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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284357 | Method of creating barrier to fluid flow under concrete surface coat of concrete floor A barrier to fluid passage is embedded within, instead of atop, porous material to retain the durability of the surface of the porous material. In one embodiment, a thin set mortar is applied to a concrete slab. A pleated metal foil is pressed into the wet mortar an... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7127857 | Subfloor assembly for athletic playing surface having improved deflection characteristics A floor support assembly including first and second subfloors is disclosed. The first subfloor is supported over a substrate by a plurality of pads. Each pad is housed in a corresponding recess formed in the first subfloor. Each recess includes a ridge that is in co... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6952902 | Attachment plate An attachment plate for securing a roof membrane to a roof deck comprising a generally planar contact surface, at least one aperture for receiving a fastener for securing the plate to the deck with the membrane therebetween, a first reinforcing rib formed by a conti... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6837014 | Parquet underlay material A prefabricated underlay material (1) for location between upper surface of a load-bearing floor (8) and a continuous surface material (9), which underlay material comprises a substantially flexible sheet material (2) and dampening projec... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6688073 | Method of forming a composite panel A method of forming a composite panel with a facade comprising a planar arrangement of thin discrete facers on a body of structural backing material. The method comprises the steps of providing a horizontal casting bed, providing a plurality of facers eac... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6619006 | Roofing shingle The present invention relates to a roofing shingle, which can surely prevent water such as rainwater from leaking through a roof. A roofing shingle has a rectangular plate (11) provided with first through fourth seam portions (11a-11d). The first and seco... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6497938 | Wood-product based door or window component and method of making the same The following disclosure describes a wood-product based door or window component including a wood-product based core having opposing first and second surfaces and at least a first side edge. Overlaying at least part of the first surface is a first overlay... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6451409 | Roofing material with integrally formed nail tabs A composite roofing material includes a final condition underlayment material having bonded thereto appropriate rows of nail tabs preferably made of thermoplastic-based material, such as low density polyethylene material, and of a contrasting color to the... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6263631 | Sealing plate for wall tile A sealing plate for use with a building, the building having an inner wall structure, an air impermeable sheet material for covering the inner wall structure and defining an air impermeable barrier, an insulation material on top of the sheet material and ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6256957 | Scrim reinforced lightweight concrete roof system A roofing system incorporating lightweight concrete. The system includes a deck and an insulation board. Lightweight concrete is placed between the deck and the insulation board. The deck includes upper and lower flutes and the insulation board has a plur... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6253499 | Human habitat structure for placement upon a non-uniform, non-level site A human habitat structure for placement upon a non-uniform, non-level site. The human habitat structure for placement upon a non-uniform, non-level site comprises: a planer floor member placed upon a non-uniform, non-level, site such that the planer floor... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6158191 | Roof panel with plow-shaped edge and related roof panel system A multiple-panel roof system has panel edges in a shape of like plows which are interengaged with corresponding channels formed in opposing panel edges. A layer of resiliently compressible foam extends from the outer panel surface adjacent to the plow, do... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6131353 | Composite weather barrier A composite drainage mat for preventing water and moisture from remaining trapped within walls and roofs of buildings which includes a weather barrier fixedly attached to a three-dimensional matrix filamentatious mat of a thermoplastic polyamide resin suc... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5996301 | Wall panel assembly A panel assembly including two pairs of panels disposed in spaced parallel relationship lying in common planes with the coplanar panels of each pair having adjacent edges with similarly configured protrusions extending along their adjacent edges, and the ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5826390 | Building wall membrane A vapor permeable prefabricated membrane for use in an exterior wall or party wall of a building, which has passageways formed when the membrane is in place in the wall extending from a region near a top of the wall to a bottom thereof. The passageways pe... | 10/27/1998 |
| 4998395 | Light-transmitting wall panels An extruded, modular panel unit, made of at least two sheet-like major surfaces inter-connected and spaced apart by a plurality of ribs dividing the space delimited by the major surfaces into a plurality of subspaces, and at least two pairs of spaced-apar... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4573300 | Light transmitting wall panels There is provided an extruded, modular panel unit for the construction of wall-surface portions, especially of light-transmitting wall-surface portions. The panel comprises two sheet-like major surfaces interconnected and spaced apart by a plurality of we... | 03/04/1986 |
