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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341660 | Unitary three stage wastewater treatment system The invention is a three stage wastewater treatment system having a first tank, a second tank and a third tank, all in fluid communication and forming a unitary structure. The first and second tanks are nested, where the first tank is the innermost tank. The first t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7269925 | Layout of production facility An improved layout for a manufacturing facility is disclosed. The layout includes a hub surrounded by a production corridor. The production corridor comprises production stages used in the manufacturing process. The hub, having direct line-of-sight to the production... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7174645 | Method for designing of aproximate elliptical structure and the same A method for designing an elliptical structure with an outline of an approximate elliptic curve, which is generated by connecting circular segments to one another, and an elliptical structure created on said method. A first fixed point is established outside the ell... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7073305 | Compression ring horizontal bracing system for building structures This invention provides a construction method having at least one compression ring and its bracing and reinforcing tension plane installed at a targeted floor level, where the compression ring and the tension plane form a structural bracing system to protect a new b... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7013607 | Monolithic dome structure having unitary contoured laterally moveable access door A monolithic dome shaped building of a size suitable to receive at least one relatively large vehicle, such as an airplane, is formed with a generally rectangular shaped access opening of sufficient size to enable passage of an airplane or other large vehicle into a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6996940 | Movable wall module A movable wall module is provided for installation into an opening formed in a building wall structure, such as a room divider wall in a commercial or residential building. The wall module comprises a frame sized and shaped for substantially nested placement into th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6944996 | Hurricane resistant structure A residential structure preferably has an N-sided polygonal footprint which has a central vertical axis. Inner walls separate a central common area from a number of outer individual residential units, each such unit occupying a sector of the footprint along an assoc... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6868639 | Force resistant architecture An architecture comprising an openwork of discrete, aerodynamic living units. ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6799398 | Modular system for securing flat panels to a curved support structure A modular system (10) for attaching planar panels (12) to a curved support structure (14). The system includes modules (20) that are defined between a transverse hook support panel (36) and a transverse plate support panel (38 | 10/05/2004 |
| 6792727 | Curved wall panel system The invention comprises a system for constructing a finished convex or concave curved wall of any desired radius beyond a specified minimum. The wall is constructed of pre-finished rectangular panels retained on a sub-wall structure in horizontal rows and vertical c... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6510663 | In-fill arrangement for post and beam furniture systems An in-fill panel arrangement is designed for post and beam furniture systems of the type having overhead beams supported on vertical posts. Each of the beams has a lowermost face with a horizontal slot extending therealong, and each of the posts includes ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6363665 | Modular component shelter A modular component shelter includes an adjacent side-by-side array of curved, interlocking, rigid panels. The panels curve upwardly and inwardly to a common vertex from a common base-level circumferential rim. The panels interlock between adjacent panels... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360496 | Circular building structure The present invention relates to a circular building structure which comprises a plurality of columnar structures, each of which extends from a point below ground level to a desired height above ground level and wall structures positioned between the colu... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6128875 | Bi-directional door room arrangement A room arrangement for dividing and providing privacy between adjacent living areas in a hotel room, apartment or other similar facility. The room arrangement includes a first room or hallway and an adjoining second room, such as a dressing room with an a... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6119409 | Expanded structures and method for forming Expanded structures are formed by cutting a series of concentric rings or sections from a single block or sheet of solid material. The "rings" need not be circular, but may be any regular or irregular geometric or other shape as desired, so long as they a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5937589 | Rod joints A rod joint serves as a construction element of a load-bearing structure for supporting a glass wall or glass roof. A plurality of rods are joined together in the joint by a screwed tab connection. The rod joint (10) is distinguished in that the rods (12-... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5860258 | Modular building The modular building is a basically circular building structure formed by assembling pie or wedge shaped modular elements. The modular elements are radially attached around a center column anchored in a column footing. The attachment of the modular elemen... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5855098 | Spiral patent office A building for housing an ordered collection of items--for example, a library, archive, or patent office--places the items along a spiral arm (1), and makes the items easily movable with wheeled cases, so that the collection can grow. Preferably the spira... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5765326 | Globated builiding structure A spherical support structure is provided. The spherical support structure includes a plurality of interconnected rib structures defining a spherical shape. Each rib structure includes a vertical rib, horizontal members connected to the vertical rib, a pl... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5603189 | Combined dwelling, marine habitat, and educational building complex An on-shore building construction, having two distinctive divisions each in combination with an adjacent containment of water. A first division includes a plurality of separate living or other type units and a second division includes display halls or oth... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5522186 | Tree supported structure A tree structure includes three vertically spaced-apart annular members extending about the trunk of a tree. Each annular member has a plurality of pointed members extending downwardly and inwardly into the trunk. The first annular member is below the sec... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5331779 | Truss framing system for cluster multi-level housing A multi-level cluster housing array held together by a skeletal framework formed of octahedron-tetrahedron components.... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5325642 | Geodesic hazardous waste containment building A Geodesic Hazardous Waste Containment Building provides a means for the long term isolation of toxic waste from the environment. The invention comprises a primary containment sphere, a surrounding secondary containment sphere and a means for protecting t... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5321925 | Multistory building A multistory building comprising a plurality of units which are disposed connectedly and side by side and stand along a horizontal standard line, is disclosed. The units comprise two groups, wherein one of the two groups is tilted in one direction and the... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5199231 | Villages of molded houses A multipurpose structure is disclosed as comprising a plurality of housing units, and a core support building of eliptical shape. The building has an exterior curved surface disposed forwardly for supporting the residential housing units and an essentiall... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5074084 | Deck construction This invention is directed to deck construction for circular freeform wood platform decks, which are of the cantilever type and include perimeter joists which have wood plates fastened thereon cut to the desired radius, with vertical fascia wood strips fa... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4961292 | Building structure with an elevator A building structure comprises three sections; a first section having a living area on each floor; a second section having an elevator; a third section having a path connecting the living area and the elevator entrance. The third section has a closable ve... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4958465 | Combined above and below grade dwelling with marine habitat A building installation includes a multi-level development with several stacked levels each offering a plurality of adjacent units suitable as individual offices, residential or the like units. Certain of the lowermost levels may be constructed below or a... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4837989 | Combined above and below grade dwelling with marine habitat A building installation includes a multi-level development with several stacked levels each offering a plurality of adjacent units suitable as individual offices, residential or the like units. Certain of the lowermost levels may be constructed below or a... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4653238 | Cylindrically modular above-ground housing units Modular living space constructed from ten-foot diameter cylindrical continuous pipe stock of predetermined unit lengths. Depending upon the amount of desired total living space, multiple units may be coupled end-to-end via coupling bands and extension mem... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4633629 | Modular building structure A modular building structure includes a base formed with an upper planar portion, a lower planar portion spaced from the upper portion to define an interior space therebetween and sidewalls extending between the upper and lower portions and having a conve... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4612741 | Radially segmented plastic building A generally round, radially sectioned, molded plastic modular building/home with maximum thermal efficiency and space utilization, requires no foundation.... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4555877 | Prefabricated multi-story building There is disclosed a prefabricated, multi-story building, such as a garage, comprising two groups of sector-shaped floors which have adjacent ends providing a zone of access from one floor to another.... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4442639 | Building structure method A structure and method for producing such a structure of a unique design is disclosed. The structure produced by the features and techniques of this invention comprise a base (16) which is typically supported by the earth (18). The base (16) supports a ve... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4434595 | Building structure A building structure is disclosed which comprises a central core with a plurality of habitable areas extending radially outwardly therefrom in the manner of spokes of a wheel. Glassed-in walls extend between the spokes to provide a plurality of climate-co... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4429501 | Atrium building structure A building structure is disclosed which comprises a central core with a plurality of habitable areas extending radially outwardly therefrom in the manner of spokes of a wheel. Glassed-in walls extend between the spokes to provide a plurality of climate-co... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4306391 | Modular building panel A modular building panel is disclosed which is suitable for arrangement with other identical panels to form the side walls for an enclosed structure. The panel includes a wall having a uniform thickness such that the wall extends from a first end having a... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4299066 | Dome structure having at least one environmentally isolatable compartment A dome structure having a plurality of isolatable and preferably environmentally isolatable and inhabitable compartments. These inhabitable compartments are preferably capable of generating an environmental condition capable of supporting animal life and ... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4155210 | Process for building up towers, particularly water towers (A) A process for building up towers consisting of a surface particularly not cylindrical which consists of elements at least corresponding to a large fraction of the height of the construction. (b) A process wherein molds corresponding to the length of the el... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4146997 | Domical-type structure The invention relates to a dome-type structure constructed from four basic triangular structural units. Each basic unit is an isosceles triangle which has predetermined angular edges. The four units are interrelated in their dimensional sizes and angular ... | 04/03/1979 |
