Patents Examined by Brian E. Glessner
  • Load distribution and absorption underpayment system
    Patent number: 11585102
    Abstract: A load distributing and absorbing system that lies below a superstructure material which is exposed to percussive forces. The load distributing and absorbing system is interposed between the superstructure material and a foundation. The system has a barrier layer that lies below the superstructure material and an underlayment infrastructure positioned below the barrier layer. Included in the underlayment infrastructure are hat-shaped absorbing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: VICONIC SPORTING LLC
    Inventors: Joel Matthew Cormier, Jackson Alexander Elliott, Richard Francois Audi, Donald Scott Smith
  • Shim stacks and methods
    Patent number: 11585145
    Abstract: Angled shim stacks and methods of using the same, which can be used to support to a fenestration unit at those locations where the support is needed by providing a load bearing surface that matches the angle of the fenestration unit sill bottom regardless of the angle of the upper surface of the sill on which the fenestration unit is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ANDERSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Nelson, Christopher Hanson
  • Structures for growing plants
    Patent number: 11582918
    Abstract: A structure for growing plants comprising a main support, vertical supports along the perimeter of the foundation, a perimeter frame connected to the vertical supports, cables connected to the main support, vertical supports and perimeter frame, and an inner and outer shell formed from transmissive panels supported by the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Agriforce Growing Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Troy McClellan, Ingo Mueller
  • Trailer tongue jack relocation bracket
    Patent number: 11577565
    Abstract: A trailer tongue jack relocation bracket has a frame bracket firmly attached to a central bracket and a frame plate, wherein the central bracket has spaced-apart top and bottom plate members that can be used to mount a trailer tongue jack to the relocation bracket. The frame bracket can be placed on opposite sides of a trailer frame member to sandwich the frame member therebetween, and then bolted together to clamp the relocation bracket to the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Andrew Angel, Steven L. Spencer
  • Embedded concrete marking
    Patent number: 11572699
    Abstract: An improved manner of marking concrete is provided by an embedded concrete marking. The embedded concrete marking is made of concrete that is different than the concrete into which the marking is embedded. A method of creating an embedded concrete marking comprises identifying a location on the surface of concrete where an embedded concrete marking is to be created, cutting a trench into the surface of the concrete at the identified location, pouring a concrete mixture into the trench to a level where a float height of the concrete mixture is above the surface of the concrete, the concrete mixture being different when dry than the concrete into which the trench has been cut, letting the concrete mixture at least partially harden, and removing a portion of the hardened concrete mixture to create a top surface of the concrete mixture that will form an embedded concrete marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Paisley, Kevin Paisley
  • Structural joint and sealing element for panels
    Patent number: 11566422
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a building assembly for assembling building panels. The building assembly includes a supporting member, a pair of a first sealing member, an elastically deformable gasket, and a second sealing member. The supporting member has a base, a channel disposed at the center of the base, and a pair of rails independently disposed next to the channel. The pair of a first sealing members independently includes a first base portion and two retention tongues independently extending outwardly from the first base portion. The elastically deformable gasket has a U- or V-shaped space in cross section and two flanges independently extending laterally from one edge of the U- or V-shaped space. The second sealing member has a second base portion and a rib disposed at the center of the second base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MINIWIZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chian-Chi Huang, Tzu-Wei Liu, Jui-Ping Chen, Yu-Ying Yai, Yu-Tung Hsing, Pei-Yi Huang, Min-Wei Lin, Yi-Chun Chang, Ling-Hsiang Weng
  • Adjustable support system for a building structure and a wall structure having an adjustable support system
    Patent number: 11566421
    Abstract: An adjustable support system has a base bracket member, a clip member, and an outer bracket. The base bracket member has a first end wall that overlays a substrate, a body wall extending outwardly therefrom and a second end wall opposite the first end wall. The clip member has a base bracket member coupling, and a projecting arm. The base bracket member coupling is attached to the first end wall and overlies a portion of the body wall. The projecting arm is spaceable apart from the body wall. The outer bracket has a spanning wall with inner and outer sides. An outer end wall extends from the outer side. The spanning wall is slidably positionable between the body wall of the base bracket member and the at least one clip member, to sandwich the same. Wall assemblies and methods are likewise disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: G. Matt Krause
  • Semi-finished part for a foundation of a tower construction, semi-finished part foundation segment, foundation, method for producing a semi-finished part and method for producing a foundation
    Patent number: 11549230
    Abstract: A semi-finished part for a foundation of a tower construction, in particular of a wind turbine tower, comprising at least two semi-finished part foundation segments, which each have an outer delimitation element and a reinforcement, which is connected to the outer delimitation element and comprises struts protruding from the outer delimitation element, wherein: the outer delimitation elements of the semi-finished part foundation segments form an outer edge, which delimits an interior to be later filled curable casting material; and the reinforcements of the semi-finished part foundation segments extend from the outer edge into the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: René Mertens, Albrecht Brenner, Bernd Boettcher
  • Damper and load-bearing enclosing structure provided with damper
    Patent number: 11549277
    Abstract: A damper includes a vibration energy buffering transfer unit and a vibration energy dissipation unit. The vibration energy buffering transfer unit includes a plurality of piston transfer structures and connecting tubes, the piston transfer structures includes a cylinder and a piston arranged as a pair, the plurality of piston transfer structures surrounding the vibration energy dissipation unit, the connecting tubes inter-connecting the plurality of cylinders, the vibration energy dissipation unit includes a damping liquid accommodating cavity and damping liquid accommodated in the damping solution accommodating cavity, and one end of the cylinder or the piston being connected to the damping fluid accommodating cavity. The load-bearing enclosing structure provided with said damper can effectively suppress vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shengjun Ma
  • Feedthrough module for installation in a wooden construction
    Patent number: 11549617
    Abstract: A feedthrough module for cables, cable bundles, cable trays, pipes, pipelines, empty pipes and/or combinations thereof contains hardwood, softwood or mixtures thereof and is intended for installation in a tested and/or approved wooden wall and/or wooden ceiling construction in buildings. The tested and/or approved wooden wall and/or wooden ceiling construction has an equal or lower burn rate than the feedthrough module. The feedthrough module has a cuboid body having edge lengths a, b, c, wherein c represents the edge length corresponding to the installation thickness (D) of the feedthrough module, and wherein the feedthrough module has a nominal burn rate of 0.7 mm/min or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sebastian Simon
  • Flexible connecting structure of prefabricated component and building main body
    Patent number: 11542719
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flexible connecting structure of a prefabricated component and a building main body. The flexible connecting structure comprises multiple layers of cast-in-situ building main bodies spaced up and down, a prefabricated component is connected between two adjacent cast-in-situ building main bodies, a tenon is provided at the lower end of the prefabricated component, a mortise matching the tenon is provided on the top surface of the cast-in-situ building main body, and the prefabricated component is socketed to the lower layer of cast-in-situ building main body by tenon-and-mortise cooperation; and a first flexible layer for reducing the connection rigidity between the prefabricated component and the upper layer of cast-in-situ building main body is provided at the junction between the prefabricated component and the upper layer of cast-in-situ building main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: HUNAN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING GROUP CO., LTD., HUNAN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hao Chen, Weichao Chen, Weijun Tang, Mingliang Zhang, Qingfeng Dai, Tuo Shi, Zengguang Wang, Qinglian Yuan, Wei Liu
  • Ceiling tile with integrated baffle
    Patent number: 11542705
    Abstract: Ceiling tiles for drop ceilings are disclosed. The ceiling tiles have a main portion that is sized and adapted to fit within a grid of the drop ceiling, and a baffle that hangs down from the main portion. A sheet of tile material may have a plurality of fold lines defined in it that allow the sheet to fold in such a way as to define the main portion and the baffle. In the flat configuration, the sheet of tile material may have the dimensions of a standard drop ceiling tile; in the folded configuration, the ceiling tiles may also have standard ceiling-tile dimensions. A single ceiling tile may have two or more baffles, and those baffles may be staggered in position with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FACT Design, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Monier, Charles J. Monier
  • Adjustable support system for a building structure and a wall structure having an adjustable support system
    Patent number: 11542702
    Abstract: An adjustable support system has a base bracket member, a clip member, and an outer bracket. The base bracket member has a first end wall that overlays a substrate, a body wall extending outwardly therefrom and a second end wall opposite the first end wall. The clip member has a base bracket member coupling, and a projecting arm. The base bracket member coupling is attached to the first end wall and overlies a portion of the body wall. The projecting arm is spaceable apart from the body wall. The outer bracket has a spanning wall with inner and outer sides. An outer end wall extends from the outer side. The spanning wall is slidably positionable between the body wall of the base bracket member and the at least one clip member, to sandwich the same. Wall assemblies and methods are likewise disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: G. Matt Krause
  • Connector for a modular building
    Patent number: 11536020
    Abstract: A connector assembly, having an upper connector, a pin coupling the upper connector to a lower connector and a gusset plate sandwiched between the upper and lower connectors. Also, disclosed is a hoistable connector assembly, a lifting frame assembly, a coupling system for modular frame units, a method for assembling a module unit using the connector assembly, and a modular frame unit and building having the connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Z-MODULAR HOLDING, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Bowron
  • Method for installing a hollow concrete tower made from more than one segment and corresponding hollow concrete tower
    Patent number: 11536045
    Abstract: Method for installing a hollow concrete tower comprising the following steps: a) arranging a platform on a site; b) arranging on said platform at least one partial full-segment mould in a position such that the segment axis of the segment being cast in said mould is substantially vertical; c) pouring concrete inside said arranged partial mould(s); d) allowing the poured concrete to set to working strength, generating corresponding segment(s); e) removing the arranged mould(s) with concrete set to working strength, to leave the corresponding segment(s) exposed; f) assembling said corresponding exposed segment(s); and g) optionally, repeating steps b)-f) at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BYO TOWERS, S.L.
    Inventor: Alfonso Díez Cornejo
  • Functional ergonomic cinemas
    Patent number: 11530543
    Abstract: A movie theater auditorium is disclosed with reclining or reclined seats, whereby patrons are viewing a screen that is elevated and tilted toward the viewing audience. Comparative to traditional movie theaters with vertical screens with fixed or reclining chairs, exemplary embodiments provide a more natural viewing angle and line of sight for the viewing audience. Some embodiments are disclosed which employ repurposed shipping containers as structural elements of a cinema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: WAREHOUSE CINEMAS LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Daughtridge, Gregory L. Mills
  • Panel
    Patent number: 11530536
    Abstract: The invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel or a wall panel configured for forming a floor or wall covering, the panel comprising at least one core layer, the core layer comprising at least one pair of opposite side edges which are provided with complementary coupling parts configured for interconnecting adjacent panels, the core layer comprising an upper core surface and a bottom core surface, and at least one ceramic tile, the ceramic tile comprising an upper surface and a bottom surface and the panel further comprising at least one further layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Luc Martine Baert, Tom Van Poyer, Sven Boon
  • Frame construction method
    Patent number: 11525298
    Abstract: The invention is a method, an apparatus and a kit of parts for assembling a universal frame with at least two jambs, a lintel and a sill. The resulting frame is suitable for any size of opening and any size of door, with the option to include single doors or double doors as well as side screens and/or side lights. The frame is typically assembled by cutting the jambs (and optionally the sill and/or lintel) to a selected size, attaching keys to each end of each jamb and inserting the keys into keying channels in the sill and lintel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Froude
  • Method and apparatus for fire prevention in openings in demising wall
    Patent number: 11524194
    Abstract: A fire prevention apparatus includes an inner pipe having multiple perforations along a length of the inner pipe. The fire prevention apparatus also includes an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe, the outer pipe having a slit along a length of the outer pipe. The fire prevention apparatus also includes fire retardant disposed in a gap between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The outer pipe is configured to compress when a force is applied to the outer pipe, so as to cause the fire retardant to pass through the perforations into the inner pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Alvin Crosson
  • Panel for attachment to a mounting surface of a building structure and method of making the same
    Patent number: 11512478
    Abstract: A panel is configured for attachment to a mounting surface of a building structure. The panel includes a first end surface and a second end surface, spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis; a top edge surface and a bottom edge surface, spaced from each other and offset from the longitudinal axis; and an inner surface and an outer surface, opposed to each other and extending from the first end surface and the second end surface. The inner surface includes a contact portion and a contour portion. The contact portion is disposed on a reference plane. The contour portion is contoured toward the outer surface, away from the reference plane, such that the contour portion defines a channel. The channel extends along at least a portion of a length of the panel, between the first end surface and the second end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Westlake Royal Building Products Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Hill, Soufiane Mohand-Kaci, Hamed Lakrout, Russ Majors, Robert Rathbone, Nicholas Garcia, Kenneth Bruns