Patents Examined by Michael Safavi
  • Patent number: 11512485
    Abstract: A column bracket assembly is provided. The column bracket assembly comprises a bottom base bracket and a top base bracket, each including a bracket body adapted to receive an end of support element (e.g. a wooden column) and a mounting bracket/plate pivotally coupled to the bracket body and adapted to be coupled to a structural element (e.g. a footing, pile, header, beam etc.). The column bracket assembly optionally includes mounting brackets for installing cross brace brackets and/or tension rods to the bracket bodies. A method of installing the column bracket assembly, and a method of repairing, resettling, shoring, and/or leveling a structure with the column bracket assembly are also provided, along with structures comprising the column bracket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas B. Coates, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11486153
    Abstract: A support structure for a formwork panel having a support structure and a formwork skin positioned on the front of the support structure and attached to the support structure, wherein the support structure has at least one edge girder on a pair of opposite edges and a plurality of transverse girders between these two edge girders which run transversely to these two edge girders, characterized in that at least some of the transverse girders are designed as a profile girder, comprising a flange at its first end arranged at the front of the support structure, a tubular hollow section at its second end away from the front of the support structure, and between them a preferably wall-like member connecting the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PERI AG
    Inventor: Wilfried Haeberle
  • Patent number: 11486083
    Abstract: The Sock Joining Device (200) provides for an efficient way to place sock-pairs (150) into a joined state that is pleasing to the eye, that remain in this joined state and specifically takes into account socks (100) with a heel section (110). The Sock Joining Device (200) comprises a volume (300), a pole (400). The Sock Joining Device (200) may further comprise a means for holding upright the pole (500).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Gabriela Doyle
  • Patent number: 11479982
    Abstract: A pocket isolator form, for placement around a footer before a concrete slab is poured, is formed from plural barrier sections. At least some of the sections are curved, so that a sharp re-entrant corned is not formed in the concrete slab. The curved sections may be assembled with straight sections to form barriers of various form shapes which avoid the creation of sharp re-entrant corners in the slab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Forrester Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Forrester, Ryan Forrester, Michael DeLoach
  • Patent number: 11479983
    Abstract: A keywell form retention assembly includes post that having a bottom end and a top end. The post has a front side and a back side. A plurality of mounting holes extends through the front and back sides. The mounting holes receive fasteners to mount the post to a cement form. A sleeve is attached to the top end of the post. An arm has a first end and a second end. The arm extends through the sleeve and is movable forward or rearward through the sleeve. A leg is attached to and extends downwardly from the arm adjacent to the first end. An anchor plate is attached to the leg. The anchor plate has a mounting aperture extending therethrough to receive a coupler to engage a panel. The anchor plate retains the panel such that that panel abuts and stabilizes a keyway form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Donald Mangrum
  • Patent number: 11473321
    Abstract: A main beam for a formwork grid construction component system is disclosed. Typical main beams work with secondary joists (sometimes referred to as secondary beams to support a decking surface for pouring of concrete or cement. By strengthening the main beam using an altered profile while maintaining interoperable external dimensions, the span distance of each joist may be increased. By forming the main beam with the disclosed profile, joists can be made longer (e.g., have an eight foot connected span to increase grid size) and maintain appropriate strength (or increased weight tolerance). Formwork grid systems are used in construction of buildings and other structures. Interoperability with existing components is maintained by the disclosed main beam adhering to the same external functional form factor. The external form factor being the same allows main beams constructed in accordance with this disclosure to properly function with existing formwork grid construction components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BOND FORMWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley D. A. Bond
  • Patent number: 11473320
    Abstract: A formwork element of a ceiling formwork. The formwork element has a non-fully circumferentially closed, in particular U-shaped, frame onto which a formwork skin can be or is arranged. The frame preferably has at least a first leg, a second leg and a base strut in between. The base strut is preferably oriented at a right angle ±5° relative to the two legs. The legs are preferably each provided at their end regions opposite to the base strut with a fastening projection and/or a fastening recess. The formwork element can be suspended by a worker from below into a pillar head and is upwardly pivotable. It makes it possible to build around an obstacle in a simple manner while maintaining a grid-like imprint structure in the concrete surface to be created with the ceiling formwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Peri SE
    Inventors: Werner Schneider, Eugen Belmann
  • Patent number: 11466452
    Abstract: A collapsible formwork element, the element including: a pair of opposing side wall panels; and at least one connector member extending between the side wall panels, wherein the formwork element is movable between an expanded configuration, wherein the opposing panels are spaced apart, and a collapsed configuration, wherein the opposing panels are relatively closer together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: RISE FORM PTY LTD.
    Inventor: Daniel Pszczonka
  • Patent number: 11426897
    Abstract: Buildings are constructed using the tilt-up technique from concrete elements that have contours that are at least partially curved. The concrete elements are made by casting in molds. The molds are assembled from mold pieces selected in a kit that contains a limited set of shapes. Molds assembled differently can produce concrete elements with a large variety of contour shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey Brown
  • Patent number: 11421436
    Abstract: A support for installing a porch post comprises a body. The body includes a ground end and a post end opposite of the ground end. A base is disposed on the ground end of the body. Two or more sidewalls extend from the base toward the post end. One or more open cross-members extend between the two or more sidewalls. The ground end may include a ground surface comprising grippers or stanchions extending away from the ground surface for securing the support with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Rob Lisle, Mark Ricker
  • Patent number: 11412860
    Abstract: A resilient unit has strings of individual coil springs (not shown) inside pockets 120 are arranged in an array. The strings together form a spring unit and are each secured to a common cover sheet S, which comprises a non-woven elastic fabric. It is welded ultrasonically or thermally whilst under tension in one or both of its major dimensions—i.e. in-plane—to the pockets 120, the material of which is substantially inelastic and non-woven. In this example the welds, labelled W, are located substantially centrally with respect to the generally circular end surfaces of the pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HS PRODUCTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Spinks, David Clare
  • Patent number: 11408187
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a mold system for molding structures (e.g., sand castles) from one or more various types of molding substances (e.g., sand, clay, snow). In one embodiment, a mold system comprises a split mold comprising at least two mold sections. In one embodiment, a modular mold system allows for different types of mold sections with corresponding joining elements to be joined together to create forms for molding various types of structures. In some embodiments, mold sections are configured to facilitate the breaking of a vacuum created when molding substances are packed into the mold system, thus making it easier to separate a mold from the formed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Create A Castle, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lane
  • Patent number: 11401716
    Abstract: An anchoring system for use with an erectable guiderail intended to be anchored with respect to a base surface. The anchoring system includes a female component being positioned and sized for lodging into a corresponding hole provided about the base surface and about which the guiderail is intended to be anchored, the female component defining an elongated cavity having a longitudinal axis. The anchoring system also includes a male component being operatively mountable onto a corresponding portion of the guiderail, the male component having an inserting portion being removably insertable into the elongated cavity of the female component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Erik Love
  • Patent number: 11400621
    Abstract: A barrier wall is formed by rotating a mold to a horizontal orientation so that a rear wall of the mold is horizontally disposed and an encircling sidewall upstands from the rear wall, the floor and encircling sidewall at least partially bounding a compartment, an upper end of the encircling sidewall at least partially bounding a first access opening to the compartment. A first material is disposed into the compartment through the first access opening, at least a portion of the material being curable. A cover is placed over the first access opening to enclose the compartment. The mold is then rotated from the horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation. A portion of the sidewall is then moved to form a second access opening to the compartment. A second material is then dispensed into the compartment, at least a portion of the second material being curable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Management, LLC
    Inventor: Gale J. Stott
  • Patent number: 11391052
    Abstract: The described Concrete Form Brace With Multi-Depth Rebar Positioning is comprised of opposing attachment members, which secure the brace to the concrete form elements. The attachment members have a first top end, and a second bottom end. The corresponding bottom ends of the attachment members are connected by a spanning element, which spans the width of the concrete form. The attachment members and spanning element are further connected by a plurality of reinforcing struts. Rebar attachment means at multiple vertical depths within the concrete form are integrated or connected to the reinforcing struts to provide rebar securement means at multiple depths within the poured concrete. The preferred embodiment also features vertical spacing between horizontally placed rebar to accommodate “L” shaped vertical rebar placement for applications where vertical rebar is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Dwight Lamm, Darryl Byle
  • Patent number: 11389347
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus supports a patient and comprises a litter. The litter comprises a patient support deck and extends longitudinally between first and second ends. A base is configured to support the litter and comprises a base lift mechanism configured to move the litter between lifted and lowered base positions. A side ramp is coupled to the patient support deck along the litter between the first and second ends and extends laterally away from the patient support deck to an engagement end. The side ramp is pivotable relative to the litter between first and second positions. In the first position, the side ramp is planar with or angled upwardly to extend above the patient support deck. In the second position, the side ramp is angled downwardly to extend below the patient support deck for contacting the floor surface with the engagement end when in the lowered base position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Shaofei Wilson Xu, Lance Erick Larsen
  • Patent number: 11384546
    Abstract: A formwork system for supporting forming panels to form a horizontal concrete surface. The system includes a height-adjustable support having a central upstanding member providing a vertical abutment surface and a support arm having an inclined portion extending up and away from said central upstanding member. The system also includes a beam having a transverse bar proximate an end. The transverse bar is supported by the inclined portion of the support arm so that said transverse bar moves laterally relative to the inclined portion as the support arm is moved vertically. The beam also has a foot extending from the end of the beam and abutting the abutment surface. The abutment surface opposes lateral movement of the beam relative to the upstanding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BRAND SHARED SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Allan James Becker
  • Patent number: 11384548
    Abstract: A sleeve for forming a channel through a concrete slab is described herein. The sleeve includes a sleeve body with top and bottom ends extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the top end is wider than the bottom end. The sleeve includes an attachment flange attached to the bottom end that extends laterally outward with respect to the longitudinal axis. The attachment flange may be secured to a concrete form. An alternative sleeve has an attachment mechanism protruding from the first end of the sleeve body for facilitating the attachment of the sleeve body to a concrete form. In some embodiments, the sleeve can also include a removal mechanism disposed at the second end of the sleeve body to facilitate removal of the sleeve body from the concrete slab. Various sleeve configurations are described, some of which are reusable and some of which are one-time use only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DPR Construction
    Inventor: Scott Baylor
  • Patent number: 11377901
    Abstract: A window device comprising: a window, window frame, a window holder element, to which the window is attached along a periphery of the window, a window-motion dampening element, and a coupling device via which the window holder element is in engagement with the window frame. The coupling device comprises a projection and a guide recess and is arranged at the inner periphery of the window frame and, from a normal operation position of window, it allows motion of the window holder element in a first direction in which the window holder element is arranged to compress and deform the dampening element, but prevents the window holder element from moving in an opposite second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Ulf Isaksson
  • Patent number: 11371278
    Abstract: A window for an above-ground pool is provided. The window includes a window portion (200) and a retainer bracket (250). The window portion (200) includes a window pane (210) and a peripheral rim (220) around a perimeter of the window pane (210). The peripheral rim (220) defines grooves (230) between inner and outer flanges (245, 235) on opposite side of the peripheral rim (220). The retainer bracket (250) includes a peripheral rim junction (260), a peripheral plate (270) and a joint (265) connecting the peripheral rim junction (260) and the peripheral plate (270).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Shuiyong Huang, Chun Yang, Changde Wan