Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
052261000 | THREE-WAY CORNER CONSTRUCTION (E.G., TWO WALLS AND A FLOOR) | 30 |
20080307725 | SYSTEM FOR SECURING CONCRETE DECKING FORMS - A concrete form assembly ( | 12-18-2008 |
20110094173 | Wall System - The present invention relates to a wall system which has a solid wood construction on both an inner and outer side with an insulation cavity between, and to an improved building construction utilising the wall system. A plurality of boards is arranged in an interior stack of boards and an exterior stack of boards on a base platform. The interior and exterior stacks of boards are spaced apart by vertical members. The vertical members are spaced apart at spaced locations along the wall. The vertical members have a spanning portion; the interior and exterior stacks of boards are spaced apart by the width of the spanning portion. The vertical members extend across the height of a plurality of boards of each stack of boards. | 04-28-2011 |
20110225909 | SELF-LOCKING BLOCK AND COMPLEMENTARY BLOCKS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PILLARS, FREE-STANDING WALLS, ROOMS, AND BUILDINGS - The present invention relates to rooms or buildings constructed by raising walls using prefabricated blocks made of Portland cement reinforced with steel fiber that are stable without requiring a mortar mixture, or any additional internal or external structural support for the construction of the walls. | 09-22-2011 |
052262000 | Barrier resting on top of vertical structures; e.g., walls | 11 |
20090013626 | HOUSE - The present invention relates to the method for structure the house. It went up to a sky and it comes down. Therefore, the structure which closes all windows and all doors. My invention is to provide the method for constructing the large-scale building the building having the structure of not breaking in the large size typhoon or being protected from the criminal in the plain or the mountainous area. As to the method, all windows and door are closed in an instant. All doors and window are closed because. So, a danger can be averted. And it effectively can manage with the dangerous situation. And a damage is reduced from the extension fire. Therefore, my invention is a building which reduces the damage of the typhoon. And my invention is a building to close the infiltration of the robber. | 01-15-2009 |
20100088986 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING, SUCH BUILDING, AND WALL AND FLOOR ELEMENTS FOR USE THEREIN - The invention relates to a method of constructing a building, comprising the step of providing a skeleton for a building wall of the building. The skeleton includes at least upright building elements such as columns or dividing walls. At least one lightweight, heat insulating and fire retarding wall element is placed between each adjacent pair of said columns. The columns are covered to provide substantially closed wall surfaces. The wall surfaces are covered with a covering layer having properties so as to provide fire-resistance to the complete wall. The covering layer on the inside wall surface may include a base layer of modified resin mortar, and a top layer of plaster mortar. The covering layer on the outside wall surface may include a base layer of modified resin mortar and a top layer of mineral mortar. Lightweight, heat insulating floor elements are placed and interconnected, and supported if necessary, and thereafter structural fill-material, such as concrete, is poured onto the floor elements to form a floor. The invention also includes a building, and wall and floor elements. | 04-15-2010 |
20100115866 | Hold down system using hollow bearing members - A structural member for a reinforced stud wall including a tie rod connected to a foundation of the wall. The structural member comprises a longitudinal hollow member having top and bottom walls; and first and second web flanges connecting the top and bottom walls, the web flanges extending along a longitudinal axis of the hollow member. An opening through the top and bottom walls to allow the tie rod to extend therethrough, the opening being disposed between the web flanges. | 05-13-2010 |
20140174010 | BOND BEAM AND BLOCK JOIST - A building has walls built from blocks with cavities. Roofs and floors are formed from joists extending between walls. Each joist has a vertical plate, an angle piece located on each side of the vertical plate and end plates. The end plates bear on the wall blocks. Pins extend from the end plates into cavities of the wall blocks. Bond beams can be positioned on walls parallel to the joist. Horizontal blocks are laid across the joists to form a roof or floor. | 06-26-2014 |
20160168840 | A Structural Connector | 06-16-2016 |
052263000 | On column (e.g., elevated floor) | 6 |
20080295427 | FLOOR SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - According to the invention, a system for supporting a floor structure from a central structure is disclosed. The system may include a plurality of receptacles and a plurality of support members. Each of the receptacles may be located within a corner of an exterior perimeter of the central structure. Each of the receptacles may also at least partially define a cavity which may open to two different sides of the central structure. Each of the support members may be configured to pass through the cavity of at least one of the receptacles. Furthermore, each of the support members may be configured to be supported by at least one of the receptacles, and extend outward from two different sides of the central structure. The support members may further be configured to support the floor structure on two different sides of the central structure. | 12-04-2008 |
20090071084 | Pedestal support and floor constructed of such pedestal supports - A floor assembly, such as a bowling floor, is supported above a sub-floor by telescoping pedestal supports that are vertically extendable and vertically retractable. Upper and lower ends of the pedestal supports are fixed to the floor assembly and the sub-floor, respectively, so that when a pedestal support is vertically retracted, a downward force will be applied to the floor assembly, for removing bulges in the floor assembly for example. | 03-19-2009 |
20090205275 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR ELEVATED FLOOR ASSEMBLY - Support structure for elevated floor assembly including a plurality of pedestals and panel stringers coupled between adjacent pedestals, each pedestal having a column with a supporting head on an upper end of the column and a base plate on the lower end of the column, the supporting head having radially protruding supporting arms for connecting the panel stringers thereto, and each panel stringer having a generally inverted U-shaped cross-section with two generally parallel side portions and an interconnecting portion, wherein the interconnecting portion Wrests on the radially protruding supporting arm of the supporting head of the pedestal. At an end portion of the panel stringer, at least one of the side portions includes on its inner surface, a cavity proximate the interconnecting portion and a guide leading from an edge of the side portion remote from the interconnecting portion to the cavity, and the supporting arm has at least one lateral protrusion configured to be received in the cavity when the panel stringer is connected to the supporting arm of the pedestal. | 08-20-2009 |
20100005739 | NON-MAGENTIC ACCESS FLOOR SYSTEM FOR USE IN ELECTRONIC IMAGING ROOMS - An access system is provided that employs a floor panel and pedestal assembly designed to provide a non-magnetic environment with no metal on metal contact making the system particularly suited for EMI machine room use. The access floor eliminates the difficulty in calibrating the EMI machine due to minute movement in the access floor panels that arises from metal on metal contact. Moreover, the system ensures that the floor panels themselves contain no metallic parts thereby eliminating the static white pixel noise associated with the more powerful magnets now used in the current generation of EMI machines. Thus a considerably more versatile access floor is provided that can support the need of the current generation of EMI machines to be movement free and to not generate static interference in their visual output. | 01-14-2010 |
20100257796 | Modular, Portable, Interlocking Decking System - Components for use in the assembly and installation of a modular decking system, comprised of structural free floating piers which distributes loads of deck pad to ground, piers have a pad bearing surface and four uniformly placed receiver blocks which interlock with corresponding recesses at four pad corners, an interlocking cam passes through pad recesses at deck surface and locks to piers by rotating cam with custom designed tool. | 10-14-2010 |
20120090256 | Three dimensional tiled deck accessories - A modular system for creating multi-level areas on pedestal supported tiled decks for use as platforms, plinths, benches, seats, tables, planters and other accessories which utilize standard floor tiles for the visible horizontal surfaces. Standard floor tiles can be used through the use of an enabling component called a “frame”. Tiles fit in the frames. The system also uses square or rectangular box shaped modules which fit under or in the frames. A frame holds the modules together in a horizontal plane and supports additional modules in a vertical plane. The completed accessories appear to be built-in and to be a part of the deck but they can be easily relocated or expanded both horizontally and vertically. The accessories can be used on any deck, patio, rooftop or recreational surface. | 04-19-2012 |
052264000 | Floor supports walls | 3 |
20100095615 | Ceiling attachment for full-height panel - A prefabricated wall panel has a top frame structure defining an upward-opening channel extending lengthwise along the upper edge of the panel. An elongate header member is normally disposed within this channel. The header member is vertically slidably supported on supports fixed to the top frame structure so that the header member, in a storage position, is retained in the space. When the panel has been swung upwardly so that the upper edge is aligned below a preinstalled ceiling track, then the header member is manually displaced upwardly until the header telescopes over the ceiling track. A fixed connection is then formed between the header and the ceiling track to provide lateral stability at the upper edge of the wall panel. | 04-22-2010 |
20110265405 | Modular Secondary Containment System - A modular containment system for forming a defined perimeter around liquid storage tanks or the like. The containment system generally includes a plurality of wall panels, a corner joint removably connecting adjacent corner wall panels in angular disposition, wherein the corner joint includes an anchor pad for placement beneath and for being connected to the corner wall panels, and a support unit comprised of a gusset and anchor pad for connecting and supporting the wall panels along a straight line. The wall panels, corner joint, and support unit are each preferably comprised of an integral one-piece structure and a galvanized steel material. The wall panels, corner joint, and support unit are removably connected via interlocking wedges. A liner is generally secured along an interior of the wall panels via a retaining cap. Various braces and brackets are also used to removably connect the components of the containment barrier. | 11-03-2011 |
20160153188 | PARTITION SYSTEM FOR A PARTITION OF WOODEN BEAMS | 06-02-2016 |
052266000 | Vertically superposed wall sections | 1 |
20090205276 | Shelter Structure, in Particular for Electrical Equipments - The object of the present invention is a shelter structure, in particular for electrical equipment, totally modular, simple and inexpensive to make, and extremely quick to assemble, also on the place of use. Such structure comprises angular connecting joints ( | 08-20-2009 |
052267000 | Wall of contacting layers | 2 |
052268000 | Disparate material lamina between layers | 1 |
20110146173 | WALL SYSTEM FOR A BUILDING - A fire-resistant assembly may be attached to a wall frame assembly of a building and configured to transfer loads from a load-bearing assembly into the wall frame assembly. The assembly provides for a desired amount of fire resistance by virtue of a fire-resistant filler and provides for a desired amount of structural capacity by virtue structural sheets that form a cavity for the filler. In addition, a load-limited connector may be coupled to the assembly to transfer loads from the load-bearing assembly up to a desired load threshold. | 06-23-2011 |
052269000 | Dissimilar material sheet-form facing | 1 |
20120096786 | Structural Cap with Composite Sleeves - The disclosure describes, in part, techniques for designing, fabricating and installing structural caps with a core and composite sleeves to be coupled to structural members of a foundation, such as an installed radial array of batter angled micropiles. These structural caps with sleeves are lightweight and, thus, more portable to difficult-access sites. Once at the sites, operators may fixedly couple these caps to the micropiles or other structural members to form a foundation for a structure to be installed at the difficult-access site. | 04-26-2012 |
052270000 | Walls of modular construction | 10 |
20090120021 | Modular structure - A modular building system including methods and kits is provided. The system comprises C-channels anchored to a base. Structural insulated panels are slid into the channels to form walls. Adaptors are provided to provide channels at an angle for the insertion of roof panels. The building system provides for the rapis construction of a building without the need for framing or the use of roof trusses. | 05-14-2009 |
20090188188 | Building simulating apparatus and method for training emergency personnel - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for simulating a building environment through which emergency personnel may be trained by practicing search and rescue. The present invention provides an apparatus including a plurality of wall panels which can be joined together and simulate a floor plan of a building. The wall panels preferably are modular prefabricated wall panels adapted to be assembled and disassembled permitting the same wall panels to be adapted for use to provide different floor plans. Thus, a modular kit incorporating a plurality of different wall panels may be arranged and subsequently rearranged into as many different floor plans as desired thus providing a variety of different floor plans which will provide challenging training in search and rescue. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193734 | Modular Panel Wall Assemblies - A modular wall panel have a wall face, a top cap, a bottom pan and two side framing studs at the perimeter sides extending vertically from the bottom pan to the top cap are all constructed integrally. The side framing studs also define a surface for at attaching finishing strips that extend from the base pan to the top cap. A foundation wall is constructed from a plurality of modular wall panels. The wall panels may also have interior vertical reinforcing studs with surfaces for attaching finishing strips at regular intervals. The panels may include a support column for a cross wall beam or for a support beam over a door frame opening. The panels may be used for upper floor exterior walls | 08-06-2009 |
20100050548 | WALL PANEL SYSTEM - A modular wall system ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100058689 | MODULAR BUILDING FOR DEPLOYMENT IN DISASTER REGIONS - A modular building structure is provided. The building structure has a support framework comprising a pair of longitudinally extending beams, a plurality of vertically and transversely extending identical arched ribs spaced apart from one another, a plurality of level one joists coupled at each transverse end to one of the ribs and one of the beams, a plurality of level two joists coupled at each transverse end to one of the ribs at a location above the level one joists, and a plurality of longitudinally extending hat bars coupled to the transverse insides of all of the arched ribs. The hat bars may have a generally trapezoidal cross-section. The beams, arched ribs, level one joists, level two joists, and hat bars are preformed and provided with pre-drilled holes for coupling to other components of the support framework. Methods and kits for building a modular building structure are also provided. | 03-11-2010 |
20100170174 | Modular Components for Constructing Larger System - A modular component, panel, or building block, is used to construct modular styled systems. Such module contains specifically designed slots or openings. Such slots extend substantially perpendicular from the modules' edges and into the center of the panel. The interlocking mechanism provided by the slots allows the modules to be combined to form a modular styled system. The module further contains a number of drill holes that runs across its edges and can be threaded with metal rods for structural support. | 07-08-2010 |
20100325989 | Structural Building Panels with Multi-Laminate Interlocking Seams - Systems and methods providing a modular building having pre-fabricated panel wall components are easily assembled to form a predetermined structure that provides for mating alignment and securement of the modular panels with each other along their adjoining seams, without requiring additional locking mechanisms for stabilizing the panels. | 12-30-2010 |
20120240499 | Modular Panel Wall Assemblies - A modular wall panel have a wall face, a top cap, a bottom pan and two side framing studs at the perimeter sides extending vertically from the bottom pan to the top cap are all constructed integrally. The side framing studs also define a surface for at attaching finishing strips that extend from the base pan to the top cap. A foundation wall is constructed from a plurality of modular wall panels. The wall panels may also have interior vertical reinforcing studs with surfaces for attaching finishing strips at regular intervals. The panels may include a support column for a cross wall beam or for a support beam over a door frame opening. The panels may be used for upper floor exterior walls | 09-27-2012 |
20140053481 | Structural building panels with interlocking seams - Systems and methods providing a modular building having pre-fabricated panel wall components are easily assembled to form a predetermined, energy efficient structure that provides for mating alignment and securement of the modular panels with each other along their adjoining seams. | 02-27-2014 |
052271000 | Joint key between superimposed modules | 1 |
20080282631 | Building Unit, Method for Assembling a Building Unit, Method for Transporting a Building Unit - A building unit comprises a building element having a rib structure. The rib structure forms a frame for receiving at least one of a floor, wall, or a ceiling module. The rib structure comprises a corner fitting. The building unit may further comprise at least one additional building element placed offset and an intermediate module that interconnects at least two building elements. | 11-20-2008 |