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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7191571 | Modular construction blocks, building structures, kits, and methods for forming building structures The modular construction blocks include a preform having a plurality of passageways therethrough. The preforms may by formed from a plastic material and filled with concrete and steel reinforcing bars to form footings, foundations, girders, walls, and roofs. The mod... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168218 | Mortarless fence block system Concrete molded fence blocks are provided having cores for receiving mortar or aggregate, and pin openings for receiving pins that interlock and align abutting courses of blocks in a fence block system. Groups of a column of blocks form a column support. Standard bl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6161342 | Prefabricated concrete element for building a civil engineering structure having an arched wall A civil engineering structure having an arched wall including a plurality of curve shaped elements. Each element bears against one or more other similar elements and has a recess arranged in an outer face for casting a concrete assembly capping piece and ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5950397 | Building panels A building panel (1) has an upper edge (4) adapted to interlock with a lower edge (6) of a vertically adjacent substantially identical panel (1). The lower edge (6) of the panel (1) is adapted to interlock with a vertically adjacent substantially identica... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5887404 | Precast concrete wall panel A wall system comprising a plurality of wall panels. Each panel has a vertically extending pilaster formed integrally with one end, defining a vertically open hollow core area of sufficient size for forming a concrete cast-in-situ column for supporting th... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5765333 | Unitized post and panel building system A high strength insulated building structure. The building structure uses a rigid foam building panels having kerfs on each side. The kerfs on the rigid foam building panels are complementary in shape to pre-cured jacketed concrete posts. The pre-cured ja... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5465545 | Wall structure fabricating system and prefabricated form for use therein A multi-component modular system for use in fabricating wall structures of the type which may be fortified with concrete or other similar materials. The system includes in one embodiment a plurality of identical prefabricated forms, each form comprising a... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5357728 | Jointing of building panels and sheets An improved panel jointing system wherein panels (10,11) are provided with profiled edge portions comprising tongue formations (12) and recesses (13) which are of complementary shape to the tongues (12), the tongues (12) of one panel being receivable in t... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5311718 | Form for use in fabricating wall structures and a wall structure fabrication system employing said form A multi-component modular system for use in fabricating wall structures of the type which may be fortified with concrete or other similar materials. The system includes a plurality of plastic prefabricated forms, each form comprising an elongated, general... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5281459 | Safety tile, as well as cover plate to be used therewith The invention relates to a safety tile, including a tile body of rigid material, such as concrete, and a cover plate provided with an enclosing edge and being of an elastically flexible material, such as rubber. The cover plate has ribs integrally formed ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5154468 | Polymeric articulated beverage body door An articulated door covers storage bays of a beverage body. The articulated door is formed by engaging a plurality of polymeric panel sections into a sequence such that a hinge is formed between adjoining panel sections. Each hinge allows adjacent panel s... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4769961 | Building block and structure made therefrom There is described a building block, notably shuttering blocks to be laid dry, having at the one end thereof a fork and at the other end thereof, adjacent the side edges thereof, recesses wherein the free fork ends from another block substantially of the ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4754591 | Construction and repair of refractory structures, in particular heated structures The invention provides a method of building or repairing refractory brickwork structures that are subjected to local differences in thermal expansion. The brickwork joints are made with a suitable sintering refractory mortar and in most or all of the join... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4485604 | Modular building elements which form when assembled a network of conglomerate or reinforced concrete to form a bearing structure which is also anti-seismic Modular building elements which form when assembled a network of conglomerate or reinforced concrete as a bearing structure which is also anti-seismic. The modular elements are to be used for constructing flat or flat and/or vaulted brickwork, with or wit... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4442644 | Frame member for use with construction blocks A frame member for a door or window wherein the member is for use within a wall formed of consumable building blocks. The frame member includes upright structural column jambs and a header member extending between the jambs and united thereto and tie mean... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4433521 | Building component, method of construction and wall formed thereby A method is disclosed for quickly and easily forming a load bearing, insulated wall comprising self-aligning, load bearing insulated building components. In specific embodiments, the building components define a wall having internal vertical cores which c... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4425748 | Building block set and method for building with such a block set There is described a building block set which comprises at least two block types formed by base blocks and/or joined base blocks comprised of a united combination of identical or different base blocks, a first base block having a portion in the shape of a... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4413454 | Prefabricated frame and a multi-storey building including said frame The frame comprises two uprights having a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional shape and two rails. The upper rail has a U-section and the lower rail constitutes a solid beam which is capable of fitting in the U-section of the upper rail of a subjacent f... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4295313 | Building blocks, wall structures made therefrom and methods of making the same A building block and masonry wall constructed therefrom are provided wherein the building block has a pair of spaced opposite generally parallel side walls, spaced top and bottom faces and a pair of end spaces, a pair of spaced apart ribs on said top face... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4237670 | Building block set and method for building with such a block set There is described a building block set which comprises at least two block types formed by base blocks and/or joined base blocks comprised of a united combination of identical or different base blocks, a first base block having a portion in the shape of a... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4074503 | Brick laying device A brick laying device comprises a rectangular frame which fits on a course of bricks. The central aperture in the frame defines a trough for a mortar layer to be laid on top of the bricks. At least one longitudinally extending member of the frame has a ri... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4057946 | Bottle for building construction A modular system of bottles having a predetermined neck configuration and indentations in the bottom and side walls to receive the end of a neck of an abutting bottle to automatically center and space the bottles apart by a distance corresponding to that ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4047347 | Wall or ceiling panel construction Panel constructions comprising wall or ceiling panels of, for example, fire resistive material such as gypsum board wherein at least one of the lateral edges of one panel has secured thereto a female mounting member and at least one opposed lateral edge o... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4004392 | Molded plastic key molded joint and method of forming same In a plastic key joint wherein edge portions of two adjacent strakes are in relatively superposed, interfitted, edgewise engagement with each other in a manner to define a fully enclosed keyway therebetween, the present invention resides in deforming, pre... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3962842 | Mortarless interlocking blocks Mortarless interlocking blocks for making a wall assembly composed of masonry blocks laid up in multiple courses and consisting of stretcher blocks making up longitudinal walls which converge at the corners in corner blocks which are formed as right hand ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3950908 | Floor or wall covering panel A safety panel assembly for covering the walls or floors of areas such as playgrounds and the like is formed with a rigid planar carrier element having a spaced resilient covering element mounted thereto. The carrier element has recesses into which mounti... | 04/20/1976 |
