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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7614201 | Sheet metal joint The invention provides a sheet metal joint and a method for forming a sheet metal joint. The sheet metal joint includes first and second metal sheets disposed in a parallel relation to one another. Each of the first and second metal sheets has a plurality of perfora... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7131788 | High-flow void-maintaining membrane laminates, grids and methods A myriad of permutations of void-maintaining membrane laminates are provided. Laminates of the invention are particularly useful for providing high performance drainage within layered paved structures such as highways, airport runways and parking lots. Void-maintain... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121053 | Reinforced slab made of cement conglomerate, method for the manufacture thereof and associated reinforcing structure A reinforced slab, in particular able to withstand concentrated loads, has a substantially flat reinforcing structure (20) which is situated at a distance from the bottom (12) of the mould (10) and arranged at a height such as to allow embedding... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7024832 | Thermal insulation structure of housing and heat shielding member used for same The invention is intended to reduce heat accumulation in the heat insulator provided around the periphery of the living room of a house structure, thereby achieving simplification of a construction work, energy-saving, and rationalization in maintaining the living e... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010896 | Process and apparatus for making corrugated walls There is a description of an apparatus that produces corrugated walls in a continuous manner. Prior to being fed into the apparatus there is a composite consisting of an outer layer of a woven or non-woven material having a layer of a cementitious material thereon. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6898918 | Honeycomb rivet The invention provides a rivet and method of installing the rivet to attach honeycomb material to other materials. The rivet is installed by drilling a hole through the materials. A back side sleeve of the rivet is inserted through one end of the hole while a front ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6860069 | Building component A building component for forming a roof. The component includes an ETFE foil cushion comprising sheets of ETFE foil which are held in a frame about their periphery, and which are inflated. The cushion includes a liquid retaining means to suppress rain noise. ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6675551 | Plate-shaped constructional element and method A plate-shaped constructional element comprises a perforated plate made of a solid material such as metal, wood, wood chip board, pressboard, synthetic material or gypsum, and is characterized by the provision that a micro-perforated sheet or thin plate i... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6665996 | Raised floor system equipped with view panels A view panel for a raised floor system is described which is constructed by an outer rigid frame, an upper plate of a tempered glass panel and a lower plate of an apertured steel panel for providing structural support of the view panel. The invention furt... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6546694 | Light-weight structural panel A structural panel comprises a metal and fibrous composite in which the metal outer skins have a minimum thickness of 0.005 in. exceeding foils and a maximum thickness of 0.012 in. while the fibrous core ranges between 0.01 in. and 0.05 in. The panel is a... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6481175 | Structural member A structural member including a web portion having a plurality of triangular regions to provide additional strength and stiffness. The triangular regions are recessed from the web and may have a floor area or the floor may be cut out to provide apertures ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6351914 | Light-transmitting building construction element A light-transmitting building component, as wall roof or ceiling component etc. is formed with a technical membrane, in the form of a textile tissue on the outward-facing side and, furthermore, by a sound-insulation layer arranged at a distance to the out... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6339907 | System of wall panels A wall panel including a rectangular frame, a pair of wall members and a thin decorative sheet covering the wall members. The frame includes two spaced apart, generally parallel vertical frame members and spaced apart, generally parallel horizontal lower ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6317901 | Fresh or salt water pool A swimming pool formed in a natural or man-made body of fresh or salt water includes a flooring material which allows water to pass through, but does not allow dirt or other natural sediment to pass through. The flooring material comprises a layer of ston... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6207256 | Space truss composite panel A space truss composite panel is excellent in structural mechanics and capable of being efficiently and economically produced. The space truss composite panel has a construction in which a sheet 1 provided with a series of slits 2 is formed into a space f... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6158176 | Core for a sound absorbing panel A core for the production of a rectangular acoustic panel includes a mat of rockwool bounded by flat front and rear surfaces, and having a density between 5 and 9 pounds per cubic foot, a thickness between 0.75 and 2.0 inches, and a binder content between... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5979139 | Lightweight, self-supporting paneling A paneling system includes a first upper or outer plate having a plurality of outwardly extending tabs unitarily and integrally formed therewith and a second, lower plate spaced apart from the upper plate to present a void therebetween. The tabs span the ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5916104 | Box, an insulating system, and a ground drainage system The technical field of the invention is that of building and public works, for example for lining the vertical walls of a building on the inside and/or on the outside, or for recovering water infiltrating through the ground in a plot. The present inventio... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5816005 | Pre-fabricated title board A building material comprising, in layers, a thin waterproof membrane base of rigid plastic such as PVC, a mortar bed, a layer of cement, a metal lath, and a layer of ceramic tile, brick-veneer, granite tile or marble tile, which provides a pre-fabricated... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5644872 | Sound absorbing panel A self-supporting sound-absorbing panel intended to be attached to indoor walls and ceilings of buildings includes a core assembly made from a mat of rockwool having four straight perimeter edges disposed in a rectangular array, and sheets of non-woven in... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5549345 | Dashboard vent cover A vent cover for automotive type dashboards which includes a length of expanded plastic mesh which is sandwiched between a strip of vinyl and a strip of vinyl reinforced fabric which go around the perimeter of the mesh, and are engaged by a plurality of r... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5509247 | Vibration-damping inside roof construction A roof construction has vibration dampening ability and includes a body member in contact with a waffle-like surface of a moulded porous compressed fibrous web which is designed to have a self-supporting stability. The waffle-like surface exhibits an anis... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5493822 | Evacuated building panel and roof deck An insulating, substantially rectilinear building panel comprised of a top portion, a bottom portion, and at least three chambers containing interior surfaces disposed between said top portion and said bottom portion. The pressure within each of such cham... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5437698 | Particularly, a structured body for the drainage treatment for the preparation for tree-planting ground, and its impounding and flushing system The present invention is a structured body for drainage treatment which is an unit box composed of a top panel having multiple weep holes and downward cylinders provided therein and side walls having multiple weep holes and joints for connection, which ca... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5424139 | Metal heat insulator A generally elongated, thin, metal sheet heat insulator (1) having at least two generally elongated, thin, metal sheets (3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) disposed generally one above the other in a spaced apart relationship and a metal separator (2) therebetween contact... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5419093 | Versatile aluminum alloy molding block structure A versatile aluminum alloy molding block structure for used as a ceiling tile, a floor covering or a wall covering, particularly a molding block with patterns and designs on the surface to be used as a building material. The aluminum alloy molding block c... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5192623 | Laminated structural panels and the method of producing them Laminated structural panels and the method of producing them involve selection of a desired member of sheets of sheet metal of the desired thickness and material, perforating one or more of the sheets to a desired pattern depending upon characteristics de... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5086606 | Office panel partition and frame therefore An acoustical divider panel and a frame for such panel are provided in which top and bottom frame members of equal length and opposed side frame members of equal length are joined at their ends by a miter joint to form a rectangular frame. Each of the fou... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4860506 | Floor panel for floating floor A floor panel for floating floor of the kind comprising floor panels elastically supported by buffer members laid on a floor framing is characterized in that the floor panel is provided with a plurality of through holes, and supporting means integrally un... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4811538 | Fire-resistant door A fire-resistant door comprises a core panel of mineral material, such as gypsum wallboard. A fiber mat, preferably comprising glass fibers, is at least partially embedded in each face of said core panel. An edge banding assembly disposed around the perip... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4781002 | Damage resistant reflective textured surface system A scar-resistant decorative wall panel has a mirror surface overlaid by a substantially coarse-mesh, common weave wire screen giving a peek-through changing-with-angle view of the mirror surface. Viewed at the perpendicular to it, the mirror surface gives... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4731972 | Method of installing fabric wall panels There is disclosed a fabric wall panel consisting of a frame formed from linear frame members with a flat insert within the frame and fabric stretched over the frame and glued on the back. The linear frame members have an inside tongue for fastening the f... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4706422 | Space divider A space divider of generally rectangular shape having perforated walls (1-8) with two opposite edges inturned to mate to form cavities (6) to hold acoustic bats (7) therebetween and including intersecting stiffeners (4-5) and means (16) to hold a pull-ove... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4625491 | Elevated floor panel with integral trim A floor panel for elevated floors and the like is disclosed in which a high-pressure laminate floor covering is laminated to the load surface of the panel base. The laminate is provided with a decorative exposed surface and an inner body portion rearwardl... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4433021 | Sound attenuation sandwich panel including barrier material for corrosion control A layer of non-metallic open weave fabric sandwiched between the perforate sheet and an outer thin sheet of microporous fabric of a broad band noise attenuation panel comprising a cellular core adhesively bonded between a pair of metal facing sheets, one ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4426824 | Floor panel and method of making same An elevated floor panel is disclosed formed of a sheet metal upper surface member and a sheet metal lower support member. The lower support member is provided with a plurality of apertures arranged in perpendicular rows across the panel. Integral legs for... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4421811 | Method of manufacturing double layer attenuation panel with two layers of linear type material A method of manufacturing a double degree acoustic attenuation sandwich panel having a plurality of stacked components adhered together to form a unitary sandwich structure. The structure comprising an impervious facing of thin sheet material, a first hon... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4397902 | Construction-element A construction element of folded sheet material having a repetitive pattern of similarly shaped geometric figures. The tops of the figures lie in one plane and the troughs in a second parallel plane. Four tops are situated around one trough and are connec... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4319520 | Air flow floor panel An air flow floor panel for a raised access floor system which includes an articulated frame surrounding a light weight grid component in egg-crate form. A laminated top plate having a plurality of holes therethrough is welded to the articulated frame and... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4291079 | Method of manufacturing a honeycomb noise attenuation structure and the structure resulting therefrom Method of fabricating attenuation sandwich panels having a central cellular core positioned between and bonded to an imperforate facing sheet on one surface thereof and a perforate facing sheet with an outer layer of porous fibrous material adhered to the... | 09/22/1981 |
