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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171690 | Countersunk fastener assemblies, panel mounting systems, and methods Washer assemblies for mounting panels to a support without damaging the panels include a countersunk washer and a sleeve. In one implementation, the washer assemblies are configured to at least partially prevent the formation of hoop stresses within a panel, and uni... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8161705 | Wall panel system A wall panel retention system including an upper panel retention structure incorporating the ceiling molding and a lower panel retention structure incorporating the base molding with retention structures for holding the sides of the wall panels to the building wall.... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8006452 | Insulating panel for buildings, provided with an auxiliary unit, in particular a photovoltaic unit, and with improved means for supporting and holding the auxiliary unit A prefabricated insulating panel for making outer surfaces of buildings, integrating an auxiliary panel unit, particularly a photovoltaic unit, is equipped with one or more quick-fit retention members of the auxiliary panel unit, each quick-fit retention members inc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7918065 | Fastening member and external wall construction structure using the same A fastening member which can fix with sufficient strength siding boards whose lateral joint portions are disposed in a portion where no vertical member is provided and prevent displacement in the vertical direction, is capable of ensuring a ventilation space without... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7891151 | Fasteners for clamping sheet-form members, and apparatus and method using such fasteners to attach undercover onto underside of vehicle floor panel Two-clip tubular fasteners are used to clamp a sheet-like member between flanges of the clips. An apparatus and method for attaching an undercover to the underside of a vehicle floor panel having a plurality of studs comprises a plurality of the tubular fasteners th... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7877948 | Fastener system for fixing hardened plates A fastener system for fixing hardened plates includes a fastener element having a frusto-conical head and a threaded shaft portion, wherein a smallest outer diameter of the frusto-conical head is adjacent the threaded shaft, and a largest outer width of the shaft is... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7797902 | Backing metal fixture and external wall constructing structure using the same The present invention provides a backing metal fixture which is excellent in constructability and stability with fixing an external wall, and an external wall constructing structure using the backing metal fixture. A backing metal fixture used for fixing an external... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7735284 | Wall structure with either plastic or concrete horizontal interlocking siding panels A wall structure for either a building or a stand alone wall is formed with stacked horizontal elongated panels. The upper and lower faces of each panel interlocks with its neighboring panel with a tongue and groove joint to form a continuous wall surface. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7730690 | Compression post assembly for wind up-lift of suspension soffits A compression post assembly for a soffit, canopy or like structure utilizing a suspended grid of inverted tees to support the soffit surface forming panels comprising a main strut and a saddle coupling, the main strut having a hollow cross-section along substantiall... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7721502 | System and method for floor covering installation Connectors for joining adjacent modular floor covering units. The connectors include a film and an adhesive layer coated on one side of the film. To install tiles using the connectors, a first tile is placed on the floor and a connector is positioned so that the adh... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7665260 | Fastening member, siding boards attachment structure using the same and method of attaching siding boards The present invention provides a fastening member which can fasten siding boards in which a lateral joint portion is arranged in a portion where a vertical member is not arranged with a sufficient strength, can prevent a displacement, and is excellent in a durabilit... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7647739 | Suspended ceiling construction and retaining clip therefor A suspended ceiling construction includes fill-in panels, diffusers and/or light fixtures which are retained in their openings by spring clips that have been pre-attached to the ceiling grid frame members. The clips bear against edges of the panels to keep them in p... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7546715 | Structurally integrated accessible floor system A floor system for a building that includes primary and secondary structural supports, a grid attached to the supports, and a plurality of panels removably mounted in the grid to provide access to the space below the panels and the grid. The floor system replaces co... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7464510 | System and method for floor covering installation Connectors for joining adjacent modular floor covering units. The connectors include a film and an adhesive layer coated on one side of the film. To install tiles using the connectors, a first tile is placed on the floor and a connector is positioned so that the adh... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7428802 | Fixing/adjusting tool of plate material For the fixing adjusting tools of the plate material to the structural body, the female member has a base plate with a through hole in a center and an external cylinder fixed vertically on the base plate. The male member has a base plate with a through hole in a cen... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421810 | Picture frame assembly for mounting to a cylindrical object A picture frame assembly includes a backing plate having a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of parallel grooves in one of the surfaces. The material and thickness of the backing plate are chosen so that the backing plate may be plastically deformed abo... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415807 | Structured adhesive system A construction configuration for a building includes a fixture adhered to a framing structure with an adhesive system. The adhesive system has an outer pressure sensitive adhesive material, an inner pressure sensitive adhesive material, a bonding adhesive material, ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412806 | Structures for creating spaces while installing anchor sheet and attachment piece subfloors Structures are described that create spaces while installing anchor sheet and attachment piece subfloors, but which allow for the expansion and contraction of anchor sheets after installation. The structures may be used on either the attachment pieces, anchor sheets... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7386961 | Bracket, method of making, and method of mounting rooftop elements on rooftop structure A bracket comprises a mounting base, a landing riser attached to the mounting base, a landing attached to the landing riser, a slot-defining structure riser attached to the mounting base and a slot-defining structure attached to the slot-defining structure riser. A ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383667 | Exterior facing panel system for outer walls of buildings Exterior facing panels for outer walls of the buildings including plural panels, each of the panels having a top face; side faces connected to the top face and bent downwardly from the edge of the top face; inward-bent end portions connected to the side faces and be... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7316099 | Spaced sheathing roofing system and method of installing same The present invention is a spaced sheathing roofing system and method in which roof cladding is placed onto batten strips positioned on roof rafters. The roof cladding is attached using an adhesive. The attachment component is preferably a polymer adhesive, more pre... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313891 | Wall finishing system The wall insulating and finishing system is a system for finishing a concrete structure to increase the amount of useable space in a building. The finishing system comprises a plurality of connectable panels. An insulation layer is secured to the rear surface of the... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7299595 | Seamed/seamless fabric wall panel system A fabric wall panel system includes fabric wall panels mounted by means of a ceiling track with a downwardly open channel and a base track with a panel support surface. Each fabric wall panel is mounted by inserting the top of the fabric wall panel into the downward... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287733 | Ceiling suspension structure A threaded coupling member for supporting a suspended ceiling grid system from an overhead support structure. A threaded connector nut is designed to be placed or dropped into an upper channel of the suspended ceiling grid system whereby, because of the configuratio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284940 | Nail having flexible sleeve mounted thereto A nail includes a shank with a head and a tip portion on two ends of the shank. Two guide flanges extend radially outward from the shank and a flexible and deformable sleeve is mounted to the shank and located between the two guide flanges. The nail penetrates an ob... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279438 | Coated insulation board or batt An insulation composite for attenuating energy or sound transmission has a body layer of insulating material with a roughly textured face and a uniform thickness solid cover layer permanently embedded in the body layer to a partial depth so that material of the body... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7246473 | Anchorage system for structural reinforcement of fiber reinforced plastic materials and the like An anchorage system for structural reinforcement of surface bonded reinforcing sheet, plate or shell made of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) or steel or other metallic or non-metallic materials is disclosed. The anchorage system comprises an anchor tube or solid rod ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237995 | Device for attaching a panel to a support A device, for attaching a panel to a support, incorporates a body with an elongated lower sector having a lower segment, an intermediate segment and an upper segment in which incuts are made to operatively engage and locate a retention bushing. The retention bushing... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228669 | Suspended table assembly A suspended table assembly includes a first support and a second support that are vertically spaced from each other. A plurality of legs is provided. Each of the legs has a first end and a second end. Each of a plurality of first brackets is pivotally coupled to one... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228668 | Protective covering and method of manufacturing A protective covering (10) for protecting surrounding items, i.e., walls, floors, and furniture, during construction, moving, or other activities. Covering (10) includes a protective backing layer (12) having a front side (14), a back sid... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228977 | Workroom storage system A space-efficient workroom organization system comprising a slotwall panel and/or slot track storage system with at least one repositionable slotwall or slot track mounted storage cabinet, and a workbench system comprising a workbench having a work surface and defin... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219475 | Method and apparatus for applying a modular paneling assembly A modular paneling assembly and method of applying same is provided. The modular paneling assembly includes at least one elongated panel member, upper and lower rails defining upper and lower recesses, respectively, the upper and lower recesses spaced apart a distan... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213378 | Connection part between a panel and a support A connection part between a panel and a support includes a body provided with an elongated segment that extends through an orifice made in the support. It incorporates an over-injected part made of a soft and compressible material on the body. The over-injected part... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207144 | Device and method for aiding installation of suspended ceilings A device for aiding installation of suspended ceilings includes a first cross member having an upper face to be disposed adjacent a bottom face of a main-tee and a second cross member extending from the first cross member at 90° and having a an upper face to be dis... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200971 | Suspender bottom bracket for ceiling frameworks, a suspender having this kind of bottom bracket, and an assembly comprising a sealing framework and at least one such suspender A suspender bottom bracket for ceiling frameworks, includes a support wall that is adapted to be fastened to a rod of the suspender and is extended by two flanges in parallel planes that each have a rim parallel to the support wall, the two rims being directed towar... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7189163 | T-nut for hopper feeding having a projection The present invention is to avoid the flange portion of a T-nut of from overlapping the portion between the claws of another T-nut, while the T-nut is supplied on a supply track provided on a nut applying machine, and also to engage the projections formed between th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185465 | Covering module and anchor sheet This application discloses a relatively thin flexible anchor sheet for installation under carpets or other decorative coverings and a covering module composed of a pre-attached decorative covering and anchor sheet which can be assembled by overlapping hook and loop ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185466 | Sub-flooring assembly for sports floor and method of forming the same A sub-floor assembly having sub-floor panels that are adapted to be integrally overlapped while providing clearance for channel sections when the floor deflects under load. Clearance for the channel sections may be achieved by providing pockets in an upper layer of ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178306 | Single ply roofing systems and methods of constructing them A single ply flexible membrane roofing system secured to a roof deck has a first membrane secured to the roof deck by fasteners. The membrane system includes a second membrane with an edge portion overlapping the first membrane edge which can be “factory” weld-b... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168474 | Decorative device comprised of modular interchangeable components A decorative device, such as a cornice, for crowing a variety of architectural structures also having modular and interchangeable components is disclosed. In one embodiment, a cornice comprises a horizontal base unit having a face section, a top and a bottom, and on... | 01/30/2007 |
