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Document | Title | Date |
20080222973 | SLOPE COMPENSATOR FOR PEDESTAL FOR ELEVATED FLOORS - A slope adjustable head for an adjustable pedestal ( | 09-18-2008 |
20090044463 | Adjustable shim - The present invention is at least one spacer selectively connected to an end spacer by a backing portion, where the at least one spacer is removed from the end spacer by severing the backing portion. | 02-19-2009 |
20090188178 | Adjustable Footing Assembly For Pool Steps - An adjustable footing assembly comprising a footing member including a base element and a vertical element. The vertical element is connected to the base portion and the vertical element defines a bore therein. An elongate coupling member has a lower portion positionally adjustably situated within the bore of the vertical portion of said footing member and an upper portion structured and arranged for connection to an end of a stair support member. Rotation of the elongate coupling member results in movement of the elongate coupling member vertically along a vertical axis of the bore. | 07-30-2009 |
20100011679 | Multi-purpose tray for inclined or level surfaces - A tray assembly may be used in combination with inclined, stepped, level or variable level support surfacing. The tray assembly may be used in tandem with identical embodiments of the tray assembly for forming larger, linked tray assemblages. The tray assembly may comprise a plurality of legs, which are stowable in a primary tray structure when not being used to elevate the tray structure above a support surface. When used to elevate the primary tray structure above variable level support surfacing, the legs may each be adjusted relative to the primary tray structure for properly maintaining a horizontal tray configuration relative to the support surfacing. The tray support legs are removably receivable in the tray-receiving slots for stowage, and are removably receivable in leg-receiving apertures for supporting the primary tray structure in horizontal spaced relation relative to a support surface. | 01-21-2010 |
20100024322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO STABILIZE A PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE - A prefabricated structure having improved stability comprises a shell including a shell frame. The shell frame comprises a floor support, a ballast device including one or more ballast tanks provided in the floor support, and an extension deployable from the shell. | 02-04-2010 |
20100058678 | Shim Technology - A shim holder includes a body having a center panel, a pair of middle panels connected to the center panel, and a pair of outer panels connected to the middle panels and adapted to be fixed to a surface to be shimmed. The body is unitary, thin, substantially flat in a normal state, and flexible. Adhesive elements are disposed on the outer panels to fix the holder to the surface to be shimmed. Also disclosed is a shim holder including an outer member; an inner member for contact with a surface to be shimmed; and at least one elastomeric connecter for connecting the outer member to the inner member. An adhesive element is disposed on the inner member for fixing the inner member to the surface to be shimmed. Further disclosed is a method of attaching a shim to a surface to be shimmed including the steps of providing a shim holder, attaching the shim holder to the surface to be shimmed, and loading at least one shim to the shim holder. | 03-11-2010 |
20100229474 | Concrete Slab Joint System Including A Load Plate Sleeve - A load plate sleeve assembly for maintaining a load plate in position between adjacent concrete slabs and facilitating controlled lateral movement of the load plate includes a housing and an insert clip coupled to the housing. The housing includes a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls extending between the top and bottom walls, and an end wall extending between the top and bottom walls, and between the side walls. The walls define an internal cavity, and the housing includes a cavity access opening. The insert clip includes a opposing side walls having a first end and a second end. The insert clip also includes an end wall extending between the side walls, a plurality of deformable centering fingers extending from the side walls, and a collapsible diamond shaped center support extending from the end wall. The insert clip is positioned inside the internal cavity of the housing. | 09-16-2010 |
20100242378 | ADJUSTABLE FLOOR CHANNEL ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a floor channel assembly including a floor channel, at least one leveling assembly, and a support member which work in conjunction to hold a wall panel in a level, square, and plumb arrangement. Each leveling assembly allows for gross and fine height adjustment, by selectively placing the leveling assembly on one of several sides which correspond to a desired gross height adjustment. Fine adjustment is accomplished by including an adjustable member, such as a threaded member, on the leveling guide. | 09-30-2010 |
20110030288 | Prefabricated reinforced concrete structural support panel system for multi-story buildings - Prefabricated reinforced stackable concrete panels are provided for forming walls and roofs of multi-story buildings. Each panel has an embedded grid of vertical and horizontal steel rods secured together where they cross. The grid is anchored by brackets welded to a base plate along the bottom of each panel, and to another plate along the top. Leveling means (screw jack devices) are anchored to the top plate. At ground level the base plate of each prefabricated panel is welded to an elongated plate embedded in the concrete foundation. A second story is formed by stacking panels on a floor pan anchored to the leveling means of the first story panels, and a pour of concrete completes the inter-story floor, embedding the leveling means. Successive stories and roof panels may be added and anchored to the stories below in the same manner, creating an exceptionally strong structure of up to six to eight stories, firmly anchored to the foundation by the tying together of the reinforcing grids of the stacked panels. The interconnections of the reinforcement grids, the inter-story floors, roof and foundation create a steel skeleton analogous to the steel skeletons of modern construction of skyscrapers. | 02-10-2011 |
20110047895 | Tilt-up wall brace dolly and method of use - The invention includes various embodiments of a tilt-up wall brace dolly and method of use. Tilt-up wall braces incorporating the tilt-up wall brace dolly features are also disclosed. The embodiments of the invention are useful in the construction industry, particularly the erection and temporary bracing of tilt-up walls. | 03-03-2011 |
20110088336 | Integrated post and jack system - An adjustable leveling system for leveling foundations subject to subsidence and frost heave and is particularly suited for use in permafrost and cold regions as characterized by an adjustable leveling system comprising a base for supporting a hydraulic leveling jack wherein the leveling jack has a hollow support tube mounted thereon and the support tube extends upwardly from the hydraulic jack. A lifting sleeve having a first tube and a second tube wherein said first tube is located within said second tube wherein each of the first and second tubes having at least one wall wherein said at least one wall of said first tube is located within said at least one wall of said second tube and a space is formed between said at least one wall of said first tube and said at least one wall of said second tube wherein the space being of sufficient width so that the support tube is slidably received within said space and the lifting sleeve having a cap at the lower end thereof wherein the hydraulic leveling jack includes a portion that raises and engages the cap. | 04-21-2011 |
20120017522 | ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION USING PRECISION ADJUSTMENT, JOINING AND STRENGTHENING TECHNIQUES - An improved building technique includes setting at least one wall for a building into a final position, and then subsequently match-casting a foundation or floor for the building, the foundation/floor being in contact with the base of the wall and helping to secure the wall. | 01-26-2012 |
20120117892 | All metal leave N place armor joint form with joint fill retention - The objective of this invention is to provide ease of application for steel armored joints used in industrial concrete floor construction. It provides one step simple and precise installation. Provides a substrate for joint filler compression. Eliminates the need for wood forms and field welding that produces waste. | 05-17-2012 |
20120266546 | MODULAR ASSEMBLY - A modular assembly capable of converting from a shipping container configuration into a building unit, and from a building unit into a shipping container configuration. From the shipping container configuration, a plurality of frame panels and unit panels moveably connected to a frame of the modular assembly are selectively positioned to form the floors, walls, and ceilings of the building unit configuration thereby forming a living and/or commercial structure complete with electrical, water and sewage connections. The assembly may include an automated erection system, which may include a system of electric motors, gears, pulleys, cables, automated mechanical arms and electronic controls, located within the container structure of the modular assembly, and which interact with a plurality of frame panels and unit panels to deploy and retract the plurality of frame panels and unit panels for constructing the shipping container configuration and building unit configuration. | 10-25-2012 |
20120279146 | ADJUSTABLE AND REVERSIBLE PILLAR - An adjustable and reversible pillar includes a reversible substantially rectangular parallelepiped pillar housing resting on a base. The first and second ends have corresponding first and second mounting flanges extending therearound. The housing is hollow. The mounting flanges each extend inwardly of the walls and into the cavity. Either of the first or seconds ends is adapted for mounting on the base. At least one of the housing walls is selectively removable. At least the upper surface of the base is sized to mate with the first or second ends of the pillar housing by mounting of the corresponding first or second mounting flanges onto the upper surface of base. Vertically adjustable feet are mounted to the lower surface of the base. | 11-08-2012 |
20130031851 | Modular Dwellings - In one embodiment, a modular dwelling comprises a beam connector comprising a body and multiple arms that extend out from the body, structural beams comprising outer sides that define elongated channels that extend along a length of the beams, each beam being connected to an arm of the beam connector, a locking means that secure the structural beams to their associated beam connector arms, and a structural panel that comprises multiple edges, at least one edge of the panel being received by a channel of at least one structural beam. | 02-07-2013 |
20130125480 | Process and Unit for the Attachment of a Wind Turbine's Tower to a Foundation and Wind Turbine Incorporating Said Unit - The invention describes a process and a unit, both enabling to attach a wind turbine tower to a foundation, as well as describes also a wind turbine incorporating the unit. The process features a stage of installation of a support element for the transmission of stresses from the tower to the foundation, followed by a stage of levelling the support element and pouring foundation concrete up to the support element's lower side so that the lower side is adhered to the poured concrete once it has set. The unit comprises at least one support element. | 05-23-2013 |
20130186013 | TOWER ERECTING SYSTEM - In certain embodiments, a tower lifting system comprises a primary lifting system and a secondary lifting system. The primary lifting system includes a lift cap configured to support a tower section to be lifted, the lift cap having a first plurality of hoists, and a lift pole coupled to the lift cap, the lift pole having a lifting mechanism configured to lift the lift cap, the lift pole, and the tower section to be lifted from within a previously lifted tower section. The secondary lifting system comprises a second plurality of hoists configured to raise the tower section to be lifted to the lift cap from a tower foundation. | 07-25-2013 |
20140083025 | ANCHORING SYSTEM WITH POST ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT - A post securing system that secures a post in the ground, while allowing for a full range of vertical adjustment via a coupling assembly that includes an articulating ball joint element that is connected to a post support element secured within two clamp assemblies. The clamp assemblies each include an anchor assembly which, when assembled, secures at least three stake elements at a predetermined angle. The post securing kit includes both the coupling assembly and the anchor assembly to allow securing a post into a non-horizontal ground, while maintaining the desired vertical alignment of the post held therewithin. | 03-27-2014 |
20140115978 | ADJUSTABLE MONOPOLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A support assembly includes a plurality of support arms coupled to a pole or tower structure. The plurality of support arms project radially from the pole or tower structure in a spaced relationship. A plurality of adjustable foot assemblies are coupled to respective distal ends of the plurality of support arms. Each of the plurality of adjustable foot assemblies is configured for coupling to an embedded helical pier. Each of the plurality of adjustable foot assemblies is capable of movement in each of three dimensions relative to the respective support arm to which it is coupled during installation of the support assembly. | 05-01-2014 |
20140157688 | MODIFIED PIER FOR MODULAR, PORTABLE, INTERLOCKING SYSTEM - A pier for a modular, portable, interlocking decking system, the pier having a generally planar plate with a bottom surface and a top surface and a plurality of receiver blocks extending from the top surface of the plate. Each receiver block has a generally dome-shaped load-bearing surface. A plurality of piers is used in a decking system along with at least one surface pad, the surface pad having a generally planar, horizontal upper surface, and a lower portion including a plurality of block receptacles. The bottom surface of the plate of each structural pier rests upon a supporting surface, and the block receptacles of the surface pad each engage the generally dome-shaped load-bearing surface of a corresponding structural pier. | 06-12-2014 |
20140237911 | RETRACTABLE COLUMN AND METHOD OF FORMING - The present invention is an improved apparatus and method for forming a retractable tower or column. The present invention includes pointed hooks wherein the hooks are attached to each section of a section chain, one in a horizontal direction and one in an off-set manner. The section chains are placed on a take up mechanism in an operable position and then raised utilizing a motor. As the section chains are raised, they are guided by a guide tower, rollers, shims, and gear racks into a position whereby hooks from adjacent sections of the section chains form coupled engagements. The coupled engagement of the hooks of the sections of each adjacent section chains thereby form the column. | 08-28-2014 |
20140259988 | SUPPORT TILE - A support tile includes a tile main body, a support portion that is formed on a main body upper surface of the tile main body and supports a roof-installed object, an inclination adjusting portion that includes a through-hole portion and an inclination adjusting bolt, adjusts inclination of the tile main body, and a plurality of nail hole portions that penetrates through the tile main body and through which securing nails for securing the tile main body onto the roof surface are capable of being inserted, wherein the through-hole portion of the inclination adjusting portion penetrates through the tile main body and has an internal thread formed therein, and the inclination adjusting bolt of the inclination adjusting portion includes a bolt shaft which has an external thread, and a nail insertion hole which penetrates through the bolt shaft and through which a securing nail is capable of being inserted. | 09-18-2014 |
20140298736 | Device for Leveling and Aligning Tile and Method for Leveling and Aligning Tiles - A device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling device includes a body and two spaced and parallel strip members extending transversely from the body. Each of the spaced and parallel strip members extend to the front and rear of the body. Two opposing lateral open windows are formed in the body. A breakaway section is defined along the body. A wedge device is provided for penetrating one or more of the two opposing lateral open windows and exerting a force on the tiles for leveling them relative to each other. | 10-09-2014 |
20150047271 | Offset Adjustable Foundation Leg - The invention is an Offset Adjustable Foundation Leg that provides support and tie down for structural insulated composite panel buildings. It is a telescoping leg made up of outside steel or aluminum round or rectangular tube and an inside steel or aluminum round or rectangular tube with the tubes provided with a series of holes for through bolting together which is placed on a bearing plate. Further adjustment and hold down means is provided by an adjustment means and nuts. | 02-19-2015 |
20150135608 | MOUNTING FOR SOLAR CELL PANEL - A solar panel mounting for installing a solar cell panel on a folded-plate roof. The mounting includes a metal foundation fixedly attachable to a ridge of the folded-plate roof, a plurality of first brackets including a foundation-side-bracket and a panel-side-bracket, a base of elongated shape, and a mounting bracket to mount the foundation-side-bracket and the panel-side-bracket on the base. The first brackets each include a first coupling portion and a first triangular portion. The first triangular portion is of generally triangular shape including a hypotenuse portion and extends perpendicularly from the first coupling portion. The first coupling portion of the foundation-side-bracket is coupled to the metal foundation. The first coupling portion of the panel-side-bracket is configured to support a solar cell panel. The foundation-side-brackets and the panel-side-brackets are located on top of the metal foundation such that the hypotenuse portions are in contact with each other. | 05-21-2015 |
20160010349 | BUILDING SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
20160017630 | Adjustable Monopole Support Structure - A support assembly includes a plurality of support arms coupled to a pole or tower structure. The plurality of support arms project radially from the pole or tower structure in a spaced relationship. A plurality of adjustable foot assemblies are coupled to respective distal ends of the plurality of support arms. Each of the plurality of adjustable foot assemblies is configured for coupling to an embedded helical pier. Each of the plurality of adjustable foot assemblies is capable of movement in each of three dimensions relative to the respective support arm to which it is coupled during installation of the support assembly. | 01-21-2016 |
20160105142 | PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY MOUNTING SYSTEM - A system for mounting a photovoltaic array onto short sections of mounting rails such that a section of mounting rail is only installed fewer than all the photovoltaic modules in the array. A single section of mounting rail may support one, two or three photovoltaic modules depending on it's length and position respect to the edge of each module frame. | 04-14-2016 |
20160108627 | Tile Alignment and Leveling Device - A device for aligning and leveling tiles as they are laid in floors, walls, countertops, or the like. The device has a locking assembly and a bottom plate combined with a shaft that extends from the bottom plate through the locking assembly so that the locking assembly is movable along the length of the shaft. In use, the device is placed between adjacent tiles so that the locking assembly and bottom plate hold adjacent tiles at a desired height as the setting bed dries. The locking assembly has flexible members adapted to exert a constant compressive force against the tiles during the tile leveling process. | 04-21-2016 |
20160145815 | METHOD FOR PRE-STRESSING A STEEL STRUCTURE, AND STEEL STRUCTURE PRE-STRESSED USING SAID METHOD - According to the method, at least one carbon fibre-reinforced polymer band is joined to the steel structure at the end regions thereof, capable of transferring tensile forces. Subsequently, at least one lifting element ( | 05-26-2016 |
20170234007 | Holeless Curtain Wall Mullion Connection | 08-17-2017 |
20180023308 | Anchoring System for Anchoring a Climbing Head of a Climbing Scaffold to a Concrete Slab | 01-25-2018 |