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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166718 | Horizontally engineered hardwood floor and method of installation Horizontally engineered floor boards are provided by this invention. The floor board includes a top decorative layer placed on a plurality of strips. The plurality of strips are arranged to have some in X-axis orientation and some in Y-axis orientation. The pluralit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161702 | Expansion-compensating deck fastener The present invention is an anchoring biscuit device for joining three boards. It includes, (a) an at least partially flat horizontal top element having an imaginary center line, having opposite side walls, and having a top view footprint adapted to be inserted into... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146310 | Noise control flooring system A noise control flooring system is presented herein for reducing noise transmission in a building structure that contains the system. The system comprises a solid substrate layer, a compressible layer overlying at least a portion of the substrate layer, and an entan... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8056292 | Low relflected-sound-pressure-level, low moisture-vapor-transmission-rate flooring system A flooring system having a top floor layer, a sub-floor, and an underlayment material disposed between the sub-floor and the top floor layer is disclosed. The underlayment material may include a cross-linked, polyolefin foam having a moisture vapor transmission rate... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7987645 | Noise isolating underlayment A noise-reducing substrate for use in a flooring system which ha a subfloor and a floating floor upper layer. The substrate comprises a series of edge butted panels, each having a bottom surface, a top surface and side surfaces. A profile in the bottom surface of th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7886493 | Chain operator housing A stop member for an operator chain in a chain operator, wherein the operator chain has a width, rivet holes and rivets, constitutes a pin arranged in a rivet hole not occupied by a rivet in the operator chain, wherein the pin has a length exceeding the width of the... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7874113 | Expansion-compensating deck fastener The present invention is an anchoring biscuit device for joining three boards. It includes, (a) an at least partially flat horizontal top element having an imaginary center line, having opposite side walls, and having a top view footprint adapted to be inserted into... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866104 | Base structure for squash courts A base structure for a ball court, and in particular a squash court, with a supporting structure resting on a base and a floor forming a playing surface resting on the supporting structure. The floor comprises a plurality of safety glass panes laid adjacent each oth... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861477 | Method for making a sound-insulating load-bearing floor A method for making a sound-insulating load-bearing floor, includes the following steps: providing a load-bearing floor; applying a sound-insulating material onto the load-bearing floor so as to form a substantially continuous coating layer; allowing the substantial... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7849646 | Gymnastic floor structure A gymnastic floor structure includes an elastic collective floor substrate 30 having a given area formed by arranging a plurality of plywood unit floor panels 3 equipped with a plurality of elastically supporting leg members 2 provided on a bott... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7827751 | Moisture barrier underlayment with intermediate layer to accommodate expansion and contraction A sound and/or moisture barrier underlayment suited for use on a roof or floor surface to provide a substantially flat and level surface, comprises at least first and second strips of insulation membranes (10) laid down one next to the other in a coplanar rel... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7775007 | System for joining building panels The invention relates to a system for laying and mechanically joining building panels, especially thin, hard, floating floors. Adjacent joint edges (3, 4) of two panels (1, 2) engage each other to provide a first mechanical connection locking the joint... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7735280 | Shock absorber for sports floor A shock absorber for a sports floor assembly. The shock absorber has a base portion and a truncated pyramid portion. The base portion is formed of an elastomeric material and is connectable to a sub-flooring of the floor assembly with the second side positioned adja... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735281 | Sub-floor assemblies for sports flooring systems A sub-floor assembly for a sports flooring system includes a plurality of sub-floor panel components each formed of a plastic material and each having a formed channel wherein the formed channels of the plurality of sub-floor panel components are linearly aligned. A... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735279 | Polymer-based composite structural underlayment board and flooring system A building flooring system includes a plurality of polymer-based composite structural underlayment boards overlaying and secured to a building subfloor to form an underlayment layer over the building subfloor and a nonstructural finish-flooring layer overlaying and ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7703252 | Sub-floor assemblies for sports flooring systems A sub-floor assembly for a sports flooring system includes a plurality of sub-floor panel components each formed of a plastic material and each having a formed channel wherein the formed channels of the plurality of sub-floor panel components are linearly aligned. A... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7694480 | Panel-type subfloor for athletic floor An athletic floor uses a panel-type subfloor to secure directly to a concrete base. The panel-type sections include upper and lower rigid layers which sandwich a resilient layer. The rigidity of the lower layer spans most uneven spots in the floor, while the resilie... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7624552 | Floor covering The invention concerns hard panels for floor coverings, which are provided, at least on two opposite edges, with coupling parts made in one piece with the panels wherein similar panels may be coupled together to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling parts pr... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7578105 | Expansion-compensating deck fastener The present invention is an anchoring biscuit device for joining three boards. It includes, (a) an at least partially flat horizontal top element having an imaginary center line, having opposite side walls, and having a top view footprint adapted to be inserted into... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7398625 | Locking system for floorboards The invention relates to a locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards (1, 1′), a floorboard having such a locking system and a flooring made of such floorboards. The locking system has mechanical cooperating means (36, 38; 6, 8, 14) for ver... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7383663 | Anchor sheet and attachment devices A method and apparatus for connecting anchor sheets to each other and/or to a floor. The approach includes using attachment pieces which fit into an area of reduced thickness of the anchor sheet which surround a cut away of the anchor sheet. In one embodiment, the a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7356971 | Locking system for floorboards A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards includes horizontal joining of a first and a second joint edge portion of a first and a second floorboard respectively at a vertical joint plane; vertical joining of the first and second joint edge portions; whe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350853 | Floor module for a vehicle The present invention is directed to a floor module for a vehicle having a floor plate, already cut to size and ready for installation, which is integrally connected to at least one mounting rail. The floor plate is preferable bonded to at least one mounting rail, w... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7316056 | Method for anchoring wood floors An improved method for anchoring to a concrete base a wood floor attachment member having top and bottom sides, a number of passthrough holes, and compressible pads attached to its bottom side. The method uses pointed fasteners having radially projecting heads and s... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7278246 | Nesting closure strip The closure strip having a pair of longitudinal side walls with undulating top edges configured to mate with the corrugations of corrugated sheet material. The side walls are interconnected by a plurality of support ribs. The side walls are also angled outward towar... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278252 | Nonslip article for a stirrup A stirrup includes a footrest as well as a hanger for suspending the stirrup from a saddle. A shock absorber is provided for the footrest and has protrusions which impart a nonslip character to the shock absorber. The protrusions have respective ends which face away... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279065 | Method for forming bi-layered fiber and foam carpet underlay The present invention relates to a method for forming a bi-layered carpet underlay. More particularly, the method includes bonding a layer of non-woven fibers and a layer of re-bonded foam particles together to form the bi-layered carpet underlay. The layers of the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7257929 | Assembling module for floor or wall coverings A module includes at least an associated two-layer structure with one first layer being a polymer base layer highly loaded with mineral fillers contributing to the rigidity of the module, and a second layer made from a printed polymer film defining the decorative pa... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255897 | Use of aqueous polyurethane dispersions is formulations for sports floor coverings The invention relates to the use of aqueous, isocyanate-free, polyurethane dispersions with a solid content of ≧30 wt. % and a solvent content of ≦10 wt. % in sports floor coverings. The inventive polyurethane dispersions are particularly suitable for use as bon... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245484 | Method and apparatus for spacing a display from a chassis in an information handling system A spacer apparatus comprises a rigid base member including a stop surface located on a top portion of the base member and a resilient member coupled to the rigid base member, the resilient member positioned adjacent the stop surface. The spacer apparatus may be inst... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243468 | System to lay out the position of glass blocks for construction of a glass block wall The present application discloses curb components that represent various shapes of glass blocks to be used in the construction of a curb for a glass block wall, along with a system and method for laying out the curb components. The curb components can be fitted toge... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244076 | Method for installing paving blocks A method of installing paving blocks comprises preparing an area to be paved to a desired grade. A preformed, load-bearing sheet of material, e.g., extruded polystyrene, is placed on the prepared area. Paving blocks are then laid in a desired pattern on the sheet of... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225591 | Flexible two-ply flooring system A two-ply flooring plank is disclosed having two layers or “plies” with a bottom layer having a grain that runs generally transverse to a top layer or “cross-ply” to provide dimensional stability to the plank. The bottom layer includes a number of strips sec... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219479 | Avoiding cracking and curling in concrete flooring upon which water-based adhesives are employed The invention provides a method for making a concrete floor slab using sub-grade waterproofing in a manner that favors the use of water-based adhesives for affixing floor covering materials. The method comprises casting a hydratable cementitious composition onto a f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7188456 | Cladding panel A tongue and groove cladding panel is described. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185466 | Sub-flooring assembly for sports floor and method of forming the same A sub-floor assembly having sub-floor panels that are adapted to be integrally overlapped while providing clearance for channel sections when the floor deflects under load. Clearance for the channel sections may be achieved by providing pockets in an upper layer of ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185469 | Modular raised wall paneling system The present invention is a new and novel modular raised wall paneling system and method of manufacture that is economical, labor non-intensive, and can be easily constructed for a variety of room configurations and dimensions. The modular raised wall paneling system... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181888 | Interconnected double hull construction for basements An interconnected double hull construction for the basement of a building. The double hull construction includes a plurality of interior wall boards attached to the interior face of the foundation walls in a manner adapted to provide communication between air passag... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159822 | Structural panels for use in aircraft fuselages and other structures Structural panels for use in manufacturing aircraft fuselages and other structures are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a structural panel configured in accordance with the invention includes a skin having at least one offset surface. The structural panel can fu... | 01/09/2007 |
| RE39439 | System for joining building boards The invention relates to a system for laying and mechanically joining building panels, especially thin, hard, floating floors. Adjacent joint edges (3, 4) of two panels (1, 2) engage each other to provide a first mechanical connection locking the joint... | 12/26/2006 |
