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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4631882 | Molding strips and assembly thereof for mounting a flexible covering onto a support surface A molding strip assembly comprising linear edge pieces adapted to form a structure for holding the edge of a flexible material. The edge pieces may be configured in a framework so that the material covers a desired support surface. One edge piece is a mol... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4594821 | Skylight assembly A skylight and roof assembly with at least a portion of the skylight adapted to be pivoted by a drive mechanism between open and closed positions with respect to an opening in the roof. At least one hinge is connected to the movable portion of the skyligh... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4592178 | Ground anchor This invention relates to an improved ground anchor. It comprises a drill bit, an anchor head to which a plurality of swingable arms are pivoted, a double thread nut, a connecting rod with an enlarged rear end, and a socket from which a plurality of steel... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4589242 | Joining element This invention provides a one-piece joining element of extruded material suitable for joining floor or similar sections together comprising a main body having opposed top and bottom surfaces, the body having a first side having an upper wall section and a... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4586697 | Balustrade construction A balustrade construction formed from extruded components of such materials as aluminum and its alloys. Said construction having balusters disposed between pairs of spaced apart channel section members with the balusters comprised of a square-section and ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4584804 | Mechanism for joining a mullion to a transom in a curtain wall A joiner for joining mullions to transoms in a curtain wall includes a U-shaped gasket receiving an outer transom surface and a table for slidably supporting an extended end of the transom. A slider element abuts the transom end to prevent outward movemen... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4583341 | Interlocking ground covering elements and arrangements of them for mechanical laying Modular interlocking paving elements of uniform configuration are provided each in the form of a substantially right angular body bounded peripherally by two outer sides meeting at an outer angle apex, two inner sides meeting at an inner angle apex and tw... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583333 | Room addition construction A room addition type of construction for attachment to the outside wall of a building. The wall has an opening for access to the interior of the building. A foundation is provided adjacent the wall and an upright frame assembly is mounted on the foundatio... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4580386 | Expansion clip on a ceiling runner The invention provides a slot in the runner and lugs on a clip to allow sliding contact between the runner and the clip. This allows for expansion of the runner during a fire condition. The clip is fastened to the vertical web of an adjacent runner to fas... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4580384 | Roof panel material A corrugated sheet roof panel has one longitudinal edge formation and one marginal strip of the panel which has a width less than the pitch distance between adjacent corrugations where the edge formation includes a female receptive bead. The opposite long... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4579303 | Gutter jack "Gutter Jack" is a mechanical device which is temporarily attached to the facia board at the end of the roof to support and to adjust the slope of the rain gutter during the installation. A gutter jack is generally used at each end of the rain gutter to b... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4578916 | Connecting and pressure-distributing element for concrete structural members The element comprises a socket and a bar slidingly insertable into the opening of the socket. Disposed around and spaced from both the socket and the bar are at least two closed loops each, of generally rectangular shape and made from reinforcing rods. Th... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4578912 | Foundation for cellarless houses A foundation for cellarless houses comprises a foundation wall (6) whose underside is disposed on a level below the ground surface (4) surrounding the house (1) and serves to support the house and, together with a bearing floor structure (5), also to defi... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4578909 | Insulated building construction The present invention is directed to an insulated building construction which includes panels having interior and exterior skins with an insulating core therebetween. Additionally, the bearing posts between panels have interior and exterior support member... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4578921 | Storage tank construction This invention relates to an elevated liquid storage tank and a method of constructing same. An upright, hollow, cylindrical concrete shaft is constructed having a closed upper end portion forming a tank support floor. An upper, outer ledge is formed arou... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4578911 | Cantilevered mast drilling rig with single step erection A cantilevered mast drilling rig is disclosed in which the erection operation for elevating the cantilevered mast and the drill rig floor to the elevated operating positions is a single step procedure. Both the cantilevered mast and the drill rig floor ar... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4577448 | Floors A floor, useful for ice or roller skating, including a planar surface made up of a plurality of panels and including locating devices positioned over and under adjacent panels to restrict relative movement between the panels.... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4577447 | Construction block A building block to be used in the construction of houses, buildings, gargages, sheds and the like, which is constructed of expanded, polystyrene beads. The building block is to be arranged with other similar building blocks in a vertically orientated, ho... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4575983 | Sliding hold-down clip for standing seam metal roof A sliding clip for a floating standing seam roof for allowing buckling of the roof panels to relieve excessive thermal expansion. The relative arrangement of the stops which limit the motion of the upper clip portion in respect of the lower clip portion i... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4575984 | Construction element A construction element for constructing a supporting floor or the like consists of a slab made of reinforced concrete. The side walls of the slab are provided with protection profiles connected with each other. Two series of aligned, alternating projectio... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4576532 | Insulation stud A retainer assembly for securing a sheet-like material to a wall comprising an elongated stud having an inner end welded to the wall and extending outwardly therefrom so as to be perpendicular to the wall, the stud having a pointed outer end whereby the s... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4574551 | Load-bearing plate A load-bearing square plate usable in conjunction with an anchor bolt to firmly secure a layer of thermal insulation material to a roof surface to prevent the layer from being blown away as a result of strong updrafts. The plate has a center hole for rece... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4573303 | Method of casting floors and ceilings of buildings and a panel for use therein A method of constructing floor castings for building comprising the steps of forming a frame or ribbing (6) of beams, supporting panels (1) between the beams to provide substantially the lower surface of the floor at a level below the lower edges of the b... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4571906 | Sectional screens A portable space divider screen which comprises a panel having a frame and infill means in same and means to join a panel to other panels and in which the infill means comprising cellular members with the cells containing sound-absorbent material, apertur... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571913 | Prefabricated fireproof steel and concrete beam A composite structural element has a main steel beam having a web and at least two flanges extending therefrom, having oppositely directed outer faces, having outer edges generally defining a plane and defining with the web a recess open away from the web... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571905 | Method of mounting curtain wall units and constructions thereof In order to assemble a unit type curtain wall, curtain wall units are successively mounted by the steps of positioning a lower edge portion of a curtain wall unit to be mounted relative to an upper edge portion of an existing curtain wall unit positioned ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571899 | Room addition construction A room addition type of construction for attachment to the outside wall of a building. The wall has an opening for access to the interior of the building. A foundation is provided adjacent the wall and an upright frame assembly is mounted on the foundatio... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571903 | Automobile dent protection system In order to prevent parked automobiles from being dented or scratched when they are parked in a regular parking space in a garage, carport or the like, a pad is suspended from overhead in a location near the car, or between two adjacent cars. The pad may ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4570393 | Weather seal for frame and movable panel assembly In a frame and movable panel assembly, such as a ventilating skylight, a weather seal comprises a panel cap on the panel, a projection on the frame and a water dam on the projection. The cap defines a covered recess into which the projection enters upon c... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570405 | Insulating apparatus DGK for panel assemblies Apparatus and method for heat insulating the inside of a panel assembly (11) forming a building-type structure is disclosed. The insulating apparatus includes anchor clips (31) that are secured in the connecting flange portions of adjacent panels prior to... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4569172 | Interior corner construction for wallboard, ceiling and partition panel assemblies, and backer clips therefor A backer clip, a plurality of which may be used to replace a second framing member normally employed for interior corner constructions of wallboard, ceiling and partition panel assemblies, and suitable for installation on a framing member, is of a continu... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4569174 | Insulation for buildings Building insulation for installation between joists above a crawl space, basement or garage area comprising a layer of insulating material having a vapor barrier layer on the top thereof and a flexible reticulated member at the bottom thereof, such member... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4569164 | Operable wall system An operable wall system which is especially desirable for use with large and/or heavy wall panels can be constructed so that each panel in the system is supported from a track structure by two separate trolleys. The track structure includes a terminal sec... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4567698 | Space divider system A space divider system adapted to partition an interior space into working sub-areas wherein desks, cabinets, and other work components are integrated with partition walls formed by modular panels that are interlocked in a spatial pattern defining the des... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4567703 | Hermetic window assembly with pressure-equalization system A manually-actuated pressure-equalization system for a double-glazed, hermetically-sealed window assembly comprising a spring-biased push-button valve installed in one of the glass panes. When actuated the valve provides an air passageway coupling the int... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4567709 | Method and apparatus for erecting a building A building having an equal number of exterior wall and roof sections is constructed of prefabricated building units each having a roof section and wall frame section pivotably affixed for relative pivotal movement. The building units are erected in pairs ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566247 | Captive column A captive column structure comprising a plurality of spaced-apart elongated column portions having a plurality of spaced-apart compression core members interconnecting the same. The compression core members may take either the shape of flat sheets, hollow... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4566234 | Window frame with laminated surfaces A window frame is made up of frame sides connected together at mitered corner joints. The frame sides are formed of a wood or wood material core with a metal foil laminate on the exterior frame surfaces and a decorative laminate on the interior of the fra... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4566246 | Modular structure assemblies Modular constructions and connector assemblies therefore. The modular construction comprises a plurality of spode units with elongated key members extending between the spode units and interconnected to form a modular framework. Adapter collars and retain... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4566243 | Plank grating assembly A plank grating assembly for forming decking, flooring or subflooring. Longitudinal metal planks have flanges on each side edge and trapezoidal openings in each flange. The planks are rigidly connected and supported by cross braces each having an inverted... | 01/28/1986 |
