Abstract: A wall is provided comprising an inner wall component, an outer wall component, and a plurality of the moisture control strips described above, disposed between the inner wall component and the outer wall component. The projections on the first wall component contacting face engage one of the inner wall component and the outer wall component. The second wall component contacting face engages the other of the inner wall component and the outer wall component. The moisture control strips are horizontally spaced from each other within the wall.

Abstract: A method of replacing an existing wood window in the framework of a building in order to retain the original wood window appearance is disclosed. A non-wooden double hung window is inserted into a wood frame, including horizontal and vertical members, and a center member, such that the vertical and horizontal members of the non-wooden double hung window along with the non-wooden elements of the upper and lower sash are substantially hidden when viewed from the exterior of the building, thus preserving the original, wood window appearance. The non-wooden double hung window and wood frame combination is fastened to the wood frame and then attached to existing window casings of the building.

Abstract: The invention presents the concept of a residential building which is constructed on the principle of staggered dwellings. The staggered dwellings each have a single-storey dwelling part (10, 23) and a two-storey dwelling part (11) with outdoor area. The living area (10 and 11) of the dwelling is open and allows individual living requirements to be realized with a variability which has not been known up until now. The division of space is not fixed by the static system. The type of accommodation presented can be realized in all types of urban construction such as blocks of flats, block-edge developments or high-rise buildings from two storeys upwards. The sizes of dwellings may be determined in accordance with the location and the target group. Combining the accommodation with service-related and commercial use is made possible in a completely new way using this principle.

Abstract: A rescue apparatus mounted inside buildings where people currently live and spend their activities and in regions with high seismic potential includes a rescue cabin with a reinforcing frame, covered on an exterior side with corrugated iron and on an interior side with plastic fire-resistant and with low grade of softness material. The cabin has compartments, in which there is a chair with head support, a backrest, a safety harness, and a crash helmet. For damping vertical shocks, under each chair is a damper spring. Access into the cabin is accomplished by two doors with contradiction opening and vertical rotation axles solidly with the two central doors of the furniture part by a lever device and open together therewith. Each door has a locking mechanism driven from inside or outside the cabin. An upper part of the cabin has windows for ventilation, each equipped with a screen filter for dust.

Abstract: A load-bearing, pressurized-fluid column apparatus and method for supporting a load or mine ceiling with respect to a support surface or mine floor includes an elongated, flexible sleeve and bladder retain a substantially incompressible liquid. The sleeve and bladder have a collapsed and an expanded configuration. In the collapsed configuration, the sleeve and bladder are not filled, and have a first, shorter length. In the expanded configuration, the sleeve and bladder are filled with the liquid, and have a second, longer length sized to extend to and between the load and the support surface. A valve allows the liquid to be added and prevents escape of the liquid. A base can seal a lower end of the sleeve, and can be disposed on the support surface. A cap can seal an upper end of the sleeve, and can be capable of abutting the load.

Abstract: A door assembly having a structural inner frame that is secured between an interior sheath and an exterior sheath. The inner frame provides rigidity and strength to the door assembly and will not warp or otherwise lose its dimensional integrity regardless of the environment or usage. Both the interior and exterior sheaths add strength and durability once attached to and combined with the inner frame. The internal frame is formed from metal, wood, plastic, composite panels, polystyrene panels or other structural materials. In the preferred embodiment, the inner frame by itself is not structural, it relies on the interior sheath and exterior sheath for its combined strength. The components of the internal frame are secured together by fastening onto the interior sheath and exterior sheath. This allows the components, while structurally supporting one another, to utilize the interior and exterior sheaths to fasten the components to one another.

Abstract: A clamp holder to be suspended in an opening of vertical. The clamp holder includes a cantilever beam, a pillar, and a clamp slider. The cantilever beam is vertically at the beam end on an upper end of the pillar, on the back of the pillar. A beam extension is angled upward from the beam on the front of the pillar. A clamp slider, in a U-shape is on a free leg end vertically at a lower end of the pillar. A beam-like holding element is molded onto a free end of the beam extension. A cuboid support element is molded onto the free end of the holding element, with a cuboid transverse surface of the holding element placed in front of the pillar, and is angled upward from the support element molding. The support element has a mutual relationship with a cuboid pressure element. The latter is positioned removably attached to the support element. The pressure element has a receiver region with a chamber open to the base and the cover faces of the pressure element.

Abstract: A device for mounting taxidermy mounts, especially waterfowl and other birds. The mounting device prevents the mounted object from twisting or slipping on the mount and the mounted object can be prevented from sagging. The mounting device allows for the mounting of a mounting object in any position that is desired.

Abstract: A stabilized window structure and method for stabilizing a window structure having a window frame entirely or substantially entirely devoid of glass includes a patch removably secured over the window frame to cover the opening in its entirety and a body of unifying material disposed over and bonded to the patch to form a cohesive mass therewith. Alternatively, a pre-formed, polymeric foam panel is removably secured over the window frame to cover the entirety of the opening. A method of removing a shattered window pane involves using pre-existing cracks in the pane to define the formation of separately removable, disconnected cohesive masses. A method of removing shards from a track of a window structure involves removing the shards as part of a single cohesive mass, as pieces of a single cohesive mass or as separate, disconnected cohesive masses.

Abstract: A tool support unit includes a first portion that is attached to a tool, such as a power saw or the like, and a second portion that is attached to a support, such as a table or the like. A telescoping connection between the two portions of tool support unit permits the first portion to be attached to and detached from the second portion.

Abstract: A watch or observation building having an observation section comprising a plurality of bullet proof panes having at least two side faces for observing surroundings. Each of these plurality of bullet proof panes lie next to one another with each face of the bullet proof panes meeting an adjacent face of an adjacent pane on a substantially vertical axis and press against each other along a horizontal direction. Each of the plurality of bullet proof panes face an observation direction such that a line perpendicular to a surface of each of said plurality of panes extends towards the different observation directions.

Abstract: A floor panel is provided for use in a sub-floor application. The floor panel has an upper member and a lower member. The upper member is made from a sheet floor material and the lower member is made from a waterproof sheet material. The lower member has a series of projections extending away from the floor panel and located adjacent to an underlying surface when the panel is in use. The projections allow moisture to drain between the floor panels and the underlying surface and also permit air circulation.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for reinforcing an opening in a support member such as a joist.

Abstract: An electrical powered transmission tower is modified to also support a telecommunications antenna. The tower has a plurality of legs interconnected by lattice braces. A support column is erected within the enclosure of the tower. The support column has a base anchored in the ground on a concrete foundation. The column extends upward through the tower and protrudes through the top. The antenna is mounted to the upper end of the column. Fasteners secure the column to the tower for lateral support.

Abstract: An invisible decking connector for wood decking structures fastens elongate decking boards to each other in side-to-side adjacency and fastens the decking boards to underlying perpendicularly oriented joists for positional maintenance thereon. The connector provides a medial disk having axially aligned ribbed nails extending perpendicularly from the medial portions of each of its sides. The periphery of the disk defines a slot to receive the head of a fastening screw extending in angulated orientation through an adjacent decking board and into a joist therebeneath. A tool with a body defining a medial hole to receive one of the ribbed nails to aid installation of the fastener by use of a hammer is disclosed.

Abstract: A free-standing, one-piece bag holder made up of a resilient rolled metal. The base of the bag holder consists of two parallel base members of the rolled metal. A crossbar that is perpendicular to the base members is fixedly attached at the ends thereof to the respective base members at points on the base members which are midway between the ends of the base members. Portions of the base members extend upwardly at an angle from the opposite ends of the base members towards the mid-portions of the base members. Four legs respectively extend upwardly at right angles relative to the portions of the base members so that the sides of the bag holder diverge outwardly from one another when the bag holder is in a bag removed condition.

Abstract: A shingle system comprising a fastening strip and a plurality of shingles. The fastening strip includes a top flange portion and a fastener portion. A gasket is located along a bottom surface of the fastening portion. The plurality of shingles each include top and bottom edges and opposing side edges. The bottom edge includes an underturned flange for engaging the top flange portion of the fastening strip. Overturned or underturned flanges are provided on the side edges to connect adjacent shingles along the sides. In a further embodiment, the shingles comprise first and second shingle configurations where the first shingle configuration includes side edges that are tapered and either overturned or underturned, and where the second shingle configuration includes side edges having an opposite taper to the first shingle configuration as well as an opposite flange. In a further embodiment, the shingle system further comprises a roof cap including tailing and leading edges and opposing side edges.

Abstract: A solar energy bus shelter comprising a floor in a rectangular configuration having a first edge, a parallel back edge, and parallel side edges therebetween; a rear wall with adjacent parallel short side coupled to the floor and extending upwardly therefrom; forward supports extending upwardly from the floor adjacent to the front edge and adjacent side edges; legs extending downwardly from the floor positionable in the ground with enlarged lower extents; the floor also having at least one forwardly extending ramp; windows formed in the opposite sides and front of the frame with associated framing to support the windows with respect to the frame with doors being mounted in openings formed in the frame above at least one ramp; a roof mounted on the frame to cover the frame, the roof being formed of an insulated material with transparent skylights; a bench spaced upwardly from the floor and forwardly of the rear wall to define an air inlet thereabove adjacent the rear wall; and windows extending upwardly from a

Abstract: A barrier device for preventing unwanted penetration of finishing materials from one surface onto another. The barrier device is particularly useful to protect one surface from unwanted penetration of paint or varnish while the adjacent surface is coated. The barrier device includes a flexible sheet having a substantial width and a narrower strip capable of retaining an impression. The strip and sheet are applied to a textured surface by pressing the strip onto the surface with sufficient force such that the strip material retains an impression of the texture.

Abstract: A vinyl door frame assembly for a frame door opening is provided with a plurality of metal jamb backing members for attachment to the unfinished door frame. A set of paired first and second vinyl jamb members are provided, wherein the first vinyl jamb member sections are attached to the metal jamb backing members by means of threaded screws, and the second section of vinyl jamb members are slid against the first vinyl jamb members and held in position by means of flat head screws interfitting within slots of the metal jamb backing members, and into snap fit engagement with the first section of vinyl jamb member to complete the assembly.