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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161691 | Precast composite structural floor system A precast composite flooring system utilizes girders and floor panels having steel lower structures placed in tension and concrete upper structures places in compression. Openings through a stem wall allow ducts, pipes, and conduits to be run therethrough. The syste... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7199485 | Wind turbine with current conducting means, which are pre-assembled in the tower The present invention concerns a wind energy plant for generation of alternating current with a tower constructed of several tower segments, a generator arranged in the region of the top of the tower, a power module arranged in the region of the base of the tower, a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185467 | Modular system of permanent forms for casting reinforced concrete buildings on site A permanent form building assembly includes one or more GRC forms having a one or more open cavities and a reinforcement structure. The GRC forms are designed and configured for a predetermined application. The reinforcement structure is inserted within the open cav... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7171787 | Rectangular tilt-up concrete tank construction A rectangular tilt-up concrete tank includes a concrete slab with a metal plate anchored thereto, the metal plate defining at least one substantially linear concrete side wall location. A plurality of preformed concrete side panels each having metal plates attached ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7131239 | Structural slab and wall assembly for use with expansive soils A foundation assembly for use with expansive soils. The assembly includes a slab form, such as metal pan, for receiving poured concrete, a structural slab cast into the form, and structural members, e.g., piers, footing pads, and the like, contacting and/or extendin... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7046521 | Enclosure with shielded power compartment and methods of shielding enclosures Apparatus for housing electrically powered components to protect such components from damage and interference caused by lightning strikes and other externally generated magnetic fields. Methods of manufacturing such enclosures are also disclosed. A cable entry port ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6973864 | Protective structure and protective system A protective structure for protecting buildings, bridges, roads and other areas from explosive devices such as car bombs and the like comprises: (a) a mesh structure having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface defines an annular space; (b... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938381 | Catastrophic event survival structure and method of manufacture A catastrophic event survival structure and method of manufacture such that the catastrophic event survival structure includes a monolithic outer shell formed from a single pour of concrete and enclosing a confined inner space therein. The monolithic outer shell of ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6457281 | Modular building systems A building module, modular building constructions and methods for erected same are disclosed. The module is of deep U-shape configuration, defining a space which is able to enclose various facilities within a building structure. A typical module includes ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6412231 | Blast shelter A blast shelter for protecting individuals during a blast or a natural disaster. The blast shelter includes an outer perimeter wall and an inner perimeter wall. The inner perimeter wall is positioned generally adjacent to the outer perimeter wall. A plura... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6223480 | Pre-cast concrete panels for construction of a building A building made substantially of pre-cast components is disclosed. The building comprises of pre-cast concrete walls, floors and columns; the walls and columns being made of pre-cast concrete wall panels; and floors being made of pre-cast concrete slabs. ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6085475 | Portable severe weather storm shelter A portable storm shelter is disclosed. The shelter includes a thin plastic tank surrounded by a horizontal frame that includes anchor legs. The shell and frame are covered with a protective layer such as fiber-filled concrete. Two ventilation conduits ext... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6032421 | Structural blocks for building a basement, block manufacturing method, block transporting method, and block installing method A basement unit comprises a reinforced concrete lower structural block having a floor portion and surrounding walls and at least one reinforced concrete upper structural block having surrounding walls and the same shape as the lower structural block in pl... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5865001 | 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 ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5761862 | Precast concrete construction and construction method The building system employs precast corners (16) and elongated walls (12) with integral footings (14 and 18) to construct a foundation and basement. Precast first elongated wall sections (50) and corner sections (52) and floor slabs form a first level. Up... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5560150 | Structure for telecommunications equipment enclosure A housing for telecommunication equipment is provided having a supporting base including a concrete floor poured in place and supported above the surface of a concrete pad or in ground excavation on a supporting framework formed of expanded metal, prefera... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5359825 | Modular construction system A modular construction system includes a plurality of coupled construction modules, with each module having a number of generally upright wall panels interconnected to define an enclosed interior space of preferred dimension. Construction modules are arra... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5233808 | Method of constructing a building The interior of a building having a framework composed of vertical structural elements and horizontal floor levels is constructed by installing prefabricated room units, each having walls and a ceiling, in the framework. The room units are sized and posit... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5225455 | Bisphenol epoxy-based flooring and coating materials This application discloses flooring compositions containing a hardener component, a resin component and an aggregate component; the compositions additionally contain either a monoepoxide or an alcohol or aromatic hydrocarbon.... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5199233 | Prefabricated concrete basement and process for constructing the same A concrete prefabricated basement having a number of underground units, each of which includes a bottom plate portion having a generally rectangular shape and a side plate portion, to form a rectangular box-shaped structure with an open top, the number of... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5182884 | Integrated building system and method Building system comprising a plurality of interconnected building blocks. Each of the building blocks has framing providing a horizontally disposed vertically spaced-apart floor, ceiling and ceiling plenum and having at least three vertically extending co... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5103604 | Modular building systems A building module, modular building constructions and methods for erecting same are disclosed. The module is of deep U-shape configuration, defining a space which is able to enclose various facilities within a building structure. A typical module includes... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5081805 | Precast concrete building units and method of manufacture thereof A precast concrete building unit of half-room configuration with a floor or ceiling defining web portion and opposite half-wall defining flange portions is cast by pouring concrete over steel latticework in an inverted U-shaped cavity of a wheeled mold fo... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4986040 | Modular elevator shaft A prefabricated elevator shaft includes a stack of self-supporting prefabricated shaft modules whereby upper shaft modules are supported on lower modules. Each module is of rectangular cross section and vertically spaced portions at each corner define a v... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4644709 | Omniform building system A prefabricated building module can be essentially completed before transporting to the erection site. Thin walls, along with structural floor and ceiling, are fabricated on a plane aligned with the floor, and interconnected with hinges. After complete fi... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4546530 | Method for producing a modular building unit A process for fabricating a building module is disclosed and claimed. The building module includes a load bearing frame, preferably utilizing metal components welded together. The frame is produced in subsections, namely two portal frame subsections, a fl... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4282690 | Precast building construction A precast building construction unit is provided for forming a substantially complete building. The unit includes a wall tree unit having a vertically extending wall segment and at least one cantilever member joined at right angles thereto. Pairs of wall ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4195453 | Modular, multi-floor building Disclosed are modular, multi-floor buildings wherein each floor comprises a plurality of semi-boxes which are cast from concrete as independent, rigid units and which are basically rectangular in shape, comprising mutually perpendicular walls but no floor... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4159602 | Three-dimensional construction element comprising a body of generally polyhedral form A three-dimensional construction element comprising a body of generally polyhedral form with an aperture therethrough. Said element comprises at least one peripheral rib forming a statically indeterminate frame the neutral axis of which is located in a pl... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4138833 | Modular building construction Building construction from modules of inverted U shape a full story high with a span of 10 to 30 feet and a depth of 2 to 6 feet. The modules may be monolithic such as of reenforced concrete or plastic foam, or may be of light weight hollow metal construc... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4136492 | Industrialized building construction The building construction disclosed employs precast elongated T-shaped elements (Tees) and/or modifications thereof. Vertical tiers or ranks of Tees are erected in side by side spaced relation one to the other. The stems of the Tees form opposite side wal... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4127971 | Building constructed of precast L-shaped concrete units A tripling or more in the production rate of precast concrete building units utilizing reusable mold forms is achieved by casting the units vertically on a wheeled base between separable vertical mold forms. The partially cured poured concrete unit is hor... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4078345 | Prefabricated building and method of making same A multistory building is constructed by positioning in spaced-apart relationship on a concrete base a plurality of box-like room units each having parallel ceiling and floor panels joined by a continuous perimetric side wall. The room units are bolted to ... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4050215 | Premanufactured modular housing building construction A modular plural-story building construction system having (a) a series of rectangular modules, each having only two bounding planes for transmitting vertical loads opposite each other and joined by a floor panel and open on top, and (b) a series of recta... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3991528 | Module elevator system for installation in a multi-story building A precast concrete module defining a combined elevator shaft and utility chase area that is one story high and stacking of the modules on top of each other during construction, resulting in a completely finished elevator shaft and utility chase at the com... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3990193 | Prefabricated building module and modular construction method for the module A prefabricated building module comprising at least two side-walls, a ceiling, and a floor. In one embodiment of the building module, the walls, ceiling and floor each include a thin, continuous layer of a concrete-like material having spaced-apart, open ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3982366 | Structural space element Disclosed is a structural space element, which consists of a tube. The tube has on its outer surface joining collars transversal to the element, which extend around the tube. Every second of the joining collars has a larger circumference than the adjacent... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3973365 | Cementitious building cell A concrete cell, for the construction of buildings, made from two components, one consisting of the walls and roof and the other consisting of a floor which may be of any suitable material the principal characteristic of the cell being that the roof and w... | 08/10/1976 |
