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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186132 | No-through-metal structural panelized housing system for buildings and enclosures and economical process for manufacture of same A metal panel generally constructed from sheet material, such as sheet metal, and assemblies thereof which can be used to construct an enclosure, and specifically a no-through-metal enclosure. There is also provided methods for constructing a floor, walls, and roof ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7877959 | Connector A panel connector for interconnecting adjacent panels, wherein the panels have one or more flanges each having an edge. The connector comprises a portion of sheet material arranged to extend from the edge of the panel with a curved profile having an inner end adjace... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7509782 | Metal framed floor panel having flange outward of rib with u-shaped portion of gasket over top of rib, portion of gasket between rib and flange, and convex sealing portion of gasket below flange and outward of rib An access floor assembly is provided that comprises a plurality of abutting access floor panels that are attached to a plurality of pedestals. A resilient and flexible gasket is provided between the abutting floor panels to provide an effective seal between the pane... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7412801 | Sound absorbing panel A sound absorbing panel comprising a generally rectangular mat of sound absorbing material, a plastic non woven covering at the frontal mat surface facing towards the sound insulated space and a sheet metal plate covering at the rear. The sheet metal plate covering ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7316749 | Spray booth structures A panel for connection with other panels, comprising a rectilinear base member having outer edges, a first rectilinear side member extending from one edge of the base member, the first side member having a first lip extending from an outward edge of the first side m... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7117640 | Radio frequency shielded and acoustically insulated door A door for a RF shielded and acoustically insulated room. The door includes a door panel and door frame adapted to electrically and pivotally contact the door panel. The door panel includes a noise absorbing material and a noise insulating gap disposed between outer... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7051490 | Door for refrigerator and method of producing the door for refrigerator A door for refrigerator which is sophisticated in design and provided at a lower production cost. The door for refrigerator is composed of a door panel made of metal and an inner plate combined with the door panel in a facing manner, a door cap which fits into the d... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6973881 | Railcar nailable floor A nailable floor having a plurality of modular floor planks having a planar web spanning between two side flanges. The side flanges extend to bottom flanges that provide support from the underframe of a railcar. The planar web, side flanges and bottom flanges are al... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938389 | Roll formed staple-in awning frame and method An improved roll formed staple-in awning frame member is disclosed as is a process for its fabrication. The body (21) of a frame member and the staple deck member (11) thereof are roll formed separately along parallel roll forming lines. The staple dec... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6805185 | Cover panel attachment system for partitions A partition for open building space and the like having a frame including at least one substantially horizontal surface. A cover member is configured to enclose at least a portion of the frame. The cover member includes attachment members configured to connect the c... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6691472 | Foundation wall protector A foundation protector for a foundation wall prevents moisture being retained in the foundation wall and also provides drainage for surface water so that water does not rest against the surface of the foundation wall. The foundation protector has a smooth... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6640502 | Ceiling leak capture and drainage system A fluid leak capture and drainage system for ceiling leaks which includes a ceiling panel support grid and a plurality of ceiling panels mounted thereon is disclosed. The ceiling panel has a raised platform located in the center of the panel and a wall ex... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6619010 | Super high door structure An assembly structure of a super-high door includes two hubbed door skins and top, bottom, left and right edge-sealing angle bars. The door skins are positioned by flange ribs of the left angle bar. The top and bottom bars are positioned by notches at the... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6485122 | Heat-insulating wall A heat-insulating wall, such as a refrigerator door or housing, includes a substantially vacuum-tight outer paneling, an inner paneling, a substantially vacuum-tight connecting diaphragm formed from material having low heat conduction, a diaphragm cover f... | 11/26/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6418697 | Panel for raised floors A panel for raised floors, which comprises: a box-like element made of metallic material, which forms a bottom and side walls with first edges which are folded outwards and is meant to contain a body made of filler material; and a covering element. The co... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6415558 | Tornado shelter A Storm Shelter which meets FEMA criteria and can be assembled from the inside, within an existing room of a house. The shelter includes connection members which are not joined to one another at their ends, and panels having C-shaped channel members which... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6393798 | Heat-insulating wall A heat-insulating wall has two spaced-apart, at least essentially vacuum-tight cover layers, between which an evacuable heat-insulation material is provided and which are connected to one another by a vacuum-tight connecting profile which runs along the f... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6374571 | Insulation panel for cabinets containing air handling equipment An insulation panel (1) for cabinets containing air handling equipment has an exterior housing section (2) and an interior housing section (3) which is joined to the exterior housing section by snap-in engagement means, preferably comprising a plurality o... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6358593 | Door lamination structure A door lamination structure including a core member with first and second surfaces separated by an endless edge third surface. A groove extends around the endless third surface and forms a chamber in the core. First and second sheets of protective materia... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6353990 | Procedure and apparatus for post-facing of elevator car door and landing door The invention relates to a procedure and an apparatus for gluing a facing component (6) designed to be mounted onto the raw door panel (1) of an elevator car or landing to the raw door panel (1). The facing component (6) is fitted into cut-outs (23) in th... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6336302 | Panel end connector and locking clip A panel connector for connecting adjacent longitudinal ends of a pair of longitudinally-extending elongate panels, where each panel has a pair of upstanding inturned flanges on opposite lateral sides of a central web portion, the panel connector comprisin... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6321505 | Metal door and method of production A door comprising two metal panels and an internal core structure. The panels have their edges formed around a perimeter sub-frame of channel construction, the base of the channel being internally adjacent the respective edge of the door. Opposing edges o... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6311456 | High-density glass wool rigid panel An improved high-density glass wool rigid panel for use in the construction of air distribution ducting in air conditioning and heating installations of the sort made of a box-shaped high-density glass wool body with optional glass fiber reinforcing mesh ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6295787 | Insulated outer structure for refrigerated food storage apparatus and foam injection method using the same An outer structure for a refrigerated food storage apparatus includes an outer shell forming a visible exterior of the apparatus; and an inner liner made of molded plastic and coupled to the outer shell, to form an inter-panel space to be filled with a bo... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6247281 | Wall plank structure A wall plank structure composed of an upper panel, a lower panel and an interconnecting layer interconnected therebetween and made of PU foaming agent. Two lateral sides of the upper and lower panels are respectively formed with left and right side walls ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6138432 | Refrigerator door construction A refrigerator door for use in a refrigerator appliance has an outer door panel, an inner door liner, a metal reinforcing collar and a paper sheet. The collar has a generally rectangular frame that extends over a peripheral border of a central portion of ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6122879 | Snap together insulated panels A refrigeration panel system is provided having a first panel and a second panel. Each of the panels has an insulated core and a top and bottom metal skin attached to the insulation core. The first panel includes a groove at an end of the insulation core ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116568 | Apparatus for forming voids under concrete floors A reinforced box-like structure for forming a void area in a concrete formation. The structure includes a bottom panel having a plurality of spaced apart, parallel base partitions and a top panel having a plurality of spaced apart, parallel top partitions... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6085485 | Load bearing pre-fabricated building construction panel A load bearing pre-fabricated building construction panel comprises a main body portion of length "L", a thickness "T", and a width "W". A sheet metal outer skin is disposed substantially at the exterior of the main body portion and has opposed front and ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6058671 | Shim for modular building panels and method for using the same A method and apparatus for providing for expansion and contraction in modular building panels provides a quickly insertable shim structure that can be placed between modular building panels adjacent bolt that secures the panels together. The shim is inser... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6038830 | Heat insulated wall A heat insulated wall having two surface layers disposed at a distance from one another and are at least substantially vacuum-tight in construction. The two surface layers together with an at least substantially vacuum-tight connection element enclose an ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6023899 | Wall panel assembly with airtight joint A wall panel assembly with a sealed joint. The sealed joint is virtually airtight even in an enclosure having an ambient air pressure substantially greater than the air pressure outside the enclosure, such as an air handling cabinet. Each joint is compris... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5904019 | Thermoplastic building blocks A thermoplastic building block consisting of a hollow block molded out of a thermoplastic resin such as an aromatic polycarbonate resin. The block has molded flanges extending outwardly from the outer surfaces of the block. The flanges have interlocking m... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5842315 | Corrugated board structure A corrugated board structure including an upper layer of corrugated board, a bottom film and a middle layer of PU foam. Each side of the bottom PVC film is formed with an inward bent upright folded wall which, during the foaming and expansion procedure of... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5809715 | Panel In order to eliminate the difficulty in properly shaping the corner of a panel body where the edge portions thereof meet perpendicularly to each other and beautifully finishing the curled portions of a cladding sheet which covers the panel body, the panel... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5802801 | Locker door and frame assembly A locker door and frame assembly including a one-piece locker door having integral box beam supports at the extreme side edges of a central rectangular panel of the door and including hinge means directly connected to one marginal area of one of the integ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5709053 | Panel for constituting sound insulating wall A panel for constituting sound insulating wall is provided with a front plate, a rear plate, and a sound absorbing member put between the plates. The sound absorbing member contains reduced plastic products coated with magnetic material such as magnetic t... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5678369 | Refractory/heat insulating panels Disclosed is a refractory/heat insulating panel used in buildings and structures which must have a refractory performance. In the refractory/heat insulating panel (801), the mechanical strength and the fireproofing performance at the joint portions, which... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5606841 | Filled interior wall panels Interior wall panels having a rigid frame backing member to which an outer pliable sheet material is secured. A filling or padding material is retained between the sheet material and the backing member and the sheet material is secured through the filling... | 03/04/1997 |
