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8176690 High-strength structure  
A high strength, lightweight building structure comprising a high-strength connection to a foundation, high-strength eaves, and high-strength structural panels. The fiber reinforced, high-strength...
8161709 Method of making an endwall overhang  
A method of making an endwall overhang for a structure is provided. The method may include providing a roof piece, a first trim piece, and a lengthwise member. The method may also include forming...
8156692 Endwall overhang  
An endwall overhang is provided for a building which may include a wall and a roof frame. The wall may have an inside facing inward to the structure and an outside facing outward from the...
7987636 Truss seat and anchor strap assembly  
A seat and anchor assembly for mounting and securing a wood joist or roof truss to a tie beam of a building including a central web portion and an upwardly extending wall portion disposed along a...
7905062 Perfect perch roofing system  
A roofing assembly includes an uppermost stainless steel cover. The cover has an upper surface and a lower surface. The roofing assembly has a reinforced foam base, rafters and a ridge board. The...
7856763 Truss hold-down connectors and methods for attaching a truss to a bearing member  
A truss hold-down connector for attaching metal trusses to a bearing member. One embodiment of the truss hold-down connector has a vertical connector web that has a bottom attachment leg protruding...
7770339 Roof system for a modular enclosure  
A modular enclosure, such as a shed, may include sidewalls and a roof. The roof, for example, may include first and second roof panels that are separated by a seam. The roof may also include a...
7739841 Framing in a building assembly  
The invention relates to framing for a ready to assemble building, which employs a novel connector for connection of a column to a rafter (“knee connector”) or a rafter to another rafter (“p...
7707785 Variable girder tie  
An adjustable connector with a rounded, concave seat and matching washer, a connection and a method of making a connection that ties a first building structural member to a second building...
7665251 Structural steel framed houses with gable end frames, intermediate frames, and wall and roof panels having perimeters of C-shaped steel channels  
Steel frames formed of rolled steel I-beams are connected by steel framed wall panels spanned by steel studs, and covered by steel framed roof panels spanned by steel purlins, making a structural...
7654042 Cable tie down system  
A lower support is provided between the side edges of the roof beneath. The lower support is in contact with the roof adjacent to the exterior edge. Upper supports are provided above and in contact...
7549262 Roof boundary clip  
A roof boundary connection uses a clip that eases installation of the clip to blocking members both in the field by a carpenter and at a factory by one such as a truss manufacturer. The clip is...
7444782 Building system, structure and method  
A modular building system wherein extruded, elongate, plastic building components can quickly, and with no special tools or skills, be snapped and slidably fit together to form a wide variety of...
7398620 Universal structural member support and positioning system  
A universal system (100) for support and positioning of building structural support members (20, 30) includes at least one longitudinally extended base plate (110) and at least one fixing member...
7392623 Eaves beam with framing  
An eaves beam with framing which includes an eaves beam with an upper member and a lower member. The framing is comprised of an upper beam and a lower beam. The eaves beam can be pre-attached to...
7325362 Steel roof truss system  
A truss system and method for use in constructing a building structure comprising a first and second truss member connected to one another a distal end thereof thereby forming a peak joint. A cross...
7310914 Truss bracket for shipping container construction  
A truss bracket for connecting a roof to a shipping container includes an initially flat rectangular sheet of material in which is formed a longitudinally extending fold line that divides the sheet...
7293390 Roof boundary clip  
A roof boundary connection uses a clip that eases installation of the clip to blocking members both in the field by a carpenter and at a factory by one such as a truss manufacturer. The clip is...
7254919 Truss anchor  
A unitary, one-piece anchor for connecting a roof truss or other building structural member to a cementitious wall to resist uplift and lateral forces.
7243464 Modular building system  
A modular building system (100) including preformed extrusion-molded polymeric material (116). Parts include integral connector elements (160, 162) which can be slidably and snappingly reversibly...
7076923 Simulated exposed roof rafter end  
An exposed rafter end is simulated by a frame and complementary sleeve. The frame is attached to a building eave and the sleeve is inserted over the frame. In an alternative embodiment, the sleeve...
6964139 Precast concrete column for use in post-frame construction  
A column for use in post-frame construction having a two piece construction in which a first or foundation column portion of the column is set into the earth with a proximal end thereof protruding...
6955010 Continuous soffit panel and associated methods  
An elongate continuous soffit panel having an adjustable width comprises a first member having a soffit portion including a proximal periphery and a generally parallel and spaced apart distal...
6918213 Plastic pergola end caps of extended length  
The present invention discloses novel pergola end caps that appear to be unitary with the pergola beams to which they attach, and wherein the pergola end caps are: (a) slidably received on a...
6912489 Simulation device for simulating images of at least one building  
A simulation device for simulating images of at least one building includes a display (62) for displaying the images; an input (63, 64) for a user to input data; a memory (65) including a first...
6843028 Truss tie-down method and apparatus  
A tie-down connecting elements (30) for tying down a truss relative to a wall frame is fixed between the webs (12) of the upper and lower Z-shaped chords (10) and includes a tongue portion (34)...
6816819 Graphical method and system for modeling and estimating construction parameters  
A method and system for modeling rooms or chambers in a structure for intuitive and accurate estimation of process parameters (e.g., material and labor costs for performing the process) associated...
6810628 Jointing device  
A jointing device for joining elongate members in a building structure includes a first body section, a second body section, and a connection portion interconnecting the first and second body...
6782666 Apparatus for covering exposed rafters  
The present invention is an apparatus that provides both a protective and a decorative covering, or sleeving, for rafters. Generally, the apparatus is a U-shaped sleeve that has upper and lower...
6763634 Retrofit hurricane-earthquake clip  
A true retrofit hurricane and earthquake clip for connecting the roof rafter, to the outside sheathing and underlying top plate. The connector is composed of sheet metal including a base web and...
6705051 Method of transporting prefabricated module with roof mounted in a horizontal position and apparatus for mounting the roof during transport  
A method of transporting a module of a modular structure to a building site on a transporter with a roof of the module in a horizontal position, and an apparatus for coupling the roof to the base...
6672014 Structural support and positioning system for angularly directed structural support members  
A system (100) for positioning and securing angularly directed structural support members (20) to a longitudinally extended structural member (30) of a building includes at least a pair of mounting...
6643981 Form assembly for forming an eave, a roof slab, and a perimeter beam in a monolithic structure  
A form assembly for forming a roof slab, an eave, and a peripheral beam in a monolithic structure is provided. The form assembly is detachably attached to upright columns of a housing frame...
6588161 Laminated construction elements and method for constructing an earthquake-resistant building  
Laminated interlocking stackable wall units are assembled using a large proportion of wood species unsuitable for use in the construction industry. The interlocking stackable wall units are used in...
6490840 Hurricane tie system for retrofit on existing structures  
Metal connector ties for tying together the roof covering, roof sheathing, roof beams, top plate, and outside walls of existing wood structures against shear and tensional forces from strong winds...
6438920 Hybrid truss and system of fabricating with hybrid truss  
A hybrid truss and a system of fabricating a building using a hybrid truss is provided. The hybrid truss is designed to span large widths without center support. Each hybrid truss is typically made...
6412233 Structural member support and positioning system  
A system (100) for positioning and securing structural members (20, 30) to supporting walls (10) of a building includes at least a pair of mounting devices (105) respectively mounted to a pair of...
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...
6272796 Mortise and tenon joint for post and beam I-beams composed of fiber reinforced pultruded polymer composite  
A mortise and tenon joint for I-beam members. The joint includes an I-beam post and an I-beam beam that interlocks with the I-beam post. The I-beam post and the I-beam beam are each made of fiber...
6240684 Portable automotive service building  
The present invention discloses, in certain aspects, a portable building with a plurality of interconnected walls defining an interior space therebetween, a floor on which the walls are positioned,...
6223481 Roof construction  
The invention relates to a roof construction, assembled from aluminium alloy extrusions and sections which may be cut on site to the appropriate dimensions. There is a ring beam, made from a...
6219973 Structure stabilizing system and method  
A structure stabilizing system that includes a length of cabling and a number of joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides. Each of the joist and rafter reinforcing cable guides includes an...
6209268 Overhang support system for gable roofs  
This invention provides an overhang support system for gable roofs which eliminates any need to put a notch in the gable end truss top chord member. It utilizes a novel unitary connector device for...
6052953 Eave connection assembly  
An eave connection assembly for a structural frame for a building which includes a sidewall stud having an outer vertical member and an inner vertical member. The eave connection assembly includes...
6047504 Connector plate for lumber  
A connector plate for joining, in a biased manner, structural members of a building and including first and second plates in overlapped relationship with each plate adapted for individual...
6047513 Steel construction system  
A construction system for building a steel frame using steel members. Rafters form a roof portion of the steel frame, and a ceiling joist having two ends forms a ceiling portion of the steel frame....
6035586 Organic rafter having slideable rafter tail  
An adjustable rafter that includes a main rafter having an inner end portion and an outer end portion. The outer end portion is adjacent to a wall of a structure. The main rafter defines a...
5950374 Prefabricated building systems  
A building structure formed from transportable prefabricated panel frame section is disclosed. The building structure includes wall and/or floor and/or roof frames. Each wall frame is formed from a...
5930957 System roof  
A system roof for prefabricated building construction has a pair of rafter beams, which are provided at end parts with couplings. The opposite end parts have vertically directed posts for...
5921047 Building structure having prefabricated interfitting structural parts  
A preferred embodiment of a building structure (10) having prefabricated, interfitting structural parts comprising wall panels (12) forming an enclosure (11) and roof panels (14) forming a peaked...
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