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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997035 | Window screen using woven image Improvements in a window screen are disclosed. The improvements include the use of a woven pattered window screen. The window screen design includes a woven non-geometric pattern to create a more visually appealing image when looking at and through the window screen... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984591 | Impact resistant sheet material The present invention provides an impact resistant sheet material that helps provide exterior walls of a building with resistance to impacts so that the building structure can meet building standards, such as the Miami-Dade County Large Missile Impact Test, for resi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7958678 | Building covered with resin films A building covered with resin films 10, comprises a frame 11 constituting the bone structure of a building and a roof and /or a wall formed by stretching transparent resin films 20 on the frame, wherein the lower edge portion of a transparent re... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7757439 | Fabric structures with tensioner and tensioner device A fabric covered rigid frame structure having at least three elongate rafters; at least one column supporting the rafters; a fabric cover; a cord system or a web system encircling the fabric cover; and at least one tensioner formed in an end of at least one elongate... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7676994 | Greenhouse The present invention provides an improved greenhouse, improving upon the shortcomings of a typical greenhouse with difficult assembly and handling. The greenhouse is assembled by a plurality of trusses, which are combined through a plurality of erection tubes along... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7600348 | Ballistic protection shelter A ballistic protection shelter includes a soft-walled shelter structure wherein soft wall and soft roof portions are supported on at least one rigid support member, and an internal shelter structure for disposition within the soft-walled shelter structure. The inter... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7520091 | Adaptable roof system A bang-bang servo system controls motors which provide drive for trucks on each end of a fabric support beam structure. A plurality of such truck/beam/fabric units comprise a retractable roof Separation of inner and outer truck guiding tracks/support platforms may b... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7430834 | Membrane-covered reservoir having a hatchway therein The membrane cover has fold lines therein intersecting the walls of the reservoir at intersection points. A geometric chord or secant joins two intersection points, and defines, with a portion of the walls of the reservoir, a static segment in the membrane cover. Th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7406978 | Environmental containment unit A portable enclosure, easily erectable and collapsible, to provide environment control and prevent contaminants from being released from the enclosure. The enclosure provides a flexible envelope attached to the interior of the space defined by vertical and horizonta... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7380562 | Tent with internal support An internal support structure for a tent having a shell is disclosed. The internal support structure comprises at least one internal support structure configured to provide structural support to the shell, the internal support structure having a pair of gussets each... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7325558 | Landfill site covering system The present invention provides a landfill site covering system. The system comprises a plurality of freely mobile support members (2) with a cable array (20 22, 24) secured to the support members (2) to form a supporting framework. Covering mate... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322154 | Cooling shade assembly and method of use thereof A shade assembly including reflective shade panels suspended above a roof or along an exterior wall of a building. The assembly also includes a shade box, such as one including an assembly of upright support posts and attached cables to which dark or reflective wate... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318443 | Pagoda-shaped umbrella A pagoda-shaped umbrella includes a center post, a crown fixed to an upper end of the center post, a runner movable along the center post, a plurality of ribs each coupled to the runner by a stretcher, and a canopy supported by the ribs. A canopy retainer is mounted... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310913 | Wind cap for buildings A wind cap for buildings serves to anchor a building structure securely to the underlying terrain. The wind cap is a series of base plates which are temporarily and removably placed upon the roof of a structure, with a corresponding series of tiedown straps secured ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299531 | Telescopic measurement device A telescopically adjustable structure capable of defining or measuring an arbitrary three-dimensional volume and having twelve telescopically adjustable telescopic units, capable of maintaining a change in telescopic length and eight corner connection units for asse... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278241 | Window assembly A window assembly comprises a window frame. A non-specular window panel assembly is supported by the window frame, and can comprise of a plurality of glass blocks joined together. A low-emissivity window panel assembly is juxtaposed to the non-specular window panel ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7251917 | Methods and arrangements for securing fabric An arrangement for securing fabric relative to a framework comprising a framework, a groove in the framework, and a locking spline for being received into the groove in the framework whereby a fabric panel can be retained relative to the framework by an insertion of... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249624 | Post and beam furniture system A post and beam furniture system having a plurality of horizontally-extending beams having a longitudinally-extending T-shaped first channel and a longitudinally, T-shaped second channel, and a plurality of vertical posts each having a lower portion thereof adapted ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246468 | Shade assembly for storage tank and method of use thereof A shade panel assembly that covers the top and sides of a storage tank. Such assemblies might also include a water dispensation system to dispense water mist substantially in the area of the shade assembly in the region between the assembly and the tank or substanti... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240458 | Transparent plastic film roof and building using the same There is provided a transparent plastic film roof for a building, comprising two transparent plastic films, which are fixed to edge rafters extending from a ridgepole to a ridge plate and are formed in a bag-like structure for serving as a building roof, wherein war... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241198 | Dollhouse kit A kit for a doll house which enables a ready and facile assembly requiring no sanding, gluing, nailing, screwing, painting or other handicraft skills. The kit includes a floor foundation board, configured sidewalls, front walls and interior walls, including windows ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234270 | Structure of a greenhouse A greenhouse has an exterior curtain wall structure formed by spaced tubular posts carrying external transparent panels and bottom non-transparent wall panels below a sill with the panels spanning the posts. A plurality of elongate benches is located within the inte... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231954 | Barrier A portable barrier panel for providing privacy to a screened area comprises a plurality of vertical support tubes. The portable barrier panel further comprises a plurality of elongate legs having an adjustable length. The elongate legs attached to a lower portion of... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222467 | Screen with integral railing A frame assembly for at least partially enclosing a raised floor structure includes a bottom frame member positioned adjacent an associated raised floor structure. A pair of spaced apart side frame members are connected to and extend upwardly from the bottom frame m... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198045 | Low pressure hyperbaric chamber and method of using the same A low pressure hyperbaric chambers and methods of using same are disclosed. The present invention provides means for designing, building, and using low pressure chambers suitable for use in managing pain associated with medical conditions. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191570 | Deformable building sheet batten A batten (100) for mounting cladding sheets to a wall or frame, said batten comprising an elongate channel member having a pair of spaced apart side walls (120, 140) joined by an intermediate web (110), and a corresponding pair of mounting flang... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189349 | Flexible walk-in environmental enclosure An enclosure assembly (10, 10, 10) includes a framework (12) formed from structural members and a flexible transparent enclosure (14) which provides an enclosed space for isolation and or treatment of patients, equipment, and the like. A treatme... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188636 | Containment cart A portable enclosure apparatus is provided with a frame assembly having a bottom wall, an upper frame member and a single pair of vertical support members. The support members are easily length adjusted by a single user to vary the height of the system while in use.... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182092 | Tent eve A tent including a fabric enclosure forming a plurality of walls and defining an interior of the tent. A frame is positioned with respect to the fabric enclosure and is configured to support the fabric enclosure. At least one eve portion is coupled to the frame and ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168213 | Adjustment device and building element There is provided an adjustment device for adjusting the vertical height of, for example, studs, furniture and large appliances. The device has a base (12), a pine (14) upstanding from and supported by the base and a rotatable cam element (20). ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165296 | Flexible material tri-wedge bar and clamp assembly for use with a tensioning device Flexible material clamp discloses two parts, triangular bar and rigid clamp having congruent triangular channel. The bar has base and two major inclined surfaces meeting at acute angle, length of the major surfaces being at least three times base height. Clamp has i... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7146995 | Tent frame fitted for multiple canopies The tent frame supports a traditional canopy, a tension canopy and a pagoda canopy and can be configured as a tent assembly kit. The tent frame includes uprights removably fitted into respective corner fittings along with generally horizontal tent frame cross member... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147553 | Portable smoking room A portable smoking room having a flexible enclosure defining a room detachably mounted on a frame is provided. A duct is detachably mounted to the frame for transporting smoke laden air within the flexible enclosure outside of the flexible enclosure. A fan detachabl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147290 | Modular workbench system A heavy-duty workbench with strong metal legs and a thick hardwood top. The workbench can provide docking space for three modules that can function as an additional work surface when pulled out from under the workbench or when used alone. The modules can be provided... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137225 | Foundation wall system A wall system uses panels constituted by a sandwich of two polyolefin sheets and an interior layer of glass fiberboard. Such structural panels are used with a system of steel studs and channels to form walls of high strength and light weight. These walls are particu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135332 | Biomass heating system Improved systems, methods, apparatus and compositions for generating, extracting and distributing the renewable heat energy produced by microbial decomposition of organic biomass within a contained and controlled environment. This heat energy is preferably transferr... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134444 | Environmental containment unit A portable enclosure, easily erectable and collapsible, to provide environment control and prevent contaminants from being released from the enclosure. The enclosure provides a flexible envelope attached to the interior of the space defined by vertical and horizonta... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131236 | Portable decontamination system A portable decontamination system includes a preassembled shelter, convertible between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and a fluid delivery system integral with the shelter. In the stowed configuration the shelter encloses a negligible volume. I... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127861 | Multi-purpose structure A multi-purpose structure, especially useful as a greenhouse or other plant-protective structure, comprising; (a) a framework comprising a plurality of vertical supports, said vertical supports being arranged in rows that extend the entire width of the structure, wh... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128207 | Emergency fire shelter storage system The present invention relates to a fire shelter storage system which comprises an emergency fire shelter constructed of a heat and fire resistant material, an outer protective pouch and a handle, whereby the emergency fire shelter is removed from the pouch by applyi... | 10/31/2006 |
