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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237361 | Dwelling house with graduated flats The invention presents the concept of a residential building which is constructed on the principle of staggered dwellings. The staggered dwellings each have a single-storey dwelling part (10, 23) and a two-storey dwelling part (11) with outdoor area. T... | 07/03/2007 |
| 6941711 | Handicap accessible construction utilizing ramps connecting building levels separated by half story height Barrier-free multiple level residential housing can be constructed by employing ramps between adjacent housing levels where the housing levels are offset by one half the normal full story height found in multiple story houses. The ramps are constructed in a stacked ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6922960 | Multiple dwelling house The invention provides a multiple dwelling house in which although its standard floors are constructed to have the same structural floor height, the ceiling heights of individual dwelling units positioned above and below each flat slab can be set to differ from each... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6688055 | Spiral incremental structure and method of construction A multilevel spiral incremental structure and construction method for residential and/or commercial buildings is disclosed. The present structure is constructed using a plurality of prefabricated modular units or pods which are substantially similar in th... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6550197 | Methods and apparatus for a multi-story dwelling with attached garages A high-efficiency residential structure includes a set of dwelling units, wherein a portion of the dwelling units are first-floor dwelling units and a portion of said dwelling units are second-floor dwelling units, a set of garages comprising a plurality ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6349515 | Parking device for cycles A parking device for two-wheelers, the device having at least a series of parking elements with mutually adjacent parking elements. Each parking element has an enclosed space for receiving individually a single two-wheeler, so as to form individual parkin... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6279277 | Spiral ring-type construction with a single spiral central stairwell A building comprises a plurality of multi-story building sectors, each building sector having a trapezoidal horizontal cross section and the building sectors forming a polygonal ring enclosing an inner courtyard, a staircase housing in the inner courtyard... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6244003 | Building room structure The present invention includes a unique mid-level room arrangement for a building structure such as a residential home. The building structure is comprised of at least one room on a first below ground level floor and at least one room on a second below gr... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6155012 | Mixed-use building, for example for habitation and for business use Mixed-use building, for business use and for habitation use, including at least one habitation unit located on a level known as a habitation level, at least one business unit located on another level known as a business level, and at least one internal pr... | 12/05/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5941034 | Multi-story apartment building with breezeway A three story apartment building with a number of breezeways on the first floor allowing access through the building to the other side will be designed so as to not have breezeways on the second and third story. The second and third floors of the apartmen... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5575120 | Design and construction module A design and construction module comprised of nine cells each having substantially equal lengths, widths and heights and longitudinally opposed ends. Two of the cells form the base of the module and are located side-by-side with their ends terminating adj... | 11/19/1996 |
| 4918889 | High-rise building A high-rise building comprising a plurality of storeys (5) is characterized in that two or more units (1-1c) of mutually superimposed storeys (5, 6) of the plurality of storeys are arranged one on the other. Each storey unit (1-1c) has a common, garden ar... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4744182 | Modular building structure and method A building structure comprising a core unit including bathroom and kitchen facilities and a plurality of entrance and exit openings and a plurality of other separate building units having entrance and exit openings therein positioned adjacent the core uni... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4697392 | Airplane hangar In the spaced between a plurality of airplanes that are supported by a rotatable bottom wall of an airplane hangar, lifting platforms are mounted on pivoting levers. The lifting platforms are adapted to support further airplanes on an elevated level. The ... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4650179 | Health spa for exercise, recreational and social activities A health spa for exercise, recreational and social activities has a first portion for exercise purposes, a second portion for competitive sports activities and "wet" sports activities including a swimming pool, and a third portion intermediate of the firs... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4602464 | Residential building A residential building, particularly a residential building having a timber skeleton, is described, which has walls that extend at right angles to each other and are arranged in accordance with a square-field grid plan having a grid line spacing A. That h... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4502551 | Deep draft drilling platform A deep draft oil well drilling platform having a large hollow body is shaped, designed, and ballasted to have a substantial portion thereof submerged under the surface of the ocean a sufficient distance to be substantially unaffected by surface waves and ... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4362453 | Pre-fabricated grain elevator A grain elevator utilizing pre-cast concrete elements includes a plurality of vertical rows of bins, which slope from front to back to an angle of approximately 30°, the front ends of the bins being located above office, receiving, grain cleaning or ship... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4218034 | Industrial and urban airport complex with special cargo-handling facilities An airport complex comprising a main multi-level passenger terminal having peripheral gates for the enplaning and deplaning of passengers and cargo. A cargo building which is disposed in close proximity to the passenger terminal greatly shortens the time ... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4214413 | Building structure A building structure includes columns for supporting pairs of beams at staggered height intervals. Slabs are supported between the beams of each pair of beams to form floors and ceilings and pairs of adjoining panels extend obliquely between the pairs of ... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4202146 | Transportable module for trilevel dwelling A factory-constructed module is provided having lower and middle dwelling compartments, a storage compartment, and provision for on-site completion of a third dwelling compartment to produce a split-level residential house. The module is transportable on ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4118905 | Modular building construction system A modular construction system for a plural-level building formed of a plurality of box-like modular units. Each unit includes side walls, a roof and a floor, and has a cantilevered portion. When stacked to form a building structure, the units are arranged... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4041661 | Single family townhouse units A townhouse unit built with the ground floor level at the approximate grade line in the front and being generally three stories in height is disclosed, appearing to be about two stories in height at the front and featuring, for example, two standard entra... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4035973 | Bisectional architectural structure A bisectional architectural structure, suitable for residential, commercial or megastructural use, divides interfloor space into separate functional zones, and systematically orients major floor levels according to the axii of two separate structural grid... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4015377 | Collapsible multilevel building There is described a collapsible building formed by at least one unit comprising at least one level, in which the floor and the ceiling of a unit are hinged together by means of braces, the ends of which on the one hand to upturned floor edges and on the ... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3992824 | Shopping mall A two-level mall of shops is so sited that an approach is made approximately midway between the two levels. Preferably anchor stores are located at both ends of the mall and across from the central entrance. Mall shops are entered by moving up or down a h... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3932970 | Building A multi-storey building is erected over an appreciable area on which it is either not desired or possible to build directly. The building consists essentially of a load bearing frame which spans the area without any intermediate supports and on which the ... | 01/20/1976 |
