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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171693 | Interlocking masonry blocks The present invention provides a block useful in the construction of walls and structures that is shaped in the general form of a rectangular solid. A horizontal channel extends along the entire length dimension of the block, open coincident with the top of the bloc... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7337589 | Interlocking blocks for construction Interlocking blocks for construction preferably include an in-line block, a corner block, an offset block and end blocks. The in-line block includes a connector extension disposed on one end and a connector cavity formed on the opposite end thereof. The connector ca... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328537 | Wall block, system and method A wall block includes an upper surface spaced apart from a substantially parallel lower surface, opposed first and second faces, and opposed side surfaces converging between respective ends of the first and second faces. Blocks in a wall may be stacked on top of eac... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7290377 | Block connector A block connector for pre-cast building blocks comprising a top body portion to be fitted into the bottom surface groove of an upper block and a bottom body portion to be fitted into the top surface groove of a lower block. The top and bottom body portions define th... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7222465 | Building board A board suitable for installation on the side of a building has a front surface suitable for exposure to the weather, a rear surface, an upper end and a lower end, wherein the board has a stacking foot at either the upper end or lower end of the board, and has a sta... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204060 | System for manufacturing structures of cementitious materials This disclosure is a system which includes processes, machines, articles of manufacture and compositions of matter required to construct a habitable structure comprised of a cementitious product, preferably autoclaved aerated concrete (“AAC”), formed in unique b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7171786 | Window well A modular window well arrangement includes one or more window well members. The window well members can be interconnected in a vertically stacked arrangement to provide the required overall height. Snap-connectors interconnect the vertically adjacent window well mem... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7069701 | Groundwork frame structure An improved groundwork frame comprises a protruded bar each disposed in the middle of the top of an upper board and a lower board; an embedding groove being disposed in the middle of the bottom of the groundwork frame and corresponsive to the protruded bar; an upper... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6996945 | Self interlocking block system A self interlocking block system wherein blocks with one or more apertures are interconnected by inserting a hollow peg through the aligned apertures of two vertically adjacent blocks such that a portion of the hollow peg extends into the aperture of the top block a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6962028 | Interlocking masonry articles and methods thereof Each of a plurality of masonry article comprises a contoured first header, a contoured second header, a contoured front face, a back face, a contoured lower base and an upper base. The plurality of masonry articles has a plurality of holes extending from the lower b... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6948282 | Interlocking building block The present building block has at least one inner core, a secondary or end core portion, and an interlock protruding from one face and forming a portion of the periphery of at least one of the inner cores. When placed end to end and at the same level, building block... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6931803 | Modular building system A modular building system includes a plurality of extruded plastic beams that are stacked and interlocked using a tongue and groove interengagement. Plastic connecting components are provided for interlocking the horizontal beams to a vertical column. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6860073 | Structure of a combinative interlocking board enclosing vertical and horizontal pipes A structure of a combinative interlocking board containing vertical and horizontal pipes is disclosed. The piping within the board divides the board into a middle region and two side regions, and the middle region is a piping passage for conduits and the piping conn... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6758020 | Flexible interlocking wall system A masonry wall system is disclosed incorporating a plurality of courses of masonry blocks, each block has vertical and horizontal interlocking structures with mating surfaces (11, 15, 16, 17). The main block, has a stabilizing slot. Metal reinforcement tendon... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6711865 | Interlocking blocks A modular construction unit including an assembly of a multiplicity of interlocking blocks, at least one of the blocks including, on at least one male end, a male element adapted to be introduced partially and held in place in a concave female element provided in an... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6679022 | Building block or panel A building block or panel having a shape of a parallelpiped including four edge faces (11, 13, 15 and 17) and two opposed major faces (19 and 21), the edge faces being formed to be interlockingly engageable with the edge faces on similar building blocks, ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6571525 | Construction block A system for modular construction provided by interconnectable and stackable polymeric blocks having end and side walls connected to a top wall, and exterior and interior cylinders. The exterior cylinders are matable with the interior cylinders of a conne... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6564526 | Accelerated log building method A method of building a log structure using naturally-shaped logs is provided. The method involves stacking layers of the log structure upon one another in a rough approximation of the final desired positioning, determining the distance of the greatest gap... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6523312 | Wall forming system for retaining and non-retaining concrete walls A novel wall forming system for retaining and non-retaining concrete walls (19) comprising of at least one flat wall foam panel (22), at least one radius wall foam panel (23), at least one corner wall foam panel (24) having the following features; a rod--... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6523317 | Wall block with interlock A wall block arranged to be stacked vertically for creation of a retaining wall, the block being of generally trapezoidal configuration having parallelly arranged front and rear surfaces along with opposed top and bottom surfaces. The top surface has fron... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6412241 | Accelerated log building method A method of building a log structure using naturally-shaped logs is provided. The method involves stacking layers of the log structure upon one another in a rough approximation of the final desired positioning, determining the distance of the greatest gap... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6250035 | Modular system for the creation or cladding of wall, ceiling and/or floor surfaces and the construction of functional surfaces and functional walls A modular system that includes a plurality of modular elements that can be coupled together in a hidden manner with respect to the visible side. The modules are formed as areal, frame-like or three-dimensional shaped parts and are freely combinable with o... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6240693 | Interlocking and insulating form pattern assembly for creating a wall structure for receiving poured concrete and method for producing a form pattern assembly An interlocking and insulating form pattern assembly used in creating a wall structure for receiving a poured concrete. A first elongate form structure has a substantially rectangular configuration with a height, a length and a width. The first form struc... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6122879 | Snap together insulated panels A refrigeration panel system is provided having a first panel and a second panel. Each of the panels has an insulated core and a top and bottom metal skin attached to the insulation core. The first panel includes a groove at an end of the insulation core ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6109519 | Sectional precast concrete security mailbox A modular precast decorative security mailbox column has a base, a midsection, and a top section stacked on one another to define a completed column. The midsection of the column defines an interior compartment and mail deposited through the mail receptac... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6088987 | Modular building materials Building materials of modules of at least one mortise and tenon and either a curvilinear side face or joinder of the modules at angles other than zero and ninety degrees. Lateral ends of the modules are flush with lateral ends of adjacent modules. Prefera... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082067 | Dry stackable block structures A stackable block structure system for dry stacking concrete reinforced walls which provides for alignment and leveling during construction includes a stretcher block having a recess of triangular cross-sectional configuration formed on a bottom surface a... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6070376 | Interfitting wooden and log walls Wooden log walls are constructed from full or siding logs stacked one above the other. The logs engage each other at connecting portions including an interior loose tongue and groove joint and downwardly curved cylindrical load supporting surfaces extendi... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6065262 | System for connecting juxtapposed sectional boards System for connecting section boards, particularly panel-like elements having rectangular greater surfaces and horizontal greater sides to form partition walls includes two metal sections intended to connect a lower sectional board to an upper sectional b... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6023895 | Log interface and log walls and buildings constructed therefrom A log wall and log building construction utilizing an improved log having a base with a central chordal surface that runs longitudinally along the log and a channel extending into the log on each side of the chordal base surface. The channels define an ou... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5987840 | Self-aligning block A self-aligning block that includes a body that has at least one mortise therein, and at least one tenon that extends from the body. A respective tenon of one self-aligning block is received in a respective mortise in the bottom surface of the body of a n... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5960604 | Interlocking masonry unit and wall Blocks are provided which can be assembled to form a wall without the use of skilled labor. The blocks are assembled with an adhesive caulk, which forms a watertight gasket around the wall. This design can withstand winds and earthquakes better than a sta... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5941038 | Modular system for the creation or cladding of wall, ceiling and/or floor surfaces and the construction of functional surfaces and functional walls A modular system that includes a plurality of modular elements that can be coupled together in a hidden manner with respect to the visible side. The modules are formed as areal, frame-like or three-dimensional shaped parts and are freely combinable with o... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5802797 | Dry-stackable masonry unit and methods of manufacture and use A masonry system in which specially shaped brick are dry-stacked and subsequently bonded by pouring mortar or grout into apertures in the brick to flow through the stacked structure to surround the individual brick leaving the front and rear faces exposed... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5685119 | Wall construction system A wall construction includes a plurality of shaped bricks for dry attachment to one another. Each said brick has a first bearing surface which includes a groove formed with a recess, and a second bearing surface in substantially parallel relationship to t... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5680735 | Modular buiding system A modular building system comprising one or more wall panels having a top edge defining one of a male or female configuration and a bottom edge defining the other one of a male or female configuration such that the top edge of one wall panel can mate with... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5651642 | Concrete building blocks A concrete building block (10) having a top (12), a bottom (14), substantially identical first and second end portions (16, 18) and a central portion (20). First and second end portions (16, 18) each have a connector pin (28, 34) and a complementary conne... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5199239 | Housing seal interface The joint between two nearly rigid, mating walls has a tongue on one wall's surface and a groove on the other wall's surface which have special cross section shapes cooperating to resist penetration of the joint by fluids such as water. At least one of th... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5159801 | Mortar securing building brick A building brick includes a through-extending bore of a trapezoidal cross-sectional configuration to ease removal of a building brick from a mold during fabrication. The central bore permits the stacking of the building bricks to include the bottom wall i... | 11/03/1992 |
| 4903447 | Log profile and log structure incorporating said log profile A log for use in log construction is disclosed. The log comprises upper and lower, opposed major faces, a surface adapted to be an exterior, vertically extending surface in such a log construction, cooperating means provided on the upper and lower major f... | 02/27/1990 |
