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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165368 | Insulation blanket with cut guidelines A blanket of fibrous building insulation is provided, for in situ cutting to correspond to spacings between studs or like building members between which the insulation is to be applied. The blanket includes a layer of fibrous insulation material and a facing materia... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7140158 | Composite beam A composite beam is disclosed. The component has spaced pairs of elongate wood members, the members of each pair being in face to face mating orientation. A generally sinuous shaped spacer rod sub assembly having spacer portions connected at junctures is provided. T... | 11/28/2006 |
| 5799457 | Structural element for thermal insulation A structural element for thermal insulation between two concrete structural components. An insulating body having metal reinforcing rods extending therethrough is to be attached to the concrete structural members with the rods extending within each member... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5465538 | Prefabricated lintel A prefabricated lintel having two spaced apart parallel upstanding legs extending along the length of the lintel and having laterally aligned holes defined therethrough and spaced therealong. The lintel further has a flat lower surface and an upper surfac... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5317847 | U-block reinforcing system A steel truss (10) spanning an opening (11) in a load-bearing CMU wall (111) is used as a structural support from which to hang hangers (12) having steel plates (13) on their lower ends. U-blocks (14) are placed on the hangers, and the space (20) between ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5097644 | Mold board construction A mold board construction includes a body made of concrete and a number of steel wires embedded in the body. A number of grooves are formed in the surfaces of the body so that a number of protrusions are formed on the body, and a number of holes are forme... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4672782 | Smokestack or tower of precast reinforced concrete modules A high, self-supporting smokestack or tower having a structure constructed by stacking precast reinforced concrete sections one upon the other, the cross-sectional area of the structure being larger at the bottom than at the top and concentrated reinforce... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4566235 | Tile block A tile for covering surface areas such as floors and walls has a tile surface and beneath the tile surface a body portion having side walls extending perpendicularly from the tile surface edges so as to form a tile block and the body portion has channels ... | 01/28/1986 |
