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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8418422 | Wall anchoring device and method A masonry anchor and method of use for connecting first and second spaced-apart walls defining a cavity therebetween, the anchor including an anchor bracket including a slot and a pintle engaging and carried by the anchor bracket and extending outwardly from the anc... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8375667 | Rubble stone anchoring system Anchoring systems for use in cavity wall structures having an inner wythe and an outer wythe constructed of rubble stone are disclosed. The anchoring system employs an anchor fastened to or set within the inner wythe that extends into the cavity and connects to a J-... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8201374 | Wind load anchors and high-wind anchoring systems for cavity walls High-wind load wall anchors and high-wind load wall anchoring systems for cavity walls are described which utilize double-walled anchor constructs with interengaging wire formative veneer ties. The high wind load anchors are mounted upon an interior cavity wall and ... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8122663 | Anchors and reinforcements for masonry walls Anchor and reinforcement devices for a cavity wall are disclosed. The devices are combined with interlocking veneer anchors, and with veneer reinforcements to form unique anchoring systems. All the components of the system are wire formatives, including therewithin ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8037653 | Dual seal anchoring systems for insulated cavity walls An anchoring system for cavity walls is disclosed. The system includes a stud-type wall anchor and a wire formative veneer tie. The stud has a driver head, a dual-diameter barrel, and a driven tip. A flange at the juncture of the two barrels houses an interior seal;... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7698861 | Masonry block wall bracing wall anchor A masonry block wall bracing wall anchor having a threaded portion connected to an intermediate portion of the wall anchor with the intermediate portion having a vertical cross-section generally sized to fit between and substantially bridge the vertical thickness of... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7421826 | Air circulation board for cavity wall construction A corrugated board is secured to the inner wall of a cavity wall construction to establish a defined spacing between the inner and outer walls and prevent excess mortar from bridging to the inner wall. The corrugated board has a series of spaced channels, furrows or... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415803 | Double-wing wing nut anchor system and method A system includes a back up wall and a veneer wall spaced from the back up wall. An anchor shaft has a first end secured to the back up wall, and a second free end of the shaft projects into a space between the back up wall and the veneer wall. A wing nut has a cent... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406804 | System of stackable blocks as well as block and a joining element of the system A system consists of blocks (1) provided with grooves (19, 21) as well as joining elements (23) which are situated in the grooves for positioning the blocks with respect to each other. The block (1) has two joining sides (3, 5) for... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404274 | Masonry wall anchoring system An anchoring device configured for reinforcing and renovating an existing masonry wall. The anchoring device is preferable a plastic anchoring device configured to be inserted in a hole in the existing masonry wall, and then preferable expanded to securely anchor sa... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7325366 | Snap-in wire tie A seismic construction system for a cavity wall is disclosed. The system is shown in three exemplary applications—a masonry backup wall with ladder- or truss-type reinforcement cooperating with a snap-in wire tie; a masonry backup wall with ladder- or truss-type r... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7225590 | Brick tie A brick tie for interconnecting a brick wall with a back-up wall comprised of a plurality of spaced apart studs and a wall board secured to the studs wherein each stud includes a pair of opposed side flanges and a web formed between the flanges. The brick tie includ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7171788 | Masonry connectors and twist-on hook and method A connecting device for joining a wall to a building frame, or for joining walls, comprises a hook member. The frame can comprise steel beams, or also comprise a truss having an open web, and a slide rail attached to the truss' chords in a generally plumb orientatio... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7152382 | Masonry anchoring system A masonry anchor system is disclosed for anchoring two spaced apart masonry walls together to form a single wall structure. The masonry anchor system includes a ladder or truss type support frame for positioning on top of a mortar joint in one wall, and a connecting... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7114695 | Tilt-up concrete wall panel form and method of fabricating same An improved, lightweight, portable, and self-contained concrete form for fabricating tilt-up concrete walls is provided. The form includes a frame made from metal frame members joined at their ends with the frame members forming the sides of the frame. The frame mem... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7073300 | Reinforced concrete part for producing foundations of buildings The invention relates to a reinforced concrete section (1, 23, 26–28) comprising two commercially available pre-cast floor elements (2, 3) of the same type. Each element consists of a substantially rectangular concrete slab (4, 21) and at leas... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055289 | System and method for forming a structural connection A system for making a structural connection includes a structural member, a plurality of strips for engaging the structural member and securing devices for securing the strips to a building structure that supports the structural member. The method of making the stru... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7024831 | Concrete floor system and method of making floor components A concrete floor system used in a building structure and a method of making floor components used with the floor system. The concrete floor system, if installed on grade, provides for expansion and contraction due to expansive soils and eliminates cracks, which here... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017318 | High-span anchoring system for cavity walls A high-span anchoring system is described for a cavity wall incorporating a wall reinforcement combined with a wall tie which together serve a wall construct having a larger-than-normal cavity. Further the various embodiments combine wire formatives which are compre... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007434 | Building structure element and stiffening plate elements for such an element A prefabricated, supporting building structure element, such as wall elements (11), floor structures (47) or the like includes a reinforced concrete slab (13) having a plurality of discrete, parallel, horizontally separated, not mutually joined,... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001284 | Putter fitting template The present invention provides a putter-fitting template that enables fitters to scribe various lines onto test putters. The template fits securely and temporarily onto the putter head and includes line guides for drawing the scribe lines onto the putter. The invent... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6964136 | Flashing and weep apparatus for masonry wall window and door installations A flashing and weep apparatus allows for simple installation and accurate placement windows and doors in cavity wall construction. In a first embodiment, the flashing and weep apparatus is a two-panel extrusion that has a flashing panel that acts as a non-porous sup... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964137 | Undercut anchoring element for fixing plates and/or tiles Elements of laminar bodies (1) made of metal or other material are disclosed, so shaped as to be inserted into straight undercut notches (3) made on plates and/or tiles (2). The laminar bodies (1) have such a sufficient length to protrude... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962028 | Interlocking masonry articles and methods thereof Each of a plurality of masonry article comprises a contoured first header, a contoured second header, a contoured front face, a back face, a contoured lower base and an upper base. The plurality of masonry articles has a plurality of holes extending from the lower b... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955015 | System for interconnecting wall blocks A wall is constructed from precast concrete blocks stacked in tiers in which adjacent blocks are secured together to increase the strength of the wall. Anchors are embedded in the tops of at least some of the blocks. The ends of the blocks have vertical grooves whic... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6946585 | Absorbent article An absorbent article having an absorbent core and a backsheet, wherein the backsheet has a MVTR of from about 5800 to about 10000 g/m2/24 hrs. and a basis weight of less than about 32 g/m2. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941717 | Wall anchor constructs and surface-mounted anchoring systems utilizing the same Wall anchor constructs and anchoring systems employing the same are disclosed. Each anchor is a sheetmetal construct utilizable with various wire formative veneer ties. In the wall anchor structures, the junctures of the legs and the base of the wall anchor are loca... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931806 | Concrete forming system and method A system and method for forming concrete structures, using foam panels as forms, supported by vertical tracks with horizontal bridge pieces inserted through the forms. The bridge pieces are in the form of triangular webs with coaxial rings for supporting vertical re... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925768 | Folded wall anchor and surface-mounted anchoring A folded wall anchor and an anchoring system employing the same are disclosed. The anchor is a folded sheetmetal construct utilizable with various wire formative veneer ties. The folded wall tie enables the junctures of the legs and the base of the wall anchor to be... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6892501 | Block wall systems An improved key for a dry wall block system is provided with a plurality of longitudinal flanges and a common web. The keys are adapted to engage with slots in the ends of building blocks to align and join the blocks and provide improved stability during the erectio... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6865857 | Integral reinforcing system for masonry walls A vertical reinforcement for masonry wall comprising a void reinforcement within a vertical housing within the wall placed through vertical access grooves. The grooves may be opened on the unexposed face of the masonry wall and served for the accurate positioning of... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6857234 | Masonry control joint guide A plumbing system and method for plumbing a control joint in a masonry wall. The plumbing system comprises: a bracket mountable to an interior wall surface, wherein the bracket includes an extension having a guiding system; and a vertically oriented plumb rod that c... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851239 | True-joint anchoring systems for cavity walls A high-span anchoring system is described for a cavity wall incorporating a wall reinforcement combined with a wall tie which together serve a wall construct having a larger-than-normal cavity. Further the various embodiments combine wire formatives which are compre... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840019 | Method and apparatus to achieve consistent spacing between layers of modular construction A spacer is provided that includes at least one rail of plastic, steel, rebar, or the like that runs along a top surface of a modular construction material such as a brick or block. At least one transverse rail is connected to the length-running rail. The transverse... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6837013 | Lightweight precast concrete wall panel system Wall system employing lightweight precast concrete wall panels. The precast wall panels include a concrete slab and a plurality of spaced-apart elongated generally parallel bent sheet metal channels that are partially embedded in the slab. Each wall panel can be cou... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6735915 | Masonry anchoring system An masonry anchor is disclosed for anchoring two spaced apart masonry walls together to form a single wall structure. The masonry anchor includes a ladder or truss type support frame for positioning on top of a mortar joint in one wall, and a bracket having a pair o... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6694692 | Modular formwork elements and assembly A modular assembly for creating formwork for casting vertical concrete structures is characterized by elongated wall elements which are disposed in edge to edge relationship in two facing rows and which are simultaneously retained in edge to edge relation... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6668505 | High-span anchors and reinforcements for masonry walls High-span and high-strength anchors and reinforcement devices for cavity walls combined with interlocking veneer ties are described which utilize reinforcing wire and wire formatives to form facing anchors, truss or ladder reinforcements, and wall anchors... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6665992 | Concrete construction block and method for forming the same A concrete construction block includes a pair of opposing spaced apart concrete side panels, a plurality of fasteners carried by the concrete side panels and arranged in pairs, and a plurality of panel couplers extending between respective opposing pairs ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6658810 | Tilt-up concrete wall panel form and method of fabricating same An improved, lightweight, portable, and self-contained concrete form for fabricating tilt-up concrete walls is provided. The form includes a frame made from metal frame members joined at their ends with the frame members forming the sides of the frame. Th... | 12/09/2003 |
