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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7243468 | System to lay out the position of glass blocks for construction of a glass block wall The present application discloses curb components that represent various shapes of glass blocks to be used in the construction of a curb for a glass block wall, along with a system and method for laying out the curb components. The curb components can be fitted toge... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7174645 | Method for designing of aproximate elliptical structure and the same A method for designing an elliptical structure with an outline of an approximate elliptic curve, which is generated by connecting circular segments to one another, and an elliptical structure created on said method. A first fixed point is established outside the ell... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137399 | Collapsible structure with top supporting elements The invention is a collapsible structure comprising a plurality of panel elements, each having a coilable frame element and flexible material attached to the frame element. The panel elements are joined to define an enclosure having a roof portion and a bottom perim... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7100333 | Loop assemblies having a central link Improved reversibly expandable structures are formed from novel loop assemblies comprising a plurality of links, each of said links having at least one center pivot joint and a plurality of end pivot joints, each of at least two of said plurality of end pivot joints... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080489 | Shanty and a system and a method for assembling the same A shanty and a system and method for assembling the same are provided. The shanty may be assembled, disassembled and re-assembled using the same components of the shanty. The shanty may have panels which may be removably fastened to each other to assemble the shanty... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6658800 | Polygon-shaped structural panel and construction method for geodesic domes A method and structural component for use in constructing geodesic domes using standardized polygon panels. The invention allows for the use of a reduced number of components to construct a geodesic dome. In one embodiment, a set of kite-shaped quadrilate... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6647672 | Domed building structure Domed building structures are disclosed comprising a series of concentric rings or frustums, each comprising a plurality of panels (4, 5, 6, 8, 30, 32A, 32B, 32C) connected end to end around the ring. Some rings comprise only trapezoidal panels (4) whilst... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6625938 | System and method for converting a hex-dominant mesh to an all-hexahedral mesh A modular approach to designing all-hex mesh conversion templates where triangular and rectangular subdivision patterns may arbitrarily be combined on the exterior faces of the templates. The templates can be created for any arbitrary-shaped, complex geom... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6526703 | Simple assembled slow baking oven device The present invention relates to a simple assembled slow baking oven device, comprising a net member with a predetermined area; a plurality of clay blocks being flatly disposed on the surface of its top layer in a radiant form; an opening being disposed a... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6295768 | Prefabricated structure A prefabricated structure for quickly erecting a gazebo and for combining a plurality of gazebos. The prefabricated structure includes a deck. The deck generally has a geometric shape such that a perimeter of the deck comprises a plurality of side edges. ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6282849 | Structural system The present invention relates to a building system comprising prefabricated plates for self-supporting space boundaries. To enable simple construction of load-bearing structures that are versatile in three dimensions and that enclose spaces, plates, at le... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6219974 | Reversibly expandable structures having polygon links Reversibly expandable structures are formed from loop assemblies comprising interconnected pairs of polygonal shaped links. Each loop assembly has polygon links with at least three pivot joints and at least some of the polygon links have more than three p... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6173547 | Panelized, edge-connected, modified-rhombic triacontahedral structures A building system comprised of panelized, modified rhombic triacontahedral structures further comprised of panels continuously connected along their edges by connectors whose profiles allow panels to swing, snap or slide together into strong, insulated bu... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6082056 | Reversibly expandable structures having polygon links Reversibly expandable structures are formed from loop assemblies comprising interconnected pairs of polygonal shaped links. Each loop assembly has polygon links with at least three pivot joints and at least some of the polygon links have more than three p... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6076318 | Interlocking puzzle An arcuate structure containing at least sixty six-sided building blocks, and said six-sided building blocks are independently able to provide means for connecting one of said six-sided building blocks to at least one of said six-sided building blocks. Th... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5904006 | Construction module, panel and system A module for a construction system is disclosed which can be used to form building panels and three-dimensional structures that may include self-supporting cladding. In one form the basic module (10, FIG. 1A, drawing e!) is formed from two pleated hexag... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5873206 | Interlocking building block An arcuate building structure containing at least three five-sided building blocks, at least three six-sided building blocks, and said five-sided and six-sided building blocks are independently able to provide means for connecting one of said five-sided b... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5724775 | Multi-pieced, portable projection dome and method of assembling the same A multi-piece dome is constructed from a plurality of rigid panels and configured to receive a hemispherical optical projection on a truncated spherical inner surface. The inner view surface has a predetermined retroreflectivity. The multi-piece dome is l... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5715854 | Dome-like structure and kit of parts therefor A kit of parts for forming a structure which may be a play structure or a shelter, and which is at least partially of dome-like shape and which can resemble an igloo, comprises a series of side panels of generally trapezoidal shape each with side edges wh... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5651220 | Shelter consisting of panels assembled in a polyhedron Shelter, consisting of polygonal panels assembled in a polyhedron, preferably inscribed in a dome or sphere, characterized by panels comprising a waterproof outer facing (1), an intermediate insulating material (2) and an inner facing (3), the panels comp... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5623790 | Building systems with non-regular polyhedra based on subdivisions of zonohedra Nine different classes of polyhedral structures based on surface subdivisions of the infinite class of plane-faced zonohedra. The structures fit together periodically or non-periodically into a variety of orderly and irregular-looking space structures inc... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5581960 | Composite building structure The present invention is directed to building modules, each having a portion of an ellipse as seen in cross-section, which can be interconnected to form a modular building structure having substantially unrestricted interior space, comprising at least two... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5560151 | Building blocks forming hexagonal and pentagonal building units for modular structures A building structure which contains a hexagonal building unit and a pentagonal building unit joined together by a plug. There are six triangularly-shaped building blocks in the hexagonal unit, and the base angles of these building blocks is from about 60.... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5540013 | Stellate hinged polygons forming a family of complex polyhedrons having discrete interiors and exteriors A structure formed from a new family of polyhedral models and rigid structures. The structure having discrete interior and exterior elements, and is formed from a plurality of stellate-hinged polygonal modules. Each stellate hinged-polygonal module has at... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5305564 | Hemispherical dome building structure Hemispherical dome comprising a plurality of rigid longitudinally extending and radially oriented cells of like size and shape, and arranged in a plurality of circular rows. Each cell is essentially frustopyramidal in shape, having a polygonal cross-secti... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5216854 | Laminated panel modular building structure and assembly method A building structure formed from modular units. Each unit comprising a plurality of structurally reinforced insulating panels of standard wall panel dimensions joined in longitudinal edge juxtaposed relation. The upper end edge surfaces of upwardly conver... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4686801 | Roof structure A self supporting roof structure comprises a plurality of vertically adjacent circular upwardly inwardly inclining at least partial rings stacked one on another. Each ring comprises a plurality of like horizontally adjacent panels each of which is an aliq... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4665664 | Dome building structure A domed building structure comprised of panels, convex from side to side, each panel including converging planar side members with straight outer edges, top and bottom planar plate members having curved outer edges, and a convex structural sheet attached ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4285174 | Building structure The object of the invention is to provide a building structure (1) that is free-standing, clear-span, for bulk storage of materials such as fertilizer, salt, sand, grain, coal, any granular-type material that must be covered and the like. The structural u... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4071986 | Building structure A building structure including a pair of opposing flank members having opposing spaced base-edges, upper edges meeting to define a peak of the structure, and convex contours each approximating the shape of a segment of a cylinder whose radius of curvature... | 02/07/1978 |