Patents Assigned to WALL
  • RETAINING WALL BLOCK
    Publication number: 20150042015
    Abstract: A retaining wall block having a rear flange and a mold box and method of making the block. The mold box is configured with a mold cavity that includes a vertical flange forming cavity extending from the top of the mold box to the bottom of the mold box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: KEYSTONE RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. MacDonald, David M. LaCroix
  • Barrier systems with interlocking flag
    Patent number: 8939675
    Abstract: A barrier assembly includes a barrier having a chamber adapted to hold a ballast, an inlet being formed on the barrier in communication with the chamber. A flag assembly includes a post having a first end and an opposing second end with a flag disposed on the first end. A retainer is disposed on the post and includes a catch radially outwardly projecting from the post, the catch being movable between an outwardly extended position and an inwardly retracted position, the catch resiliently urging toward the extended position when in the retracted position, the first end of the post being received within the inlet on the barrier so that the catch is disposed within the chamber in the extended position, the catch being configured so that the first end of the post cannot be pulled out through the inlet without moving the catch to the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Off the Wall Products, LLC
    Inventors: Marc E. Christensen, James Schaffner
  • RETAINING WALL CONTAINING WALL BLOCKS WITH WEIGHT BEARING PADS
    Publication number: 20150023741
    Abstract: A retaining wall having a plurality of courses of retaining wall blocks including a first upper course and a second lower course. Each retaining wall block has opposed front and rear faces, opposed first and second side surfaces, and opposed and substantially parallel upper and lower surfaces, and at least one weight bearing pad extends from one of the upper and lower surfaces. The at least one weight bearing pad extends substantially from the rear face to the front face of the block. The weight bearing pads are the only areas of contact between the blocks in the first upper course and the blocks in the second lower course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: KEYSTONE RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: David M. LaCroix
  • Semiconductor device and method of forming high voltage SOI lateral double diffused MOSFET with shallow trench insulator
    Patent number: 8921186
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a buried oxide layer formed over a substrate. An active silicon layer is formed over the buried oxide layer. A drain region is formed in the active silicon layer. An LDD drift region is formed in the active silicon layer adjacent to the drain region. The drift region has a graded doping distribution. A co-implant region is formed in the active silicon. A source region is formed in the co-implant region. A shallow trench insulator is formed along a top surface of the LDD drift region. The shallow trench isolator has a length less than the LDD drift region. The shallow trench insulator terminates under the polysilicon gate and within the LDD drift region. A polysilicon gate is formed above the active silicon layer between the source region and LDD drift region and at least partially overlapping the shallow trench insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Great Wall Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick M. Shea, Samuel J. Anderson, David N. Okada
  • Decorative circuit breaker panel cover
    Patent number: 8901421
    Abstract: A decorative circuit breaker panel cover can decorate and/or add functionality to a circuit breaker panel cover. In some embodiments, the decorative cover may be, for example, a decorative tin having an inlaid design. In other embodiments, the decorative cover may include a shelving system that fits over the circuit breaker panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Wall Art Covers, LLC
    Inventor: Michael M. Texter
  • Method of making a semiconductor device comprising a land grid array flip chip bump system with short bumps
    Patent number: 8895430
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor wafer with a plurality of semiconductor die including a plurality of contact pads. An insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor wafer and contact pads. An under bump metallization (UBM) is formed over and electrically connected to the plurality of contact pads. A mask is disposed over the semiconductor wafer with a plurality of openings aligned over the plurality of contact pads. A conductive bump material is deposited within the plurality of openings in the mask and onto the UBM. The mask is removed. The conductive bump material is reflowed to form a plurality of bumps with a height less than a width. The plurality of semiconductor die is singulated. A singulated semiconductor die is mounted to a substrate with bumps oriented toward the substrate. Encapsulant is deposited over the substrate and around the singulated semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Great Wall Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel J. Anderson, Gary Dashney, David N. Okada
  • Slant wall block and wall section including same
    Patent number: 8887469
    Abstract: A wall block comprises an upper surface and an opposed lower surface. A front face and an opposed back face, and a first side face and an opposed second side face, are disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. The first side face and the second side face generally extend from the front face to the back face. The block includes one or more features that define a horizontal alignment direction. The front face extends from the first side face to the second side face generally along a direction that is slanted with respect to the horizontal alignment direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. MacDonald, Thomas S. Riccobene
  • Irregular tessellated building units
    Patent number: 8888401
    Abstract: A surface covering unit includes at least one face comprised of at least one primary rotational tessellation element. The rotational tessellation element includes at least two pairs of sides, and the sides in each pair of sides have the same length and are images of one another. The sides of a first pair of sides extend from a first vertex and are rotationally spaced from each other, and the sides of a second pair of sides extend from a second vertex and are rotationally spaced from each other. The sides of the first and second pairs of sides have two or more straight line segments or complex curves, and are not a single straight line or a single curve. One pair of sides has a length different from the other pair of sides. The surface covering has a natural appearance such that a repeating pattern is not readily apparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC
    Inventor: Thomas S. Riccobene
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A WINDOW WALL WITH FLUSH SLAB EDGE COVERS
    Publication number: 20140331579
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for providing a window wall with flush slab edge covers. A window wall system can include a sill receptor configured to fixably attach to a top surface of a slab. The window wall system may include a head receptor configured to fixably attach to an underside surface of the slab. The window wall system can include a window wall panel including panel infill and a panel sill configured to detachably couple to the sill receptor. The window wall system may include a slab edge cover including cover infill. The slab edge cover can be configured to detachably couple to the window wall panel and the head receptor. In various embodiments, an exterior surface of the panel infill and an exterior surface of the cover infill are configured to flushly align when the slab edge cover is detachably coupled to the window wall panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Elston Window & Wall, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Evensen, James Jonathan White
  • Concrete landscaping edgers and methods
    Patent number: 8869488
    Abstract: A landscaping edger includes a top face, bottom face, front face, rear face, and first and second end faces. The first and second end faces are angled inwardly toward each other from the front face to the rear face. The top face has a three dimensional topographical definition with a plurality of projections and a plurality of reliefs recessed from the projections. The entire top face is sloped so that gravity will drain water off the top face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay J. Johnson, Robert Brian Burnquist, Steven Paul Bennett
  • Water management barriers, systems, and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 8864411
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a water management barrier may include a hollow body at least partially defined by a front wall, a back wall, a top portion, a bottom portion, a first end, and a second end. The front wall may include a plurality of raised portions spaced from each other and extending substantially between the top portion and the bottom portion. The raised portions may at least partially define a plurality of channels extending substantially between said top portion and said bottom portion. The raised portions and/or the channels may be configured to help the front wall resist deformation due to one or more forces being exerted on the front wall. The barrier may also include an elongated connection member connection to the first end and a connection recess formed in the second end. The barrier may also include an elongated foot member attached to the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Muscle Wall, LLC
    Inventor: Jaren Taylor
  • Method of making a concrete block
    Patent number: 8865039
    Abstract: Molds and processes that permit high-speed, mass production of retaining wall blocks having patterned or other processed front faces, as well as retaining wall blocks formed by such processes. The invention permits the front face of the block to be impressed with a pattern or otherwise directly processed, to allow the formation of pre-determined block front faces, while at the same time facilitating high-speed, high-volume production of blocks. A mirror image of the desired pattern can be created on a stripper shoe by selecting a desired three-dimensional surface from a naturally occurring or man made object and digitally scanning the selected three-dimensional pattern to create scanned data. The scanned data can then be used to machine a face of the stripper shoe that is the mirror image of the selected pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald J. Scherer
  • Energy-efficient fenestration assemblies
    Patent number: 8844217
    Abstract: A fenestration assembly is described. The fenestration assembly includes: (1) a layer of film; (2) a frame having a first surface and a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface, the first surface substantially surrounding and having secured thereon the film and the frame having a thickness such that when the second side is fitted onto a window or a window frame, the thickness of the frame defines a space between the film and the window; and (3) wherein said film is a low-emittance film having an emissivity equal to or less than 0.35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Wall Corporation
    Inventor: Norman Marchand
  • Acoustical grid and method of use
    Patent number: 8839590
    Abstract: A method for dampening acoustical vibration within a room including providing a grid formed of a plurality of cells defined by panels made from a flexible or deformable material which do not intersect one another such that the grid can be collapsed and expanded in a parallelogram motion. The grid can be positioned above floor level to attenuate acoustical sound within the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: FF Walls, LLC
    Inventor: Calvin Jay Kortman
  • Vehicle
    Patent number: D714685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Great Wall Motor Company Limited
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Jiangang Gu, Dianmin Zhang, Qingsong Shi, Jiaming Zhang, Hui Zhang, Jun Yang, Jian Chen, Yi Xin, Fenghua Xu
  • Surface of a landscaping block
    Patent number: D717970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. MacDonald
  • Wall
    Patent number: D720087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. MacDonald, Thomas S. Riccobene
  • Molded surface of a concrete product
    Patent number: D722390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie L. Mugge, Jay J. Johnson
  • Molded surface of a concrete product
    Patent number: D722391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie L. Mugge, Jay J. Johnson, Robert Joel Wolter
  • Molded surface of a concrete product
    Patent number: D722392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie L. Mugge, Jay J. Johnson