Patents Assigned to Nationwide Reinforcing, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10106947
    Abstract: Concrete wall supports that reduce or eliminate wall movement due to exterior horizontal forces. One support is a bracket mounted to a floor joist with a plate extending below the top of the wall and two legs extending from the plate and attaching to the joist. One leg is above the concrete wall on one horizontal side of the plate, and the other leg is on the opposite side of the plate. Another support has a plate that extends below the top of the wall with two legs on opposite sides of the joist above the wall. A leg attaches to the lower edge of the joist. A support against shear forces includes a highly water permeable aggregate composite disposed in the voids of the wall, with a supportive strip that is enclosed in the aggregate composite and extends out of the voids to the face of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Nationwide Reinforcing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven E. Morton, Robert R. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9909278
    Abstract: Concrete wall supports that reduce or eliminate wall movement due to exterior horizontal forces. One support is a bracket mounted to a floor joist with a plate extending below the top of the wall and two legs extending from the plate and attaching to the joist. One leg is above the concrete wall on one horizontal side of the plate, and the other leg is on the opposite side of the plate. Another support has a plate that extends below the top of the wall with two legs on opposite sides of the joist above the wall. A leg attaches to the lower edge of the joist. A support against shear forces includes a highly water permeable aggregate composite disposed in the voids of the wall, with a supportive strip that is enclosed in the aggregate composite and extends out of the voids to the face of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Nationwide Reinforcing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven E. Morton, Robert R. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7726093
    Abstract: A wall support and reinforcing apparatus that applies a constant force on a structural support member, such as a steel I-beam, that is adjacent the wall. The apparatus includes a bias that is interposed between the building, or a bracket mounted to the building, and the structural member. Thus, the bias force is applied to straighten the wall at all times, thereby having the straightening effect and keeping the structural member from being displaced laterally due to complete release of all forces to the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Nationwide Reinforcing Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven E. Morton, Robert R. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7681367
    Abstract: A wall support and reinforcing apparatus that applies a constant force on a structural support member, such as a steel I-beam, that is adjacent the wall. The apparatus includes a bias that is interposed between the building, or a bracket mounted to the building, and the structural member. Thus, the bias force is applied to straighten the wall at all times, thereby having the straightening effect and keeping the structural member from being displaced laterally due to complete release of all forces to the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Nationwide Reinforcing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven E. Morton, Robert R. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20090071096
    Abstract: A wall support and reinforcing apparatus that applies a constant force on a structural support member, such as a steel I-beam, that is adjacent the wall. The apparatus includes a bias that is interposed between the building, or a bracket mounted to the building, and the structural member. Thus, the bias force is applied to straighten the wall at all times, thereby having the straightening effect and keeping the structural member from being displaced laterally due to complete release of all forces to the structural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Nationwide Reinforcing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven E. Morton, Robert R. Thompson