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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337591 | Building construction system A structural forming assembly comprises wall molding panels for forming laterally spaced, opposed molding surfaces that define a wall mold cavity for forming a wall structure. The wall panels are vertically disposed and laterally spaced to provide the molding surfac... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6792729 | Stackable construction panel system Improvements in a stackable construction panel system are disclosed. The system includes stackable wall forms for receiving a flowable material, each form having a pair of foam panels tied together in a spaced and parallel relationship by connectors. In a first impr... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6530185 | Buck for use with insulated concrete forms The invention relates to a buck for forming and framing the perimeter of an opening in an insulated concrete form wall. The buck is formed of insulating material compatible with the concrete form, such as plastic, and forms a friction fit with supporting ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6321498 | Formwork for building walls A formwork for building bearing walls comprises a plurality of pairs of facing panels (PE, PI) connected together so as to form an inside space between them, said pairs of facing panels being arranged in superimposed rows, the panels of each pair being co... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6178711 | Compactly-shipped site-assembled concrete forms for producing variable-width insulated-sidewall fastener-receiving building walls Generally large, typically eight feet by two inches by ten or sixteen or twenty-four inches, sidewalls for modular concrete forms are easily, efficiently and economically produced by cutting and by routing sheet-type polymeric material, preferably polyure... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5953864 | Prefabricated modular concrete foundation wall systems and methods of constructing prefabricated modular concrete foundation wall systems A subterranean building structure has a footing surface and end to end matching concrete wall shell segments arranged in longitudinally abutting relation on the footings. One of the wall sections has an embedded, horizontally extending lock part, and the ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5896714 | Insulating concrete form system A concrete form foam block, of an Insulating Concrete Form System, comprises a pair of opposed and parallel foam panels spaced using a plurality of plastic ties. Each tie comprises full panel height flanges which engage the panels and a web portion extend... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5857300 | Adjustable radius form assembly An adjustable radius form assembly is provided which includes a plurality of vertical strongbacks and a plurality of horizontal walers. Each of the walers are pre-rolled to a desired radius. The walers are then connected to one another by ball and socket ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5822938 | Structural element for thermal insulation A structural element for thermal insulation between two structural elements to be covered with concrete, especially a building and a projecting external part, has an insulating body to be inserted in between the structual elements and has at least integra... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5819489 | Pre-formed building studs and construction form system Pre-formed building studs and a form utilizing such studs for receiving a flowable, hardenable material, for example cementitious material including concrete, for forming building structures such as foundations, walls, floors, roofs, etc. The studs allow ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5803669 | Thermal-insulated concrete forming system A thermal insulated concrete forming system for casting a concrete slab and a foundation wall of a building simultaneously is disclosed. The concrete forming system is designed for use with a pre-existing standard concrete footing that is constructed abou... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802793 | Precast modular keyed building system A wall system utilizing a plurality of precast concrete panels so that a parallel inside wall and outside wall is created. Each panel of the plurality has a continuous slot on all four perimeter sides that mutually oppose slots on adjacent panels. A strip... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5709060 | Concrete forming system with brace ties A form tie for joining the sidewalls of a polymeric concrete form comprises a pair of end trusses with an intermediate web truss. Each end truss comprises an interior vertical strut and a longer exterior strut with interior and exterior pairs of horizonta... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5553432 | Horizontal forming block with curved side wall for architectural structures A curved block formwork element for use in forming structures such as curved cornices, lintels and window sills. The curved block formwork element comprises a substantially rectangular shaped block having two oppositely disposed side walls and two opposit... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5459971 | Connecting member for concrete form A connector member for a concrete form includes connecting mechanisms adjacent its top and bottom edges for holding two connecting members together.... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5337530 | Building wall construction A wall in which hollow units analogous to blocks are built up in overlapping superimposed courses, each unit having two spaced parallel vertical panels of skins of rectangular form, the units being held by concealed fastening members; characterized in tha... | 08/16/1994 |
| 4949515 | Fastening element for the cladding concrete method of construction Described is a fastening element for sheathing and thermal insulation components (1) of hard foam material, in particular for the cladding concrete method of construction, which has a plate (6) which can be fixed to the hard foam material component (1) an... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4882882 | Form for a mortar cap The mortar cap receives cementitious materials therewithin, such as cement, mortar, and the like, to define a footing for a catch basin grating, and has a base frame with parallel, spaced-apart walls, and an ancillary frame also with parallel, spaced-apar... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4850170 | Structural members and construction methods A structural member and a method of construction employing same, wherein the structural member comprises two boards held in spaced apart relationship by a pluarlity of spacers fixed at intervals between said boards and each board has a tongue along one ed... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4741140 | Masonry wall structure A masonry wall structure comprising hollow concrete block units laid in courses, wherein each of the block units comprises front and rear panel members and a pair of side panel assemblies which form a gap between adjacent two of the block units. The side ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4703602 | Forming system for construction A forming system for construction includes thin shell concrete block elements and connecting tie members which can be assembled into forms of various shapes and sizes to receive poured concrete. The block elements are dimensioned and configured to be prod... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4669234 | Prefabricated wall section A prefabricated wall section apparatus includes a pair of pressure treated plywood panels having a plurality of furring strips attached to one side of each panel. A plurality of spacing tie members space the pair panels a predetermined distance apart. The... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4655014 | Formwork assembly for concrete walls In a formwork assembly for concrete wall structures side wall portions are provided at their edges with grooves and projections engageable therein for securing side wall portions together in a proper position, with the side wall portions being connected b... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4646496 | Structural wall and concrete form system A combined structural wall and concrete form system, and form bracket apparatus are provided in which a wall frame acts as the side walls of a poured concrete form, while supporting the form in place. A plurality of brackets are transversely attached to t... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4438612 | System for the mutual anchoring of two walls Two facing walls have portions 1 and 2 connected together by a tie rod comprising a central section 4 and two end sections 5 and 6 joined to the central section by two bars 3 each with a ball head 7 at its opposite ends. The ball head in section 5 or 6 is... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4244155 | Block interlocking insert A bent steel insert is provided with top and bottom pairs of abutments for engaging the inside surfaces of top and bottom rows of concrete blocks to center the rows on top of each other. The preferred embodiment is made of a single strip of steel by: bend... | 01/13/1981 |