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7269926 Domed building structure  
A dome-like structure is disclosed which is non-circular in plan, the structure being formed of a plurality of substantially straight-edged panels. At each of a plurality of horizontal levels in...
7237363 Domed building construction system  
A domed building or mold constructed with flexible, lightweight curved panels snapped together using grooves and ridges formed in the panels to form a building wall, a tension ring holding the...
7225587 Cover system for septic tank  
A cover system for septic tanks adapted to be attached to the a septic tank and provide access for repair and maintenance. The assembly includes a base which is embedded into the concrete and...
7206726 Method of designing partially composite concrete sandwich panels and such panels  
A method for calculating using a digital computer an approximation of properties of a concrete sandwich panel. The method allows for a manufacturer of concrete sandwich panels to design sandwich...
7137399 Collapsible structure with top supporting elements  
The invention is a collapsible structure comprising a plurality of panel elements, each having a coilable frame element and flexible material attached to the frame element. The panel elements are...
7114305 Hybrid arched overfilled structure  
A hybrid arched overfilled structure includes a combination of pre-cast side elements and at least one cast-in-place crown sector element. The side elements are pre-cast generally in a horizontal...
7100333 Loop assemblies having a central link  
Improved reversibly expandable structures are formed from novel loop assemblies comprising a plurality of links, each of said links having at least one center pivot joint and a plurality of end...
7013607 Monolithic dome structure having unitary contoured laterally moveable access door  
A monolithic dome shaped building of a size suitable to receive at least one relatively large vehicle, such as an airplane, is formed with a generally rectangular shaped access opening of...
6952900 Covering structure for swimming pools  
The invention pertains to a covering structure for covering swimming pools, including several pairs of parallel arches that serve to support flexible panels, the arches being made from a curved...
6941705 Accessory for modular elements for the support and ventilation of crawl spaces, floor structures, floors or similar articles in the building field  
Accessory ( 20 ) for modular elements ( 10 ) for the support and ventilation of crawl spaces, floor structures, floors or similar articles in the building field, each comprising an upper horizontal...
6938381 Catastrophic event survival structure and method of manufacture  
A catastrophic event survival structure and method of manufacture such that the catastrophic event survival structure includes a monolithic outer shell formed from a single pour of concrete and...
6935076 Amir concept structures  
A building structure formed of at least one saddle element defining a plurality of edges and rigid structural elements extending along the edges of each of the at least one saddle element, the...
6880298 Building structure  
A building structure ( 10 or 10 ′) has a wall ( 16 ) including a plurality of wall elements ( 12 or 12 ′). Each wall element is connected to a plurality of other wall elements so as to form...
6854219 Adjustable apparatus and method for supporting a concealed spine within a masonry lintel  
A masonry lintel having a concealed spine which spans between piers to either side of an area to be arched and supports masonry bricks through means of horseshoe shaped plates which ride on the...
6851228 Storage structure  
Structures are desirable for storing items in an attractive manner. Persons frequently have a need to store items outdoors, such as lawn care equipment. Structures are aesthetically pleasing by...
6840013 Building with foam cored ribs and method  
A building includes an inflatable form having an interior surface bounding a chamber. A stabilizing layer of polymeric foam or cementitious material is disposed on the interior surface of the...
6739098 Retractable structures comprised of interlinked panels  
This invention discloses tongs-linkage, which, in its extended position, provides an essentially triangular-shaped surface, whereby the links of the tongs-linkage are themselves the panels that...
6615552 Segmented articulated pole structure  
A segmented, articulated pole member structure is constructed of a plurality of pivotally interconnected, pole segments. The pole segments are arranged in an alternating or offsetting fashion such...
6594958 Building for containing human occupants in an adverse arctic or antarctic environment and structures for containing and protecting occupants in an adverse environment  
A building for containing occupants, with at least one covering element to provide at least one roof portion, at least one wall portion, and at least one floor portion, to provide an interior space...
6550209 Modular deployable antenna  
Disclosure provides a transformable linked structure, a deployable diagonal structure, a plane stowage-type deployable truss and a line stowage-type deployable truss with high rigidity and...
6470631 Curved and/or spherical element for a skating ring  
The invention includes methods and apparatus for fabricating a skating ring. One such apparatus is a curved element for skating rings which includes a plurality of vertical sup5 ports which are...
6421963 Toy igloo device  
A toy igloo device is disclosed for resting on the ground. The device includes a dome shaped housing which defines an enclosure and an entrance. The housing includes a plurality of selectively...
6412232 Structural system of toroidal elements and method of construction therewith  
A structural system of connected toroidal elements for all types of structures of all sizes, wherein such toroidal elements may be connected in level layers which may in turn be connected in stacks...
6401404 Expandable sphere  
A decorative, spherically shaped structure formed by a plurality of circumferentially spaced, elongated, pivotably interconnected ribs that lie in substantially coplanar, contiguous relation to...
6370826 Arcuate facia  
In an arcuate roof section including a series of rafters which each define an exposed end of the prescribed height, a device positionable along the exposed ends of the series of rafters to define...
6363665 Modular component shelter  
A modular component shelter includes an adjacent side-by-side array of curved, interlocking, rigid panels. The panels curve upwardly and inwardly to a common vertex from a common base-level...
6341460 Architectural waveforms and a morphological technique for enabling their fabrication  
A class of undulated building structures constructed from sheets of suitable material and composed of sinuous curved faces meeting at constant angle at sinuous curved edges. The curved faces ensure...
6327822 Modular prefabricated element used in building construction  
A building construction element is used to form cast concrete interspaces in a concrete slab. The element has a bowl shaped portion which has a concave upper surface forming substantially a...
6324792 Circular clarifier with retractable cover  
The clarifier cover has a shape defined by a low profile circular segment of revolution around the central column of the clarifier, for maintaining the volume of gas thereunder minimum. In another...
6324791 Prefabricated huts in modules  
Prefabricated hut in modules, of the kind that has four sides, two similar sides, a lower one and an upper one, where the cross sections of the module, viewed from the inside, are concave in the...
6282842 Inflatable roof support systems  
A sports stadium or building complex is covered by a huge fiberglass fabric dome that is supported by an inflatable dual-membrane bladder on a hollow compression ring with a diameter of 800 to 1200...
6276095 Dome structure  
A support structure including a first and a second upper ring member. The support structure further includes a lower circular foundation of a diameter greater than the diameters of the first and...
6266932 Bow module portable modular structure  
The bow module portable modular structure of the present invention includes: (a) a rigid, spaced apart, parallel array of arches, each lying in a vertical plane and spaced apart along a...
6260309 Split-sphere observatory dome with a rotating oculus window  
A split-sphere observatory enclosure includes an antrum and a rotor including an oculus. The oculus is covered by an oculus window, which is rotatably mounted to the rotor. As an instrument housed...
6253501 Horizontal arch  
A horizontal arch is a structural element formed from a series of compression members which are arranged side-to-side in a curve array, and compressed together under the application of loading...
6219974 Reversibly expandable structures having polygon links  
Reversibly expandable structures are formed from loop assemblies comprising interconnected pairs of polygonal shaped links. Each loop assembly has polygon links with at least three pivot joints and...
6202365 Suspended deck structure  
A suspended deck structure is a framework from which a ceiling and/or floor deck is suspended, and which may be employed in single story and multi-story constructions. A suspended deck structure...
6134849 Prefabricated self-supporting panelled structure system  
A number of triangular or rectilinear flat panels are bent along their edges forming flanges. The so-formed panels are fastened together at the flanges, reinforced at the junctures of the flanges,...
6026614 Cable braced, open air chapel/meeting hall  
A cable braced, open air chapel or meeting hall is formed from a series of cables interconnected to each other in countertension to provide a rigid structural support to provide basic definition...
5983581 Tubular skylight with offset dome  
A tubular skylight having an improved dome improving the efficiency of the skylight and reducing the shadows cast by the skylight. The dome includes a substantially vertical rear face having an...
5934027 Earthquake resistant building structure employing sandbags  
The method of combining barbed wire and conventional bags to create structures includes the steps of: providing a plurality of bags; filling the bags with a predetermined mixture of organic,...
5918438 Dome type building and method of making same  
A dome building structure employs an inflatable form having a peripheral edge secured to a base. A network of cable-like members overlies the form and is secured to the base so as to restrain...
5904006 Construction module, panel and system  
A module for a construction system is disclosed which can be used to form building panels and three-dimensional structures that may include self-supporting cladding. In one form the basic module...
5867948 Arched framework and its assembly method  
A structure frame made of arches is formed with a plurality of curved frame units in parallel arrangement, where the curved frame units having butt joints (6) are connected in length by several...
5857294 Dome roof structure and method of designing and constructing same  
A structural system that can be used to cover an underlying area exactly or approximately defined by a circle, an ellipse, a superellipse, a triangle, a rectangle, a regular polygon, an irregular...
5815990 Domed ceiling structure  
A domed ceiling structure for attachment to an elevated support. The ceiling structure includes a peripheral frame member which is attachable to the support frame, and a plurality of arcuate...
5815989 Cantilevered roof construction  
A roof construction with a number of roof elements coupled together to form an up and down, essentially corrugated construction. The connection point of the roof elements is in the region of the...
5732514 Geodesic portable structure  
A portable dome structure for field use. The dome has a number of preformed panels that are bent at the proper angles to form part of a dome structure. Each panel has a series of flanges around its...
5724775 Multi-pieced, portable projection dome and method of assembling the same  
A multi-piece dome is constructed from a plurality of rigid panels and configured to receive a hemispherical optical projection on a truncated spherical inner surface. The inner view surface has a...
5671568 Hurricane shelter  
A hurricane shelter generally comprising a dome shaped cover and a cylindrically shaped base wall, designed to be sufficiently small and aesthetically pleasing to enable it to be located without...
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