the concrete is poured and thereafter cures, is of molded plastic construction and is formed with horizontal and vertical voids that facilitate concrete placement and break up potenti... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6874288 | Concrete deck depression form system A system and method for forming changes in elevation in a concrete slab includes one or more channels having substantially parallel bottom and top edges. The bottom and top edges include bent ends and a number of spaced apertures are formed in the bottom and top edg... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6796095 | Tile mounting strip An elongate tile mounting strip that includes a center body with two extension edges, the extension edges being oriented substantially perpendicular to one another and positioned at opposite corners of the body. A first of the extension edges and a substantially per... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6718699 | Placing inadvertently omitted ventilation strip An improved ventilation strip for providing a soffit vent on a building. The ventilation strip includes an elongated perforated panel having a substantially planar upper surface and flanges extending laterally there from. A lip is provided on the lower surface of th... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6609341 | Contoured stucco reveal A stucco reveal system that can be assembled in a pattern which defines visual breaks between panels of applied stucco. The stucco reveal system includes individual strips of contoured stucco reveal constructed of extruded vinyl or metal that have the qua... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6502359 | Dowel placement apparatus for concrete slabs An expendable concrete dowel placement apparatus comprising a concrete form and a dowel holder capable of quickly positioning a dowel perpendicular to the surface of the concrete form, thereby allowing the finished concrete slab to expand and contract rel... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6397542 | Adjustable screed An adjustable screed with a flexible body (suited for use in cut-out areas) or a rigid body (suited for use adjacent to wall-like structures), a horizontal adjustment mechanism for establishing a horizontal plane for the screed and for securely maintainin... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393788 | Adjustable screed An adjustable screed with a body having a top rail and a bottom rail; a horizontal adjustment mechanism for establishing a horizontal plane for the screed and for securely maintaining the horizontal plane; a vertical stabilizing mechanism for attaching th... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6385932 | Streamlined weep screed A weep screed for use in exterior construction has a vertical member and upper and lower outwardly projecting flanges affixed to the vertical member. The vertical member is adapted to be form-fit to the base of a vertical wall overlying a concrete foundat... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6338229 | Wall strip with raised bead for plaster screeding comprising two nailing strips connected by a riser strip configuration Articles are disclosed for preparing a uniform thickness bed of mortar or `mud` on a wall to receive a facing material. The article includes a first edge oriented lengthwise along the stock for contact against the surface of a first wall to be faced, and ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6018922 | Mounting for attaching a facing material to a wall An improved mounting for attaching a facing material to a wall. The wall comprises a plurality of interlocking foam blocks with each of the plurality of interlocking foam blocks having an inner and an outer block surface for defining an inner and outer wa... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5910087 | Control joint for forming concrete A control joint for forming and controlling concrete structures such as floors and tilt-up walls. The joint has a base and an upstanding web with an off-set section and is preferably extruded from plastic. In alternate embodiments, the joint has a base an... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5816002 | Edge strip An edge strip for being mounted along a base structure includes a first axially extending flange and a second axially extending flange obliquely extending from the first flange. The second flange includes a first support configured for being mounted adjac... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5660019 | Concrete smoothing apparatus An apparatus and methodology for smoothing relatively small pads of freshly laid concrete. The apparatus comprises a pair of broom assemblies joined by a gang bar structure and each pivotally movable on the gang bar structure between first and second angu... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5630297 | Universal weep screed A weep screed for use in exterior construction has a vertical member, an outwardly projecting member, and an inwardly projecting member which is susceptible of being form-fit to a concrete foundation. The inwardly projecting member has a plurality of groo... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5433051 | Supporting element for use in casting concrete floors A supporting element for use in casting concrete floors on a foundation includes a base member and a distinct top member supported by the base member. The top member has an elongated top sliding plane surface allowing a concrete leveling device to be move... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5423154 | Banding Bead A banding bead which is attachable to a base structure for providing a guide and form for retaining plaster or other plastic materials thereagainst at two different heights. The banding bead includes a base portion and a generally planar elongated support... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5339589 | Aggregate floor and method for forming same An aggregate floor including terrazzo and the like and a method for forming the floor on a supporting surface, the floor including a layer of flexible compound applied to the surface, a reinforcement mesh positioned between divider strips and adjacent the... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5125619 | Pipe supporting element for use on form boards used in concrete pouring operations A pipe supporting element is releasably mounted on a top rim of a form board used to contain and support concrete during a drying and set up stage of a concrete pouring operation. The pipe supporting element supports a pipe away from the form board so con... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5060438 | Method and apparatus for supporting a tile counter cap support strip A channel shaped cap support strip for a cap strip of a tiled counter top is formed with a plurality of projecting tongues that are embedded within the adhesive that overlies the horizontal surface of the counter, with the body of the cap support strip ch... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5045374 | Drywall edge finishing strip A stiff plastic strip is formed to provide reinforcement for longitudinal edges at which interior drywall surfaces meet and for capping corners formed of sheets of wallboard meeting at orthogonal angles. A pair of laterally directed flanges extend in dive... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4863774 | Drywall tape with plastic bead An improved drywall tape is comprised of an elongated ribbon of porous paper tranversely corrugated throughout its length and having a fexible, elongated plastic bead secured to the ribbon of paper and extending longitudinally along the length of the pape... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4825612 | Reveal molding and trim structure A molding for drywall panels or the like has a channel to provide a reveal. To provide selected finish or color, a trim structure is provided that likewise has a channel configuration. The side walls of the trim structure and the side walls of the molding... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4785601 | Plaster control screed A plaster screed is made of two metal parts of uniform cross-sectional configuration. The two parts overlap, each part providing one of the sides of the channels. The first part provides a laterally projecting attaching flange as well as the channel botto... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4763455 | Interior corner drywall bead An elongate thin strip, with two similar flanges forming a 90° angle, each flange having a shallow step whereby a recessed area for joint compound is provided, when used as a drywall inside corner bead.... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4638545 | Procedure for coating and heat insulating of walls and ceilings, etc., and device for carrying out the procedure A method of applying an insulation coating to a wall surface comprises applying strips of a length or height of the insulation to be applied to the wall surface so that they are deposed outwardly of the wall surface up to the desired thickness of the insu... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4598517 | Floor laying arrangement An arrangement for use when casting concrete floors, particularly in locales having pillars, floor drains or the like. The arrangement includes straight concrete beams and sections of ring-like concrete beams which are intended to be incorporated in the r... | 07/08/1986 |
