Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802407 | Multi-media workstation having a master rail system A multi-media workstation having a master rail system for permitting horizontal adjustment of the various components of the workstation. The workstation generally includes a console having a work surface and a master rail system for supporting various audiovisual eq... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7178860 | Trailer having reduced weight wall construction A trailer wall construction having reduced weight. A trailer wall construction includes a spherical shaped corner at a juncture of three walls. Each of the walls includes at least one panel having spaced apart inner and outer shells. Another trailer wall constructio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7028435 | Multi-story concrete slab construction A system and method of constructing multi-story buildings having poured-in-place concrete floors for the upper floors, wherein a set of lower posts is erected, the lower posts having horizontal upper plates on their upper ends each with a centrally disposed aperture... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7003924 | Parquet board A parquet board with a groove and tongue edge profile comprising a projecting tongue (14) on at least one edge of each parquet board (10,12) and a receding groove (16) on at least one opposite edge of the parquet board. The top edge of the tongu... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6925772 | Earthquake-proofing reinforcing metal fitting A reinforcing holder against vibrations for mounting on orthogonally joined architectural structural members for a wooden building so it can withstand vibrations from an earthquake. The reinforcing holder comprises a first reinforcing base member 1 which is f... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6802160 | Building structure utilizing modular building elements A building structure formed from modular building elements, which include first modular building elements (1,9) having socket beam interconnection means (2), second modular building elements (13,14,15) and socket beams (7, 11) having firs... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6792728 | Elementary module for producing a breaker strip for thermal bridge between a wall and a concrete slab and building structure comprising same An elementary module (21) having at least one beam, (11) made of a composite, and a longitudinal element, (22) made of an insulating material, right through which at least one channel (23) for housing the beam (11) passes. Also, a ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6497401 | Molded cooling tower A cooling tower is provided for industrial process cooling as well as air conditioning systems. The cooling tower includes a base that has a bottom for supporting the base on a substrate and a plurality of support posts extending away from the bottom. The... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6463702 | Concrete safe room A system for forming a safe room including a plurality of preformed concrete wall panels and a roof panel. Each panel includes an extension portion and a top beam which together define a shelf. The wall panels are interconnected to define a generally cont... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6460297 | Modular building frame A building frame resistant to earthquakes, gale-force wind loads, fire, insects and rot includes a peripheral frame wall constructed of rectangular steel tubing. Side wall frame modules bolted together along adjacent edges, and end wall modules bolted tog... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6339906 | Frontage element with decorative facing A frontage element including a support and a panel, the panel including at least two fixing parts fixed to the support and a generally plane wall extending between the two fixing parts. At least one of the fixing parts is set back from the plane of the wa... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6311449 | Securing decks to houses with "L"-shaped brackets "L"-shaped brackets for connecting floor joists of houses to a structural band board and deck ledger board so that the deck ledger board will be supported by the weight-bearing floor joists of the houses. The brackets are "L"-shaped, having one short leg,... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6138420 | Blast-resistant building Blast-resistant building (11) includes a structural connection (10) including at least one layer of fiber reinforced composite (90) bonded to each connected structural element (20,30) along the length of the connection between structural panel (20) and el... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6125606 | Beam construction in ceilings of clean air rooms A beam construction for ceilings in clean rooms, comprising first (1) and second (2) beams. The first and second beams are arranged essentially horizontally and perpendicularly to each other and have longitudinal ducts (7) for receiving a liquid or viscou... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6073401 | Building unit, unit building and method of constructing the same The present invention provides a building unit 12, wherein floor beams 22 which are structural framing members are connected to the lower end portions of columns 21 which are structural framing members, and ceiling panel 23 which is not a structural frami... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6058669 | Joint of concrete building elements The joint of concrete building elements includes a system of connecting pins (2), formed by rows of mutually parallel bars, the central parts of which cross the area end sections, concreted in mutually joined building elements. The connecting pins (2) are... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5867964 | Prefabricated construction panels and modules for multistory buildings and method for their use A monolithic, reinforced concrete framework for a multi-level, multi-unit building results from the utilization of factory prefabricated and finished wall panels, floor/ceiling panels and utility core modules, the juxtaposition of which, without forms, de... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5836133 | Vertical movement clip for attaching a building member to a beam having a channel therein A vertical movement clip for attaching a channeled beam or stud member to a horizontal building member. The clip has the advantage of easily sliding into the interior of the stud and wedging between two parallel legs of the stud member to fit securely the... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5829212 | Blast-proof building A blast-proof building having one or more stories, each story comprising one or more rows of internal supports and having walls and a ceiling comprises of: (a) one or more intermediate "L" shaped components defining a wall portion and a ceiling portion, e... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5809712 | System for joining precast concrete columns and slabs A precast concrete system is provided that consists of columns and slabs joined together in one point. Each corner of the slab is equipped with a steel pipe mounted on a steel plate that is attached at and covers the top surface of the column. Each column... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5809724 | Construction panel and method of constructing a level portion of a building A construction panel for use in the erection of buildings comprising a panel of castable construction material of predetermined thickness, and having first and second sides; a plurality of structural members, reinforcing the panel on one side, at least so... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5737895 | Prefabricated construction panels and modules for multistory buildings and method for their use A monolithic, reinforced concrete framework for a multilevel, multi-unit building results from the utilization of factory prefabricated and finished wall panels, floor/ceiling panels and utility core modules, the juxtaposition of which, without forms, def... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5669194 | Structural systems for supporting a building utilizing light weight steel framing for walls and hollow core concrete slabs for floors An improved structural system for supporting a building includes prefabricated light weight steel framed bearing wall panels supporting hollow core concrete slabs which are joined with grout. The invention presents improved devices for attaching exterior ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5640823 | Vertical movement clip for attaching a building member to a beam having a channel therein A vertical movement clip for attaching a channeled beam or stud member to a horizontal building member. The clip has the advantage of easily sliding into the interior of the stud and wedging between two parallel legs of the stud member to fit securely the... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5491942 | Multi-story building construction employing prefabricated elements A building construction employing elongated inverted L-shaped elements AB and partial elongated inverted L-shaped elements B. The building elements are juxtapositioned, in contact, laterally and end-wise and are stacked with the vertical legs of the eleme... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5479749 | Structural systems for supporting a building utilizing light weight steel framing for walls and hollow core concrete slabs for floors An improved structural system for supporting a building includes prefabricated light weight steel framed bearing wall panels supporting hollow core concrete slabs which are joined with grout. The invention presents improved devices for attaching exterior ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5412913 | Self-aligning beam joint suited for use in modular construction An improved joinder method and system which allow either individual vertical columns or prefabricated module assemblies which incorporate a plurality of said vertical columns to be quickly and accurately lowered into position on top of one or more similar... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5243794 | Modular crypt assembly The present invention is a modular multi-crypt assembly including a plurality of individual crypts. The assembly comprises a plurality of interconnected crypt modules wherein each module includes a plurality of tenons and mortises thereon for engaging cor... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5177917 | Modular panel wall structure Modular wall panel structure comprising panels having a supporting skeleton of stiles, rails, and mullions of substantially uniform hollow rectangular section and wherein each vertical margin of a panel includes two spaced stiles and wherein each panel in... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4998393 | Construction of buildings Improvements in the construction of buildings is described using prefabricated panels provided with insulation material arranged in pairs. Couplying structure secures the panels to a base and to other panels. Concrete fills the hollow space between the pa... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4989382 | Connectors for concrete structural elements A connector assembly is described for concrete structural elements, such as concrete crypt modules for mausoleum structures. The connector assembly includes a top corner member connectable to a concrete structural element with a horizontal top plate exten... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4895548 | Collapsible construction set A collapsible construction set comprises a plurality of parts, each of which includes at least one integrally formed connector. A plurality of connector designs are provided. A first design includes a tapered receptacle and a stabilizing pin at the center... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4674253 | Insulated construction panel and method A construction panel which includes an interior stud frame having a bottom plate, a top plate, and one or more vertical studs extending between and connected with the bottom and top plates, an exterior stud frame having a bottom plate, a top plate, and on... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4640070 | Method of adding extra floors on existing buildings Methods of adding floors to an existing building structure without altering the exterior of the structure is described. One method involves providing additional foundations within the existing structure and supporting a plurality of internal columns upon ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4370934 | Method for production of a compression-proof shelter and prefabricated means for use in this method In the production of a compression-proof shelter a semi-finished car garage is used consisting of reinforced lightweight thin concrete walls and being open at the front side. It is required that a personal living chamber is partitioned off against a filte... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4130971 | Set of structural elements for producing cupboard walls and other wall units A set of structural elements for producing cupboard walls, cabinets, drawers, partitions and similar wall units, which includes pairs of first plate units and second plate units. The plates of each of the plate units can be arranged so that their plate un... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4123888 | Lengthening joint for concrete objects A device for interconnecting two precast concrete objects, such as sections of a vertical column or a horizontal floor panel, which includes two mating joint components, one of the joint components being adapted to be mounted on each of the precast concre... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4102100 | Building with external provision of services The invention relates to a building comprising at least one monobloc supping floor unit and external vertical wind-bracing structures serving for access, service areas and technical equipment, characterized by the fact that the floor unit comprises a plu... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4081935 | Building structure utilizing precast concrete elements A building structure is disclosed in which precast columns and beam and deck members are used. Upper columns are supported in spaced apart relationship to lower columns by pairs of rods extending from each column respectively and clamped together by clamp... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4079817 | Elevator system with fish plate for correcting an out-of-tolerance between guide dimension An elevator system including an elevator car and two horizontally spaced, vertically oriented, guide rail assemblies for guiding the elevator car. Each guide rail assembly includes a plurality of vertically aligned guide rail members, the adjacent ends of... | 03/21/1978 |
