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Document | Title | Date |
20090019812 | Anchoring Apparatus and Method - An anchoring apparatus that is suitable for use in anchoring a first member (such as but not limited to a façade material) ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090025332 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR POSTS - An anchoring system to lock posts into housings mounted in the ground, or to lock pipes into housings within holes through walls or foundations uses plastic collets to match post outer profiles to inner housing profiles. The collets have two gently tapered circumferential areas which lock into corresponding tapered areas in the housing. Keys help to lock the post into the collet and in turn into the housing. Customized collets match incompatible posts and housings. The anchored post may be released for re-use, with a security release system that requires the use of special tools. | 01-29-2009 |
20100000175 | Recess Forming and Anchor Positioning Apparatus - A recess former and anchor positioning apparatus for creating recessed lift-points within concrete structures during casting, is comprised of a solid urethane semi-sphere, with two imbedded nuts on the flat side for bolting to a form wall, and a receiving slot passing through the center of the convex side for receipt of an anchor. The slot is sized dimensionally smaller than the received end of the anchor creating a secure compression-friction engagement. The apparatus is bolted to a form wall. The lifting end of an anchor is inserted into the receiving slot of the apparatus, which holds the anchor perpendicular to the form wall during casting and curing of the concrete structure. The anchor is automatically released from the apparatus upon stripping of the form, without need to remove the apparatus from the form. The lifting end of the anchor is exposed in the formed recess of the cast structure. | 01-07-2010 |
20100071305 | Stackable column assemblies and methods of construction - An improved stackable square tubular column assembly and method of assembly for multi-floor steel-framed buildings in which hollow columns for vertically adjacent floors are joined by a coupler having beam connectors extending outwardly therefrom so that the coupler supports the floor load in shear. The core of the assembly is the coupler having a flat plate extending through horizontal slots in opposing walls of the coupler that divides the coupler into two compartments, each compartment telescopingly receiving the end of a single floor column so that the column load of the upper column is uniformly distributed in compression over the walls of the lower column through the plate. Advantages of the various embodiments include (a) eliminating the necessity of column abutment, (b) eliminating the need for exact registration of the columns, (c) eliminating the need for through-column bolts, (d) eliminating the need for overhead welds, (e) improved tolerances for coupler-to-lower column tolerances, (f) improved resistance to bending or twisting of the coupler about the supporting column, (g) the addition of coupler-to-coupler tension cables, (h) additional support for metal decking, (i) the connection of stacked columns without through-column bolts, (j) coupler length reduction for reduced thickness composite floors without sacrificing resistance to floor load shear, (k) a continuous span for reduced thickness floors, (l) shear panels anchored to the structural steel columns, coupler and beams, and (m) the ability of the coupler to accommodate normal X-bracing and tube bracing. | 03-25-2010 |
20100088995 | REINFORCING BAR JOINT - To avoid the rotation of a sleeve, providing an enhanced joint force. A reinforcing bar joint | 04-15-2010 |
20100088996 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A SOLAR PANEL OR OTHER ARTICLE TO A ROOF OR OTHER STRUCTURE - An apparatus for mounting an article to a roof includes a base plate, threaded stud, lag bolts, spacer, and flashing. The base plate includes bolt holes to accommodate the lag bolts to secure the base plate to the roof. The threaded stud is secured to and extends vertically from the base plate. The spacer is inserted over the stud so that the stud passes through an aperture in the spacer, and is secured by a nut. The spacer acts as a lift for mounting an article up off the roof, thereby permitting drainage. The spacer includes a recess to accommodate the head of a lag bolt. The wrap-around flashing is captured between the base plate and spacer, creating a water free environment underneath the assembled unit. The flashing slides up underneath the roofing shingles to prevent water from penetrating the structure, and includes a lip to accommodate the base plate, and a detent to accommodate the bolt heads beneath it. | 04-15-2010 |
20100212250 | Wedge anchor for concrete - An expansion wedge anchor for insertion in a hole delimited by a wall comprises an expander member and an expansion member, the expander member being provided at a leading end of the expander member, the expander member comprising a flaring end, the expansion member being expandable at a trailing end thereof and being adapted to engage the wall of the hole when the expander member is positioned in the hole, wherein upon longitudinal withdrawal of the expander member from the hole, the expander member displaces longitudinally relative to the expansion member with the flaring end thereof gradually causing the trailing end of the expansion member to expand, whereby a trailing edge of the expansion member engages the wall of the hole. The trailing end is adapted, when expanded by the flaring member, to extend at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of said expander member. In the method of setting the expansion wedge anchor in the hole, the following steps are found: (a) providing an expander member and an expansion member; and (b) displacing the expander member such as to cause a trailing end of the expander member to engage the wall of the hole. | 08-26-2010 |
20100257812 | Adjustable Attachment System - An embed for embedding in a base is provided. The embed comprises a box defining a top face and at least one side face, the top face configured to be placed flush with an upper surface of the base, and the at least one side face configured to be placed flush with an edge of the base. The embed may be part of an adjustable attachment system comprising an embed for positioning in a base and a bridging clip configured for insertion in the embed and adapted for coupling to a unit. A kit is also described. | 10-14-2010 |
20100313517 | METHOD FOR ANCHORING A JOINING ELEMENT IN AN OBJECT AND JOINING ELEMENT TO BE USED IN THE METHOD - A joining element to be anchored in an object with the aid of a thermoplastic material and mechanical vibration comprises a sealing portion and a wall anchoring portion. The sealing portion is substantially cylindrical and has a smooth circumferential surface. The wall anchoring portion has a circumferential surface which comprises the thermoplastic material and energy directors. A cross section of the sealing portion envelops the cross section (including energy directors) of the wall anchoring portion and is arranged adjoining to the latter on its proximal side. The joining element is anchored in an opening provided in the object wherein a cross section of the opening corresponds to the cross section of the sealing portion of the joining element such that the latter can be forced into a mouth of the opening resulting in a press fit. For anchoring the joining element in the opening, mechanical vibrations e.g. ultrasonic vibrations are coupled into the joining element and the latter is forced into the opening until at least a distal part of the sealing portion is positioned within the opening. Thereby, the thermoplastic material of the circumferential surface of the wall anchoring portion is liquefied and pressed into the opening wall, wherein the sealing portion prevents the liquefied material to penetrate through the mouth and therefore the mouth remains clear cut, i.e. does not get blurred by the liquefied material. | 12-16-2010 |
20110131917 | Method of forming adhesive joint, structural subassembly, and joint construction - A method of forming an adhesive joint, a structural subassembly, and a joint construction. The method comprises telescopically assembling male and female tubular members having slightly different diameters to cooperatively define a narrow continuous open-end adhesive chamber between contiguous surfaces of the assembled members. Four (4) or more centering pins equally circumaxially spaced about the members are forcefully entered in the adhesive chambers to equalize spacing between the members throughout the chamber. A distributing device communicates with the adhesive chamber for the introduction of adhesive under pressure to the chamber, thus forming a secure joint. | 06-09-2011 |
20110296788 | METHOD OF ANCHORING A CONNECTOR, AND CONNECTOR - A method of anchoring a connector in a lightweight building element is provided. The connector includes a sleeve element and a piston element with a shaft portion, wherein the shaft portion is guided by the sleeve element. The piston element and/or the sleeve element includes a thermoplastic material at least at an interface portion between the head portion and the sleeve portion. The method includes the steps of providing the connector, of providing a through hole in the first building layer of the lightweight building element, of inserting the connector through the through hole and until a distal portion rests against the second building layer. Therein, it may be the sleeve element or the piston element or both, the sleeve element and the piston element that rest(s) against the second building layer. | 12-08-2011 |
20120131879 | POST ANCHORING DEVICES AND METHODS - A post anchoring device for anchoring posts used in fence, deck, balcony and railing applications to a surface, the device comprising a base member capable of being connected to the surface, and an elongate, preferably cylindrical, tubular member having a base end and a terminal end, the base end being connected to the base member and the terminal end being remote from the base member such that the post may be impaled upon the tubular member by a user. The walls of the tubular member at the terminal end may be beveled to provide a cutting edge for cutting into the post to facilitate the impalement of the post. The base member may include a peripheral flange with a peripheral edge for abutting the end of the post thereby defining a cavity in which fasteners or other hardware may be concealed from sight for an aesthetically pleasing result. | 05-31-2012 |
20120279167 | CONNECTOR FOR STRUCTURAL APPARATUS - An assembly for joining a generally cylindrical post to at least one structural member wherein the assembly includes four C-shaped members and strips of an elastic material. Two of the C-shaped members encircle the post and form the top half of the assembly. Two of the C-shaped members encircle the post and form the bottom half of the assembly. The four C-shaped members mounted on a cylindrical post in this configuration provide a channel capable of holding the end of a structural member. | 11-08-2012 |
20130008121 | MULTI-PIECE ANCHOR SYSTEM FOR USE WITH MASONRY OVER STUD BACK-UP WALLS - There is described an improved multi-piece anchor body for use with masonry over stud back-up walls, the anchor body made up of an inner anchor body for connection to a back-up wall, a separate outer anchor body for connection to a masonry wall, and a separate intermediate membrane flange attachable to and between the outer anchor body and the inner anchor body. | 01-10-2013 |
20130019560 | WALLBOARD EDGE CLIP APPARATUS - The wallboard edge clip apparatus provides for the edges of two adjoining collinear wallboards to be joined, without regard to stud location, thereby saving labor and material expense in wallboard use. Where previously wallboard had to be cut to align with a stud or the like, then fastened to the stud or other backing, the present apparatus allows for wallboard length retention, even though no stud or other backing material is immediately present. An adjoining wallboard is then joined immediately adjacent to the first. The apparatus requires no removable devices in installation and does not execute immediate bonding with wallboard. Rather, the apparatus is positioned as needed, whether in wallboard positioned vertically, horizontally, or at an angle, then fastened with existing wallboard fasteners as desired. The apparatus does not require removal after wallboard installation, another time saving feature. | 01-24-2013 |
20130074440 | GEOMETRIC CONNECTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR BRACED FRAME CONNECTIONS - The present invention is directed towards improved apparatuses and methods for connecting a structural bracing system having a first geometry to a structure or structural component having a second geometry. | 03-28-2013 |
20130104493 | CLIP DEVICE FOR ATTACHING STRUCTURAL MEMBER TO A SUPPORTING STRUCTURE | 05-02-2013 |
20130160393 | CLIP ANCHOR CONNECTOR - A system for attaching a facing product to a concrete substrate includes (a) a facing product having a front face and a back surface, the facing product being configured for attachment with a clip connector; and (b) at least one clip anchor connector having an anchoring portion for embedding in the concrete substrate, a spine, and a head portion configured and dimensioned to engage a convexity, recess or opening in the facing product. The spine is longitudinal and has a first end and opposite thereto a second end. The anchoring portion of the clip is positioned at one of said first and second ends. The engagement portion is positioned at the end of the spine opposite that of the anchoring portion and has at least one laterally extending wing configured to engage a convexity, recess or opening in the facing product member. | 06-27-2013 |
20130219823 | ADJUSTABLE ANCHOR SYSTEM - A sleeve for creating a moveable anchor in concrete may include an open end and a closed end. A cavity may be formed within a rigid wall, and the cavity and the rigid wall may extend from the open end to the closed end. The sleeve may also include a hollow foot section formed at the closed end and in communication with the cavity. An adjustable anchor system may include a sleeve and a moveable bolt. The sleeve may include cavity extending from an open end to a closed end. The sleeve may also include a hollow foot section formed at the closed end and in communication with the cavity. The bolt may include a shaft disposed within the cavity and extending through the open end, and an angled portion disposed within the foot section. | 08-29-2013 |
20130232909 | THERMAL CLIP ATTACHMENT APPARATUS FOR MASONRY ANCHORS AND METHODS THEREOF - A thermal clip attachment apparatus and methods for using the thermal clip attachment with a masonry veneer anchor system are disclosed. The thermal clip attachment may be a composite piece that attaches to the part of a stud that protrudes from an inner structural supportive wall after the stud is advanced into the wall. The thermal clip attachment serves as a thermal break between the stud and an outer masonry veneer wall. Further, the thermal clip attachment also serves as an attachment point for a wire tie, which allows a positive lateral load connection to be established between the outer masonry veneer wall and the inner structural supportive wall. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239509 | INVISIBLE BUTT JOINT FASTENER - A fastener for connecting two structural pieces over abutting surfaces with no or minimum exposure of the fastener itself. Each fastener comprises a male and a female member to be fixed into abutting surfaces of the structural pieces to be connected. The tongue of the male member can be inserted into and slide inside the socket of the female member when the two structural pieces slide against each other along the abutting surface. The socket surface is partially covered with raised ribs, that can catch the ribs on the male tongue when the tongue is at the locking position but not at the releasing position. All the ribs are slopped relative to the sliding direction to convert part of the sliding action into a pulling action, so as to create a preload between the structural pieces when connected. | 09-19-2013 |
20130247504 | Anchoring Device - An anchoring device of highly resilient material of varying thicknesses, to accommodate the irregularly cut slots into which the anchors fit, is additionally embedded with one or more layers of high-strength material of solid or particulate form. The high-strength material, metal, for example, is notched to accommodate buckling, extension, and compression of planks secured by the anchor and has folds for increased strength. Multiple attachment apertures through the anchor allow use of a single anchor to secure two adjacent planks. The anchor is designed to keep planks separated from joists so that water can evaporate and not cause rot and to keep attached planks evenly spaced. The high-strength material is embedded into the anchor during the manufacturing molding process. Small openings within a layer of high-strength material provide for molten plastic of the molding process to reach all high-strength material surfaces creating a strong bond between plastic and high-strength material. | 09-26-2013 |
20130298493 | CONCRETE ANCHOR POINT SYSTEM - A concrete anchor point system provides for an anchor point, a receptacle for embedding into a concrete structure for removably receiving the anchor point, and a tool for remotely installing the anchor point in the structure, or removing the anchor point from the structure. The receptacle is preferably tapered, and an anchoring end of the anchor point is preferably tapered to match. | 11-14-2013 |
20140083046 | BOLTED STEEL CONNECTIONS WITH 3-D JACKET PLATES AND TENSION RODS - A three-dimensional jacket-plate connector connects at least two members. Each member comprises wide-flanged steel I-beam section. The jacket-plate connector comprises first and second three-dimensional jacket plates. | 03-27-2014 |
20140130443 | MOUNTING DEVICE, A KIT INCLUDING THE MOUNTING DEVICE AND A COVERING ELEMENT, AND A METHOD OF USING THE KIT - The invention relates to a mounting device ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140144099 | Beam clip with teeth - A saddle connector, having an inverted channel, engages a bulb of a beam in the grid of a suspended ceiling. The channel has hardened teeth staggered along the opposing walls of the channel. The teeth are forced into the bulb of the beam, one at a time, by the full force exerted by hand operated pliers. | 05-29-2014 |
20140182235 | BOLTED STEEL CONNECTIONS WITH 3-D JACKET PLATES AND TENSION RODS - A three-dimensional jacket-plate connector connects at least two members. Each member comprises wide-flanged steel I-beam section. The jacket-plate connector comprises first and second three-dimensional jacket plates. | 07-03-2014 |
20140196399 | Expansion Bracket - An expansion bracket absorbs movement of a wall stud to prevent damage to a wall covering attached to the wall stud. The expansion bracket can include a main body having a main body flange, formed of a deformable material, and having a wall stud attachment end configured to attach to the wall stud via a wall stud attachment element. The main body can also have a furring attachment element configured to attach a furring to the main body. When the main body is attached to the wall stud and the furring, and the wall covering is attached to the furring via a wall covering attachment element, the flange is configured to absorb, via deformation, at least a portion of the movement of the wall stud due to heat-based expansion of the wall stud. | 07-17-2014 |
20140208679 | Method and Device to Attach Building Siding Boards - The invention relates to building materials, in particular to attachment of siding boards, such as composite boards, or fiber cement boards on building siding. A clip to securely attach the boards is disclosed. The clip may be used with our without a shaped foam insulation board. A method to use the clip is also disclosed. Various embodiments of the clip are provided. | 07-31-2014 |
20140260065 | HIGH-STRENGTH PARTITION TOP ANCHOR AND ANCHORING SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A high-strength partition top anchor and anchoring system is disclosed. The high-strength partition top anchor is a dynamic anchor that provides resistance to wall and deck separation during periods of high lateral forces. The partition top anchor is set within a slip tube embedded within the upper most portion of a partition or masonry wall and interconnected with a channel affixed to an overlying slab or deck structure. Foam filler is emplaced within the slip tube and a compressible mat is positioned between the wall and the overlying slab or deck structure to further temper the results of high lateral forces on the building structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140260066 | STOREFRONT RETROFIT ADAPTER FOR IMPACT GLASS - A NASCA adapter is utilized in combination with an aluminum guide to buttress a mounted storefront frame upon a standard mount. The glass is mounted non-traditionally outside of its normal cavity and instead between the raised portions of the NASCA adapter and the aluminum guide atop its mounting system. Foam tape and silicone sealer are utilized between the raised portions of the adapter and guide to stabilize and lock a pane of glass atop its sitting block. A raised protrusion or installation guide underneath the NASCA adapter acts with the confines of the mounts cavity channel to prevent sideways motion of the glass. The NASCA adapter is locked into the support structure by a concrete screw passing through a hole in the aforementioned; the two members are locked together and to the mount via another screw. | 09-18-2014 |
20140260067 | POST INSTALLED CONCEALABLE CONCRETE ANCHOR - A ratcheting-type rod engaging nut and assembly for releasably engaging a tie-down rod, and including a generally cylindrical body element having an upper cylindrical portion of a first diameter, a lower cylindrical portion of a second diameter less than the first diameter, and a tapered bore coaxial with and interconnecting the upper bore and the lower bore; an assembly of rod gripping segments disposed within the internal bore and surrounding a passageway for receiving a tie-down rod, each segment of the assembly including an outwardly facing surface having a tapered portion for engaging the tapered bore, and an inwardly facing surface for engaging the rod. A cap is disposed at the top of the body element and includes springs for downwardly biasing the segments into engagement with the tapered bore and for causing the facing surfaces of the segments to engage an outer surface of the rod. | 09-18-2014 |
20150033663 | COMPOUND ANCHOR - A compound anchor and method for joining concrete parts is disclosed. The compound anchor has a rod-shaped anchor body and a compensator component, which has at least one deformable element and is situated to be movable at least axially in relation to the anchor body. A first section of the anchor body is accommodated in a first concrete part and a second section having the compensator component is accommodated in a second concrete part. Openings are formed in the concrete parts so that a blind hole is formed in the first concrete part and a through-opening is formed in the second concrete part. The first section of the anchor body is secured in the blind hole and the second section having the compensator part is in the through-opening. The through-opening is then filled with a cement so that the second section is secured in the second concrete part. | 02-05-2015 |
20150101278 | Thermal Clip Attachment Apparatus for Masonry Anchors and Methods Thereof - A thermal clip attachment apparatus and methods for using the thermal clip attachment with a masonry veneer anchor system are disclosed. The thermal clip attachment may be a composite piece that attaches to the part of a stud that protrudes from an inner structural supportive wall after the stud is advanced into the wall. The thermal clip attachment serves as a thermal break between the stud and an outer masonry veneer wall. Further, the thermal clip attachment also serves as an attachment point for a wire tie, which allows a positive lateral load connection to be established between the outer masonry veneer wall and the inner structural supportive wall. | 04-16-2015 |
20150308100 | Hold Down System Using Hollow Bearing Members - Structural member for a reinforced stud wall including a tie rod. A horizontal longitudinal hollow bearing member having a horizontal longitudinal axis and horizontal and parallel top and bottom walls extending along the horizontal longitudinal axis. The top and bottom walls are configured to support a downward compression force transverse to the top wall from the tie rod when the tie rod is attached to the top wall. First and second web flanges connect the top and bottom walls to form first and second “I”-shaped cross-sections joined together side-by-side, the web flanges extending along the longitudinal axis of the hollow bearing member. The web flanges are configured to transfer downward compression force on the top wall to the bottom wall. Opening through the top and bottom walls allows the tie rod to extend vertically therethrough, the opening being confined within a space between vertical portions of the web flanges. | 10-29-2015 |
20150322676 | SPLICE SLEEVE WITH ELLIPTICAL OR COMPOUND CURVE CROSS SECTION - A splice sleeve having an elliptical or compound curve cross section for connecting overlapping end portions of reinforcing bars utilized in various types of structures in which steel reinforcing bars are utilized and it is desired to connect the overlapping end portions of the reinforcing bars. The splice sleeve is configured to receive the overlapped end portions of the reinforcing bars and then be filled with hardenable material to resist axial tension and compression exerted on the reinforcing bars. In one embodiment, both ends of the sleeve are provided with an inwardly directed lip to increase the splicing capacity of the sleeve and also to serve as a guide to position the rebars to a minimum of about 3 mm from the inside wall surface of the sleeve. | 11-12-2015 |
20150368895 | Mounting bracket for grille - A mounting bracket for a linear bar grille comprising a clip that comprises a bent section and a base having a through hole. | 12-24-2015 |
20160032589 | Coupler system for masonry reinforcement bars - A coupler system is disclosed which secures ends of masonry reinforcement bars together. The coupler secures the ends of the bars in a variety of means, so as to strengthen the structural integrity of a building. The coupler system includes masonry reinforcement bars with holes in the ends which allow pins to pass through the coupler to secure the bar. | 02-04-2016 |
20160040435 | Method and Device to Attach Building Siding Boards - The invention relates to building materials, in particular to attachment of siding boards, such as composite boards, or fiber cement boards on building siding. A clip to securely attach the boards is disclosed. The clip may be used with our without a shaped foam insulation board. A method to use the clip is also disclosed. Various embodiments of the clip are provided. | 02-11-2016 |