Vehicular Impact Signaling Device
An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7712277 | Building siding with horizontal panels installed Exterior building siding for aesthetic and protection of the building against wind, rain and solar energy that includes attaching each horizontal plank from the top of the wall downwardly that includes a starting strip where each plank is interlocked to the plank ab... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7246474 | Metal shingle system A metal shingle system which is resistant to leakage, even under severe weather conditions. The key attribute of the new system to the design of the side edge of the shingle such that water that seeps between adjacent shingles cannot be blown upward. Briefly, the to... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204062 | Straight face vinyl siding The present invention is a vinyl siding panel and a method of making the vinyl siding panel. The vinyl siding panel comprises a planar portion extending the longitudinal length of the vinyl siding panel. The planar portion comprises a first edge and a second edge. T... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7155866 | Cementitious exterior sheathing product having improved interlaminar bond strength The present invention provides exterior building products, such as roofing and siding, shake, shingles, siding, sheathing, panels, planks, vertical siding, soffit panels, fencing, decking, fascia, corner posts, column corners and trim boards in which a plurality of ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7089708 | Wall paneling assembly and system Panels which are joined at their opposing end faces are used to create a panel assembly. The opposing end faces may be a tongue and groove arrangement or they may consist of matching beveled recesses. In either case, the interrelationship between the opposing end fa... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089709 | Siding having indicia defining a fastening zone Siding panels having indicia indicating a zone into which fasteners should be placed, and methods for manufacturing and installing the panels are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the siding includes a panel of siding material having a first edge extending along ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6948288 | Roof tile support A roof tile support element that fits between roof tiles and a roofing surface to provide support for the roof tiles, which is compatible with a broad range of roof tiles, is adjustable during installation, and that allows individuals to walk confidently on a tile r... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6609337 | Tile for a pitched roof A tile for a pitched roof. The tile includes a body that overlies the pitched roof and a plurality of protrusions that stick outwardly from the body and function as heat sinks that sluff-off heat and impede thermal energy from being transmitted to the pit... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6578334 | Building board and manufacturing method thereof A building board which is provided on the surface thereof with a concave and convex pattern, and opposite sides thereof with overlying rabbeted portions (2-1, 6-1, 6-2) and underlying rabbeted portions (3-1, 3-2, 5-1), respectively, wherein each overlying... | 06/17/2003 |
| 5613337 | Metal shingle with gutter and interlocking edges A shingle is formed with a first, or trailing, side edge folded over toward the top surface of the shingle to catch moisture and direct it down to the top surface of the next lower shingle. A second, or leading, side edge of the shingle is not folded. An ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5570554 | Interlocking stapled flooring A floor covering member with a bottom and a top cover surface for covering sub-flooring a first end portion extending between the top cover surface and the bottom surface, and having a blind attachment surface extending outwardly from the bottom surface a... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5540029 | Wind-resistant roof tile A roof tile 10 is provided which, when used on a tiled roof, has improved resistance to lifting and damage due to wind. The roof tile includes a wind-uplift-preventing step 5 that, when a plurality of the tiles are overlapped on a roof deck, shields a for... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5423153 | Simulated log siding for buildings A simulated log siding for a cabin, house or other building is disclosed which can be constructed of tree heartwood, such as oak, or vinyl plastic. In the heartwood species, elongated planks are provided which have an outwardly bowed outer facing surface ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5404687 | Intumescent fireproofing panel system A system of fireproofing panels. The panels are light weight and easy to install. Lap joints are formed between the panels and simply secured with screws. No fireproofing material need be applied over the joints or the screws. In one embodiment, the panel... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5323581 | Lightweight cementitious roofing A lightweight roofing shingle or tile having an elongated body with top and bottom surfaces that taper lengthwise of the body, the body having laterally spaced, elongated edges; the body having a mid-region and a recess sunk upwardly into the mid-region, ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5079889 | Roof tile fixing clip A tile clip for a pitched roof of laterally interlocked tiles is provided for restraining a tile against movement away from, and movement down, the roof. The clip is secured to a roof batten adjacent the lower end of the tile, on which batten rest tiles i... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5040348 | Shingle or shake panel A shingle or shake panel having a plywood backing and a facing composed of two single-layer courses of shingles or shakes bonded to the backing sheet, the upper edge of the panel being formed as a standing bevel facing away from the front face of the pane... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4955169 | Hardboard siding A siding panel formed from a body of hardboard material is formed with a locking tongue at or adjacent its upper edge and a locking seat at its lower edge. The locking tongue of one panel is arranged to be seated in the locking seat of another panel when ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4953334 | Economy building panel A low cost insulating panel for covering walls of existing structures has an expanded cellular core having complementary stepped side edges of differing width to define depressions in a combination of two panels. The panel has thin flat reinforcing strips... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4914885 | Roofing tile An improved roofing tile with side flanges, one overlying and one underlying, providing an interlock between adjacent tiles. The flanges have two ridges and two grooves each. The inner ridge of the underlying flange is higher than the outer ridge thereof,... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4862665 | Roof planking with multi beaded gasket strip An improved roofing material of the type which utilizes elongated planks nailed directly to the rafters. Each plank has a tongue along the upper edge and a groove along the lower edge. The improvement relates to the form of the gasket which has several be... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4825618 | Overlapping tile Tiles 60 inches long fit on a wall along the length of a standard bathtub, and when cut in half, fit on walls at ends of a standard bathtub. Each tile has a lip and flange that overlap adjacent tiles in a way that makes grouting unnecessay between adjacen... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4765113 | Roofing structure A roofing structure including tiles preferably molded of a lightweight fire resistant cement product and having grooves at their underside adapted to receive upwardly projecting flanges of coacting elements attached to a roof support structure, to locate ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4501100 | Method and apparatus for making swimming pools A method and apparatus for making swimming pools wherein all the pool walls are formed from sheet metal panels joined together at welded junctions. The method and apparatus is characterized by constructing the bottom wall of the pool from a plurality of b... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4499701 | Rabbeted shingle butt joint sidewall panel and shingle component Wood shingle sidewall panels include a face layer of high-grade tapered wood shingles with their longitudinal edges in abutment, an intermediate layer of veneer and a backing layer of wood shingles tapered opposite to the taper of the face wood shingles. ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4468909 | Building panel A building panel having inner and outer faces outlined by opposite ends and an upper and lower edges has opposite ends adapted to closely face the end of an adjacent panel in the same course. The outer face of the panel includes a lower segment of substan... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4459788 | Plywood-backed double course shingle panel A wood shingle panel includes an elongated backing sheet and a face layer adhesively bonded together, the face layer being composed of a double course of half-length shingle sections formed by severing standard full-length tapered wood shingles midway bet... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4423572 | Water-tight insulated roof construction for house A roof construction disposed for superimposing upon an existing roof to provide for heat insulation and water-proofing employs a novel interlocking panel construction which facilitates assembly and insures water-tightness as well as providing for insertio... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4292780 | Staggered butt sidewall shingle panel and method of making the same A method of making wood shingle sidewall panels by assembling a lay-up having one layer of high-grade tapered wood shingles with a staggered butt edge, an intermediate layer of veneer and an opposite layer of low-grade wood shingles with an even butt edge... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4261152 | Multi-lap siding with beaded edge A multi-lap siding formed from a hardboard material is disclosed. The multi-lap siding is rectangular and has generally flat, opposed front and rear surfaces, and an upper leading edge and the lower trailing edge being configured such that the upper leadi... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4251578 | Roof coating composition and construction A roof having an insulating blanket of plastic foam covered by a protective sheath made up of a shell of reinforced concrete covered by a weather-impervious rubbery textured membrane. The membrane and the shell are married together in the sheath, the shel... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4229123 | Inclined retaining wall and element therefor An inclined retaining wall for retaining and securing the slope of an inclined piece of terrain comprises a plurality of horizontal rows of prism-shaped elements, which rows of elements are superimposed one upon the other in a relationship staggered rearw... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4188762 | Triple lap hardboard siding A triple lap siding product is machined from a strip of wide lap hardboard siding to give the appearance of three narrow laps of natural wood siding or actual drop siding cut from 3/4" lumber. The configuration for simulating narrow lap siding is machined... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4120132 | Metal roofing shingle and holding strip therefor A metal roofing shingle having a main body portion of a generally trapezoidal configuration. A holding strip is utilized for supporting and backing the shingle, when applied to a roof. The entire structure is waterproof, easy to install and extremely dura... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4107885 | Prefabricated roof section The roof section comprises a quadrilateral substrate and a roof covering on the top thereof. The covering comprises shingle-like roof plates, the bodies of which have a tapering cross section in one cross sectional plane thereof. The plates are arranged i... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4040211 | Multi portion tile having a curled interlock A tile, generally used for roofing purposes, made of metal or synthetic material, has two portions, one portion has a convex upper surface and another portion has a concave upper surface. These portions are integral with each other and do not overlap one ... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4015392 | Building wall panel system An integral siding/roofing building wall panel system comprising panels having an elongated rectangular base of structural sheet material having opposite inner and outer faces and longitudinal upper and lower edges dimensioned to span across at least one ... | 04/05/1977 |