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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389617 | Building curtain wall sealing system Disclosed is a bridging member, formed of flexible or non-flexible material, for use with a curtain wall system for building exteriors. The curtain wall system includes a vertical mullion operable to attach to a horizontal member. A sealing member is secured in a vo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7251919 | Lightweight building component A structural member includes side walls, a top wall connecting a top region of the side walls, a bottom wall connecting side wall bottoms and extending beyond the side walls to form wings each having one portion of a connector for connecting members to one another, ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7178304 | Clip framing system A framing system for adjustably connecting building components comprising an outer stud, an interior support member, and a connecting clip. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6993873 | Building curtain wall mullion and sill assembly Disclosed is a curtain wall assembly used for building exteriors. The curtain wall system includes a first vertical mullion operable to attach to a first sill member and a second vertical mullion operable to interlock with the first vertical mullion. A mullion cap m... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6941710 | Columnar jack concealing device The present invention provides a device for concealing and covering a columnar jack for columnar supports and a method of concealing a columnar jack using a columnar jack concealing kit. The device comprises a strap member, a skirt sized and shaped for covering the ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918221 | Polymeric deck panels, deck assemblies, decks and methods for forming the same A deck panel includes a generally planar body portion having an upper surface and first and second side surfaces on opposed sides of the upper surface. An elongated tongue extends outwardly from and along the first side surface. An elongated groove is defined in and... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6907707 | Converted wood article A converted wood article for use in combination with other converted wood articles to form composite wood products for use in general construction such as in the construction of posts, flooring, walls and support beams. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6668513 | Structural composite member formed of a metal and reinforced by a blow-molded member The present invention is generally directed towards a structural member formed from a sheet metal reinforced with blow-molded member. The sheet metal is in form of a channel with three sides. The blow-molded member has a first portion that contours the th... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668497 | Concrete placing boom adapter A support structure for supporting a concrete placing boom above a work site. The support structure includes a support mast having a generally smooth outer surface. The support mast receives an adapter that can be removed from one support mast and attache... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668512 | Lightweight building component A very lightweight tubular building element for the construction of reinforced concrete floors and roofs; providing the formwork for the casting in place of the structural concrete and a high quality finished ceiling at the same time. It is a single compo... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6412247 | Composite structural member and wall assembly method This disclosure relates to a composite structural member comprising a body part and multiple rigid strips which are attached to and separated by the body part. The body part is formed by a core having substantially flat parallel sides and opposed edges, a... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6308475 | Sill for supporting wall panel A sill for supporting a wall panel such as window panels for a modular solarium comprises a forward or outer sill, an intermediate rail, an inner channel, and an inner flange. The intermediate rail extends laterally inward from the outer sill. The rail in... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6253525 | Hinge device for swivelling assembly of mounting elements for vehicles Hinge arrangement for pivotally connecting structural parts (1) which in oppositely inclined surfaces facing each other are provided with an open-ended T-shaped undercut elongate groove (3) in which may be inserted from the ends of the groove at least one... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6216415 | Element of load-bearing structures, especially girders for modular shelves The two ends of the girders used for the formation of modular shelves are provided with a pair of superposed fasteners wherein the inlet and outlet eyelets which circumscribe the passage slits of the fasteners, are exactly equal and coaxial with each othe... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6125606 | Beam construction in ceilings of clean air rooms A beam construction for ceilings in clean rooms, comprising first (1) and second (2) beams. The first and second beams are arranged essentially horizontally and perpendicularly to each other and have longitudinal ducts (7) for receiving a liquid or viscou... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6050037 | Brick molding having an integral hinge and a concealed mounting surface The present invention involves a molding for window and door frames. The molding includes molding extrusions disposed around the perimeter of the door or window frame. Each molding extrusion includes a base plate, cover, and hinge portion. The base portio... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6035600 | Heat-insulated composite section for doors, windows or facades A heat-insulated composite section for doors, windows and facades, includes a plurality of metal rail sections so connected as to form a frame, at least one insulating rod arranged between the rail sections and having longitudinal edges secured to the met... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6003277 | Co-extruded integrally reinforced cellular PVC window sash An integrally reinforced lineal building component including an elongated member having a substantially constant cross-sectional area along substantially the entire length of the building component and comprised of cellular material forming the body and m... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5979119 | Components and assemblies for building construction and methods of making and using same An assembly of structural building components for use in conjunction with an improved anodized aluminum post having a generally cylindrical cross section and longitudinal grooves disposed in a peripheral wall therein for the receipt of the various compone... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5930972 | Frame piece for a switchgear cabinet A frame structure assembled from frame limbs for a switch gear cabinet, in which the frame limbs are preferably designed in mirror-image like manner in relation to their cross-sectional diagonals and in the interior region of the frame structure comprise ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5924263 | Glazing bars A glazing bar system for utilization within glass panel roofing. A support beam has upper and lower capping located thereon. An end cap is disposed along an end of the support beam so as to present a finished appearance when a lower end of the support bea... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5813185 | Spacer reciever for a wall form tie rod A tie rod assembly for use with forms for forming a wall of pourable, curable material. Each assembly has a rod having opposite threaded ends and two spacers. Each of the spacers has a first conical section having a recessed opening at an apex region of a... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5806268 | Building skeleton of profiled bars A building skeleton comprising profiled bars of rectangular profile and/or of I-profile. The rectangular bars have undercut grooves of the same size and cross section that extend longitudinally along each of the sides of the rectangular bars. The I-bars h... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5791115 | Frame leg for a rack of a switchgear cabinet A frame leg for a rack of a switchgear cabinet having two partial profile strips produced from material strips in a stamping and bending process, wherein the partial profile sections overlap each other with partial sections in connecting areas and are fix... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5791104 | Jamb extension assembly for doors and windows A window unit (20) including a jamb extension assembly (28) is provided for use with fenestration products. The jamb extension assembly (28) includes a frame member (30) having structure to permit installation of the window unit (20) in a building wall ro... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5727356 | Composite section for frames of windows, doors, facade elements and the like A composite section for frames of windows, doors, facade elements and the like consists of two metal section parts and at least one plastic insulating web which joins these metal section parts and is held with its ends in corresponding grooves of the meta... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5699637 | Arch frame A plurality of elongated thermoplastic bar members, each bar member defining a pre-determined width, and a pre-determined thickness which is less than its width, and each bar member being made up of an outer facing panel, and an inner wall and intermediat... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5682715 | Two piece center mull for multiple door assembly A center mull for a double or multiple door assembly has a mull base and mull closure. The door assembly has a fixed inactive door and a movable active door. The mull base and mull closure are of non-wooden material. The mull base has a base end member an... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5657590 | Muntin bar assembly A muntin bar strip member adapted to interconnect to a cooperating strip member. The strip member has a wall member; a coupling means, such as a flange, extending from a longitudinal edge of the wall member; and a female coupling member, such as a channel... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5605413 | Highway barricade An elongated hollow rotationally molded high density polyethylene highway barrier has two elongated generally parallel sidewalls, two generally vertical end walls, and a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing members extending from one end wall to the othe... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5598672 | Panel member mounting structure of curtain wall A panel member mounting structure for a curtain wall has a frame body comprising a plurality of quadrangular frame sections defined by mullions and transoms. For each quadrangular frame section, a quadrangular gasket consisting of integrally connected lef... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5581953 | Metal frame assembly A metallic frame and the assembly from which it is constructed has a header and a jamb and a means to attach them together at a corner of the metal frame. The header and the jamb each have a soffit disposed inwardly from a rabbet and a stop extending subs... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5579616 | Panel-securing system A panel-securing system for securing a panel in a desired position includes a mullion portion having a channel formed therein and a holding element received within the channel of the mullion portion and coupled with a panel fastener attached to the panel ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5555695 | Extrusions providing for low deformability A channeled extrusion for both framing and holding flexible coverings, such as in fabric covered awnings and similar framed, flexible cover structures. Such extrusions commonly contain at least one opening or channeled side, and when such extrusions are b... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5544457 | Bead for retaining and air sealing a windowpane and window assembly therewith The bead comprises a frame having front and rear longitudinally extending spaced-apart flanges. The front flange faces the windowpane when the bead is interlocked with a lateral projection of a framework. A weatherstrip is connected and extends along the ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5491940 | Method and apparatus for mounting window on angled sill The present invention provides a variable angle wedge that supports a replacement window and compensates for whatever sill angle exists on the previous window frame. A flange opposite the variable angle extends between a window engaging member and a sill ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5469683 | Thermally insulating composite frame member with snap-in thermal isolator An insulating composite frame member is disclosed which comprises an elongated gutter member and an elongated face member disposed in parallel, spaced apart relation. First and second facing flanges project toward one another from the gutter member and th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5355645 | Stopless butt-joint multiple curtainwall system A system and method is employed for installing a curtainwall thermally broken multi-system of four sided stopless butt-joint glazing or facing panels with dry gasketted joints. A retainer clip assembly attaches facing panels of glass, metal, granite, marb... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5291705 | Encased skylight framework Structural support members are surrounded with a cover that insulates the outer envelope of the support member. The cover may be made of an elastomeric material sufficiently flexible to permit the cover to be physically installed about the structural memb... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5271204 | Lightweight display post and method of making same An improved merchandise display structure of the type having upright posts and transverse connecting struts, each post having longitudinal series of mounting slots in the bottoms of grooves formed in the sides of the posts to receive hanger brackets and o... | 12/21/1993 |
