Abstract: A plurality of panels of strawboard are erected in a closed figure, preferably a square, on a foundation and their base edges mechanically secured to the foundation. The side edges of the panels are butted together and joined, for instance using tape and adhesive on both faces. A wall cap of novel construction is mounted to the upper edges, and a hip roof, preferably of pyramidal figure and made of corresponding cut panels of like strawboard are fitted in place. The foot of each roof panel fits in the wall cap, and its upper edge typically forms a definition line of the roof hip. The roof panels are similarly united using a tape and adhesive joint. Other types of roofs may be provided but are not presently preferred. In instances where strawboard is available in lesser thicknesses, multiple thicknesses of such thinner material, may be laminated to provide panels which are 4, 6 or more inches in thickness.
Abstract: A grid, the size of which is selectable to conform to a window opening, or the like, comprising(a) multiple couplings, and(b) elongated grid members having slidable telescopic interfit with said couplings to define(i) peripheral frame members, and(ii) other members which extend between the frame members.
Abstract: For combination with a rail having an elongated recess sunk in one lateral side thereof and also having at least one interior socket laterally intersecting the recess, the socket having an interior laterally facing wall defined by the rail, the socket also having a generally cylindrically curved interior wall, and an elongated moulding received in the recess and attached to the rail to laterally block the recessthe improvement comprising(a) a baluster having a pivot at an end thereof, the pivot receivable in said socket for pivoting therein,(b) the pivot having generally parallel, laterally spaced opposite sides,(c) the pivot having first and second wall sections which are spaced apart and extend generally cylindrically in matching curved relation to the curvature of the socket wall, portions of the sections remaining in the socket during pivoting of the baluster,(d) the pivot also having a third wall section which intersects the first and second wall sections and which is spaced inwardly from a cylindrical l
Abstract: A sturdy, collapsible saw horse has legs which move between collapsed and extended positions, and flexible connectors limit leg movement at extended positions. The saw horse may also have two horizontal frame members which pivotally support the legs, the frame members hinged together for relative lateral movement limited by tensioning of the flexible connectors.