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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418807 | Decking A long-span decking panel that includes a first panel section, a second panel section, a first channel and a second channel which form a cell. The first panel section includes a first open channel and a first side flange integrally extending from a first edge of the... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7318302 | Equipment support for a metal building A device for supporting equipment on a wall panel having protruding ribs. Channels are mounted perpendicular to the ribs. The channel has a base wall, and a pair of side walls extending outward from the base wall. The channel also has an outward wall portion communi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310919 | Grain bin flooring system A grain bin floor panel formed from sheet metal. The grain bin floor panel is comprised of a first flange, a second flange, and a center support disposed between the first flange and the second flange. The center support is connected to the first flange by a first s... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275734 | Tower/frame structure and components for same A tower/frame structure of interconnected columns and beams (which may be used in a cooling tower) and novel columns, beams, connection mechanisms and other components are provided. In one embodiment, a column and a beam are constructed of pultruded composite fiber-... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7257932 | Light weight building material The present invention relates to a light weight building material (1) for structural work. The light weight building material (1) comprises at least three walls, a first wall (11), a second wall (12) and a third wall (13) formed fr... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251919 | Lightweight building component A structural member includes side walls, a top wall connecting a top region of the side walls, a bottom wall connecting side wall bottoms and extending beyond the side walls to form wings each having one portion of a connector for connecting members to one another, ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240463 | Structural member for use in the construction of buildings A metal building includes a joist system having upper and lower longitudinally extending chords, the upper and lower chords being substantially parallel, and a plurality of web members interposed between the parallel chords. Each of the chords includes an upper chor... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228669 | Suspended table assembly A suspended table assembly includes a first support and a second support that are vertically spaced from each other. A plurality of legs is provided. Each of the legs has a first end and a second end. Each of a plurality of first brackets is pivotally coupled to one... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210275 | Method to joggle a structural element and structural element joggled according to this method A joggled structural element includes two wings with a small thickness and a great thickness. Slopes made in a joggle of the structural element are computed as a function of each of the thicknesses of the wings. Thus, the joggled structural element comprises a shall... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207148 | Wall structures A downwardly opening upper channel member (10) is positioned above an upwardly opening lower channel member (12). A lower end portion of the stud (14) is received in the lower channel member (12). An insert (54) is received in the ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7155874 | Tubular structure and modular building assembly using the same This invention relates to an elongated hollow non-deformable structure that can be used as beams and pillars of modular building structures. The structure includes first and second elongated C-shaped channels (20) with inwardly bent flanges (25) and me... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7040066 | Structure formed of foaming cement and lightweight steel and a structural system and method of forming the structural system A foaming cement (1), cooperates with the steel member (5), forms the fender structure (111), which could solely resist the load in horizontal or vertical direction, or cooperate with the columniation (222). The whole lightweight steel ( | 05/09/2006 |
| 6964140 | Structural metal member for use in a roof truss or a floor joist A cold formed, sheet metal structural member having a first planar web member with two longitudinally extending legs such that the structural member or chord comprises an elongated member of substantially U-shaped cross section being longitudinally symmetric and bei... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6907707 | Converted wood article A converted wood article for use in combination with other converted wood articles to form composite wood products for use in general construction such as in the construction of posts, flooring, walls and support beams. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6865859 | Conversion corner chamfer for form work A building member forming apparatus having panels and a conversion corner bracket. The panels are typically dimensioned in metric units. The conversion corner bracket can include a leg having a predetermined width and a body configured to chamfer a building member. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6826885 | System for reinforcing extruded beams The present invention relates to new and unique designs that improve and enhance the section properties of load bearing structural members, which have particular, but not exclusive, application in connection with aluminum extrusions for use in screened pool, patio a... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6826884 | Hollow flanged joist for deck framing A hollow flanged joist comprises a center web section and top and bottom flange sections containing hollow channels. The center web section has two parallel vertical webs and at least one horizontal web extending perpendicularly between the vertical webs. The top an... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6772572 | Fabricated OSB stud A fabricated wooden stud including: (1) a pair of fully-aligned face-members of OSB spaced from one another and each having first and second ends and first and second elongate edges; (2) first and second fully-aligned edge-members of OSB spaced from one another, the... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739103 | Centrifugally cast hollow straight sided fiberglass reinforced columns A centrifugally cast hollow fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) column having angled corners and straight sides. Interiorly of the column adjacent each corner are angled corner fillers that have straight angled sides adhered to straight interior wall surfaces of the... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6735916 | Reinforced structural member An elongate structural member comprising a structural outer shell and at least one arcuate or diagonal reinforcing member within. The structural member is used in structural, semi-structural or cladding applications to carry floor loading, walkway loading, wheeled l... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733059 | Outside conversion corner for form work A building member forming apparatus is comprised of standardized metric dimensioned panels including plywood paneling, outer horizontal support beams, vertical support beams, and inner horizontal support beams. A conversion corner bracket has a first leg and a secon... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6658809 | Light gauge metal truss system and method A truss system wherein the structural components and fixtures are formed from light gauge metal. The trusses are fabricated from roll formed truss chord members and truss web members. The truss chord members are roll formed to have a generally U-shaped cr... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6647692 | Support and connecting profile The invention relates to a support and a connecting profile made of plastic, synthetic resin, phenol and/or light metal for a self-regulating skeleton, in particular for halls constructed from light materials and large tent constructions, characterized in... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6615564 | For a connector for joining adjacent flat roof panels coplanarly together A connector that joins flat roof panels coplanarly together. The connector includes a body, a neck, a head, a pair of legs, a pair of feet, and a pair of toes. The neck extends upwardly from the body. The head extends transversely across the neck. The pai... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6601362 | Variable load capacity construction components for patio pool enclosures The disclosure relates to a novel beam and post/column construction which allows for a variety of decorative trim strips to be installed into grooves which are integrally formed in the outer surfaces of the beams and columns. Additionally, there is provis... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6591576 | Structural member having closed sections, and apparatus and method for producing the structural member A structural member having a closed section, and an apparatus and a method for producing the same are provided to decrease production costs and secure the dimensional accuracy by a simple construction. The apparatus produces a structural member provided w... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6560938 | Box lintel A box lintel includes an elongated, hollow metal form with a lower wall, integrally formed side walls extending upwardly therefrom, and integrally formed partial upper walls extending inwardly from the side walls. A method of fabricating a box lintel is a... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6553736 | Interlocking truss system There is provided a metal chord member for use in a building system which chord member is formed of two or more interlocked generally U-shaped chord tubes. The chord tubes are interlocked by means of the provision of a plurality of equisized, equispaced, ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6421979 | Composite constructional element A process for producing a composite constructional element from a basic body made of plastic which is provided with ribs and is partially or completely connected to a reinforcing element made of metal or reinforced plastic. In this process, the connection... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419204 | Outside conversion corner for form work A building member forming apparatus is comprised of standardized metric dimensioned panels including plywood paneling, outer horizontal support beams, vertical support beams, and inner horizontal support beams. A conversion corner bracket has a first leg ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6374558 | Wall beam and stud A channel construction beam, typically metal, comprises a plurality of chutes of rectangular cross-section perpendicular to the beam for receiving a plurality of generally rectangular building studs in sliding relation within the chute. The chute comprise... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6363682 | Lumber structural enhancer A lumber structural enhancer of unitary, one-piece and integral construction is adapted for use with an axially extending beam of wood, the beam being of substantially rectangular cross-section and having a pair of opposing sides and at least one bight co... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360509 | Metal building truss and method of construction A truss for supporting a roof of a building and the like includes a bottom chord member having a first end and a second end, and a top chord member fixedly attached to the bottom chord member and having arcuately curved upper surface. The upper surface is... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6321504 | Pre-manufactured roof plate element and girder thereto A pre-manufactured roof plate element comprising a number of longitudinal box-shaped girders of steel plate, which are upwardly connected with a compressive force plate with almost the same width as the girder, and which preferably are positioned in each ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6290282 | Structural beam for supporting and reinforcing a structure A safety bar which provides protection, the bar having a generally trapezoidal, open cross-sectional shape. The cross-sectional configuration of the bar includes a central flange which is embraced by two webs each of which has a side-flange which extends ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6226944 | Reinforced structural member An elongate structural member used in structural applications. The structural member has an outer shell of uniform cross section with at least one arcuate reinforcing member within the outer shell. The structural member outer shell as well as the arcuate ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6189285 | Pultruded FRP structural assembly for water cooling towers Improved water cooling towers are provided which include pultruded fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) structural components and assemblies. To this end, integrally formed, pultruded channels (26, 26a) are provided having central web sections (28, 28a), e... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6185878 | Modular panel construction system A utility shed is disclosed comprising modular side panels (30) which are connected together by corner connectors (26) and in-line connectors (28) to form sidewalls. The connectors (26, 28) have an I-beam cross section and comprise U-shaped ends (106, 80)... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6170217 | Bearing elements and methods relating to same A weight bearing element having a web, and a chord connected to the web, the chord perimeter having a cross-sectional shape of a closed multi-sided figure having at least 5 sides, at least two of which are substantially parallel to the web. Some members m... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6141935 | Structural member A structural member has in its cross-sectional plane at least two closed hollow-section chambers which are produced by rolling forming and which are made of a single sheet metal part, the at least two hollow-section chambers being provided with at least o... | 11/07/2000 |
