"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225590 | Brick tie A brick tie for interconnecting a brick wall with a back-up wall comprised of a plurality of spaced apart studs and a wall board secured to the studs wherein each stud includes a pair of opposed side flanges and a web formed between the flanges. The brick tie includ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 6951087 | Panel mounting system for constructing a wall The mounting system comprises a grid of vertically upright C-profiles which are pushed with their lower and upper ends into horizontally extending U-profiles. Bracket clips are fitted to outer sides of the mutually opposite legs of the C-profiles. The bracket clips ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6880306 | Bracket system for mounting fiberglass panel tiles A tile bracket support system that has a tile side support bracket or clip and a tile bottom support bracket or clip attached to the tile without the use of screws or adhesives. The tile side support bracket or clip has tile side edge embedding members and vertical ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6615564 | For a connector for joining adjacent flat roof panels coplanarly together A connector that joins flat roof panels coplanarly together. The connector includes a body, a neck, a head, a pair of legs, a pair of feet, and a pair of toes. The neck extends upwardly from the body. The head extends transversely across the neck. The pai... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6550196 | Apparatus for and a method of attaching items to curtain walling Apparatus for attaching items such as solar shading to curtain walling mullions of the kind defined, comprises a bracket having a generally U-shaped formation at one end for fitting over the generally U-shaped formation of the glazing bar of a mullion, a ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6516584 | Additional metal wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like), for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6412248 | Additional metal and wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like), for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6389762 | Lintel Lintels having metal side plates are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a lintel constructed in accordance with the present invention includes a generally rectangular frame of a height, length and thickness substantially corresponding to the dimension... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6250042 | Additional metal and wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like), for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6134859 | Metal and wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like.) for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6006489 | Aesthetic screen, panel, or glass enclosure construction An enclosure for a room, patio, or the like is made of modular parts that hide from view all fasteners and other functional parts. The parts include upstanding regular posts, corner posts, open back posts, horizontal beams and chair rails, as well as door... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5921054 | Metal and wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like.) for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5881529 | Metal and wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like.) for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5875605 | Metal and wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like.) for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875604 | Metal and wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like.) for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875603 | Metal and wood composite framing members for residential and light commercial construction Metal and wood composites are used to create framing members (studs and tracks, joists and bands, rafters, headers and the like.) for lightweight construction. Metal is utilized for its high strength, resistance to rot and insects, cost stability, and pot... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5870870 | Shear panel joint A shear resistant structural panel assembly for use in framed buildings comprising a facing of finish material bonded and having a lower tensile strength to a usually thinner, structural membrane having a higher tensile strength and directly fastened to s... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5439266 | Riveted plate trailer construction A riveted sidewall structure for a trailer body comprising a pair of upstanding side plate members and upstanding post members covering adjacent edges of the plate member. Rivets extend through aligned apertures in the plate members and the post member. T... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5224322 | Wall construction, with wall components fixed by means of blind couplings to framework components Wall construction, comprising a number of framework components, including uprights and horizontal beams, at a distance from each other, a number of wall components, including panels and casings, and coupling means composed of a number of couplings each de... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5054256 | Panel jointing system A panel jointing system comprises an alignment strip having locating surfaces to engage the adjacent margins of the faces of two coplanar panels, and engaging means being provided in association with the strip to retain the panels in position. The engagin... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5009051 | Clip construction for aligning siding sections A wall construction is provided which includes a wall upon which are located siding sections to which are fastened brick sections. The siding sections are arranged in coplanar end-to-end relationship and include abutting ends with nesting tongue and groov... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4856239 | Window frame member or rigid plastics material A window frame member formed as a hollow extrusion of rigid plastics material has a hollow space partly defined by a wall portion including two opposed, undercut lips and a web interconnecting the lips. Internal grooves are provided along the junctions of... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4833854 | Ceiling tile section support A ceiling tile section support. A flat rectangular main body portion has a plurality of wedge-shaped prongs extending laterally thereform and at least two rectangular support members extending laterally from substantialy the central portion of the main bo... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4793112 | Facade plate composed of a composite glass structure A composite glass facade plate or panel has bores formed directly in an inner glass pane thereof through which fastening screws pass via the intermediary of sleeves or bushings. The bores are undercut and the screws have heads complementary to the undercu... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4533978 | Circuit board stiffening A circuit board stiffener includes an elongated stiffening member adapted to extend over the board surface in spaced relation to that surface; the member has contact surfaces adapted to engage one side of the board, and bendable retainer structure to reta... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4432182 | Ceiling tile suspension system The ceiling tile suspension system is composed of a runner structure and a clip structure. The runner structure is generally trapezoidal in cross section with two flanges spaced away from a ceiling structure. The clip structure includes a flat base portio... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4336086 | Method of lining a furnace with roll-type insulation A method of lining an interior surface of a furnace with roll-type insulation by attaching a plurality of hooks onto the interior surface to be lined, folding back portions of the roll-type insulation on themselves to create folds in the roll-type insulat... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4149353 | Wall structure An elongated, hollow stud, or wall support member, is formed of sheet material, and has at least one longitudinally extending planar wall. The wall is formed with a longitudinally extending series of rectangularly formed holes, the holes being so aligned ... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4033079 | Replacement hold-down clip for suspended-ceiling panels A replacement hold-down clip permits a standard ceiling panel to be manipulated into position in a suspended-ceiling support grid. The replacement clip is attached to the edge of the ceiling panel and is equipped with an extending tab by which the panel c... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3999356 | Panel edge fastener clip A joint assembly of a television cabinet or similar structure is formed by inserting a panel member in a groove formed in a receiving member. A fastener clip, inserted in the groove, engages both the panel member and the receiving member and holds them to... | 12/28/1976 |