Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a vehicle. The vehicle comprises a structural frame having a longitudinal axis and comprising a roof structure, a floor structure vertically spaced apart from the roof structure, first and second sidewalls extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, between the roof structure and the floor structure and being transversally spaced apart from one another. Each of the first and second sidewalls has an upper edge region mechanically connected to the roof structure and a lower edge region supported by the floor structure. At least the first sidewall comprises at least one structural frame member extending substantially diagonally between the upper edge region and the lower edge region of the first sidewall. The vehicle further comprises an energy supply support mounted to and supported by the roof structure.

Abstract: The disclosed invention is a housing apparatus comprised of foundation boxes, foundation box lids, in situ ballast material placed within the foundation boxes, floor panels, wall panels, binding strips, stackable trussed roof segments, roof gables, and load transferring batten strips.

Abstract: A corner stud (50) has intersecting first and second walls (52, 54) that back up corner edge portions of wallboard panels (40, 42) that meet at the inside corner. The walls (52, 54) are braced by walls (64, 70) and flanges (76, 78). Wall (52) and wall (70) may be parallel to each other and to flange (76). Wall (54) and wall (64) may be parallel to each other and flange (78). The stud (50, 52, 200, 202) may have a web bent about a longitudinal axis to form web parts separated by an inside angle (a). The angle a may be an obtuse angle below one hundred eighty degrees (180°) to about two hundred seventy degrees (270°).

Abstract: A metal building system has frame elements covered and connected together by cladding panels. The frame elements have tapered, roll formed wall and roof beams that connect at the wide ends. The cladding panels have large corrugations across most of each panel for rigidity and small corrugations along the edges to allow for roll forming of flanges and for rain drainage. Purlins fastened to the inside of the wall and roof beams connect the frame elements and support insulation panels on the inside of the building system.

Abstract: A suspended ceiling system comprising grid runners and downwardly accessible generally planar tiles mounted on the grid runners, peripheral tile edges having portions extending horizontally underneath an adjacent grid runner, opposed tile edges having a downwardly facing support surface, said opposed edges having a generally vertical abutment surface above its support surface and resting on an adjacent horizontal flange portion of a grid runner, the runners having locating surfaces of limited height above said flange portions and engageable with the abutment surfaces, the runners and tiles being arranged to permit one of the opposed tile edges to be lifted so that its abutment surface can be raised and thereafter be shifted towards the runner adjacent the lifted edge a distance sufficient to allow the opposite edge to drop below the flange portion of its associated runner.

Abstract: A system includes a back up wall and a veneer wall spaced from the back up wall. An anchor shaft has a first end secured to the back up wall, and a second free end of the shaft projects into a space between the back up wall and the veneer wall. A wing nut has a central barrel disposed on the shaft proximate the free end. The wing nut is spaced apart from a surface of the back up wall. A first generally planar side wing extends laterally from the central barrel of the wing nut. A second generally planar side wing extends laterally from the central barrel. The first side wing includes a first opening for receipt of a first wire tie leg, and the second side wing includes a second opening for receipt of a second wire tie leg. The wing nut is independently rotatable relative to the shaft to angularly orient the wings and thus the openings as desired.

Abstract: The invention provides a rivet and method of installing the rivet to attach honeycomb material to other materials. The rivet is installed by drilling a hole through the materials. A back side sleeve of the rivet is inserted through one end of the hole while a front side sleeve with a stem member inserted therethrough is inserted through the other end of the hole such that the head of the stem member and the sleeve portion of the front sleeve are positioned within the sleeve portion of the back sleeve. The shank portion of the stem member is then pulled such that the head of the stem member expands the sleeve portions of the front and back sleeves into the materials to attach the rivet to the materials. A locking collar is also provided to lock the stem member to the front sleeve upon continued pulling of the stem member.

Abstract: A merchandise display panel comprises a plurality of profiles including outer edges, the profiles being arranged in a stacked edge-to-edge configuration; and a plurality of stiffeners glued to the back surfaces of the profiles across the edges between adjacent profiles.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the mounting of windows in a frame, particularly to the mounting of windows of a vehicle, e.g. an automobile, in the body frame work. The invention provides a method for manufacturing a window ready to be mounted comprising, along its edges, a first profiled bead of adhesive material, already cured and having the general cross section of a U-profile. This first bead is elastic but not plastically deformable. The first bead comprises in its interior a second bead of plastically deformable not yet cured adhesive material consisting of a substance chemically compatible to the material of the first bead. The second bead, serving as the real adhesive material, is protected from environmental influences e.g. by covering it by a protection foil which is removed just prior to mounting the window.

Abstract: A construction panel comprises a non-combustible fire-resisting board e.g. of fibre-reinforced cement or calcium silicate binder, faced on one or both of its major faces with a metal facing. A "floating floor" for marine use is formed by joining the panels in edgewise abutting relationship. The joint is suitably formed by providing each panel with edge grooves placing the panels in edgewise abutting relationship, inserting a spline into the edge grooves of adjacent abutting panels and driving a staple into the abutting panels such that the limbs of the staple are deflected upon contacting the spline. The assembly of panels is suitably supported on a mass of mineral wool.

Abstract: A steel floor construction for freight hauling vehicles includes a plurality of elongated floor planking members arranged in side-by-side relation to provide a load bearing floor with a nailing groove between adjacent planking members. Each plank includes a downwardly open channel member having a relatively wide central web supported along its edges by integrally formed downwardly extending flanges, with the web being reinforced along its length by an upwardly directed generally U-shaped member welded to its bottom surface and having a pattern of anti-skid projections die-formed on and project upwardly from its top surface. The channels are progressively roll formed from a continuous length of strip steel by passing the strip through a series of forming roll pairs.

Abstract: A nailable floor panel structure including a plurality of generally inverted-channel shaped parallel floor planks with depending flanges disposedly downwardly in generally abutting relation, and generally linear end caps affixed and rigidly interconnecting the respective ends of the panel planks. Each end cap includes longitudinally spaced, laterally offset portions corresponding to the floor plank junctures, and cut-out portions at the ends of the cap conforming in shape to the depending flanges of the channel-shaped floor planks. The design provides enhanced structural integrity of the finished floor panel and facilitates modular fabrication of the finished panel.

Abstract: A steel floor construction for freight hauling vehicles includes a plurality of elongated floor planking members arranged in side-by-side relation to provide a load bearing floor with a nailing groove between adjacent planking members. Each plank includes a downwardly open channel member having a relatively wide central web supported along its edges by integrally formed downwardly extending flanges, with the web being reinforced along its length by an upwardly directed generally U-shaped member welded to its bottom surface and having a pattern of anti-skid projections die-formed on and project upwardly from its top surface. The channels are progressively roll formed from a continuous length of strip steel by passing the strip through a series of forming roll pairs.

Abstract: Nailable flooring is constructed of identical floor units having roll-formed therein closed bottom nailing grooves of serpentine contour for the retention of nail fasteners held in place as they are deformed upon insertion into the grooves. The grooves are disposed between opposite side edges of the units and/or mating portions of such grooves are roll-formed along such side edges. The bottoms of the grooves are substantially triangular in cross-section thereby negating the crippling effect of each groove structure which thereby functions similarly to that of a beam web.

Abstract: A nailable hollow structural member comprising an elongated hollow member of sheet metal formed to define opposed clamping walls and end walls spaced apart between the clamping walls. The clamping walls extend in substantially parallel planes. An elongated boss is formed in each of the clamping walls and extends longitudinally of the tubular member in alignment with one another. One of the clamping walls and one of the end walls has a connectable portion opposed to one another. Spacer means is provided for maintaining one of the clamping walls in juxtaposition with a clamping wall of another hollow member and spaced apart by the spacer means to form an elongated opening between the hollow member constituting a nail receiving slot. Means are also provided for movably securing two or more of the hollow members with the clamping walls juxtaposed. The elongated boss in both of the clamping walls deforms a nail inserted in the slot to retain it therein.

Abstract: A lightweight floor construction for an animal enclosure defined by a plurality of channel members arranged in parallel spaced relation and fastened together by associated connector clips which engage the channel members solely at their lower ends. The channel members are then supported on an associated supporting structure.