Abstract: A standing seam metal panel for a roof cover system has upstanding symmetrical sides defining lateral edges. A trough extends between the lateral edges. Each lateral edge comprises an angled portion, a vertical portion, and first and second horizontal portions. The angled portion extends upward and outward from the trough. The vertical portion extends upward from the angled portion and generally perpendicular to the trough. The first horizontal portion extends inward from the vertical portion and generally parallel to the trough. The second horizontal portion extends above, outward from, and generally parallel to the first horizontal portion. The lateral edges are formed by bends in the metal panel that define the portions of the lateral edges. The lateral edges are adapted to form a sidelap with a lateral edge of an adjacent the metal panel in the cover system. The sidelap is formed on panel clips of the cover system.

Abstract: A mounting assembly disposable on a nail strip seam rib of a building surface includes a mounting body having an exterior, which in turn comprises a slot configured to separately receive a plurality of different nail strip seam rib profiles. The mounting assembly also includes an insert that is at least partially disposable in the slot, and a threaded fastener that extends through the mounting body, into the slot, and engages the insert.

Abstract: An improved above-ground storm shelter having sidewalls comprised of two panels, an outer panel and an inner panel, a double-swing door means for allowing ingress and egress, a door bar for securely closing the double-swing doors during a storm event, and a roof adapted to be affixed thereto, whereby sound of articles striking the sidewalls during a storm event is lessened, and the two panels provide enhanced structural integrity compared with a single panel of comparable thickness. The sidewalls are manufactured in modular segments adapted to be joined together to form a desired size of shelter. At least one segment has defined therein a ventilation port with a outer protective plate and inner protective for preventing projectiles from entering the shelter during a storm event.

Abstract: A composite sandwich structure comprises a core sandwiched between composite laminate facesheets. The core includes a plurality of core sections spliced together at joints that incorporate integral features for arresting the propagation of irregularities in the facesheets.

Abstract: A two-piece track assembly may be used in an office environment for mounting accessory components, such as work surfaces, cabinets, shelves, filing units, etc., to either a permanent building wall or to the framework of a movable office wall or office partition system. The track assembly includes a base mountable to the wall or framework via a plurality of fasteners. A track mounts to the base to cover the fasteners used to mount the base. The track also includes a relatively thinly-profiled slot into which a corresponding, relatively thinly-profiled mounting flange of an accessory component is received to mount and support the accessory component upon the track assembly. Optionally, a decorative or functional tile may be mounted to a wall or partition between a pair of track assemblies spaced vertically from one another.

Abstract: An arrangement for securing fabric relative to a framework comprising a framework, a groove in the framework, and a locking spline for being received into the groove in the framework whereby a fabric panel can be retained relative to the framework by an insertion of the locking spline into the groove with a portion of the fabric panel disposed between the locking spline and the groove. The framework can have an obverse side, a peripheral edge, and a reverse side and the groove can be disposed to the reverse side of the framework whereby the fabric panel can be applied to the framework with a portion of the fabric panel retained within the groove and with the fabric panel reversing over the peripheral edge of the framework and traversing at least a portion of the framework. A secondary groove can enable a retention of a secondary material.

Abstract: An arrangement for securing fabric relative to a framework comprising a framework, a grove in the framework, and a locking spline for being received into the groove in the framework whereby a fabric panel can be retained relative to the framework by an insertion of the locking spline into the groove with a portion of the fabric panel disposed between the locking spline and the groove. The framework can have an obverse side, a peripheral edge, and a reverse side and the groove can be disposed to the reverse side of the framework whereby the fabric panel can be applied to the framework with a portion of the fabric panel retained within the groove and with the fabric panel reversing over the peripheral edge of the framework and traversing at least a portion of the framework. A secondary groove can enable a retention of a secondary material.

Abstract: A roof or wall panel system that includes a first panel having a first longitudinal seam a second panel having a second longitudinal seam, and a clip assembly that includes a vertical web or webs having a first exterior side and a second exterior side. The t vertical web or webs and is/are provided between the first and second longitudinal seams. Also included is at least one spacer element that is provided between the first and second longitudinal seams. The at least one spacer element has at least one portion having a thickness that is greater than a distance between the first exterior side and the second exterior side of the vertical web or webs.

Abstract: A structure to form flooring transitions having outer surfaces comprising two disparate materials. In a preferred embodiment the flooring transitions includes a T-shaped molding and at least one attachment thereto. The outer surfaces of the T-molding and attachment may be comprised of different materials, even though they may sometimes have the same pattern or décor. For example, the T-molding may have a surface of real wood or veneer and the attachment may have an outer surface of abrasion resistant foil, metal, or even a visual perception element, such as lights or reflective tape. A kit is also disclosed.

Abstract: A connecting element for connecting a first wall element and a second wall element, which is adjacent thereto, but spaced therefrom by a gap, of an elevator cage, includes a first plate element with a first edge region for resting on a first wall surface of the first wall element, a second edge region for resting on a second wall surface of the second wall element and a first middle region which connects these two edge regions and covers the gap. A second plate element is provided and has a third edge region for resting on a third wall surface of the first wall element, a fourth edge region for resting on a fourth wall surface of the second wall element and a second middle region connecting these two edge regions and covering the gap. The first plate element is connected with the second plate element to be movable relative thereto in a first direction.

Abstract: An arrangement for securing fabric relative to a framework comprising a framework, a groove in the framework, and a locking spline for being received into the groove in the framework whereby a fabric panel can be retained relative to the framework by an insertion of the locking spline into the groove with a portion of the fabric panel disposed between the locking spline and the groove. The framework can have an obverse side, a peripheral edge, and a reverse side and the groove can be disposed to the reverse side of the framework whereby the fabric panel can be applied to the framework with a portion of the fabric panel retained within the groove and with the fabric panel reversing over the peripheral edge of the framework and traversing at least a portion of the framework. A secondary groove can enable a retention of a secondary material.

Abstract: A sealing element for the recessed seat of an expansion joint in a concrete structure having an elastomeric profile (20) formed by two longitudinal lateral flanges (21) to be fixed to the end edges of the concrete structure (11), and a central portion (22) formed by walls depending from said flanges and converging to a central area to be fitted inside the seat (12), and shaped to support the hydrostatic pressure upstream of the concrete structure (10). A flexible duct (30) is installed inside the seat (12) below the central portion central area and provided with radial bores (31) opened to the inside of the seat to allow the selective feeding of precatalyzed polymeric resin to the inside of the seat (12), after the elastomeric profile (20) has been mounted and affixed to the concrete structure (10). The tube can be separate from the profile, attached to the central area, or the central area can have a W shape and the tube be within the lower portion of the W.

Abstract: An assemblage of sheet metal roof covering pieces is utilized in a novel process to recover and stiffen a deteriorated roof without the necessity for extensive removal of the original roof covering, the deteriorated roof structure further stiffened by spaced stiffening ribs that also serve to fix in interlocked engagement the sheet metal roof covering pieces. Included in the assemblage are interlocking valley pans that are sequentially compressed between the ribs and then fastened with the valley pans then bridged by curved sheet metal caps that are also interlocked. The resulting structure has the pleasing appearance of an Oriental tile roof.

Abstract: A plastic trim strip for use with high pressure plastic laminate (HPL) modules or other decorative modules used on access flooring. The strip is extruded polyvinyl chloride or other polymeric or other material such as decorative metals such as brass or aluminum. The cross sectional shape of the strip is generally rectangular with a rectangular tab that: (1) protrudes from one of the narrow edges of the rectangle, (2) is thinner than the height of the strip and (3) has one surface flush with the bottom of the strip. A portion of the edge of the HPL or other floor covering with which the strip is used, and having the same shape as the tab, is router or otherwise removed from the floor covering. The protruding tab of the trim strip is then “captured” within this rabbet with or without adhesive, thereby securely engaging the trim strip when the floor covering is installed on or bonded to the access flooring structure.

Abstract: A flooring assembly consists essentially of a stable sub-flooring and a flooring applied thereon over a wide area with at least one floor element for insertion into a gap in the flooring at substantially the same level having different properties than the flooring. In order to avoid retroactive work on the sub-flooring, a placement aid is provided for in the form of a casing whose inner contour approximately corresponds to that of the floor element and whose outer contour to that of the gap and whose height corresponds approximately to the thickness of the flooring and which is mounted to the sub-flooring structure in a similar manner as the flooring. The casing has a lid which can be removed, after placement and flush fitting of the flooring to the casing, for insertion of the floor elements.

Abstract: A molding for positioning along a corner formed by an intersection of a wall and a floating floor, or between adjacent edges of a floating floor. The molding includes a generally planar floating floor engaging surface and a wall engaging surface. A pad is positioned along the floating-floor engaging face, and resiliently creates a substantially moisture-tight seal so as to prevent moisture from contacting the corner when the molding is in an installed position along the corner.

Abstract: A seismic expansion joint cover assembly installed at a motion-absorbing gap between a member A on one side of the gap and a member B on the other side of the gap includes a cover panel spanning the gap and a hinge joining one edge A of the cover panel to the member A for pivotal movement about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is spaced apart from the expansion gap so as to enable a stop between member A and the cover panel to prevent the cover panel from pivoting about the pivot axis into the expansion gap upon widening of the expansion gap. A permanent magnet and magnet striker releasably secure the other edge B of the cover panel to the member B. A tensioned cable connected between the cover panel and one of the members A and B limits the pivoting movements of the cover panel and automatically recloses the cover panel over the gap.

Abstract: A drywall installation apparatus includes a support for holding a piece of drywall to be installed on a stud wall, an extension to adjust the length of the drywall installation apparatus, and a base to which a lifting mechanism may be coupled to raise the drywall installation apparatus and the piece of drywall being supported into a desired position for installation on a stud wall. The drywall installation apparatus further includes an alignment member to assist in orienting properly the piece of sheetrock to be installed on the stud wall.

Abstract: A deck system including cooperating plastic planks, fastener covers and end caps. Each of the plastic planks has at least one channel in the upper surfaces which extends the length of the plank. Each channel includes at least one pair of opposed ledges. Each fastener cover is configured for insertion into one of the channels. The fastener cover is an elongate member having an upper face portion and a pair of legs downwardly depending from the upper face portion and extending substantially the entire length thereof. The fastener cover includes a pair of upper laterally projecting flanges and a pair of lower laterally projecting flanges. When a fastener cover is inserted into a channel, the pairs of upper and lower flanges receive the at least one pair of ledges with a gap sufficient to accommodate displacement of the fastener cover arising from ice expansion in the channel.

Abstract: An adjustable reveal is set forth for use in wall construction. In a framed wall, a first and second panel are positioned on the wall to define parallel edges. The spacing between the edges is adjusted so that a sight area is seen between them. A back panel parallel to the two edges is positioned adjacent to the frame and supports an integrally made extending J-shaped slot which is adapted to clasp around and along the edge on one of said panels. A movable J-shaped slot encloses the other edge, thereby defining the visible site area between the two edges. The back panel is integral with one of the J-shaped slots, and the other is preferably positioned in front of the back panel.

Abstract: A flooring system is presented. The flooring system is uniquely designed to provide advantageous flooring in work places that are subject to substantial water and/or grease exposure and high traffic. The materials provide advantage with respect to protection of underlying subfloor and walls. In addition, effective arrangements for sealing around drains and fixtures are provided.

Abstract: An interlocking roof system of tiers of successively higher interlocking panels mounted on base members, each panel being held in place by protrusions fitted into notches in the base member of the next higher tier, the panels of each higher tier having a groove wrapped about and locked onto a lip of the adjacent lower panel, side lips and clips being used to connect adjacent panels located in the same horizontal tier. The base member of the lowest tier is mounted at its lowest edge on a riser along the lowest edge of the roof being covered and at its upper edge on the rafters of the roof being covered. The next lowest base member is located at its lowest edge along the upper edge of the adjacent lower base member and at its upper edge on the rafters.

Abstract: A floor panel joint structure and a method of constructing a wooden building with the same are provided. The method comprises mounting floor panels on the foundation, and, joining a group of structural units to the foundation to produce a first floor structure. This is followed by mounting on the structural units at the first floor another group of structural units having a second floor structure made of floor panels joined to each other by panel joiners. The second floor structure are joined to top beams of the structural units at the first floor by through bolts which extend vertically across the floor panel, panel joiner, and beam. A roof structure is fabricated by joining roof panels to purlins. The purlin has a rib provided on a lower side thereof for connecting to the beams by a length of plywood boards. Accordingly, the installation of the floor and roof structures is simplified and its physical strength will be increased.

Abstract: A roof plate mounting assembly including a base member fixedly mounted to a well-known tight frame, the base member having upward extensions respectively provided at both lateral ends of the base member and locking jaws respectively inwardly bent from the upward extensions, an inverted U-shaped roof plate support member slidably coupled to the base member, the roof plate support member having wings provided at respective lower ends of the roof plate support member and upward extensions respectively extending from the wings, the upward extensions being loosely engaged in spaces respectively defined by the upward extensions and locking jaws of the base member such that the roof plate is slidable along the upward extension of the base member, a seam protecting cap extending so as to protect overlapping connecting edge portions of roof plates being coupled to each other, the seam protecting cap having downward extensions respectively downwardly extending from both lateral ends of the seam protecting cap and inwar

Abstract: An end cap device for dressing room divider paneling and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The end cap device functions as a panel corner trim dressing capable of bending 90 degrees in either direction so as to accommodate various panel end configurations or combinations thereof. The end cap device also operates as a locking device which can lock into adjacent panel edge caps and the corner channel of the panel to be dressed. In one embodiment, the end cap device includes a pair of symmetrically opposed end cap members of rectangular shape joined by a hinge member. In another embodiment, a single end cap member without a hinge is employed, for use such as at a three or four-way juncture of panels.

Abstract: An expansion joint for covered floor panels such as concrete slabs, as well as wall and ceiling panels, has a thickness equal to a covering material on the panels and is surface mounted. An expansion joint member having hingeable lateral sections bridges across substantially abutting panels at a gap which may vary laterally, longitudinally or in elevation. A U-shaped body portion incorporating the hingeable lateral sections has a width greater than a maximum width of the gap, and fasteners adjacent one side of the gap for affixing the body portion to the panel at an attachment side of the joint. The body portion bridges across the gap and carries a strip of the covering material. The lateral section opposite from the attached lateral section may rotate downwardly at the hinge, to rest freely on the surface of the panel on an opposite side of the gap. Wing members on the hinged lateral sections extend laterally outwardly at a height equal to the thickness of the covering material side.

Abstract: An expansion joint for floor panels such as concrete slabs, as well as wall and ceiling panels, has a thickness equal to a covering material on the panels and is surface mounted. An expansion joint member which can be an integral extruded or otherwise formed length bridges across substantially abutting panels at a variable gap, the panels having coplanar surfaces on at least one side and a covering material thereon. The joint member has a U-shaped body portion having a width greater than a maximum width of the gap, and fasteners adjacent one side of the gap for affixing the body portion to one of said panels defining an attachment side of the joint. The body portion bridges across the gap and rests freely on the coplanar surface of the panel on an opposite side of the gap. Wing members are attached to the body portion on the attachment side and on the opposite side, in each case at a space from the lower surface of the body portion equal to a thickness of the covering material on said attachment side.

Abstract: A molding bracket for covering a seam formed by two end-to-end panels, subject to thermal expansion and contraction. The bracket comprises a longitudinally extending division bar, two pairs of flanges extending in opposite directions from the division bar to define opposed channels for receiving the ends of the panels between the pair of channels. Stop bead means on the inside of at least one of the flanges of each pair extend into the channels for engaging the panels inserted therein, thus allowing the panels to be inserted far enough into the channels to cover the ends of the panels and while allowing the panels to move past the stop bead means upon thermal expansion of the panels to prevent buckling thereof.

Abstract: A solar-energy-collector and solar roof. The collector comprises a panel of solar-energy-absorbing material adapted to lie flat on a roof or other supporting surface. The panel has on its undersurface a plurality of projections serving as feet which support the panel. The projections are spaced from each other by an amount predetermined to provide channels dimensioned to receive a flexible conduit adapted to transport a fluid heat exchange medium in heat exchange relation to the panel. The panels may be cut to conform to roof configuration, chimneys, etc. and the conduit arranged accordingly in the channels. The solar roof comprises a plurality of the panels interconnected to each other.

Abstract: Some improvements are disclosed in an aseismic building comprised of modular panels anchored in a concrete foundation base by means of vertical rods which are connected with said base and extends along the center of a vertical interpanel duct which is defined between the continuous edges of a pair of panels.This invention consists mainly of ensuring for said vertical rods, in the related interpannelar duct, a course securedly centered within the same by putting said rod under tension and pouring in the meanwhile a special cement mortar into said duct.Additional improvements comprise in the use of a plastic profile which is inserted within and along a suitable channel formed between two adjacent panels vertical profiles for ensuring the tightness between said panels. Lastly a movable form is disclosed for making string courses around the building at the height between two successive stories.

Abstract: The seam joins metal roofing panels of the standing rib type with a water-tight seal. The seam utilizes an integral sealing cap having distal flanges, reentrant flanges and a web which is planar prior to bending. The sealing cap encloses a standing rib joint defined by upstanding flanges each having a plurality of tabs extending therefrom. The web of the cap and the tabs are bent into inverted U-shaped configurations. The tabs are captivated between the reentrant flanges and the bent over web thereby locking the panels together. Sealant carried by the distal flanges is compressed between the same and the upstanding flanges to form a water-tight seal. A method for forming the seam is also provided.

Abstract: A curtain wall construction has a plurality of panel units arranged in a checkerboard pattern, each of the panel units including a panel and a frame extending peripherally around the panel. The frames jointly provide a plurality of channels therebetween which jointly provide channel crossings where they intersect. The channels receive therein backup bars and the channel crossings receive therein backup crossings, these backup bars and crossings being made of a resilient material and the backup crossings additionally including reinforcing core wires embedded therein. A caulking compound is applied to exposed surfaces of the backup crossing and backup bars to seal the seams.

Abstract: A joint support is adapted to be disposed beneath a joint at adjacent ends of horizontally disposed overlapping siding panels to support same and to assist in preventing the formation of a gap at said joint by virtue of inward buckling or deflection of one of the panels relative to the other. The joint support, as seen in a cross-section view taken at right angles to the longitudinal dimension of the panels in the installed condition has a wedge taper and has minimum thickness adjacent a first end which, in use, is uppermost. The opposite end of the joint support is contoured or shaped to overlie and accommodate the panel holding lip of a preceding lower panel. The first end of the joint support has an outwardly and downwardly turned portion adapted to fit over the panel holding lip or lips of the panels which the joint support, in use, underlies and the opposite end of the joint support includes shallow hook means thereon for snap fitting engagement over the holding lip of the preceding lower panel.