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7516577 |
Fabric structures with tensioner and tensioner device
A fabric covered rigid frame structure having at least three elongate rafters; at least one column supporting the rafters; a fabric cover; a cord system or a web system encircling the fabric cover;...
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7406802 |
Panel structures and mounting therefore
A panel structure including a flexible panel, at least one edge strip and mounting hardware is provided. Also provided is a method of configuring the panel structure. The edge strip has at least...
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7343712 |
Wooden member support retrofit system and method
A wooden member support retrofit system includes a wooden member support having a support base and a wooden member supported by the wooden member. The system also includes a shim disposed in a...
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7305802 |
Floor squeak eliminator and floor joist stiffening apparatus
A floor squeak eliminator and floor joist stiffening apparatus, comprising a longitudinal member for extending along a length of a joist, fasteners for attaching each end of the longitudinal member...
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7117648 |
Cross tie connection bracket
A cross tie bracket that is attachable to a rod and a building structural element. The cross tie bracket has a generally cylindrical body sized to receive the rod and a gusset disposed between the...
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6862854 |
Single-piece continuity tie
A one-piece connecting member is provided that bridges or spans a beam disposed between two aligned structural members. A tunnel is formed in the beam to receive a connecting member. The connecting...
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6751821 |
Prestressed concrete girder of adjustable load bearing capacity for bridge and adjustment method for load bearing capacity of bridge
A prestressed concrete girder having an adjustable load bearing capacity includes a concrete girder including an upper flange, and at least one non-attached steel wire installed in the upper flange...
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6425220 |
Continuity tie
A continuity tie for providing both tension and compression resistance to externally induced movement of building structural members. A central body member is provided with a plurality of bolt...
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6389766 |
Device for increasing the strength of spanning structural lumber
The present invention provides a device for enhancing the load carrying capacity of new or existing, spanning, structural lumber. The device consists of a perforated steel strap, attached at both...
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6374551 |
Moveable structural reinforcement system
A moveable structural reinforcement system is described including a moveable panel adapted to substantially close a building opening, the panel including variable shear load resistance means for...
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6357190 |
Wall bracing method and system therefor
A wall bracing system that uses a beam capable of bending to conform to a partially-buckled masonry wall that has buckled inward from external forces, such as hydrostatic pressures to which...
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6269606 |
Assembly and method for straightening a ground retaining wall
A method and assembly for straightening a wall, the wall having a ground retaining side, the ground retaining side of the wall retaining ground material, the ground material having a ground...
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6161339 |
Structural tie-down apparatus
An arrangement for anchoring a roof of a building so that it can resist wind forces captures each roof truss, or other roof framing member, under a wire rope passed through a sequence of eyebolts...
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6023904 |
Apparatus for straightening purlin beams of a roof structure and method of using same
An apparatus for straightening portions of a plurality of purlins of a roof structure which have been moved from an original position to a deformed position and a method of using the same is...
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5937608 |
Joist bridging
Bridging is provided for use in joining joists or like construction elements so as to increase the strength and stability of those elements. The present invention utilizes flexible strapping to...
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5910085 |
Apparatus for securing floors to eliminate squeaks
A floor squeak and pop eliminator. The apparatus includes a two-flanged angle bracket to which is adhered a compressible shim or block. The bracket is fastened to the floor joist in the proximity...
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5893253 |
Floor sag eliminator
A floor sag eliminator that includes a floor plate assembly which is configured to be fastened to the underside of an existing floor between adjacent joists. One or more support arms are pivotally...
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5662310 |
Stud adjuster apparatus
A star stud adjuster apparatus including an adjuster. The adjuster includes a J-shaped support with an exterior surface having a pair of brackets projecting therefrom. The adjuster includes a...
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5588270 |
Garage door brace
A reinforcing arrangement or device which substantially prevents sagging of the lower section of a multi-sectional Up and over type door. The natural load on the lower center of the bottom panel of...
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5577359 |
Floor squeak eliminator
A floor squeak eliminator system comprising a cylindrical rod having an upper end and a lower end. A threaded exterior is formed into the upper end. The extreme upper end is formed with a point for...
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5448861 |
Method and apparatus for securing parts of a building to each other and to a foundation
A technique is disclosed for providing a building with good wind resistance by the use of a reinforcing structure. Specific reinforcing structure is also disclosed. The technique involves affixing...
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5402618 |
System for use in fabricating, transporting and placing a prefabricated building unit at its placement site
There is described a method and system for fabricating, transporting and placing building units at a site. A production line is located at the site for fabrication of the building units, each unit...
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5205096 |
Reinforcing assembly for a garage door or the like
A reinforcing assembly for a garage door or the like comprising an upper cross member extending from one side of the garage door to the other side and two lower cross members extending from the...
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5184439 |
Prestressed ligthweight panel
A prestressed lightweight panel is disclosed having a face sheet under tension in the longitudinal direction and reinforcing members attached to the rear side of the face sheet for locking in that...
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5168681 |
Prestressed wood floor system
A prestress floor system for wood floor framing structures places the structure's joists under a laterally directed compressive force while the joists are maintained in their relative positions by...
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5074092 |
Laminated wood product
The invention is a laminated wood product having superior appearance and dimensional stability. It has a core member of common lumber. This core member has been relieved in one of a number of ways...
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5027494 |
Method of adjustably applying tension to a garage door
The present invention relates to a novel strut and bracket apparatus for mounting to a section of an overhead garage door, the strut and bracket combination being utilized to selectively impart the...
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4934439 |
Tension strut apparatus and method for an overhead garage door
The present invention relates to a novel strut and bracket apparatus for mounting to a section of an overhead garage door, the strut and bracket combination being utilized to selectively impart the...
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4918890 |
Garage door antisag device
A garage door antisag device which uses pairs of adjustable tensive members 11 which are adapted to diagonally attach across single or multiple panels 2, 3, and 4 to hinge plates 5 and bolts 6 of a...
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4888926 |
Floor Squeak Eliminator
A floor squeak eliminator includes a plate assembly affixable to the underside of the floor and including a downwardly projecting threaded member. The squeak eliminator also includes a joist strap...
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4878700 |
Cabinet stiffener
A stiffening device for an electronics cabinet has at least two angle struts that are each formed by profile bars. The profile bars enclose an obtuse angle between them and are pivoted in the upper...
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4723374 |
Cantilevered sliding gate
A cantilevered sliding gate made up of a number of panels is disclosed. The panels are joined by post-tensioning rods, carried within horizontal members of the gate and extending substantially the...
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4585129 |
Diagonally stiffened structure and method of forming same
The disclosure relates to shelving structures and other structures which, for reasons of stability, require reliable stiffening diagonally in one or more planes, by means of two mutually...
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4575980 |
Apparatus and method for straightening warped doors
An apparatus and method for straightening warped doors of a residential type includes an elongate member anchored at opposite ends to the top and bottom section of the warped door. Means are...
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4267667 |
Balanced door
An entrance door having its top and bottom rails pivotally connected with arms supported for rotation by a shaft bearing journalled in the door jamb. The door jamb includes a tension member...
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4236362 |
Wall system
A wall system comprised of panels made of material dimensionally reactive to moisture content changes such as may be used for the sports of racquetball or squash in which panels are joined to...
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4206576 |
Wood desk top
The specification discloses a desk top in which a prestressing bar having a convex upper surface is located within a groove in the bottom of the desk top. The ends of the bar are biased towards...
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4163348 |
Partition having stabilizing bar and method
A partition formed of two spaced panels forming outer wall surfaces. The partitions are spaced by a paper honeycomb structure, passages in the honeycomb being substantially perpendicular to the...
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4070056 |
Utility vehicle door and seal
The construction incorporating the invention is applied to a utility vehicle such as an open vehicle provided with a fabric top, in which the windshield forms the upper portion of the forward...
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4069627 |
Building structure
A greenhouse comprises a frame structure including base rails, eaves rails and a ridge rail. Upright wall posts extend into openings in the base rails and the eaves rails so that interengagement of...
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4064655 |
Door and method of making same
A light-weight sheet metal door for mobile homes, recreational vehicles, marine vessels and the like in which the bolt-edge of the door has a camber for maintaining a weather tight seal with the...
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4038803 |
Method for straightening joists
Horizontally uneven wooden floor joists are each provided with a horizontal opening extending transversely thereof. A connecting rod member is inserted into such opening so that the ends of the rod...
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4008123 |
Beam-deflection compensating structure for headboxes
An apparatus, such as the headbox of a paper machine, having the capability of compensating for the tendency of a beam to become deflected due to loads, temperature-differential phenomena and the...
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3958507 |
Counter-pressure beam for use in screen printing machines and stiffening means therefor
A screen printing machine wherein the stencil rotates above a hollow counter-pressure beam having a rectangular profile and carrying a removable strip which engages the underside of the back cloth....
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3921349 |
Structural component and structures comprising the same
Quadrilateral plate components folded along one of their diagonals, the fold angle of each component being optionally variable so that the desired fold angle may be selected during assembly of a...
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3893273 |
Door with improved camber setting means
A door having front and rear spaced sheet panels applied over opposite sides of a frame. An elongated tensioning rod is carried by a vertical member of the door frame and extends from adjacent the...
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3848380 |
DEVICE FOR FIXING SHEETS TO SURFACE
A device for fixing a covering sheet to a surface, especially for hangings, tapestries and the like, which comprises a bar or rod adapted to be secured along one edge of the surface and a strip...
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3842462 |
DEFLECTION COMPENSATING UNIFIED TWO PART TRACK FOR SLIDING DOOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
Suspension mechanism for a sliding door for a rapid transit type railway car comprises a unified two-part track which is anchored only at its ends to the car body. The two parts of each track...
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3817010 |
BEAM STRENGTHENING METHOD AND APPARATUS
This invention is a strengthening and straightening method and apparatus for beams of wood or the like in which previously warped beams or those subject to warping have been straightened or are...
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3778934 |
DOOR CONSTRUCTION
A structure for doors of the type used in house trailers, recreational vehicles, boats and the like, where a concave camber is formed in the door to insure an adequate weather seal between the...
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