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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328880 | Stabilizing system for computer hardware Disclosed is a stabilizing system for a unit having a horizontal and vertical orientation, the chassis cover including at least one wall panel incorporating a recess and a stabilizer adapted to be located in the recess, where the recess is adapted so that in a retra... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7257926 | Tile spacer and leveler A method for installing tiles includes the steps of positioning a base in overlying relation to cementitious material. First and second spacer arms are formed on the base in normal relation to one another. Preselected corners of four tiles are positioned in overlyin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7188842 | Stabilizer apparatus and system for recreational vehicles A stabilizer apparatus and system for use with recreational vehicles to reduce or eliminate side-to-side swaying and front-to-back shifting. The invention comprises one or more stabilizer components having a frame connector attached to the vehicle's frame, a jack co... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7140157 | Foundation system for beam of manufactured home A foundation system 50 for supporting a support beam 80 of a manufactured home and for preventing longitudinal movement of the beam; beam 80 having a longitudinal axis defining the longitudinal direction. Ground support pan 52 including b... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7028442 | Deployable truss beam with orthogonally-hinged folding diagonals A deployable single truss with folding or removable chordal members and diagonals and orthogonal hinge joints for continuous and synchronous retraction and extension, in straight and curved configurations. One or more endframes may be used to close off or mount one ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6983570 | Top levelled access floor system A pedestal adapted to support a floor panel comprising a base, support means for supporting said floor panel above said base, displaceable means operable between said base and said support means for selectively displacing said support means and said floor panel rela... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6941708 | Reduced friction coupling for shoring apparatus A reduced friction coupling which interconnects a lower, supporting member and an upper, supported member of a concrete forming apparatus to reduce the force required to lower the height of the forming apparatus under load on the members by a formed concrete structu... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6584745 | Floor construction comprising joists provided with level adjusting spacer screws, joists and spacer screws therefor A building construction for floors including joists that have vertical, threaded, through-running holes for level-adjusting spacer screws, which protrude from the joist on its underside for adjusting the top side of the joist to a desired level, an elasti... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6539685 | Apparatus and method for lifting sunken foundations An apparatus for lifting and stabilizing sunken or settled foundations, slabs, footings, etc. includes a lifting plate having a pipe section solidly secured thereto, for passing concentrically over the anchor pier used in such operations. The concentric l... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6345477 | Door sill assembly having adjustable threshold A door sill assembly is provided with an adjustable threshold. A sill assembly is made up of an elongated metal frame for installation on the floor of the doorway. The metal frame is provided with a tongue and sloping sill portion, a vertically extending ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6317915 | Energy efficient deck framing system and method An energy efficient deck framing system and method is disclosed. In a deck framing system having structural framing members that support a deck panel structure, individual deck panels are inserted between pairs of the framing members. Supporting rods exte... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6263621 | Leveling and securing apparatus An apparatus for securing and leveling equipment includes an anchor bolt installed through a center of an aligning device. Vertical and lateral adjustments of the equipment are facilitated. The aligning device includes a hollow adjuster that is threaded w... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6260311 | Concrete form suspension system and method A concrete form suspension system has a form support projecting laterally from an upper portion of a vertically displaceable support structure and a hydraulic jack operable to raise the support structure along a vertically extending concrete structure. A ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6243996 | Adjustable truss for mating seam of multi-section manufactured home An adjustable truss (10) for a multi-section manufactured home (70) comprising a left section (71L) and a right section (71R); each section having a beam (72) having a lower end (75) including an inner flange (77) and an outer flange (78) and a upper end ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6230448 | Push/pull outrigger for manufactured home An outrigger (10) for a manufactured home (90) spans between lower end (76) of main beam (70) and outer end (83) of a transverse floor joist (80) and selectively provides a push (raising force) or pull (lowering force) to joist outer end (83) to level flo... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6192636 | Method of forming a base structure assembly used in a wooden axial structure in wooded architectural construction and joint parts thereof A method of forming a base structure assembly used in a wooden axial structure in wooden architectural construction includes the steps of forming a basic foundation, positioning a joint part having a supporting leg serving as an anchor bolt, fixing a each... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193442 | Method and device for raising and supporting a building foundation A lifting assembly for raising and supporting the foundation of a structure made of a bracket that secures to the base of the building foundation, a pier driven into the ground to a layer bedrock, a pier support secured to the bracket through which the pi... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189289 | Tile flooring A flooring which can be locally removed and relaid rapidly any number of times, comprising a plurality of tiles (2), a plurality of plate-shaped supports (5) arranged quincuncially below the tiles (2), and means of fixing the tiles to the plate-shaped sup... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6070381 | Elastic floor A method for constructing a resilient floor on a solid base utilizes plate-shaped elements. Hollow, height-adjustable elements are fastened on the base and are filled with an elastically hardening material, which is adhesive in the flowable state. Prior t... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6055730 | Method for adjusting screw jacks for supporting stringers and joists in construction of a building A tool and method provide a labor saving procedure for positioning the collars of screw jacks on base frames at desired heights at construction heights. A conventional electric motor driven drill is coupled to the screw jack pipe by the tool to rotate the... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6024330 | Uni-axial floor anchor and leveler for racks A floor anchor and leveler system for an electronic equipment rack has a leveler shaft welded or otherwise rigidly attached at the upper end to a perpendicular base plate. A leveler foot and jam nut threads onto the leveler shaft. A threaded bolt extends ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6009674 | Method and apparatus for providing earthquake resistant modular structures A method and apparatus for connecting modular structures include I-beams which are placed beneath and longitudinally perpendicularly to the integral longitudinal supporting beams of the modular structures. A pair of upper plates and a pair of lower plates... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5992108 | Modular access floor system A modular floor access panel having at least one fully enclosed access channel and a vertically extending service well intersecting with the access channel, with an interlocking structure on the periphery allowing secure attachment to adjacent panels. Pre... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5906076 | Removable support for concrete slab construction and method A removable support structure for concrete slab fabrication is described. A latch device secured to the ends of both shoring girders and shoring beams permits rapid and accurate placement of the shoring support across a span to be structured in concrete. ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5906075 | Modular building structure A prefabricated, movable and reusable, semipermanent modular building structure is provided for attachment to a common hallway of an existing permanent building for expanding the size thereof. It is based on a plurality of foundation units arranged along ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5862635 | Support system for a building structure A support stand for securing a manufactured building to a foundation. The stand includes a stepwise mechanism for incrementally adjusting the height of the manufactured building relative to its foundation. The stand also includes a height adjustment mecha... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5791096 | Raised floor supporting structure A raised floor supporting structure including a plurality of upright supports, a plurality of top stretchers and bottom stretchers respectively connected between the upright supports at different elevations, wherein each upright support is comprised of a ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5720067 | System and method for installing deck framing A system and method for installing metal deck framing. One or more deck panels are secured with respect to and between two elongated structural framing members to form a deck panel structure. The deck panel structure is then positioned between two primary... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5680731 | Method and apparatus for leveling a portable building An apparatus for accommodating level placement of a portable building on a support surface includes a foundation leg movable relative to the building and adjustable from inside the building. The length of the foundation leg which extends below the buildin... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5661931 | Joist A joist for building constructions includes an oblong body with threaded holes for receiving cylindrical, threaded space and level adjusters that are screwed into the holes to protrude from the joist body and thereby form an air gap with respect to the su... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5623792 | Grave marker leveling A grave marker and grave marker footing leveling device is described, in which an elongated threaded rod is provided with a tool engagement head at a top end. A footing lifting abutment is located on the rod spaced toward the bottom rod end. A nut is thre... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5561950 | Method and apparatus for adjustable pier block An adjustable pier block for leveling a deck or porch is disclosed. A footing block or base is cast of concrete and a threaded rod is placed vertically therein. A coupling having internal threads and a plurality of flats on an outer surface thereof is thr... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5479745 | Floor panel support leg and double floor Floor panel support legs support floor panels atop a floor slab and a double floor device uses such floor panel support legs. Each floor support leg is constituted by a pair of cylindrical first and second pedestal members and a fixing member for fixing t... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5477649 | Raised floor cable trough system An underfloor cable trough assembly can be employed in new or existing raised floor assemblies having removable floor panels supported at a preselected height above a subfloor by a series of vertical pedestals. Modular cable trough sections are disposed b... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5465534 | Flooring substructure A flooring system is provided for elevating flooring panels above a subfloor, such as the subfloor of a computer room. The invention provides a flooring substructure which has a plurality of elongated tracks arranged parallel to one another. A plurality o... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5425214 | Modular floor assembly A modular floor is constructed from rectangular panels which interlock with one another along their long sides. Each panel is provided with an upwardly-facing surface along one of the longer sides and downwardly-facing surface along the other of its longe... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5412914 | Raised access flooring system A raised access flooring system is disclosed, which comprises a raised access flooring system module comprising a space frame web which is supported by adjustable pedestals, wherein the space frame web comprises a plurality of elongate structural members ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5386670 | Method for manufacturing system floor and floor base for system floor A floor panel having a rectangular floor base integrally with a convex prop in each corner portion and a concave portion on the upper surface of each prop. There is a height adjusting screw with a plate embedded in the concave portion of each prop, variab... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5301480 | Stanchion unit assembly for floor boards A stanchion unit assembly for supporting floor boards comprising: a plurality of vertical stanchion units including rests which constitute the upper portions of the vertical stanchion units and support the floor boards, and base plates which constitutes t... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5152108 | Foundation system with integral bracing for manufacturing buildings A plurality of spaced, rigid support pedestals that are vertically adjustable are employed to support manufactured buildings. The pedestals have a truncated pyramid or frusto-conical shape to provide both lateral and vertical support for the manufactured ... | 10/06/1992 |
