Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287356 | Twin track wire lath A welded wire lathing material for mounting stucco plaster and the like onto a building frame. This lathing material comprises intersecting transverse and primary longitudinal strands substantially located in a first plane. It also comprises secondary longitudinal s... | 10/30/2007 |
| 6851236 | Raised terrace floor using small paving blocks A horizontally level raised terrace floor system for mounting over a non-level or irregular substructure that includes a plurality of spaced apart support pedestals that are fabricated of a heat shearable foam material. Each pedestal is mounted upon the non-horizont... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6581349 | Method and manufacture for constructing watertight A method and article of manufacture for building waterproof concrete structures. An integral casing comprised of a rigid plastic shell with an armature attached to its face is covered with concrete. The shell is formed either in the shape of a desired str... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6305135 | Composite building material and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a composite building material which is more improved in the bonding capability of a cement mortar material itself with a foamed synthetic resin plate layer, furthermore prevents the occurrences of exfoliations and cracks and has higher strengt... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5669195 | Wire bead plaster, stucco and the like The invention relates to a wire bead (1) for plaster, stucco and the like comprising a strip of bent diagonal wires (2) and longitudinal wires (3) welded to one another, in which the strip is bent at an angle around a longitudinal wire (4) to form a wire ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5042214 | Self-locking ceiling panels A self-locking panel assembly for use as ceiling panels comprising a plurality of panel units. Each panel unit formed ou of on or more panel elements and a rail extending across the panel elements.The rail is formed out of a lower section and an upper sec... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4734337 | Highly-open longitudinally-stiff, expanded metal product A sheet of expanded metal lath has expanded longitudinal edge margins between which the metal sheet is selectively expanded transversely of the sheet length to define plural parallel rows of trapezoidal openings having long sides of about one inch and wid... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4541214 | Pergolas A pergola having a top comprising a plurality of wooden strips aligned in parallel relationship with a bottom planar face inclined to the mutually parallel side faces so as to provide a support orientation easily determinable and effective to provide diff... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4160341 | Garden canopy Disclosed is a garden canopy having a frame for supporting a plurality of parallel spaced elongate panels. The panels are positioned on the frame to provide a light and moisture aperture therebetween. The panels are formed from uniform wall thickness mate... | 07/10/1979 |
