Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841805 | Engineered composite wooden crib for use as a mine support This invention provides improvements through 1) a composite, engineered wooden support element for construction of cribs in mines to provide support between two surfaces, 2) use of support elements to construct cribs, and 3) a wedge system to provide substantial sus... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7357602 | Reinforcing device and a bifacial reinforcing unit for earthworks and a method for the production of a reinforced earthwork A reinforcing device for earthworks comprises at least one reinforcing base element (3) from which extend a front wall (9) and a containment wall (15) which are spaced from each other to delimit, in an operative configuration in which they are e... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7311470 | Wale and retaining wall system A wale for use in bracing a retaining wall. The wale is comprise of a back wall, a front wall having a channel formed therein, and a plurality connecting walls connecting the back and front walls to form at least one chamber between the back and front walls. In one ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7180080 | Method for retrofitting concrete structures A method of seismic retrofitting a concrete structure includes removing material from a portion of the concrete structure by irradiating the portion with a laser beam having a laser energy density. The method further includes positioning a stabilization structure in... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7097389 | Forklift movable cribbing column A prefabricated cribbing column for supporting a mine roof. The column includes a plurality of concrete cribbing elements the majority of which are interleaved with load transfer disks. Two of the cribbing elements are interleaved with a handle element. The column a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090439 | Retaining wall construction element for railway installations A precast concrete retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass in a railway installation or the like includes an upstanding solid face panel having the shape of a hexahedron where a rectangular front wall and an integral stem. The front wall define... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059808 | Split key segmental retaining wall system A segmental earth retaining wall block having a front side, a top side with a transversal tongue of a given width projecting from it, the tongue extending at a first distance from the front side, and a bottom side with a transversal groove made in it, the groove bei... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044687 | Retaining wall construction including precast elements A precast concrete retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass in a railway installation or the like includes an upstanding solid face panel having the shape of a hexahedron where a rectangular front wall and an integral stem. The front wall define... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025537 | Subterranean structures and methods for constructing subterranean structures One embodiment of the present invention provides for a subterranean structure, having a continuous ribbon slab having a plurality of flights fabricated from concrete. The ribbon slab defines periodic openings therein which generally align between adjacent flights. A... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021868 | Lightweight shoring system for accommodating crossing utilities An excavation shoring system having four vertical, cylindrical poles, each connected to a base element, arranged to constitute corners of a rectangle. At least one vertically oriented shoring panel corresponding to each side of the rectangle is provided, with each o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6960048 | Modular segmented retaining wall A modular retaining wall system uses a plurality of different sized masonry blocks to form uniform sized modules for constructing a segmented retaining wall. Each module has the same overall dimensions of height, width and depth, while the masonry blocks used to def... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6921231 | Segmental retaining wall system The present invention relates to a wall block for use in a segmental retaining wall system. The wall block comprises an interior face for forming an interior surface of a segmental retaining wall, an exterior face for forming an exterior surface of the segmental ret... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908263 | Mechanically stabilized earth wall systems and methods A retaining wall system for stabilizing an earthen wall comprising a plurality of face panels, a plurality of anchor mesh panels, and a plurality of connecting pins. The face panels each comprise first and second connecting portions and a wall portion. Each connecti... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6817154 | Environment resistant retaining wall block and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to a retaining wall block that is resistant to damage and wear caused by the environment it is placed into. The deterioration resistant block is generally a hollowed frame or shell of a deterioration resistant material that is lightweig... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6729806 | Crib platform device, kit and method of using A crib platform device, kit and associated method of using for building a temporary buttress underneath an overhanging obstruction. The crib employs a two platforms, and a lock bar for reversibly locking together the platforms. Alternatively, the platforms may be ma... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6305883 | Cage frame for shore protection A cage frame for shore protection and so on with improves durability, the construction/execution on site can be easily performed, can easily create the best environment for organism to live and can be effectively used as a gathering place for fish. The ho... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6299386 | Method and apparatus for a shoring wall A retaining element system is provided that improves face stability in poorer quality soils that are not suited to conventional soil nailing. The method includes inserting retaining elements substantially vertically into an earthen mass to shore the face ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6250849 | Interconnected cribbing system A cribbing system for supporting a mine roof or the like includes a multi-sided column. Each column is formed of a stack of cribbing elements with each cribbing element having upper and lower surfaces wherein substantially the entire upper and lower surfa... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6224296 | Sliding double panel type trench shoring system A trench shoring system using panels as shoring walls to prevent possible collapse of natural ground walls of trenches in trenches such as for burying pipes underground, having a sliding panels type trench shoring system that offers increased safety durin... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6120215 | Breast wall construction A breast wall construction which can be constructed easily, quickly and safely at any execution sites includes many breast wall panels arranged in rows. On the back of the breast wall panel rows, many joint brackets with truss construction are placed with... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6113317 | Retaining wall system with integral storage compartments and method for stabilizing earthen wall A retaining wall system and method for stabilizing earthen walls comprises box members assembled together to form a reinforcing wall assembly and anchor mesh connected to the box members and buried within the earthen wall. The box members define an interi... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6079910 | Column cribbing system A mine cribbing system includes a mine cribbing column having a discrete number of sides, each side including a series of stacked blocks. Each block includes an elongated body and a pair of spaced slots extending into one side of the body. The slots are u... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6036405 | Retaining wall system A retaining wall system to align panels into a plurality of horizontally adjacent vertical assemblies of stacked cells to retain soil placed between the cells.... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5984589 | Wall construction block with retaining pin inserts A wall construction block for the construction of earth retaining walls includes a pair of spaced-part transverse pin receiving channels in the end walls of the block and disposed parallel to one another along respective longitudinal axis of the block whi... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5931608 | Trench shoring transport device An trench shoring transport device having a trench box depending from a frame, the frame including a pair of side frame subassemblies which are slideably and adjustably engaged to each other allowing the width of the frame and hence the width of the devic... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5885033 | Housing for a support shoe in a trench falsework The invention concerns a housing (18), in a trench falsework panel, designed to hold the support shoe for a strut (17) so that the strut is secured in place at a spring joint. The housing permits the support shoe, which is directly associated with the str... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5746547 | Mine support cribs The invention is concerned with a mine support crib of the type which comprises a series of superimposed layers of elongate chocks. There is a plurality of parallel, spaced apart chocks in each layer with the chocks in one layer arranged transversely to t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5370480 | Interlocked gridwork for retaining walls, and the like A gridwork or crib structure is formed from reinforced, injection molded plastic or injection molded structural foam plastic crossbeams, stringers and fascia members by interlocking the members and pinning the stringers together to form a structure which ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5368416 | Building component for a noise barrier retaining wall A building component for a noise barrier retaining wall which is structurally suitable for retaining materials such as earth or wind. The building component is formed to assist in the construction of the noise barrier retaining wall, and more specifically... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5310290 | Protective structure for excavations A protective panel may be used alone or paired to form a protective structure to provide a protected space in an excavation by buttressing the upright walls of the excavation. The protective panel is constructed of a corrugated aluminum sheet that has alt... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5224801 | Interlocked gridwork for retaining walls, and the like A gridwork or crib structure is formed from reinforced, injection molded plastic or injection molded structural foam plastic crossbeams, stringers and fascia members by interlocking the members and pinning the stringers together to form a structure which ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5205675 | Precast cribbing wall system A system for the construction of cribbing and retaining walls includes a series of precast reinforced concrete blocks, the blocks each having a longitudinal ridge along the bottom surface and longitudinal and lateral channels on the upper surface. A numbe... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5108232 | Structure to contain natural and/or artificial embankments A structure for the containment of natural and/or artificial embankments, said structure being made up of a plurality of modular envelopes (1), each one of said envelopes (1) being made up of a tub-like fore member (2), whose fore wall (5) is at a slope w... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4997315 | Crib walls A method for making a corner and a corner formed thereby for a crib wall having a setback includes preparing a base for the two walls to provide the required setback of each wall, laying on the base the wall headers and a corner header of the tier, laying... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4997316 | Method and apparatus for constructing a retaining wall A method and apparatus for constructing a retaining wall includes a first course having a pair of elongated beams positioned generally end-to-end on the ground, a deadman positioned between the adjacent ends of the beams and extending rearwardly therefrom... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4990032 | Retaining wall module with asymmetrical anchor Individual precast concrete wall units for erecting a retaining wall structure each includes a face member, a support member, and an anchor member. The support member has a front portion that is connected to the face member, either at the center of the fa... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4964761 | Retaining wall adapted to be provided with vegetation, comprising openings serving as a concealed framing for concrete Dry-mounted construction elements, each of the type constituted by a bottomless container comprising vertical partitions, a first vertical partition, parallel to the front wall of the container, delimiting a large front space (5), which serves as a flower... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4936713 | Earth retaining system A gravity retaining system for a stabilized steep slope comprises a plurality of free standing facing elements disposed end-to-end with respect to each other to form a continuous line of facing elements. Each facing element includes a weight bearing base ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4923339 | Foldable concrete retaining wall structure Individual precast concrete wall units for erecting a retaining wall structure each include a face member, a support member, and an anchor member. The support member has a front end portion, that is connected by a hinge to one end of the face member, and ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4900197 | Process for holding up the lateral walls of deep ditches The invention relates to a process for propping or supporting the vertical support walls of deep ditches. After having freely constructed the ditch, to a depth compatible with the resistance of the support walls (1), a ring-shaped plate (3) is provided at... | 02/13/1990 |
