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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7591110 | Building foundation A building foundation is provided. The building foundation includes a footing and a foundation wall supported by the footing. The foundation wall has a plurality of cells arranged to define a set of aligned cell cavities. The plurality of cells are arranged to defin... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7461487 | Lintel supported masonry wall system with tensioning rods A wall system or structure includes a lintel supported wall and footings for locating the lintel above ground. Tensioning rods extend upwardly from each footing for directly engaging an end of the wall and for securing a post to the footing, which post includes a sl... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7454870 | Lintel supported masonry wall system and method A wall system or structure includes a lintel supported wall and footings for locating the lintel above ground. Tensioning rods extend upwardly from each footing for directly engaging an end of the wall or for securing a post to the footing, which post includes a slo... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7299593 | Metal half wall and a connector assembly for securing studs of a half wall to an underlying support structure A metal half wall is provided, with the wall including a lower track, an upper track and a series of spaced apart studs extending between the two tracks. A connector is disposed adjacent each stud for connecting the stud to the lower track and to a support structure... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7188453 | Masonry wall supported fence and method A post tensioned wall includes accessible clamping plates at the ends of selected tensioning rods. Each post of a fence section is welded to a corresponding clamping plate to mechanically attach the post to the tensioning rod extending from a footing or foundation a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7124545 | Tilt-up panel and method A method for using tilt-up panels with chamfered sides, extensions below the panels ad receptacles for removable eyelets approximately ⅔ of the way up the panel. Inserts may be used between the panels to hold epoxy or other materials. The inserts may include a T-s... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7062885 | Foundation wall, construction kit and method The present invention foundation kit is generally comprised of prefabricated modular components and hardware, which can be used for easily and efficiently constructing a foundation for a moderately sized building such as a house. In another aspect, the present inven... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6907697 | Composite systems and methods for anchoring walls Construction systems and methods for anchoring a structural member of a building to a base member of a building including one or more anchoring devices, each anchoring device having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of each anchoring device is ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6742758 | Light-weight reinforced, tubular plastic footing form members and assemblies Lightweight, reinforced, non-biodegradable, tubular plastic footing form members and assemblies which may contain stake-engaging bores and/or are nailable to each other and/or to supporting stakes. The form members are water-repellant to resist absorbing and bonding... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6632048 | Masonry retainer wall system and method A retaining wall, supported by a footer, foundation or conventional retaining wall, includes a plurality of post-tensioning rods anchored in the underlying support and extending through the cells of blocks forming the courses of the retaining wall. An elo... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6431797 | Masonry retainer wall system and method A masonry retaining wall is constructed using a footer placed at or beneath a lower grade level with vertically extending post-tensioning rods extending therefrom. The post-tensioning rods are provided with upset ends and flange members close to a right a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6418684 | Wall reinforcement apparatus and method using composite materials A wall reinforcing method including reinforcing members adhered to the wall. The reinforcing members are either pre-cured composite plates or composite members formed in situ, that is, a fabric of reinforcing fibers that is saturated with an adhesive to f... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6412244 | Modular wall element A prefabricated modular wall element (20) comprises a precast reinforced concrete wall panel (21) having a front face (24). A plurality of spaced-apart individual slabs (33) of stone or brick are partially embedded in the front face (24) of the panel (21)... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6389775 | Reinforcement element for load-carrying or load-transferring structural parts and method for fixing said reinforcement element to the surface of a structural part The invention relates to a reinforcement element (8) for load-carrying or load-transferring structural parts (12). Said reinforcement element has a flat strip segment (100, consisting of a plurality of supporting fibers (26) which are embedded in a binder... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6357190 | Wall bracing method and system therefor A wall bracing system that uses a beam capable of bending to conform to a partially-buckled masonry wall that has buckled inward from external forces, such as hydrostatic pressures to which basement walls are typically exposed. The bracing beam is suffici... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6178714 | Modular temporary building A building system for the basic structure of a one-story, modular, temporary building, constructed primarily of fire-resistant materials, comprising: a foundation of poured, leveled concrete, having regularly spaced holes for vertical block assembly rods ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6178709 | Plastic foundation system A plastic foundation system for quickly providing a structural foundation. The plastic foundation system includes plastic components having heating elements selectively embedded within for fusing abutting portions of adjacent components. The components in... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6145260 | Wall reinforcing and waterproofing system and method of fabrication A wall reinforcing system is provided for strengthening of walls formed of masonry or from wood, metal or other structural materials. A basic system comprises utilization of rigid, fiber reinforced polymer plates of a length to extend substantially the fu... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138421 | Foundation anchor bolt positioning apparatus The invention relates to an apparatus for supporting and positioning an anchor bolt within a masonry construction block wall to allow the frame of a building to be secured or tied to the anchor bolt. Masonry construction block walls are typically construc... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6138426 | Mortarless wall A mortarless wall 200 is constructed from blocks 201 having upper and lower recesses 202 positioned at a longitudinal centerline in upper and lower walls 206 to form channels that receive alignment rails 212 that extend across entire tiers 214 and 215 of ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6098357 | Modular precast construction block system A modular precast construction block system (10) with a wall subsystem (12) and a foundation subsystem (14). The wall subsystem (12) has a number of wall units (16) having cavities (40) and prestressed tension cables (58) cast therein. The wall units (16)... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6050038 | Foundation system for supporting a superstructure A foundation structure for supporting a superstructure utilizing a first block and a second block, with a third block disposed between the first and second blocks. Each block includes a top, bottom, and sidewall portion, as well as an interlocking mechani... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6032421 | Structural blocks for building a basement, block manufacturing method, block transporting method, and block installing method A basement unit comprises a reinforced concrete lower structural block having a floor portion and surrounding walls and at least one reinforced concrete upper structural block having surrounding walls and the same shape as the lower structural block in pl... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6016633 | Concrete block form A weight supporting device combined to a concrete footing form for assembling and filling concrete blocks and the footing form simultaneously is provided. Two symmetrical sidewalls combined with interlock fasteners provide strength to suspend on the form ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5878544 | Stabilizing system for concrete poured walls within foam block forms An improved stabilizing system for a poured concrete wall utilizing interlocking foam blocks disposed on a foundation. The improved stabilizing system comprises a plurality of reinforcement members. The first ends of the reinforcement members are secured ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5845444 | Masonry reinforcement A strengthened masonry reinforcement device is used in construction to strengthen the courses of laid hollow block. The masonry reinforcement device is fashioned with ends and a strengthened trough. When used in the construction of a wall the masonry devi... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845450 | Bracing system A bracing system for bracing a masonry basement wall of a building against inward buckling and cracking due to hydrostatic pressure. The bracing system includes a vertically disposed I-beam positioned against a basement wall to be braced and having a floo... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5826395 | Concrete block with offset ledge and installation guide means A building construction block includes a body made of a rigid material and having a substantially rectangular-shaped main portion, a wedge-shaped offset portion formed integral with the main portion, a pair of opposite side surfaces, a bottom surface, a t... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5609005 | Foundation connector for tilt-up concrete wall panel and method of use A series of metal connectors each have parallel anchor rods welded to the shorter flange of a right angle section, a cavity defining member attached to the wider flange, and right angle mounting brackets welded to opposite ends of the angle section. The c... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5596857 | Masonry reinforcement A masonry reinforcement device is used in construction to strengthen the courses of laid hollow block. The masonry reinforcement device is fashioned with ends and a trough. In use, the trough will retain cement which will bind hollow block in a lower cour... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5592784 | Trench structure A trench structure for a drain or chase is presented which can be quickly and economically constructed. A unique cap block, which has a notched face section for accepting a drain grate or trench cover and a laterally offset horizontal support section for ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5584151 | Earthquake, wind resistant and fire resistant pre-fabricated building panels and structures formed therefrom An earthquake, fire and wind resistant pre-fabricated building panel comprises a plurality of frame members. The frame members are connected together to form a frame lying in a frame plane, the frame defining a perimeter of the panel, the perimeter boundi... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5450700 | Method for reinforcing a foundation Described herein is a method for reinforcing a cement block structure having a plurality of vertical cavities therein comprising: providing an access to at least one vertical cavity in the cement block structure large enough to insert a fiber reinforcing eleme... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5433049 | Prefabricated building foundation element The prefabricated creep foundation in accordance with the invention is a building system for the laying of the foundations for a heated building with a beam structure above an enclosed, unventilated creep space. The foundations are constructed from base p... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5193324 | Concrete beam reinforcement system A method of reinforcing concrete block foundation walls (100) by fabricating a reinforced concrete beam (10) which includes a plurality of concrete columns formed on the interior of the foundation walls (100) and surrounding vertical steel rerods (20) whi... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5123221 | Modular wall structure and units therefor Blocks cast from concrete into various shapes that include interlocking mortise and tenon corner blocks, cylindrical blocks stackable on a foundation course of base blocks formed with semi-cylindrical channels in which the cylindrical blocks fit, semi-cyl... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5014476 | Multicomponent panel system and method as assembly A multicomponent panel system including prefabricated, components machined to tight tolerances which can be assembled at a job site in a tight-fitting relationship.... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5007218 | Masonry block wall system and method A masonry block system is disclosed incorporating a plurality of courses of masonry block, each block of which is formed with minimum webbing to minimize heat flow therethrough. The wall system is formed into a unitary structure through the utilization of... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4976087 | Method of forming footing and laying first course of block A method of forming a concrete footing and laying a first course of concete block is disclosed. The method includes excavating a trench, placing a frame having longitudinal stringers in the trench and supporting reinforced steel from the frame. The frame ... | 12/11/1990 |
