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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176689 | Retrofit hurricane-earthquake clips Retrofit hurricane and earthquake clips for connecting a roof to a wall. The connectors include a plate web and rafter web, connected by a modified right-angle bend. For added strength in the right angle bend, wavy edges add material into the bend. Multiple bends ad... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7905062 | Perfect perch roofing system A roofing assembly includes an uppermost stainless steel cover. The cover has an upper surface and a lower surface. The roofing assembly has a reinforced foam base, rafters and a ridge board. The ridge board supports the cover and the base. Cement board panels have ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7389785 | Structural support assembly A frame tent system having a plurality of upright columns, a plurality of eave members, and a plurality of rafters. The plurality of members are inter-connected by a system of novel eave weldments. The eave weldment is preferably a four-way connector unit interconne... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7325362 | Steel roof truss system A truss system and method for use in constructing a building structure comprising a first and second truss member connected to one another a distal end thereof thereby forming a peak joint. A cross bar is connected to each of the first and second truss members at an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318299 | Accelerated log building method, log building kits, and methods of producing log building kits Kits for building log structures, and methods for producing such kits. A kit for building a structure having a plurality of log walls each including multiple layers. The kit comprises a combination of logs which when assembled form the structure. Logs of multiple la... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316098 | Device and method for interconnecting framing components The present invention is a framing component interconnecting device that is particularly useful for interconnecting a spanning member and its supporting components. While the device may be used in a number of ways to facilitate frame construction, the preferred mode... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293390 | Roof boundary clip A roof boundary connection uses a clip that eases installation of the clip to blocking members both in the field by a carpenter and at a factory by one such as a truss manufacturer. The clip is formed with two indexing tabs that are set against the blocking for corr... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7246469 | Multi-piece eaves beam for preassembled glazed roof system An eaves beam for a glazed roof system includes a base member and an upper member. The base member includes a base plate adapted to rest on a building wall and includes upstanding wall members. The base member can be fastened from the top into the wall with the fast... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228661 | Rapid steel frame assembly A framing assembly system for steel building that substantially reduces assembly time while maintaining excellent strength and mechanical integrity and has vastly improved resistance to uplift forces. Foundation assemblies or anchor structures are first precisely lo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210271 | Header apparatus and method for a structural framing system An apparatus and associated method for a header in a structural framing system comprising a pair of track members defining opposing receiving portions. A plurality of column members is disposed substantially transversely to the track members and joined thereto. A we... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191566 | Eaves beam with internal drainage An internal drainage system for a conservatory roof which allows a conservatory to be used as dry living space. Condensation is channeled internally through the eaves beam and the supporting posts or mullions to an outlet outside of the conservatory. The condensed w... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186161 | Real construction game (RCG) The present invention concerns a construction game to make buildings at a reduced scale providing the user with all the necessary elements in order to obtain a sample at real scale. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178305 | Hanger bracket A bracket is provided comprising a rectangular and substantially planar base panel, a pair of generally opposed and substantially parallel panels extending generally normal to the base panel and spaced apart, with a third panel extending generally normal to the base... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7082725 | Threshold tray and clip system In recent decades within the building industry, there has been a trend toward mass production of building components. The trend has included every part of structures except for the concrete slab the building is built on. The “Threshold Tray and Clip System” uses... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7044824 | Roof system for a log building toy The invention titled “Roof System for a Log Building Toy” (hereinafter “The Roof”) under this section consists of the design of the parts and the unique process of assembly of The Roof. The design of the pieces of The Roof include logs and slats that ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021878 | Categorizing fasteners and construction connectors using visual identifiers A method of categorizing fasteners and construction connectors by size and type using a color coding system. Each fastener receives a designated and distinct color contained on the surface that is exposed before and after installation. The colors are preselected to ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017316 | Concrete panel construction system A concrete building panel has a slab and a plurality of ribs and beams. A series of horizontal holes in the end ribs are spaced at a selected constant spacing such that adjacent panels may be fastened together through them. In one type of panel, the slab is separate... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6976344 | Method of assembling concrete panel building module with connection plates and resulting module A method of constructing building module and resulting building module are provided, the building module including a building floor panel oriented substantially horizontally; a number of exterior wall panels having exterior wall panel faces and exterior wall panel e... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6951079 | System and method of panelized construction A system and method of panelized construction for use in construction of a building module, such as a residential housing addition. A plurality of pre-fabricated panels, such as wall panels, roof panels, floor panels, and ceiling panels may be provided to decrease o... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6901715 | Modular rim board for floor and rafter systems An engineered perimeter rim board with machined or otherwise-formed modular recessed receptacles receives and secures I-joists and other manufactured joists at pre-designated spaces along the length of the rim board. The rim board provides pre-measured joist securem... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6843027 | Cable system and method for wind-resistant buildings A system and method for securing the wall framing and roof of a building structure against wind. A cable tensioner, located between two uprights of the wall framing and below the top plate, is attached to an anchor secured in the foundation. A cable extends over the... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6837019 | Tornado and hurricane roof tie A building roof tie for attaching roof trusses and rafters to wood top plates in building structures, such roof tie having a sheet metal body with risers and a bridge for overlapping a rafter and flaps for wrapping on the sides of the top plate. Generally triangular... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6817155 | Structural shape for use in frame construction A structural section for use in frame construction where the section includes a horizontal segment and a pair of spaced apart legs. Each leg has a first end portion attached to the horizontal segment, a second end portion opposite the horizontal segment, and a flang... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6679023 | Rapid assembly steel framing A framing assembly system for steel building that substantially reduces assembly time while maintaining excellent strength and mechanical integrity. In fabricating this type of building, foundation assemblies are first placed in concrete footings at a pre... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6672014 | Structural support and positioning system for angularly directed structural support members A system (100) for positioning and securing angularly directed structural support members (20) to a longitudinally extended structural member (30) of a building includes at least a pair of mounting devices (105, 105', 105") respectively mounted to at leas... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6430881 | Top plate An apparatus for attaching a building component to a structure. The apparatus may include a C-shaped support header that is sized to be received on a portion of a structure such as the top plate of a wall. A number of attachment tab assemblies are integra... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6370835 | Method and apparatus for low cost housing construction A method and apparatus for field erection of structures, particularly residential buildings, adapted to utilization of locally available labor and having a significant content of locally available materials. A rectangular floor covering sheet serves both ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6370826 | Arcuate facia In an arcuate roof section including a series of rafters which each define an exposed end of the prescribed height, a device positionable along the exposed ends of the series of rafters to define an arcuate facia. The device comprises at least one facia m... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6299378 | Connector plate and method of assembly To facilitate pre-plating of nail plated truss joints, a nail plate (10) has teeth (13) of increased length in a region of the plate for fixing plate to one member of a joint prior to assembly of the joint.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6240684 | Portable automotive service building The present invention discloses, in certain aspects, a portable building with a plurality of interconnected walls defining an interior space therebetween, a floor on which the walls are positioned, a roof structure connected on top of the walls, and at le... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6223481 | Roof construction The invention relates to a roof construction, assembled from aluminium alloy extrusions and sections which may be cut on site to the appropriate dimensions. There is a ring beam, made from a channel and a ridge member in the form of a central extruded alu... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6219973 | Structure stabilizing system and method A structure stabilizing system that includes a length of cabling and a number of joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides. Each of the joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides includes an L-shaped joist securing plate assembly, a rafter securing plate, ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6209268 | Overhang support system for gable roofs This invention provides an overhang support system for gable roofs which eliminates any need to put a notch in the gable end truss top chord member. It utilizes a novel unitary connector device for improved support of overhang structures in a gable roof o... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6195950 | Engineered structural modular units A modular house is constructed with Engineered Structural Modular Units (EMSU's) made from Stucturally Engineered Oriented Strand Boards (SEOSB's). Unitized structures are formed from modular units comprising two SEOSB panels with internal webbing for flo... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6151843 | 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 ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6098360 | Offset web composite beam A composite beam for building construction where top cord (21) and bottom cord (23) are attached to web (22) to provide support along top edge or support along bottom cord (33). In addition, a single cord beam such as perimeter roof beam (60) comprised of... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092340 | Structural framing system and method of assembly A structural framing system having a plurality of elongated members which are capable of assembly with a minimum number of specialty tools and with minimal use of specialty labor and which provides superior strength. The structural framing system of the c... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6088970 | Light building assembly system A novel light building assembly system using construction panels is described. Fiber board panel is described as a preferred material. A pre-assembled low-sloped roofing system is joined to a pre-assembled wall system by use of a pre-manufactured PVC viny... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088969 | Roof and portable building A roof structure for a building has been invented, the roof structure having a roof member, and a covering on the roof support, of spray-on thermoplastic polyurethane. A building has been invented which, in one aspect, is portable and whose components or ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085470 | Portable building The present invention discloses, in certain aspects, a building with a plurality of interconnected walls defining an interior space therebetween, at least one of said walls made of non-rigid material, a floor on which the walls are positioned, and a roof ... | 07/11/2000 |
