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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7743580 | Tilt-up anchor and anchor pocket form An improved, lightweight, portable, and self-contained concrete form for fabricating tilt-up concrete walls is provided. The form includes a frame made from metal frame members jointed at their ends with the frame members forming the sides of the frame. Optional str... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7234566 | Elevator insert Inserts (10 or 10A) for mounting rails (302) for rollers (301) on a cab in a shaft (300) of an elevator are described. Also, insert 10A is particularly useful for mounting flooring in the elevator shaft (300). The ins... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213376 | Bracket for supporting structural element to support structure A bracket for supporting a structural element, such as a precast concrete beam, on a concrete pile or similar support structure in a building includes a first support part (1) which is cast at least partly into the concrete pile. The first support part (1 | 05/08/2007 |
| 7174689 | Concrete anchor float A concrete anchor float that, in one embodiment, facilitates the placement of anchor bolts that protrude from concrete constructions, such as foundations. The concrete anchor float of the present invention can be used with nearly any conventional anchor bolt to insu... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162837 | Structural member stabilizing system A bracket connects a structural member to a structural element to stabilize the structural member against movement. The bracket includes connector portions for connecting the bracket to tensioned stabilizing cables or other structural stabilizing elements and one or... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7096638 | Low insertion effort U-base retainer A resilient clip for engaging a structure and having a body portion 22 with a pair of top flanges 24, a pair of fastening fingers 26 and a pair of abutting coupling flanges 28. Each of the fastening fingers 26 are coupled to the bo... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086972 | Height adjustable golf tee support apparatus A height adjustable apparatus for supporting a golf tee includes an outer sleeve configured for ground penetration defining an open top into which an inner sleeve is slidably received. The inner sleeve defines an open top for receiving a golf tee therein. The inner ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7052222 | Fastening element A quick-fastening element (10) is used to anchor loads to profile rails (12a, 12b). It has a mounting part (18), a cage (20), and a movable closing nut (22). To improve the screwing-in motion and to enable more... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6877291 | Strap holding device A connection in which an elongated strap or a connector having an elongated strap member is secured by a strap holder. Such straps and connectors are used in a variety of building applications, typically in connections that resist tension forces parallel to the main... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6513290 | Concentric holdown A connector for attaching a first building structural member to a second building structural member in conjunction with fasteners and an anchor member to resist forces on buildings imposed by earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and other similar cataclysmi... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6393795 | Adhesive anchor and system An adhesive anchor system having a ribbed anchor member with a threaded opening therein, a tube member having a first end portion connected to an end of the anchor member in alignment with the opening thereof, and a cap covering the opening at another opp... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6394722 | Anti-distortion insert for mounting optical elements on a honeycomb panel An insert according to the present invention has a very low transverse Coefficient of Thermal Expansion. This is the result of an isolation and compensation structure formed by a sleeve surrounding a post. The sleeve isolates the post from the thermal exp... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6367224 | Hidden connector A connection is created between a first member and a second member. The connector used to join the first and second members includes the following members: an attachment member, a plurality of fasteners that are received by the attachment member, and an a... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6151843 | Prefabricated wall panels connecting system A connecting system for prefabricated panels for forming walls and roofs of buildings which includes a non-structural concrete corner piece for attachment between abutted prefabricated wall panels. The wall panels having geometrically configured channels ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6122889 | Weather resilient, seamless, thermoplastic roof covering material and method of production The present invention describes a lightweight, flexible, weather resilient, seamless, waterproof, and thermoplastic roof covering layer and a method to prepare such a layer. The method is similar to that used in the preparation of clothing wherein a patte... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6092342 | Pole anchor base plate The invention relates to a new type of tent pole base plate that is multifunctional. The new base plate aids in the positioning and the support of tent poles and keeps poles on plate and in proper position. It can be anchored to any surface and will serve... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5890340 | Concrete insert for attaching wall panels to building structures Concrete inserts are disclosed which are preferably embedded in the rear surface of a concrete wall panel and used to mount and support the wall panel from a building frame. The insert preferably comprises a U-shaped metal housing defining a longitudinall... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5692356 | Insulated concrete wall tie system Apparatus, method and product of in situ attachment of insulation panels to poured concrete walls as the walls are formed. Polymeric F-shaped strips are attached to novel tie bars by spring clip retainers, and receive the edges of insulation panels to hol... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5671576 | Device for attaching insulation materials A device for attaching insulation material (13) of different thicknesses to a base material, such as a structural member, is formed of a receptacle (1) to be fastened to the base material and a pressure component (4) to be secured in a positively locked m... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5609005 | Foundation connector for tilt-up concrete wall panel and method of use A series of metal connectors each have parallel anchor rods welded to the shorter flange of a right angle section, a cavity defining member attached to the wider flange, and right angle mounting brackets welded to opposite ends of the angle section. The c... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5430981 | Device for installing decorative panels in front of existing window panes A channel clip which is configured to hold glass or plastic decorative panels in front of single or dual pane windows without affecting the existing window glass and while permitting a spaced and secure relationship between the decorative panel and the in... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5409193 | Insulated concrete wall tie system Apparatus for in situ attachment of insulation panels to poured concrete walls as the walls are formed. Preferably, polymeric F-shaped strips are attached to novel tie bars by transverse retainers, and receive the edges of insulation panels to hold them a... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5402609 | Concrete building block system A concrete building block (2) has complementary projections (10) and recesses (12) to cause it to interlock with other blocks (2). A T-shaped channel (16, 26) on the top surface (4) receives an anchor member (32). A projecting end (36) of the member (32) ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5357721 | Adjustable beam holder An adjustable beam holder to be used with parallel spaced apart forming boards. The holder includes an elongated case with a longitudinal and centrally disposed slot that receives an elongated removably mounted connector member with an elongated protrudin... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5197255 | Anchoring device for fastening cladding panels to a wall An anchoring device for fastening cladding panels to walls of buildings has a flat band of an essentially rectangular cross-section that is provided with spaced holes arranged one after another in a longitudinal direction. An upper end of the band is conn... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4641478 | Construction bolt holder A mount for a construction bolt to be embedded in poured concrete includes: (a) a standard having a supportable base, and defining a support for the lower end of a bolt, so that the bolt shank projects upwardly, (b) the standard having surfaces and openings whereby... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4598524 | Foundation of the handrail A device in U-shape has two plates, one lower one upper, by which the vertical bar of a handrail can be welded. It can increase the stability of the handrail on the one hand, and the plates can be adjusted to match the location of the lower end of the ver... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4283899 | Anchor box embedded in concrete An anchor box embedded in concrete comprising a trunk body for defining a fastening bolt insertion hole, and an anchor nut held by the rear portion of the trunk body and adapted to be threadedly engaged with the fastening bolt. The fastening bolt insertio... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4118906 | Concrete vessel having wall apertures lined with tubular inserts Apertures in the cast concrete walls of a swimming pool are lined with tubular inserts entirely received in the apertures in sealing, conforming engagement with the concrete. The length of each insert in the direction of wall thickness is equal to or shor... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4068427 | Wall bracing assembly and method A temporary wall bracing system is disclosed which is suited for one-sided or two-sided wall application, which wall bracing system includes a framework attached to, and cooperatively associated with, a foundation and anchor plate for bracing a newly cons... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4016914 | Self-locking panel fastener A high strength positive locking fastener for securing structural panels together is disclosed. The fastener includes a stud receptacle and a stud assembly. The stud receptacle is mounted on an inner panel spatially fixed with respect to an outer panel an... | 04/12/1977 |
