Abstract: A window well system including at least two window-well modules designed to be stacked is disclosed. Each module has a curved wall including an inner wall section, outer wall sections, an upper surface section unitary with the inner wall section, and a base having several indentations arranged along its underside. Of the outer wall sections, an upper outer wall section is unitary with the upper surface section. Between the upper outer wall section and a lower outer wall section is a curvilinear horizontal ledge. Between the inner and outer wall sections is an air space. Along the horizontal ledge are several projections oriented upwardly and sized and configured to mesh with and fit into the indentations formed in the base of a like window well module to be placed on the upper surface section.

Abstract: A structural strengthening device to improve lateral strength of a building frame. The structural strengthening device comprising a structural member, connected to two beam-column connectors, comprising two jacketing pieces and two buffering material fillers. By connecting adjacent columns in the building frame, resisting moments are generated at ends of the structural strengthening device during lateral deformation of the building frame, and bending moments and stresses at a base of the connected columns may be reduced. Implementation of the structural strengthening device reduces time and space required for structural rehabilitation of buildings, and the structural strengthening device is detachable to permit use the structural strengthening device as a temporary, reuseable or permanent rehabilitation structure.

Abstract: A windproof and anti-fragmentation device of a raised flooring includes a plurality of support plates of cover tiles. The support plates are arranged side by side and each have a groove defined on a perimeter portion. The windproof and anti-fragmentation device also includes an anchoring washer configured to be coupled to the support plates and having an edge emerging transversely with respect to the perimeter of the anchoring washer and conformed so as to partially fit inside the groove of two contiguous plates so as to keep those plates joined together.

Abstract: A hanger for connecting a structural component to a wall that can have sheathing mounted thereon either before or after the hanger is connected to the wall. The hanger includes a channel-shaped portion configured to receive the structural component. An extension portion extends from the channel-shaped portion and is configured to extend through the sheathing to engage the wall at a first location. A connection portion is configured for attachment to the wall at a second location spaced from the first location.

Abstract: Reinforcing bar cage connectors and methods of constructing reinforcing bar cages are provided. A reinforcing bar cage includes a reinforcing bar guide, a reinforcing bar rod, and a reinforcing bar cage connector. The reinforcing bar cage connector includes a first clamp portion facing a first direction and configured to receive one of the reinforcing bar guide or the reinforcing bar rod in a first opening. The reinforcing bar cage connector includes a second clamp portion facing a second direction, opposite the first direction, and configured to receive an other one of the reinforcing bar guide or the reinforcing bar rod in a second opening. The first opening is perpendicular to the second opening. The reinforcing bar cage connector includes a metal tie wire is operable to be twisted to compress the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.

Abstract: A roof assembly, including a roof including a first top surface and an outer surface, a first membrane arranged on the first top surface, a base plate arranged on the first membrane and connected to the roof, a second membrane arranged on the base plate, and a bracket arranged on the second membrane and at least partially aligned with the base plate, wherein the bracket is secured to the base plate.

Abstract: Installation systems and methods for fenestration units configured to be set into a rough opening (RO) from interior side of a building structure or wall. The fenestration units may include a retention system coupled to the frame and operable to exert a retention force on the fenestration unit to maintain positive engagement of the fenestration unit with the rough opening framing and resist extraction of the fenestration unit from the rough opening upon insertion of the fenestration unit in the rough opening from the interior side of the rough opening.

Abstract: An expandable home structure can expand outward from at least one side thereof to expand the living space once the home is delivered to a desired location. The expansion process includes raising two roof panels from a side edge of its main structure, where the roof panels follow a track so that an outer one of the two roof panels can, once fully raised, slide outward along front and rear walls of the expansion section so that the roof panels form a box gable roof structure over the expansion section.

Abstract: A system and connector interconnects modular wall vertical frame members meeting at a junction. A first vertical frame member and a second vertical frame member each have a central section for mounting a wall panel. Each vertical frame member has a pair of lateral legs at the lateral edges thereof and a pair of inner legs extending inwardly. The inner legs are spaced laterally away from the lateral edges. Each vertical frame member also has a pair of interlocking members positioned inwardly of the central section. The interlocking members each having a laterally extending leg defining a laterally extending latch receiving space. The connector member has a head or heads for supporting parts and a latch or latches for securing parts, including trim members. The junctions may be corner or end-to-end.

Abstract: Roofing systems are provided. A roofing system comprises a roofing substrate. The roofing system comprises a first roofing membrane adhered to the roofing substrate. The roofing system comprises a second roofing membrane. The second roofing membrane comprises a first layer and a fleece layer. The first layer of the second roofing membrane is located between the fleece layer and the first roofing membrane. The roofing system comprises a liquid applied flashing located on the fleece layer of the second roofing membrane. Related methods are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a building module for use in modular building assemblies. The building module has frame comprising one or more parallelepiped unit cells and connection nodes at the corner of the unit cells, so that building modules can be connected together in a modular fashion using the connection nodes. Also disclosed is a system for building construction that comprises such building modules, and habitable modular buildings that comprises the building modules.

Abstract: A mounting structure of a seat for an all terrain vehicle with a vehicle frame and a seat frame, at least one insertion rod is provided at a bottom of the seat frame in a front-and-rear direction, with a rear end of the insertion rod being in snap-fitting engagement with the vehicle frame, the mounting structure comprises a guide carrier fixedly provided on the vehicle frame and having a socket at a rear side of the guide carrier capable of inserting a front end of the insertion rod, with a width of the socket in a left-and-right direction gradually increasing from front to rear, so that the front end of the insertion rod is positioned in an up-and-down direction by snap-fitting engagement into the guide carrier and limited in the left-and-right direction by engagement between inner walls of the guide carrier.

Abstract: A concrete expansion joint insert includes a body having a length between a first end and a second end, a thickness between a first side and a second side, and a height between a first edge and a second edge. The body includes a first portion having the thickness, the length, and a first amount of the height. The body includes a second portion having the thickness, the length and a second amount of the height. The first portion of the body is predisposed to be separable from the second portion of the body. A separation support member is situated within the first portion along a substantial portion of the length.

Abstract: Diagonal beam joining hardware according to one or more embodiments includes: a beam splicing part; an extending part protruding from an appropriate intermediate part of the beam splicing part; and a beam receiving hardware mounting part bending and extending from an end edge of the extending part to form a predetermined plane angle with respect to the beam splicing part. The beam splicing part is attached and fastened to a side face of a continued beam by through bolts and penetrating the beam in the beam width direction. Beam receiving hardware is fitted in a slit formed in an end part of the diagonal beam. A contacting part of the beam receiving hardware is superimposed on the beam receiving hardware mounting part of the diagonal beam joining hardware and fastened by bolt/nut fastening.

Abstract: A system includes one or more decorative screen panels configured at an initial position. The system also includes a locking and spacing apparatus positioned on an exterior portion of the one or more decorative screen panels. The spacer is positioned to receive a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is positioned on the locking and spacing apparatus over the one or more decorative screen panels. A first portion of the locking mechanism is positioned within the spacer. A second portion of the locking mechanism is positioned under the locking and spacing apparatus and configured to move in a perpendicular direction. The movement in the perpendicular direction secures the locking mechanism within the locking and spacing apparatus.

Abstract: A profile arrangement for setting up exhibition stands or shop fittings, including a supporting profile having at least one hollow chamber extending continuously in the longitudinal direction of the supporting profile, at least two legs extending continuously in the longitudinal direction, and a covering profile. The covering profile is constructed at least partly of light-transmissive material or is constructed completely of translucent plastic. The supporting profile respectively has at free ends of the two legs snap-fitting devices interacting with matching snap-fitting devices on the covering profile. LED lighting is provided on an inner side of the supporting profile, so that during operation the LED lighting radiates light in the direction of an inner side of the covering profile.

Abstract: An assembly of a laminated glazed unit and the peripheral seal thereof, the laminated glazed unit including a transparent structural block, the peripheral seal having a first spacer part between the external surface of the structural block and a windowpane retainer, and a second spacer part between the internal surface of the structural block and the mounting structure, at least one of the contact surface between the first spacer part and the windowpane retainer and/or between the second spacer part and the mounting structure approaching the structural block, from the edge of the latter to the central part thereof; and the application of this assembly to a clamped glazed unit in the field of aeronautics or railways.

Abstract: A support assembly comprises a hub slidably coupled to a crossbar to support a sprinkler. A pair of opposed clip assemblies comprising a frame and a bracket couple the crossbar to the ceiling channel on either side. The frame comprises an opening that supports one end of the crossbar, a skirt with an elongated slot, and a leg that extends over the channel. The bracket couples to the frame to lock the clip assembly on the ceiling channel. The bracket comprises a ridge at one edge and a flange at an opposite edge. The ridge is configured to couple to a sidewall of the ceiling channel, and the flange is configured for a user to compress and tighten the bracket. A pair of opposing clamps on either side of the bracket ensures that the frame is securely coupled to the ceiling channel.

Abstract: A door assembly including a first glass pane, a second glass pane, and a spacer positioned between the first glass pane and the second glass pane such that the first pane and the second pane are separated by the spacer. The door assembly also includes an element that is coupled to the first glass pane and the second glass pane and positioned exterior of the spacer. The spacer and the element cooperate to at least partially define a seal passage, and a clear material is disposed in the seal passage to seal the space, the clear material configured to provide structural support to the assembly.

Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a seat assembly slidably movable between a forward most position and a rearward most position and that includes a seat support structure configured to support a seated user thereon, and at least one elongated slide bearing attached to the seat support structure and including a bearing surface and at least one stop member, wherein the bearing surface and the at least one stop member are a single, integral piece. The seating arrangement further includes at least one slide support member that slidably supports the slide bearing thereon between the forward most position and the rearward most position, wherein the at least one stop member is configured to prevent the seat assembly from being moved beyond at least one of the forward most position and the rearward most position.