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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020351 | Framework and method for retrofitting a small basement window with an egress window A structural frame typically comprised of steel metallic material that is utilized in retrofitting a small basement window in an older residence with an egress window is described that comprises pieces of linear L-channel that has been formed into a rectangular fram... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7533503 | Knockdown doorframe for adjustably accommodating wall thickness and building method thereof A knockdown doorframe includes: a pair or jambs respectively secured to a right and a left vertical side wall of a doorway, each jamb having an adjustable covering plate adjustably shielding a side portion of the jamb with the wall; and a lintel horizontally secured... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7340866 | Wall adapter A wall adapter system (10) having a wall adapter (12) is disclosed. The wall adapter (12) permits a mullion (16) to be secured to a wall (14) through the wall adapter (12) without the need for trimming or caulking. The wall ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331146 | Window and door jamb adjustment system A window and door jamb adjustment system for accurately installing windows and doors and providing for later adjustment of the same. The window and door jamb adjustment system includes a support member attachable to a building frame, an alignment member slidably att... | 02/19/2008 |
| RE40041 | Window frame for manufactured housing A window frame construction particularly useful in a manufactured housing unit to provide a structure for receiving and supporting at least one window and to provide coverage of ends of siding applied to the exterior of the housing unit. The window frame includes a ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310917 | Hinged frame spreader A hinged spreader board of a pre-set length with shaped ends is pivoted open inside a frame to mate with the inside faces of the sides of a frame and maintain the sides apart by the length of the board while attaching the frame to a wall. Additional hinged sections ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299590 | Apparatus and method for setting and maintaining the dimensions of a door frame A device is disclosed for setting a door frame in position before adjacent walls are built and for maintaining the dimensions of the door frame during the building of the adjacent walls. The apparatus of the present invention generally includes two main components, ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299597 | Construction clip A clip for securing metal plates in walls constructed using masonry blocks. The clip includes a plate portion and a block portion. The block portion has members that form an opening that fits over a member of a masonry block. The plate portion also has members that ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284353 | Window and door casing A window or door casing may have two side sections, a header or top section, and a bottom section. The bottom section also may have caps attached at either end. The trim casing is mountable on a window or door frame and cab be securely fastened to the side of the ho... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7232284 | Device for loading substrates into and unloading them from a clean room The invention relates to a device for loading substrates into and unloading them from a clean room, comprising a lock device onto which a transport box for receiving the substrates can be placed and which is fitted with a hermetically sealing lock opening, and a pro... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228663 | Decorative trim assemblies An exterior trim assembly for use with a window or door surround in a building structure comprises at least one mantle for affixing above the window or door, and first and second pilaster assemblies for affixing on the sides of the window or door. The mantle compris... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204059 | Door jamb protector Removable door jamb assembly guard, guarded jamb assembly, and methods of controlling a doorway. The guard preferably covers the full length of the jamb assembly, and the full width of the jamb assembly between an outer trim element and the door-arresting surface. T... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7162841 | Spring clip and method of window installation A spring clip having integral, self-penetrating attachment tangs and an orientation tab can be manually installed in a window opening formed by a foam core sandwiched by a pair of OSBs. A first planar surface has a second planar surface attached along one lateral ed... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160185 | Air transfer apparatus An air transfer apparatus which includes a door frame having a top, a bottom and opposed sides. The top, bottom and opposed sides define a door receiving cavity. A door is positioned within the door receiving cavity. The door is pivotally mounted to one of the oppos... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159362 | Shutter mounting adjuster A shutter mounting adjuster provided between a non-vertical peripheral wall of a shutter opening and a hanging strip hinged to a shutter to support the shutter in the shutter opening. A slider movably mounted in a longitudinal groove of the hanging strip of the shut... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7121060 | Moulding element for motor vehicle bodies and method for realization thereof A moulding element for motor vehicle bodies has been realized wherein a main section bar (2) of elongated conformation is engaged to attachment projections (9) presented by a correspondent securing area (5a) of a body (5) of a moto... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117576 | Method and process of a universal window system using singular advanced components of a polymer based or metallurgy based product A method for producing window components using polymer based, metallurgy based, extruded, injection molded, or wood material is provided. This invention provides a low cost, highly reliable, low defect method of producing window components by machining from a singul... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7086204 | Window or door with protection against explosive effects A closure (10) for a building which is inhibitive to explosive effects and with which an opening in a building can be closed off comprises a filling (3) as well as frame elements (1, 2) which enclose the same substantially in a circular fashion.... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7051480 | Apparatus and system for preventing ice dam formation Disclosed is an apparatus for eliminating ice formation at roof edging comprising a mesh casing and salt-based fill material. The apparatus may be placed into a typical gutter assembly adjacent a roof edge. The casing is flexible and biodegradable and comprises a sa... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043883 | Door jamb Disclosed is a door jamb having a pair of tubular side jambs and a tubular head jamb, the side jambs and the head jamb each have an outer low maintenance element, an inner structural element, and an intermediate element for receiving a portion of each of the outer a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036875 | Method for attaching undercover onto underside of car floor panel An apparatus and method for attaching an undercover to the underside of a car body floor panel having a plurality of studs, comprises tubular fasteners that are inserted into respective mounting holes of the undercover with diametral clearance and that are engaged w... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6925767 | Screwless window frame assembly A window frame including a pair of frame halves having integral fasteners for interconnecting the frame halves. The fasteners include mating barbed connectors that interfit with one another to permanently intersecure the frame halves. The fasteners further include i... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922958 | Window construction with integrated sill and casing and method of making same An improved plastic, e.g., vinyl, window construction includes an exterior casing rigidly mounted to a window frame and which may advantageously be preattached to the window frame, allowing the window construction to be installed as a single unit. The exterior casin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6892506 | Adjustable door The present invention provides a door with an adjustable height and an adjustable width. The door of the invention comprises a central unit, a bottom unit overlapping with the central unit to define a bottom overlapping region, a side unit overlapping with the centr... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6874286 | Window frame construction system and connector units for use therein The invention provides a window frame construction system (10) comprising an inner frame (12), an apertureless outer frame (18) provided with at least abutment surface (22) projecting towards said inner frame (12) and a plurality o... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6826878 | Window shim A threaded collar is rotatably, axially extended to the inner surface of an opening in a wall for receiving a window, from a collar that is fixedly mounted in the window's jamb, and the rotatable collar is fastened to the inner surface by a screw that extends axiall... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6691461 | Shutter mounting assembly including a support bar and width-adjusting strips A plurality of strips are releasably interconnected to a support bar as an assembly for mounting a shutter within a window frame. Male and female connectors such as tongue and groove or pin and socket connectors interconnect the strips to one another and ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6560934 | Snappable shim assembly A shim assembly comprises a first shim piece having a generally planar body and a plurality of spaced apart projections extending upwardly therefrom. A second shim piece has a generally planar body and a plurality of spaced recesses. The recesses are slig... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6530186 | Door framing apparatus and method of use A method and apparatus 10 for installing and trimming a plurality of wooden mounting blocks 110 within a roughed out door frame 100 to prepare the roughed out door frame to 100 to receive a finished door frame: wherein, the apparatus 10 includes a pair of... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6467226 | Window frame, window frame assembly and method of fabrication An improved window frame is provided. The window frame utilizes one or more locking panels coupled to the frame body via a living hinge. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the window frame includes a plurality of frame segments ex... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6457287 | Window sill cover A window sill cover includes a window sill cover body having a lower wall and an upper wall spaced apart from the upper wall. Preferably, the window sill cover body is a hollow, elongate member having internal support walls positioned between the upper an... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6405497 | Window gate A gate for sliding windows or doors in a frame is provided. The gate provides two gate elements. The first element is attached to the window frame. The second element is attached to the sliding window. The two elements are coupled together to allow each e... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6405501 | Shimless-shim jamb mounting assembly The shimless-shim employed with an edge member of a rough opening in a structure helps true up a jamb in the rough opening comprising a first member disposed parallel to the edge member having a length equal to the width of the edge member and the thickne... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6389763 | System and method for trimming a window or door A system and method for installing trim around a window in a construction application where the jambs of the window are not as wide as the wall in which the window is being installed. The system uses jamb mounting elements attached to the jambs of the win... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6379084 | Mine stopping A stopping system for use in mines. The stopping system includes a king post truss for reinforcing the stopping panels against excessive deflection due to a pressure differential across the stopping panels. The truss has a variable length to accommodate c... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375142 | Speaker frame housing and clamp assembly for wall or ceiling mounts and method A mounting assembly for mounting a fixture in an opening in a wall that defines a recess includes a unitary frame housing having a first and second pair of oppositely disposed and spaced side members connected at right angles to define an open interior sp... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6360500 | Window sill cover A window sill cover includes a window sill cover body having a lower wall and an upper wall spaced apart from the upper wall. Preferably, the window sill cover body is a hollow, elongate member having internal support walls positioned between the upper an... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6347492 | Installation of windows A combined window shelf and sill component is formed by extrusion of plastics material and has a top wall and a bottom wall connected by webs to form ducts therethrough and providing a window shelf end, a sill end and an intermediate portion for siting a ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6332294 | Construction of mechanical draft excluders for the lower part of jambs The invention consists of several improvements introduced into the construction of mechanical draft excluders for the lower edge of doorjambs, characterized in that the body of the draft excluder is built in three sections aligned horizontally, with the t... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6308476 | Adjustable frame The present invention is directed to a frame that is placed at an opening portion in a partition provided in houses and the like, and specifically an adjustable frame comprising a plurality of frame adjustable fasteners including: a fixing member includin... | 10/30/2001 |
