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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7748192 | Building blocks and location devices for reinforced concrete walls A building block (2) comprising two side panels (6, 8) with at least one open side, the side panels spaced apart by two bridging parts (10, 12), a removable section (17) on at least one bridging part (10, 12), and a pair of recesse... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7234275 | Barrier and barrier system One version of the barrier system may include a first barrier and a second barrier, in which each of the first and second barriers may have a support structure and an upwardly-extending structure. In addition, the first barrier may have a retaining structure adapted... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6938382 | Stockade A palisade comprises visible or wall surfaces disposed on opposing sides and intermediate end faces. One of the end faces is provided with a projecting convex head, while the other end face comprises a correspondingly formed concave receptacle for the head. When for... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6895722 | Folding structural panel unit Lightweight structural panel units for construction of space enclosing structures each of which is formed from a blank of flat, suitably rigid, yet foldable sheet of material, which are profiled and pre-creased with a unique configuration. Upon folding, the blanks f... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6394705 | Modular flood containment structure A modular block and a retaining wall filled of the modular blocks, each modular block having a body portion with first and second opposed ends, an interior hollow portion to receive a ballast, the first one of the opposed ends having a plurality of tenons... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5901520 | Interlocking building blocks Interlocking blocks are provided which are light in weight, and which may be assembled without use of mortar or other binding agent. Because the interlocking block is light in weight, it may be of a larger size than conventional blocks. Each interlocking ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5832687 | Coupling means for building block A building block is provided with coupling means on the upper and lower faces allow the blocks to be interconnected to form structures. The coupling means includes protrusions on one face and a set of sockets or receptacles sized to engage the protrusions... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5687530 | Composite building unit A composite building unit comprising at least one volume element having an upper surface with at least one projection and a bottom surface with at least one cavity positioned and configured to accommodate a projection from another volume element and at le... | 11/18/1997 |
| 4601148 | Module for walls and free standing structure A hollow module useful for a retaining wall structure or the like defined by an upstanding surrounding wall formation presenting front, rear and opposed side faces and having generally planar upper and lower surfaces and a substantially constant wall thic... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4577447 | Construction block A building block to be used in the construction of houses, buildings, gargages, sheds and the like, which is constructed of expanded, polystyrene beads. The building block is to be arranged with other similar building blocks in a vertically orientated, ho... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4189125 | Ground support pads for mobile structures A ground support pad is described which is typically composed of a polyolefin-homopolymer and consists of two separate and identical halves which may be snapped together to form an integral unit. The pads may be used to support any heavy structure upon th... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4172344 | Masonry units having removable flanges A masonry block unit having spaced, selectively removable, vertical flanges on its inner face which are so spaced that they may be laid in the same direction and overlapped corresponding to the spacing in order that alternate flanges will provide a contin... | 10/30/1979 |
