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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415804 | Isulated concrete form having welded wire form tie An insulating concrete form with two opposing panels, each panel having on each end thereof both a tongue and a groove for interconnecting with a similar form, the tongues and grooves positioned such that a similar form may be reversibly positioned and still interco... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7308778 | Metal stud frame A metallic stud for use in the framing of structures, the stud definable in terms of an x, y, z coordinate system, in which the z-axis corresponds to the gravity vector. The metallic stud includes a z-axis elongate generally rectangular integral xz plane web having ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7219474 | Load bearing building panel A load bearing building panel (10) is composed of light weight concrete and reinforcing within the panel body (11) adjacent to the first and second major faces (12, 13). The reinforcing (18, 19) extends in a horizontal direction for most ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7141284 | Drywall tape and joint Drywall tapes, drywall joints and methods for their construction are provided by this invention. The drywall tape of this invention includes a web of glass fibers and a coating disposed over a portion of the glass fibers. The coating includes a resinous binder which... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7032357 | Bridging member for concrete form walls A building component having first and second high density foam panels and improved bridging members for connecting the panels that extend between and may be molded into the panels. The bridging members include a pair of elongated end plates oriented in a top to bott... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024833 | Bracket for concrete forms A bracket for use with insulated forms for concrete walls for attaching header or rim joists to the concrete walls. The bracket has an attachment plate for overlying the exterior of the insulated form to provide for a means of attaching the header or rim joist to th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6978581 | Composite building block with connective structure A composite building block with a connective structure between the inner and outer wall units is presented. The wall units can be made of cement, clay brick, or similar materials. The connective structure is made of a material different than the wall units and may b... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6886303 | Form bracing tie bracket for modular insulating concrete form system and form using the same A tie bracket for supporting opposing synthetic foam insulating panels of a concrete receiving form, and a form utilizing such brackets. The tie bracket has intersecting horizontal and vertical members forming circumferentially closed openings therein. Most openings... | 05/03/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6763646 | Method and element for introducing shear forces into a concrete body, and concrete body In an element (40b) for introducing shear forces into a concrete body a loop element (43b) is arranged on a shear force mandrel (41b), which loop element has an arc section (47b) in proximity to the surface of ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6625947 | Insulated concrete wall system and method of making same A method and system for installing an insulated concrete wall includes insulation panels placed in an upright manner. Generally T-shaped wall studs are placed next to the insulation panels such that the front section of the wall stud is on the outside of ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6571526 | Concrete masonry unit (CMU) vertical reinforcement and anchor bolt positioning device A positioning device for positioning a reinforcement bar within a masonry block. The positioning device includes a core with a central opening and an openable seam, a support structure having support arms connected to the core and arranged and configured ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6536172 | Insulating construction form and manner of employment for same An insulating construction form consisting of a pair of spaced apart panels and a plurality of ties is applied to the building of structural walls. The tie members include pairs of resilient retainer arms, which define a series of adjacent receptacles. A ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6412231 | Blast shelter A blast shelter for protecting individuals during a blast or a natural disaster. The blast shelter includes an outer perimeter wall and an inner perimeter wall. The inner perimeter wall is positioned generally adjacent to the outer perimeter wall. A plura... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6324805 | Structural reinforcement system and reinforcing method at joint between structural members In a structural reinforcement system of the present invention, a reinforcing material of a bundled fibrous material is positioned spanning a joint between structural members, and then opposite end sections of the reinforcing material are inserted into ape... | 12/04/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6293063 | Cast-in-place hybrid building system A pre-cast concrete form for cast-in-place beams and columns and a method of forming the same. The form includes a form body having a channel through a length thereof and a shear bonding key along the length, the channel being adapted to receive cast-in-p... | 09/25/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6253523 | Mechanical support for foam building blocks An improved mounting for attaching an outer and inner facing material to a wall. The wall comprises a plurality of interlocking foam blocks with each of the plurality of interlocking foam blocks having an inner and an outer block surface for defining an o... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6219984 | Interconnectable formwork elements Interconnectable formwork elements for casting vertical concrete structures adapted to interconnect to one another along their longitudinal sides to create a formwork for casting concrete to form a wall other vertical structure.... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6151857 | Prefabricated composite construction system for internal and/or external building-walls The invention concerns a prefabricated composite construction system for the production of internal and/or external building-walls. The composite construction system has a building panel for internal use of wooden material and a building panel for externa... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6070380 | Concrete wall formwork module Disclosed is a prefabricated concrete formwork module that may be assembled with others similar modules in the manner of a brick wall to form a mold into which concrete is poured. The formwork module has a reinforcing structure preferably made of parallel... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5983585 | Building block with insulating center portion A building block that has two block walls joined by plastic webs. The block walls can be made of cement, clay brick, or similar materials. The block has the strength of a cinder block, but with much less weight. Moreover, the plastic webs are used as a ha... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5907939 | Masonry hanger A reinforcing bar support or hanger for use in a masonry block wall incorporates a pair of supporting arms for contacting the surface of a supporting block and includes vertically extending hanger members terminating in a rebar cradle for receiving and su... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5852907 | Tie for foam forms A form tie for interlocking parallel and spaced foam panels. The tie is formed of an elongate planar strap having a lattice arrangement of openings for flow of concrete. Each of the opposite ends of the strap have an end plate and an inside plate spaced t... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5638652 | Concrete-filled steel bearing wall A concrete-filled steel bearing earthquake resistant wall which has combined resistance to shearing forces exerted in the surface plane thereof has connecting members (1), a pair of surface steel plates (2 and 2') arranged in parallel spaced relationship ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5488806 | Block forms for receiving concrete A foam block wall system is formed from a plurality of interconnected individual foam blocks. The individual foam blocks have a plurality of vertically oriented, quadrilateral core members spaced evenly within the block. The spaces between the core member... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5465542 | Interblocking concrete form modules Interlocking concrete form modules (21) suitable for creating a concrete wall form is disclosed. The modules (21) have the general shape of a right rectangular parallelepiped with parallel side walls (23a, 23b) joined by integral webs (25a, 25b, 27a, 27b,... | 11/14/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5379562 | Flow-through cap and stirrup for reinforcement bars and method of use thereof A flow-through cap and stirrup for reinforcement bars in a building wall and method of use thereof is disclosed. The building wall is formed from successive layers of masonry blocks having cells therethrough which form a hollow vertical core. Usually and ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5271193 | Concrete products and methods of fabrication An internal form with exterior surfaces corresponding to the interior surfaces of the access chamber adapted to be contacted by corrosive gasses; spraying such exterior surfaces of the form with a release agent and allowing the release agent to cure; spra... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5092093 | Panel forms having panel reinforcing means A form for walls and the like of the type formed by two parallel, facing molding surfaces each of the surfaces being formed by a plurality of panels, each panel having a rigid frame formed with an inner flange at one side and spaced holes, a plate with a ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4700523 | Reinforcing frame work for constructing reinforced concrete structure A reinforcing frame work for covering structural steel bars of a reinforced concrete structure to be constructed is disclosed herein. The frame work comprises a plurality of frame units connected together and disposed along said structural steel bars, eac... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4479338 | Building elements and method of constructing a building A moulded building sheet (1) has opposed side edges (5) of increased thickness with respect to the general thickness of the sheet. The thicker side edges each accommodate a rebate (6) which extends along the respective side edge and into which the free en... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4261150 | Prefabricated construction elements provided with a reinforcement operating as a caisson, equipment for producing such elements and method of fabrication and application in building erection Composite building elements of reinforced concrete having trimmed outer surfaces, formed through the coupling of two flat basic semielements, each of which comprising a continuous metal reinforcement according to a fret-like pattern, formed of a perforate... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4107886 | Prefabricated building module A prefabricated building module comprising at least two side-walls, a ceiling, and a floor. In one embodiment of the building module, the walls, ceiling and floor each include a thin, continuous layer of a concrete-like material having spaced-apart, open ... | 08/22/1978 |
