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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186120 | Steel support frame for a photovoltaic system usable as a carport A base frame for a parking lot roof equipped with photovoltaic modules is proposed, wherein two mirror-symmetrically constructed halves are provided, with each half having an inner arc constructed of three inner struts and an outer arc constructed of three outer str... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7360341 | Slab support truss system A column mounted shoring bracket has a support sub-assembly attached to a column or other supporting surface, a jack sub-assembly attached to the support and a head sub-assembly attached to a part of the jack that varies in height relative to the support. The head h... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7240387 | Ornamental bridge kit An ornamental bridge kit includes a frame having a first and second side beams (10, 12) of a length that may fit within a shipping container. The frame further includes a plurality of transverse braces (16) spanning between the internal surface of the ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216467 | Column to structure attachment device A column to structure attachment device and method is disclosed for securing a support column between a base structure and a beam structural member. The device includes a structural column having a first end and a second end with a void parallel to a longitudinal ax... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7185471 | Method for making a wooden beam, wooden beam and structure for constructing a building Method of manufacturing a wooden beam includes arranging first and second elongated members parallel to one another and at a predetermined distance from one another, arranging the at least two crosspieces on the first and second elongated members, arranging third an... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7155872 | Open frames for providing structural support and related methods Open frames are disclosed by which structural support is provided, each frame comprising an array of slender members formed into a plurality of zig zag frame elements defining apexes, where the slender members of different zig zag frame elements integrally intersect... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152384 | Dome kit, structure and method A new and useful Dome Kit, dome shaped structural system and method of assembling a dome shaped structural system are provided. The Dome Kit and method are used to form a dome shaped structural system comprising a compression ring, a lower ring that is larger than t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146773 | Concrete accepting wall structure with adjustable curvature A structure for forming a vertically orientated wall comprises a flexible front panel having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis and substantially continuous front surface; a flexible rear panel positioned rearwardly and parallel to the front panel; and a plurali... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7040069 | Long-span transition beam An elongate, long-span transition beam employable between columns in a building frame structure. This transition beam includes (a) an elongate central portion having one, principal cross-sectional vertical depth, and (b) joined to the opposite ends of the central po... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6973755 | Column to structure attachment device A column to structure attachment device and method is disclosed for securing a support column between a base structure and a beam structural member. The device includes a structural column having a first end and a second end with a void parallel to a longitudinal ax... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6925762 | Arch structure An arch structure (12) comprising several struts (14) interconnected by five joints (15) to form an arch (16), and two series of cables (17, 18). The two ends of the arch (16) rest on ball joints which are fixed to the groun... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6360509 | Metal building truss and method of construction A truss for supporting a roof of a building and the like includes a bottom chord member having a first end and a second end, and a top chord member fixedly attached to the bottom chord member and having arcuately curved upper surface. The upper surface is... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6318043 | Shelter and shelter support members A shelter may be readily assembled or disassembled from a plurality of identical shelter supports. Each shelter support is formed from an outer beam placed in a divergent relationship to an inner beam. The converging ends of each beam are capped by a firs... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6266932 | Bow module portable modular structure The bow module portable modular structure of the present invention includes: (a) a rigid, spaced apart, parallel array of arches, each lying in a vertical plane and spaced apart along a longitudinal axis, wherein each arch is formed of a unitary generally... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6176060 | Manufacture of trusses Wooden roof trusses of the kind having a bottom chord (13) and at least one obliquely disposed upper chord (11) with webs connecting the chords by means of nail-pated joints, in which the webs are selected from a set of standard stock length webs (50), an... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6026613 | Truss arch for fabric covered buildings and the like The present invention provides a strong yet lightweight truss arch which could be used in many applications, and is adapted particularly to a support framework for those fabric covered structures utilizing a single piece of fabric stretched over the top o... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5806266 | Beam member having an adjustable curvature A beam member for use in construction, particularly as a waler in concrete form assemblies, and a method of producing the same. The beam member is flexible to a preselected curvilinear shape and adapted to be held in said preselected curvilinear shape, an... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5727272 | Composite structure, especially bridge The composite structure made of wood and reinforced concrete can be used for bridges, roofs etc. In a bridge, a plate of reinforced concrete carries the roadway and rests on a truss comprising lower and upper chords, transversal girders and struts made of... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5655347 | Biarch-framing member for arched structures A biarch consists of two coplanar arches, curved in the same direction and radially spaced with cross ties having shear rigidity in planes perpendicular to the cross section areal center curve of the arch pair. End ties resist relative tangential arch dis... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5584148 | Arcuate ceiling structure A device for forming an arcuate ceiling structure which is positionable between first and second opposed rows of vertical wall studs having at least one horizontal header extending therebetween. The device comprises a first ledger attached to the first ro... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5317856 | Composite structure of wood and reinforced concrete, a composite girder and a dome shaped load bearing structure including such composite structure The composite structures are composed of wooden members such as girders of laminated wooden boards and members of reinforced concrete such as a plate of reinforced concrete which form for instance a composite load supporting structure designed as pedestri... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5218801 | Roof truss and decking system A roof truss and decking system having trusses constructed with multiple truss blocks (8) stacked end to end with crush plates (14) in between. Keystones (16) are placed at the apex of the trusses or the crush plates (14) wedge shaped forming the trusses ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5195291 | Spherical wooden truss frame building A modular building structure is provided for erection on a circular foundation. The building is formed from a plurality of truss members mounted between the circular foundation and a compression ring at the crown of each truss member. Roof panels fixed to... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5159792 | Roof truss building A building having a plurality of spaced apart concrete pilasters vertically disposed in the ground and having their tops in a common horizontal plane carry thereon a similar plurality of roof truss members which are generally vertically disposed on the pi... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5134821 | Trussed structure A trussed structure includes at least a pair of parallel trussed girders. In one of the trussed girders, an upper chord member and a lower chord member are joined through lattice members. The trussed structure includes at least a pair of prestressing memb... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4924638 | Domed support structure In a domed support structure, especially for roof construction, a compression dome is arched in lengthwise direction in a catenary configuration. A tension dome is further arranged either side by side or below the compression dome and is also arched in le... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4890429 | Building truss The invention relates to a building truss having an intermediate flexible section and two end stiff sections. The truss is formed of upper and lower chord(s) with the lower chord(s) of the intermediate section having a plurality of lengths of tube slidabl... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4676045 | Post-tensioned steel structure A method of constructing and erecting a post-tensioned steel frame structure consisting in: 1. Constructing on the ground a center span of the structure to each end of which are hingedly connected column structures; 2. Post-tensioning the center span by means ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4649688 | Floor loaded platform truss An improvement in the art of bowstring roof truss construction comprising an altered web pattern in which the diagonal and vertical webs, normally converging at points alternately within the geometric confines of the top chord and the bottom chord, inters... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4602461 | Insulated trussed roof construction The construction includes batts of fibrous insulation between trusses as well as insulation in a vertical thermal path through the trusses.... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4597239 | Lining-frame of latticework construction for galleries, tunnels or the like A lining-frame for a gallery or tunnel comprises two planar latticework trussed arches, each comprising an inner belt (3,4) and an outer belt (1,2) interconnected by a zig-zag rod chain (5,6). The arches are fixed parallel to one another by planar connect... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4569501 | Cambered truss header for a shoring structure The cambered truss header is embodied in a shoring apparatus for pouring substantially horizontal concrete building sections. The truss header extends between and is supported on end runners which may be carried on floor-supported legs or on hangers mount... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4471585 | Domed support framework In a domed support framework tension domes and the compression domes are arranged side-by-side, neighboring domes thereby being arched oppositely with respect to one another. The tension domes and compression domes are carried by common intermediate suppo... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4412405 | Interlocking building structure An arch-shaped building structure is constructed from a multiplicity of relatively small but uniform pieces without the use of metal hardware or fasteners and without the use of conventional tools. Overlapping or offset cross members are disposed between ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4400927 | Method of forming a skeletal dome structure in situ A skeletal dome structure composed of a plurality of arcuate support beams joined at their upper ends to a central hub and radiating outwardly and downwardly to terminate at points of engagement with a support surface. Each support beam is composed of an ... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4393637 | Wood roof truss construction A wood roof truss construction comprising, in combination, a pair of redundant superpositioned load support systems, namely a tied-arch system and a wood bowstring truss system. The wood truss system comprises an arch, a web system depending from said arc... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4357782 | Domed support framework or truss A domed support framework or truss comprises, as the roof form elements, wooden members oriented in the direction of doming and interconnected with one another so as to be tension-proof in such direction. The therebetween extending reinforcement ribs are ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4275537 | Tension members Prestressed composite tension members comprise an assembly which includes compression and tension portions which are loaded longitudinally along or symmetrical with the center of gravity of the compression portion and prestressed causing both the tension ... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4223506 | Frameworks and like structures A framework in particular an arch comprising at least one frame member and wherein the framework extends in at least two dimensions, a linkage system associated with the framework and attached thereto at at least three non-collinear positions on the frame... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4173857 | Double-layered wooden arch truss A double-layered wooden arch truss to be used for frameworks of wooden roofs and characterized in that the wooden arch truss is double-layered with an upper arch member formed of layered wooden plate material and a lower arch member formed identically to ... | 11/13/1979 |
