| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 052281000 | Sustainer coextensive with junction of panels or modules | 30 |
| 20080196338 | Mounting member for wallboard panel - The mounting member ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080202048 | Rapidly deployable modular building and methods - A modular building comprises a sled comprising a rectangular box frame. A shed comprising a steel framework of spaced apart columns that are linked to one another by overhead ceiling beams to provide a rigid structural frame. A sliding expansion modules is attached to the shed. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080307726 | Spline installation systems - A demountable surface covering system which includes an elongated spline member that secures construction material to the building framing. Attaching construction material to the building framing via the spline member eliminates damage to the panels, which in turn, permits immediate reuse of all components of the system after the system is uninstalled. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090000229 | Modular frame system using light-gage metal in building construction - Embodiments of the present invention provide a modular frame system for building construction using prefabricated frame components that can be assembled at the construction site easily and quickly. A number of connection mechanisms or joints are employed to connect the beams, columns, trusses, bases and the like. More specifically, they include connections for column to base, column to beam, truss/beam to column, truss to column, and truss to beam. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a modular frame apparatus for building construction comprises a column; a plurality of prefabricated, modular structural components to be connected to the column; and a plurality of connecting mechanisms each configured and prefabricated to connect one or more of the plurality of modular structural components to the column in a modular manner to form a building module for a building. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090193735 | SHEAR LOCK MODULAR BUILDING PANEL ASSEMBLY - A modular building panel assembly is provided having a first member and a second member. The first member has an inter-engageable marginal portion. The inter-engageable marginal portion of the first member includes inter-engagement means and a pair of spaced apart flanges. The flanges define a channel. The second member has an inter-engageable marginal portion. The inter-engageable marginal portion of the second member includes inter-engagement means. The inter-engageable marginal portion of the second member is receivable between the flanges of the first member. The inter-engagement means of one of said first member or said second member is a plurality of spaced-apart female engagement means. The inter-engagement means of another of said first member or said second member is a plurality of resilient, spaced-apart, male engagement means. Each said male engagement means is positioned to engage a respective one of the female engagement means when the inter-engageable marginal portion of the second member is received between the flanges, thereby inhibiting shear between the first member and the second member when the modular building panel assembly is constructed. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090217606 | JOINING PANELS OF SHEET MATERIAL | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090260305 | TRAILER, WALL CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A trailer includes a bed with a floor structure and a superstructure mounted on the bed. The superstructure includes a wall construction of wall sections with interconnected tongue-and-groove edges and wall section ends. Corner posts include channels receiving the wall section ends for forming corners of the superstructure. A top rail forms a rim of the superstructure and receives the top-most wall sections. A rub rail connects the walls to the floor structure and receives the bottom-most wall sections. A method of manufacturing a trailer includes the steps of providing a bed with a floor structure and forming a superstructure from wall sections by interconnecting their tongue-and-groove edges. The trailer can be configured for a moving floor, a tipping mechanism or an ejector mechanism for discharging and/or loading materials and cargo in an interior. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090301013 | Molding to Join Boards, Especially Paper-Gypsum-Boards, at an Angle - The moulding has a back part ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100024334 | Wood board incorporating embedded sound attenuating elements and stiffening elements - A board comprised of a wood structure having a first surface, a second surface, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge and opposing ends. Sound attenuating elements embedded within the wood structure and stiffening elements positioned within the wood structure to coincide with the location of floor joist to which the board will be secured. The boards further forming a ceiling/floor structure by laying a single set of the boards adjacent to each other and securing them to the floor joists. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100205883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A WALL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a wall system employing one or more stackable connectors that are capable of engaging one with another independent of fasteners and being mountable to a respective wall panel. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110239567 | CORNER STUDS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A corner stud ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120000154 | Light Weight Load Bearing Architectural Column - A tapered lightweight load bearing architectural column is disclosed. The column includes an exterior shell formed of a plurality of walls that together define an open interior and defining a tapered cross section from one end to another end. An interior load bearing shaft is within the exterior shell and is proportionally smaller than the exterior shell. One portion of the interior load bearing shaft is connected against one interior wall of the exterior shell with the remaining portions of the interior shaft being independent of the other interior walls of the interior shell. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20150047280 | DEMOUNTABLE BARRIER SYSTEM - An exemplary demountable barrier system includes a panel, a frame structure having a channel to receive the panel, and a seal compressing against the panel to hold the panel. The seal is slideably attached to the frame structure. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20160060895 | TEMPORARY SHELTER - A portable shelter includes a plurality of planar wall sections configured to form an enclosure constructed from corrugated fiberboard material. Each wall section includes an inner panel, an outer panel, and a fillable region interposed between that can be filled with insulating material. Each wall section includes a set of extensions on a first edge and a complementary set of extensions on the other edge. The extensions of one wall section are configured join with the extensions from another wall section to form a joint. A roof is created by stacking a plurality of roof sections formed from joining the non-parallel sides of a plurality of trapezoidal roof panels. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160123006 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE MEMBERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-FLOOR STRUCTURES - The present invention relates to structure members having a body made of a composite material comprising at least one type of fiber and at least one type of resin, and pluralities of connection extensions which are one-piece with said body in order to provide connection to another structure member with the same properties, and the present invention relates to a structure formed by said structure members. | 05-05-2016 |
| 052282100 | Exposed sustainer | 15 |
| 20100223866 | CAGE FRAME - The present invention relates to a post assembly ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110041435 | JOINING ELEMENT BETWEEN MODULES FOR CONSTRUCTIONS - Flexible joining element for constructions for placing between contiguous parts of said construction in order to transmit vertical or horizontal loads, which includes at least one body made of braided and pressed steel strands that support said loads, with said braided and pressed steel strands being characterised by a deformation-tension curve that has a zone of shallower slope A and a zone of steeper slope B, with said body using in relation to said curve the zone of greater slope B, thus providing a material especially suited for the stacking of prefabricated modules for construction, particularly due to its deformation-tension characteristics and its high level of predictability which make it very practical for predicting the response of the structure. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20160130798 | Building Structure - A building structure ( | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160145852 | READY-TO-ASSEMBLE HOUSE - A ready-to-assemble house having sufficient strength is provided. A ready-to-assemble house includes wall members that are made of cardboard or heavy paper. A side end portion of the wall member is fixed to a side end portion of the wall member. A side end portion of the wall member is fixed to a side end portion of the wall member. A side end portion and a side end portion of the wall member are respectively connected to a side end portion of the wall member and a side end portion of the wall member. The wall member is configured such that the side end portion becomes shaped as a rectangular column by being folded along folding lines. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160376803 | BALLISTIC AND FIRE PROTECTION ENCLOSURES - A fire-resistant, projectile-resistant, composite-material panel for use in a modular concrete enclosure may include a panel body having a front major face and a back major face opposite the front major face. The panel body may include concrete and a plurality of round objects embedded within the concrete and configured to hinder the advance of projectiles through the panel body, with each of the round objects having a dimension in a range of 0.25-1.0 inches. The panel may further include a resin layer disposed over the front major face, the resin layer configured to bind the front major face of the panel body when struck by projectiles, and a fire-resistant layer disposed over the back major face. The fire resistant layer may be configured to protect an interior space of the enclosure against fire exterior to the enclosure. | 12-29-2016 |
| 052282200 | With three or more identical panel or module connection points | 3 |
| 20080313983 | RAPIDLY DEPLOYABLE TEMPORARY MODULAR STRUCTURES AND COMPONENT ELEMENTS THEREOF - Modular structural components and structural connections including chords and forming strips. Each chord has a generally elongated square main body of four main walls surrounding a central bore and having a T-slot structure adapted to accept a bolt type fastener extending along each exterior main surface. Each forming strip is an elongated plate formed into strip segments oriented at right angles to each other and forming a W-shaped corner region, a face region with a bolt hole and an attachment region, each region forming a mating bearing surface with a surface of a chord. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090064612 | MULTI-LAYER CONSTRUCTION PANEL SYSTEM - A construction panel system formed of a first, substrate panel with a perimeter rim, a number of second panels, and attachments for attaching the number of second panels and the first, substrate panel in a spaced apart orientation to form a construction panel. The perimeter rim on the first, substrate panel is used to attach a number of construction panels to each other and to other structures. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110154756 | BUILDING STRUCTURE USING INTERCONNECTED PANELS - A building is assembled from an array of rectangular panels where the side edges are connected so that in the array each set of four panels meet at a junction location containing the corners of the panels to form an array of the junction locations. Each building panel is divided along a main axis into two separate triangular panel portions with channel shaped overlapping connecting members which form a beam of double thickness. Each junction location includes an outer cover cap portion on an outside surface covering the junction location with female channel shaped recesses receiving the marginal edges of the panels at the corner and a central recess receiving the beam. A corresponding male shaped inner cap is located under the junction and clamps to the outer cap to form a seal over the corner location. | 06-30-2011 |
| 052282300 | Wall, ceiling, or floor section designed to receive corner connector | 4 |
| 20080196339 | Construction System For Constructing Plane Structures - The invention relates to a plane structure, such as a wall, floor, ceiling or roof, comprising profiles ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20110265406 | GUSSET WITH FIBERS ORIENTED TO STRENGTHEN A CMC WALL INTERSECTION ANISOTROPICALLY | 11-03-2011 |
| 20150135616 | Post and Panel Construction - An assembly for integrating an elongate structural member such as a post or a beam, and one or more panels is provided. The elongate structural member includes a notch defined within the elongate structural member. The notch includes a base surface and two side surfaces at opposite ends of the base surface. At least one of the side surfaces is tiered. The tiered side surface includes an inner portion and an outer portion that are substantially parallel to each other. The inner portion is substantially perpendicular and is adjacent to the base surface. The outer portion is offset from the inner portion and is positioned further away from the second side surface compared to the inner portion. A first panel is positioned within the notch and faces at least the base surface and the inner portion of the tiered surface. A second panel may be positioned within the notch. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20160069077 | DROP CEILING SUPPORT RING AND METHOD OF USE - An apparatus and method may include a drop ceiling tile support ring assembly which may be mounted on a lally column or pole for supporting a drop ceiling tile. | 03-10-2016 |
| 052282400 | With fastener | 3 |
| 20100037546 | WALL AND FLOOR SYSTEMS - Wall and floor connection arrangements. In various embodiments, a first a joist rim is coupled to the flanges of at least some vertically extending studs such that an upper rim flange of the first joist rim is substantially coplanar with a portion of an upper track of the wall. A second joist rim is coupled to another lateral flange of at least some of the vertically extending studs such that an upper rim flange of the second joist rim is substantially coplanar with a portion of the upper track and the upper rim flange of the first joist rim. A plurality of first joists may be coupled to the first rim and plurality of second joists may be coupled to the second rim. A floor deck may be received on the upper track as well as the upper flanges of the first and second joist rims. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100071287 | INSIDE CORNER FRAMING ELEMENT FOR SUPPORTING WALLBOARD - The present invention is directed to an inside corner framing element for supporting wallboard at the intersection of two adjoining walls made from sheet metal framing members. The inside corner framing element may be characterized as either: (1) an elongated sheet metal strip bent lengthwise two times to define a truncated W-shaped cross-sectional profile with at least one linear receiving slot positioned at an end of the elongated sheet metal strip; or (2) an elongated sheet metal strip bent lengthwise three times to define a W-shaped cross-sectional profile with at least one linear receiving slot positioned at an end of the elongated sheet metal strip. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110078967 | RIM BOARD ATTACHMENT, AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS - A building assembly is provided which includes in certain embodiments a perimeter structure having at least first and second sides, joists supported on the perimeter structure and extending between the first and second sides of the perimeter structure, a rim board positioned at aligned first ends of the joists, and connectors. Each of the connectors is fastened to and/or embedded in the perimeter structure, and is fastened to the front face of the rim board. Methods of constructing a building structure are also provided. | 04-07-2011 |
