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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7114298 | Roll-up floor tile system and method A plurality of interlocking tile pieces form a generally flat traffic-carrying surface. The tile are locked together in a manner to form a plurality of non-bendable tile joints. The tile includes a hinge or fold line along a first axis and a hinge or fold line along... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6449913 | Parquet flooring panel comprising spaced, wooden strips secured by adhesive and forming irregular end shapes for alignment with adjacent panels A parquet panel assembled of rectangular shaped wood strips as inlays and the panel is formed to have irregular end edges such that alternate rows of inlay strips are staggered in such a way that a staggered edge of one panel will interleave with the stag... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6324811 | Covering an interior surface Method and apparatus for interior decorating an extended-area surface in which a lightweight non-fabric sheet stock is permanently preprinted and sealed on its entire outwardly-disposed surface, and coated on its inwardly-disposed surface with a dry prepa... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6187127 | Veneer tape and method of use Veneer tape for temporarily joining pieces of veneer to be bonded to a substrate, for example, core board. The present invention also provides a method of forming a veneer assembly.... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5968311 | Device for applying vapor retarder A device for applying a vapor retarder film onto purlins on a roofing system has a base with rollers and guides for directing the base across the purlins. The base has a fore end and an aft end with a pair of side members. The base moves across the purlin... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5884444 | Paneling method and construction A raised wall panel which includes a frame, a raised panel and a molding positioned between the two. The frame, having four frame members, is arranged in a "picture frame" configuration and attached to plywood fixed to a wall structure. The frame members ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5375385 | Contoured marble and method of fabrication A building facade material generally includes a plurality of elongate stone strips and a plurality of backing strips adhered thereto with an elastic adhesive disposed between adjoining backing strips for enabling front sides of the elongate stone strips t... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5325652 | Contoured marble and method of fabrication A building facade material includes a plurality of elongate stone strips held in an abutting relationship on a flexible mesh when in a plane with the flexible mesh enabling the strips to be adhered to a curved surface, with a V-shaped area between strips ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5217552 | Method of installing tile-like floor material The present invention provides a pressure sensitive adhesive for a tile-like floor material wherein the adhesive includes a polymer A having a mean particle diameter of from 0.05 to 4 μ and a polymer B having a mean particle diameter of from 5 to 150 μ ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5014488 | Method for installation of building tiles without adhesive materials and standardized tiles for implementing the same The present invention relates to a new method for the installation of building tiles without any adhesive materials (fine grained sand and cement or glues) or joint fillers (e.g. stucco), directly onto a bare wall or floor without any prior preparation of... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5004512 | Method of making a stone veneer panel A method of making a stone veneer panel including finishing one face of a slab of stone material; placing the slab finished face down on a support plate; machining the unfinished face to obtain a predetermined thickness of the slab; and bonding a backing ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4999066 | Process for bonding tiles to substrate using magnesium phosphate comprising activator prepared by mixing inert porous material with liquid P2 O5 material A fast-setting magnesium phosphate one-component adhesive/grout is used to bond tiles, e.g. ceramic tiles, to a substrate, e.g. sheet-rock. The grout comprises an activator prepared by e.g., mixing diatomaceous earth with at least a sufficient amount of a... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4973506 | Composite plate for the facing of building surfaces A composite plate contains a core layer with a honeycomb structure between two cover layers, the first cover layer of which carries a decorative panel and the second cover layer of which carries a rear protective plate. The adhesive bonds of the composite... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4971649 | Laying tiles using a tile adhesive Tiles are laid using a tile adhesive which is based on a polymer dispersion and conventional additives and contains, as a thickener, a compound of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is a radical of dihydric to hexahydric alcohol of 2 to 10 carbon... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4920716 | Veneer construction and method of achieving same A method of installing facing bricks on the surface of an outer building wall including, as a first step, the attachment to the wall of chicken wire provided with parallel ridge configurations. These configurations are positioned to form horizontal barrie... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4844757 | Process of forming ornamental joints This process of forming ornamental joints comprises sticking a sheet flooring material onto a floor base, thereafter drawing two parallel standard lines on this stuck sheet flooring material with a desired outline and an interval corresponding to the widt... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4825614 | Non-penetrating veneer anchor An anchoring system and method for fastening a plurality of veneer units (12) to a substrate wall (11) with a waterproof membrane (13) therebetween. The anchoring system (10) comprises a membrane-holding means (14) which is attached to the substrate wall ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4773201 | Method and structure for attaching brick facing or the like to a supporting structure A structure is provided for placing a brick facing on a supporting structure. The arrangement comprises formed sheets which are each provided with parallel channels into which the facing bricks can be placed. The formed sheets are provided with interlocki... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4740257 | Ceiling tile covering system Disclosed is a system for covering installed ceiling tiles without removal of the tiles from the ceiling. The system includes a novel facing for covering an installed ceiling tile, a method of applying the facing to the face of an installed tile and appar... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4699677 | Method of making and installing conductive floor tile for control of static generation An article of manufacture which is a conductive floor tile for control of generation of static electricity and method of installation. The tile includes a thin, hard layer of plastic material having bonded to it a lamination which is an electrically condu... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4680914 | Method of installing marble panels A method of installing marble panels on a flat wall, includes the steps of cutting a slab of marble having a front face and opposite ends, into a plurality of thin marble sheets; attaching a backing panel to opposite sides of each marble sheet; cutting ea... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4644719 | Decorative wall panel A decorative wall panel is described which includes a reinforced base layer and a patterned top layer. The top layer comprises Portland cement, sand, and pigmented binder. The top layer is slow-cured and exhibits compressive strength of at least 1500 p.s.... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4590726 | Decorative facing Decorative facing and method for applying same are described. The facing comprises Portland cement, sand, and pigmented binder. The facing may be applied to various surface or molded into individual elements of various shapes and thicknesses. The facing i... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4318258 | Thermal insulation for buildings When masonry or wooden walls are insulated with hard-foam-slab insulation covered with plaster or mortar, reinforcement of the plaster or mortar can be omitted without incurring cracking if (a) the slabs are grooved, (b) the size and number of slab groove... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4318254 | Concrete deck water stop seal, deck form board, and method of applying finishing material to deck coping A water stop for sealing the joint between a swimming pool wall and an overlying concrete deck is described, which water stop includes a flange useful in applying a finishing layer to the deck coping. The water stop includes a water barrier component that... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4128982 | Means and method of tiled surface construction A means and method of wall construction utilizes plastic diamond mesh and permanently inset float strips imbedded in the setting bed for the ceramic tile.... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4052825 | Method in the production of a wall element and a wall tile for use in connection with the method In the production of a wall element being, on its one side, provided with wall-tiles of brick or other suitable wall-facing material, said tiles being rectangular and bedded on the wall element in rows with joint spacing, the method comprising placing the... | 10/11/1977 |
| 3969851 | Architectural paving system with individual control joint paving Architectural or decorative pavement having thin decorative pavers or "tiles" made of or selected from known materials, from metal and impregnated wood to natural stone to clay or cementitious tiles, are bonded to the upper surface of a sand and cement (a... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3968191 | Method of setting tile and forming swimming pool deck A method of setting tile along an upwardly extending wall of a swimming pool or the like, and for forming a concrete deck along the upper edge of such wall in overlying relation therewith. The tile-setting and deck-forming may be effected as a single-stag... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3962504 | Self-attaching tile of a fired ceramic tile body Fired ceramic tiles having a rear surface which is provided with a series of fine ribs but is otherwise substantially planar are attachable to a wall or similar surface, without the need to apply a fixative to the surface, by reason of a plurality of bodi... | 06/08/1976 |
