Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028485 | Module having displacement bodies for the production of concrete elements Module (1) for the production of concrete elements, particularly of concrete semi-finished products or of relatively “thin” in-situ concrete surfaces. The modules includes a plurality of displacement bodies (5, 5′, 5″, 5′″) able to be inser... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7685789 | Construction element and method for manufacturing it Construction element for forming a reinforced concrete slab (2), consisting of the combination of at least a hardened concrete layer (3), at least a number of reinforcement elements (4) and elements (5) extending at least partially from t... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7617650 | Fascia-mounted aluminum railing system An improved railing/wall system for elevated slab balconies. The system uses a number of fascia brackets to secure posts to the outer face of the elevated slab balcony. The posts have a base track secured to them. Infill panels are then placed between the posts to p... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7353641 | Void forming core formwork for concrete beam To render a formwork (10), having a hollow (11b) defined therein and embedded in the elongated concrete member (40) during casting of a concrete material, to be lightweight, environmentally friendly and inexpensive and to have a sufficien... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7254925 | Insulated wall assembly A concrete form panel has a plurality of studs. A first and second panel are fastened to the studs to define concrete receiving cavities between the first panel and the second panel. A fastening strip attaches the panels to the stud and is vertically oriented. In ad... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7232605 | Hybrid natural-fiber composites with cellular skeletal structures The present invention relates to composite structural members comprising polymers, natural and synthetic fibers, and nano-scale platelets arranged in two- or three-dimensional cellular skeletal structure; more particularly referring to a low-cost natural-fiber based... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228665 | Roof and wall covering with improved corner construction A wall covering for a pair of wall surfaces that form a corner. The wall covering includes (1) plurality of wall panels each having a plurality of horizontal tiers of simulated building elements and (2) a plurality of corner moldings each having a single tier of bui... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216464 | Modular oven wall panel assembly A modular oven, such as a batch process oven, includes a standardized set of self supporting, interconnectable panels which, when assembled, from a self-supporting heat containment shell, free of added structural support members. The present invention is also direct... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7191999 | Variable height sideforms An improvement to concrete casting machines of the casting bed type in which the side forms are constructed and arranged to stay in an upright position at all times but may be raised and lowered. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188455 | Roofing element A roofing element comprises a structural box of concrete and an insulating layer extending inside the structural box. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7127859 | Hand-held void-forming system and anchor applicator A hand-held void forming device, including a handle having two handle elements moveable relative to each other; and a void forming portion having two void forming elements moveable relative to each other, the void forming portion being operatively connected to the h... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7010893 | Concrete floor, particularly a temperature concrete floor The present invention is directed to a concrete floor, particularly a temperable concrete floor, containing an upper side and an underside, containing first concrete-free spaces, particularly cavities, that comprise at least one first wall surface, particularly two,... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6955014 | Insulated concrete cast panels with voids in billits A method for casting hollow core concrete panels includes the use of raft connectors to hold a plurality of spaced foam billets in place during the manufacture to create panel or plank with spaced foam-filled cores. The panels include billets that form longitudinal ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6925769 | Concrete jar step insert In accordance with the present invention there is provided an insert for placement in a mold for forming a concrete jar to form holes in the interior of the concrete jar for receiving steps and a method for forming holes in the interior of a concrete jar or manhole ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923145 | Flume flush floor for livestock A floor arrangement for use with livestock such as in a barn is in the form of a concrete panel and includes plural spaced, elongated, linear flumes, or channels, disposed within the panel and extending its length. Each flume is generally cylindrical in shape and op... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6840018 | Elongate bodies for use in pre-cast panel forming systems Elongate bodies for use in providing architectural and structural features in pre-cast panels are provided. The elongate bodies may-comprise a cross-section comprising a set portion, a hinged portion, and hinge. The set portion and the hinged portion are configured ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6792726 | Presealed system Presealed System device for walls, floors and roofs. The Presealed System device forms pre-selected openings in floors and walls and roofs in buildings and/or houses and/or during remodeling projects for allowing plumbing pipes and/or electrical conduits to pass the... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6789366 | Lost mould element for manufacturing reinforced concrete flat slabs A lost mold element for manufacturing reinforced concrete flat slabs, which is intended, when used together with other mold elements, for creating voids and for allowing the molding of beams. The mold element is made of a recycled plastic material, having a shape of... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6767619 | Preform for manufacturing a material having a plurality of voids and method of making the same A beaded preform includes a plurality of adjacently positioned beads for forming a plurality of voids in an engineered material. The beaded preforms may be comprised of a filaments (single strand of beads) and mats (two-dimensional and three dimensional arrays of be... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6725611 | Sleeve holder for utility conduit An apparatus for receiving one end of a utility conduit sleeve within a concrete form. The apparatus has a tubular body with an interior surface intersecting first and second ends. The tubular body receives one end of the sleeve through one end and has a flexible fl... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6635202 | Method for filling and reinforcing honeycomb sandwich panels The present invention relates to a process for the fast and efficient filling of voids of both simple and complex shape which can be carried out at room temperature. In particular, the present invention consists of the use of free flowing thermally expand... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6601354 | Method and apparatus for post-tensioning steel strands in slab construction A method and apparatus for post-tensioning a reinforcing strand disposed within a concrete slab of the character having a plurality of reinforcing members embedded therein. The apparatus includes a yieldably deformable elastomeric body having a longitudin... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6513291 | Concrete slab construction for building columns A concrete slab construction in which a building ring is used to isolate the slab from a column which supports upper parts of a building. The ring is placed on a concrete pier beneath the column. Concrete may be poured to form a slab outside of the ring a... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6457288 | Prefabricated concrete panel for building floors in civil or industrial structures A prefabricated concrete panel for building floors in civil or industrial structures, comprising a concrete body with a reinforcement provided with portions which protrude from one of the larger faces of the body of the panel which constitutes extrados of... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6453620 | Window buck A window buck having members forming a frame with the members including adjustable components enabling use of the buck in walls under construction of different thicknesses. Extruded front and rear components of each buck member are adjustably interengaged... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6332297 | Device for facilitating the removal of formwork The invention relates to a device for facilitating the removal of formwork for the end joint of a diaphragm wall panel, said formwork comprising a soleplate having two side edges. The device comprising: two substantially rectangular plates of substantially the... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6311444 | Lightweight concrete masonry unit The lightweight concrete masonry unit of the present invention contains, before being mixed with water, about 11 to 11.5% by weight of cement, about 47 to 47.5% by weight of pumice lightweight aggregate, about 22.5 to 23% by weight of other aggregate, abo... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6216403 | Method, member, and tendon for constructing an anchoring device An anchoring device not accessible from one of its sides can be produced by making a cavity (11) of a particular shape and using tendons (4), each of which has an end portion (41) of adapted shape. The cavity may be made in different ways, especially by c... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6164618 | Joining method and joining structure as well as form for concrete products The present invention relates to a joining method and a joining structure as well as a form for concrete products. A protruding portion provided at the front end of a seal member of elastic material attached to one concrete product is inserted through an ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6027094 | Set of parts for use in building and a method of using same The invention relates to a set of parts for use in building, comprising a plurality of separate parts which are assemblable to provide a former for defining a desired configuration in a set settable material, characterised by at least two interengageable ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6017597 | Complex cell structure and method for producing the same The objectives of the invention is to obtain the complex cell structured material which has the advantages of toughness and of being light in weight. Also it is economical when utilized in the field of the general structural materials such as architecture... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5816009 | Stress steering structure A load bearing structure having a set of uniform voids functions to resolve the forces imposed by developing compression in the material having the voids and minimizing the amount of tension developed in the material. The voids are deployed to encompass a... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5799455 | Collapsible corrugated paper form void A form void for providing a space between a poured concrete structure and an underlying expansive soil is formed of three sheets of corrugated paper for shipping in a flat "knock-down" configuration and is erected at the construction site simply by insert... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5797230 | Element for use in making a reinforced concrete structure with cavities, filler body for making such an element, and method of making a reinforced concrete structure with cavities An element for use in making a reinforced concrete structure of substantially planar shape. The element includes a) at least a lower reinforcing mesh consisting of mutually crossing reinforcing rods (1, 2) rigidly secured to each other, and b) a number of... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5791103 | Pouring buck The window buck is made of extruded irregular shapes consisting of a combination of cellulose and polymer compounded specifically to be used in connection with building walls of poured concrete. The combination desirably is a mixture of approximately 70% ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5788420 | Connector for engaging soil-reinforcing grid and earth retaining wall An earth retaining wall having at least a pair of tiers of side-by-side blocks which define a receiving channel for a connector bar with spaced-apart keys that engage apertures in a lattice-like grid extending laterally from the tiers, the grid being cove... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5778625 | Recessed lighting fixture and method of installing A recessed lighting fixture includes a back housing which is secured to a form board for receiving poured concrete such that the concrete sets around the housing to form a recessed area in a concrete structure. The form board is joined to a stiffener plat... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5718096 | Box-shaped structures, such as buildings Box-shaped structures, such as buildings. Such boxed-shape structures can include modular boxes. Other conceivable forms are paneled elements in plane and curved three-dimensional shapes, which may be used in such box-shaped structures. The paneled elemen... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5643402 | Method and device for pressing injection material into the joints between concrete bodies The invention concerns a device for introducing sealing material into at least one tubular injection element (12, 13), such as a hose and/or channel, in a concrete joint-sealing system, the injection element joining forming a sealant-injection path in the... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634311 | Drainage conduit A device for stabilizing footing drainage conduits while forming the footings including an annular disk and a cylindrical hub extending outwardly from and about the opening. A drain tile or conduit is engaged with the device about the hub while the device... | 06/03/1997 |
