"If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice."
George Gobel
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7152381 | Building with triangular facades A building uses three or more triangular facades arranged in a serial array formed by one triangular facade jutting from side face boundaries of each of the abutted and side-by-side triangular facades. The triangular facades configured similarly are in a dispersed s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7069701 | Groundwork frame structure An improved groundwork frame comprises a protruded bar each disposed in the middle of the top of an upper board and a lower board; an embedding groove being disposed in the middle of the bottom of the groundwork frame and corresponsive to the protruded bar; an upper... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7036276 | Directed lifestyle residential housing structures The present invention discloses a residential housing unit that is flexible to serve the changing needs in a family life cycle by providing two living units connected by common space. Each living unit is self-sufficient in that it may contain all the amenities neces... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6935075 | Triangular stackable building wall module and method A stackable building wall unit adapted to be stacked with a plurality of identical building wall units in a plane to form a wall comprising three rectangular panels each including inner and outer faces, a pair of spaced apart long edges, and a pair of spaced apart s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6851134 | Berth system, especially for means of transportation A berth arrangement, especially for means of transport, is described, comprising a plurality of single berths (1) which are arranged in rows in a successive, superimposed and mutually offset fashion and receive at least one reclining seat (6), and whic... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6688055 | Spiral incremental structure and method of construction A multilevel spiral incremental structure and construction method for residential and/or commercial buildings is disclosed. The present structure is constructed using a plurality of prefabricated modular units or pods which are substantially similar in th... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6598363 | Temporary building structure A temporary building structure for providing a modular shelter which can be quickly set up and taken down. The temporary building structure includes a plurality of side panels each of which includes a top edge; and also includes a plurality of elongate si... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6493996 | Modular building construction system A prefabricated room module (1) is provided for use in the construction of a modular building. The room module comprises a floor slab (2) of generally rectangular shape in plan, and load bearing walls (3,4) formed at adjacent sides of the slab and mutuall... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6139241 | Multi-faceted modular silo for bulk solids A silo for gravity flow storage of bulk particulate solids comprises downwardly converging and downwardly diverging walls. The downwardly converging walls form angles to the vertical that satisfy the conditions for mass flow. The walls impose particle vel... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6119409 | Expanded structures and method for forming Expanded structures are formed by cutting a series of concentric rings or sections from a single block or sheet of solid material. The "rings" need not be circular, but may be any regular or irregular geometric or other shape as desired, so long as they a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5321925 | Multistory building A multistory building comprising a plurality of units which are disposed connectedly and side by side and stand along a horizontal standard line, is disclosed. The units comprise two groups, wherein one of the two groups is tilted in one direction and the... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5243794 | Modular crypt assembly The present invention is a modular multi-crypt assembly including a plurality of individual crypts. The assembly comprises a plurality of interconnected crypt modules wherein each module includes a plurality of tenons and mortises thereon for engaging cor... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5235787 | Method of constructing hexagonal structures The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for constructing hexagonal structures. In forming a right hexagonal prism structure, three rectangular sections are constructed, each having two parallel end pieces of a preselected height and width, ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5140787 | High density storage facility A high density storage facility comprising: a building enclosing a rectangular floor area of certain length and width; a plurality of rectangular storage racks of certain height divided from top to bottom into storage slots, the slots extending the rectan... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5062242 | High density storage facility A high density storage facility comprising: a building enclosing a rectangular floor area of certain length and width; a plurality of rectangular storage racks of certain height divided from top to bottom into storage slots, the slots extending the rectan... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4983089 | Mobile silo A mobile grain silo for the transportation and storage of grain, granulated food and other such materials, wherein the mobile grain silo includes individual storage cells of a generally parallelogram shape constructed around a frame structure and having m... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4759158 | Set of prefabricated construction elements The set of prefabricated construction elements comprises a first prismatic element having the form of a box-shaped body containing a bottom floor and a second prismatic element having the form of a box-shaped body with an inclined roof floor. Preferably t... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4685260 | Preconstructed multiple-unit housing An arrangement of dwelling units for multiple-family housing includes a plurality of elongate units which are arranged relative to one another in a quadrangle configuration such that a major portion of one side of each unit cooperates with the major porti... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4631893 | Single story house addition structure and method The building structure comprises a pre-existing single house structure having a peaked roof with an opening therein, a separate later built prefabricated dwelling unit positioned in the opening in the peaked roof of the house structure and extending outwa... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4604838 | Modular mezzanine structure for a storage facility and method of assembly A modular mezzanine structure for ready attachment to preexisting storage cabinet structure is disclosed. Angle brackets attached to supporting feet are provided. The feet are inserted into apertures conventionally formed in the cabinets. Platforms may th... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4546583 | Modular building construction system A modular building construction system that utilizes hexagonal-shaped floor and ceiling members and rectangular wall members. Window and door type openings may be provided in the wall members of each six-sided room thus formed within the structural integr... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4480420 | Dormer structure and method Dormer construction comprising a dormer having two parallel spaced apart side walls having no openings therein consisting of a frame with sheet material both nailed and glued thereto on both sides thereof whereby the parallel spaced apart side walls form ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4449334 | Dormer structure and method Dormer construction comprising a dormer having two parallel spaced apart side walls having no openings therein consisting of a frame with sheet material both nailed and glued thereto on both sides thereof whereby the parallel spaced apart side walls form ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4362453 | Pre-fabricated grain elevator A grain elevator utilizing pre-cast concrete elements includes a plurality of vertical rows of bins, which slope from front to back to an angle of approximately 30°, the front ends of the bins being located above office, receiving, grain cleaning or ship... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4228623 | Prefabricated self-supporting modular room elements Improvements in or relating to prefabricated self-supporting modular room elements for the construction of buildings, including substantially three basic modular elements, one of an inverted "U" shape, one of an inverted "L" shape and a service unit eleme... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4202146 | Transportable module for trilevel dwelling A factory-constructed module is provided having lower and middle dwelling compartments, a storage compartment, and provision for on-site completion of a third dwelling compartment to produce a split-level residential house. The module is transportable on ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4194339 | Method for constructing town houses and the like A modular building construction system having (a) a series of rectangular U-shaped in vertical cross-section modules, each having only two bearing walls opposite each other and joined by a floor panel and open on top, and (b) a series of rectangular tube-... | 03/25/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4073100 | Mausoleum and method of construction An improved mausoleum and the method of construction, the mausoleum including a plurality of stacked, preformed, molded fiberglass or plastic crypts, interlocked together at crypt corners by metal fastening plates bolted to fastening rods partially embedd... | 02/14/1978 |
| 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 |
| 3965626 | Building module A type of building structure comprising a plurality of space modules each having a truncated tetrahedral shape.... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3940890 | Modular accommodation system A system for accommodating people for any of numerous functions, such as housing, schools, offices, hotels, etc., including one or more generally rectangular modules which can be arranged to afford maximum flexibility in both spatial orientation and inter... | 03/02/1976 |