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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735265 | Foam rigidized inflatable structural assemblies An inflatable and rigidizable structure for use as a habitat or a load bearing structure is disclosed. The structure consists of an outer wall and an inner wall defining a containment member and a bladder. The bladder is pressurized to erect the structure from an in... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7334375 | Evacuated panel for thermal insulation of a body having non-planar surfaces An evacuated panel is provided for thermal insulation of a body (3, 4) having non-planar surfaces, the panel having two main faces and comprising a flexible envelope (1), made of one or more barrier sheets, and a filling material formed of at least two... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7008020 | Inflatable furniture having a storage compartment According to some embodiments, an inflatable furniture structure is provided. The inflatable furniture structure may include, for example, at least one inflatable compartment and a least one storage compartment having a transparent surface. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6438900 | Storage chamber Apparatus primarily for the storage of a motor vehicle comprises a base sheet, an inner cover sheet defining in combination with the base sheet a storage chamber and an outer cover sheet substantially wholly overlying the inner cover sheet. The inner and ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6108980 | Building element The invention relates to a building element for lightweight constructions, such as halls and airship structures, having first wall segments mutually spaced, hollow and subjected to overpressure and extending over the whole thickness of the wall, with an i... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5987833 | Vacuum packaged batt A vacuum packaged conformable insulation assembly may be installed in a cavity before the vacuum in the insulation assembly is released. The insulation assembly includes a compressible batt of mineral fibers such as fibrous glass wool. During manufacture,... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5845459 | Insulating tile A new insulating tile for providing heat and sound insulation to wall and floor surfaces. The inventive device includes front and back plates each having inner and outer surfaces. Around the outer perimeter of the front plate is a side wall outwardly exte... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5566512 | Inflatable storage chamber An inflatable storage chamber defined by a flexible membrane comprises means for access to the chamber and means for inflating the chamber. The chamber is designed for storing items such as motor vehicles, machinery and furniture.... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5168674 | Vacuum constructed panels The present invention relates to a method for the construction of prefabricated vacuum panels for the building of residential, commercial or industrial structures offering an extremely high insulating quality comprising; A method is disclosed whereby, a f... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5115602 | Insulating and structural masonry block and method for the fabrication thereof The invention relates to an insulating and structural masonry block comprising a sealed envelope of parallelepipic shape in which layers of light, dry aggregate are superposed, separated by a geotextile band placed in accordion like layers. Within the env... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4660321 | Climate control in building structures To improve heat economy in certain building structures, e.g. greenhouses and sports halls, a plastic film is applied which is held in place by evacuating the space between the structure and the plastic film. Periodic excess heat is accumulated in a heat s... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4460343 | Inflatable container packing system The container (12) has an inflation opening (46) which is closed by a valve (56) with seals (66) compressed by spring (90) pressure during the packing process. Air is removed from the container (12) for deflation by a vacuum pump (20) and excessive vacuum... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4452230 | Canopy system for a building structure A canopy system for a building structure is disclosed which may be utilized with a climate control system within a building. The canopy system has at least one tubular panel formed of flexible impermeable sheet material, the panel including an open ended ... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4446083 | Air-inflated fabric-reinforced concrete shells A technique for constructing inflated shell enclosures in which (1) cementing matrix and reinforcing material components are placed on an inflatable membrane before inflation except that one component, which is required for hardening the cementing matrix,... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4317854 | Vacuum-insulated panel A vacuum-insulated thin-wall panel requires internal spacers to resist the compressive force of the atmosphere and to hold the sides apart. Such spacers are paths for heat flow by conduction. However, in the panel of this invention, the sides are held apa... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4288947 | Modular inflatable dome structure A modular dome structure constructed by using uniform Y joints which have branches forming angles of 120°, 120° and 108°. The Y joints are interconnected by uniform length members to form pentagonal and hexagonal structures. These modular structures ar... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4146996 | Thermo-vacuum structure The invention relates to the field of building construction. It is a structure composed of a rigid space form and a partial vacuum enclosed by a double layer of fabric. The enclosed partial vacuum not only acts as a thermal barrier, but also causes a pres... | 04/03/1979 |
