Abstract: An improved thermal insulation barrier system for use in a grade beam, footing and wall assembly is disclosed. According to a preferred embodiment, the system includes a plurality of insulation panels which are interlocked with fasteners and aligned beneath a building envelope and extending inside of the grade beam, footing, and wall assembly. The plurality of panels is preferably aligned proximate to an exterior wall.

Abstract: A power lock system for stage truss towers for remotely locking a climbing truss sleeve block with its tower, thereby distributing the downward load directly into the tower and preventing upward motion. The power lock system for stage truss towers generally includes a remotely controlled locking mechanism that is mounted within a truss tower section with adjustable locations. The sleeve that slides or rolls up the tower is equipped with stirrups to provide a structural receptacle for the locking forks. The sleeve and the locking mechanism are equipped with sensors that indicate the sleeve is in the correct location for locking. The control system displays the status of the sensors and limit switches and uses logic to exercise the rules of operation.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a sealing strip and a floor tile unit. The sealing strip has two edge strips intersecting each other. Each edge strip of the sealing strip is sandwiched in a gap between floor tiles and a gap between baseplates of the floor tile unit, ends of adjacent edge strips of adjacent sealing strips are connected with each other in both a gap between the adjacent baseplates and a gap between the adjacent floor tiles. With the reasonable structural arrangement of the sealing strip in the present invention, the sealing strip is easy to be assembled, the splicing in the floor tile unit is stable and reliable, and liquids and dust are prevented from permeating into gaps between adjacent floor tiles and gaps between the floor tiles at the intersection of the edge strips of the sealing strip.

Abstract: A panel, with a horizontally and vertically active locking system, allows two of such floor panels to be connected to each other at their sides by providing one of these floor panels, by means of a downward movement, in the other panel. The vertically active locking element comprises a locking element in the form of an insert. The locking element comprises at least a pivotable lock-up body and an attachment portion. The locking element comprises a bending zone including a first boundary surface with the lock-up body as well as a second boundary surface with the attachment portion. The lock-up body and the attachment portion, in the non-coupled condition, extend underneath each other.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments as described herein can provide a door stop extension system adapted for installation in a pre-existing door frame. The door stop extension systems according to exemplary embodiments described herein can be adapted to increase a height of a pre-existing door stop by a predetermined amount. The door stop extension systems according to exemplary embodiments described herein can be adapted to cause a correction of a non-compliance of a pre-existing door system with National Fire Protection Association's publication 80 specifications.

Abstract: A photovoltaic module may include a first frame portion defining a first plane, a second frame portion defining a second plane angled relative to the first plane, and a photovoltaic panel mounted to the second frame portion. The second frame portion may be supported only at opposing ends. The photovoltaic module may be stackable with similar modules.

Abstract: A kit for mounting a frame in a partitioning structure such as a door, and a door including a vision lite. The kit includes a male frame half, a female frame half, and threaded fasteners. The female frame half defines an elongated channel, where the channel includes a bottom with walls extending therefrom with a width adapted to receive a threaded fastener. The first frame piece and the second frame piece are configured to be mounted to each other when the threaded fasteners extend through the first frame piece and into the channel. An installation of such a kit in a door, with window glass, may provide a vision lite in the door. The channel may be configured such that the threaded fasteners penetrate the bottom of the channel when the first frame piece and the second frame piece are installed. The threaded fasteners may be self-tapping screws.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems for connecting a flooring system to a vertical wall. In one embodiment the building structure includes a floor comprising a cementitious slab and a wall supporting at least a portion of the cementitious slab. A plurality of stand-off fasteners extend from the top of the wall into the cementitious slab and are configured to transfer forces between the cementitious slab and the wall. The stand-off fasteners comprise a lower portion and an upper stand-off portion. The lower portion is operatively coupled to the top of the wall, and the upper stand-off portion extends above the top of the wall and is encapsulated within the cementitious slab. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the lower portion is heat treated to a higher degree of hardness relative to the remainder of the stand-off screw.

Abstract: A prefabricated mold for construction of a concrete pavement capable of being easily assembled, installed and disassembled and being repeatedly re-used is provided. The prefabricated mold includes coupling segments taperedly installed at both upper and lower ends of the mold to be butt-coupled to each other, fixing rod insertion holes formed through an upper central region of the mold and formed through the coupling segments formed at both sides of the mold, coupling grooves installed in a plural number to protrude from an inner surface of the mold having an internal space formed therein, finishing plates having a plurality of protrusions formed therein to be inserted into the coupling grooves, fixing rod insertion holes formed at the mold having a slope segment installed at a front upper portion thereof by injection-molding the mold using a synthetic resin material, and fixing rods inserted respectively into the fixing rod insertion holes to fix the mold on the ground.

Abstract: The floating structure for supporting a wind turbine comprises a SPAR-type hollow precast monolithic body made of concrete prestressed by active reinforcement members having a cylindrical lower section (13) closed at its lower end by a hemispheric cap (18) which contains ballast (14) and acts as a flotation element and an upper section (12) located above sea level, which acts as a support for the wind turbine or other element. One or more of the active reinforcement members have opposite ends anchored to a steel ring-shaped plate (17) attached to an upper end of the upper section (12) and an intermediate section which has continuity within the hemispheric cap (18). The structure is preferably moored to the seabed by means of cable lines (15), through heavy weight elements (16) or suction piles capable of counteracting vertical and horizontal force components induced by the mooring lines.

Abstract: A modular construction panel is provided. The modular construction panel has a panel having a plurality of fasteners disposed within or thereon, each fastener permitting adjoining to a like construction panel for creating a structure. The panels are provided in shapes optimizing modularity when mated to other panels.

Abstract: A post sleeve provides a substantially permanent base for supporting a post for a fence or sign, and from which one post can be removed and replaced with another post. The sleeve includes a rigid, elongate body and a cavity extending within the body and configured to receive an end of a post of a selected size and shape. A unique identifier is provided that differentiates the post sleeve from other post sleeves. The unique identifier can be in the form of a string of characters or symbols affixed to the post sleeve, or can be in a machine readable format, such as a bar code or a radio frequency identification tag. The unique identifier can include elements denoting additional information, such as a manufacturer's serial number, a model number, a date of manufacture, a name of a manufacturer, or a place of manufacture.

Abstract: A new adaptable grid or lattice structure identified by the coined term “polargrid” is disclosed. A polargrid may be designed or engineered to fill any space between two generally circular structures and where the ribs will intersect with both circular structures at a node. The intersection of a polargrid with a circular structure will not occur mid-rib. Rather, a polargrid can be designed to always have ribs terminate at an inner or outer circular structure at a node. Polargrids have particular applicability in cylindrical structures or when interconnecting concentric circular or cylindrical structures that may or may not be co-planar.

Abstract: Modular transfigurable drilling rig system composed of multiple components, which system is transfigurable between a transport mode in which the components of the system are transportable and an operational mode in which the components are assembled to a drilling rig which is adapted to drill into a well center in the ground.

Abstract: A panel of a floor covering is illustrated and described, wherein a first side edge and a second side edge are arranged opposite one another and are formed corresponding to one another wherein the first side edge has first locking surfaces and the second side edge has a second locking surface, and wherein the first locking surface and the second locking surface are locked in one another. In order to be able to separate the panels of a floor covering from one another more easily and more quickly, it is envisaged that the shape of the first locking surface along the first side edge and also the shape of the second locking surface along the second side edge is inclined respectively at least over one section and corresponding to one another relative to the plane of the panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cuboidal housing for components of a HVAC system. The housing has at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet and a frame. The frame consists of twelve segments which form edge lines. The segments span six open side surfaces in a sealing manner with the open side surface of an adjacent housing, and an insulating means is located between the inner wall and the outer wall. Each panel element has a plastic profile wherein the profile has two bearing limbs each having a bearing surface. In the fitted state, the bearing surface of one bearing limb is in contact with the outer side of the frame segment directly or via at least one further component. In the fitted state, the bearing surface of the other bearing limb faces that side of the frame segment which is facing in the direction of the interior.

Abstract: System and methods for waterproofing a below-grade wall of a structure. The system comprises a waterproof membrane mounted directly or indirectly to an excavation wall within which the wall of the structure is to be constructed. A plurality of elongate waterstops are affixed to the waterproof membrane and arranged to form a plurality of compartments. A plurality of distribution tubes having apertures are affixed to the waterproof membrane to allow an injectable sealing grout to be injected through the distribution tubes and out of the apertures into a corresponding compartment. A plurality of supply tubes are installed in fluid communication with the plurality of distribution tubes with each of the supply tubes extending to a location on the interior of the wall to be constructed.

Abstract: A photovoltaic array, including: (a) supports laid out on a surface in rows and columns; (b) photovoltaic modules positioned on top of the supports; and (c) fasteners connecting the photovoltaic modules to the supports, wherein the supports have an upper pedestal surface and a lower pedestal surface such that the photovoltaic modules are positioned at a non-horizontal angle when edges of the photovoltaic modules are positioned on top of the upper and lower pedestal surfaces, and wherein a portion of the fasteners rotate to lock the photovoltaic modules onto the supports.

Abstract: A column assembly for use in a building foundation system is described herein. The column assembly includes a height adjustment assembly for use in adjusting an overall length of the column assembly. The height adjustment assembly includes an access tube assembly and a rod assembly. The access tube assembly includes a tube cavity that extends along a longitudinal axis. The rod assembly is rotatably coupled to the access tube assembly and extends outwardly from the access tube assembly along the longitudinal axis. A reinforcement assembly is coupled to the height adjustment assembly. A column connector assembly is coupled to the reinforcement assembly and includes a baseplate that is coupled to the access tube assembly. The baseplate includes an access opening extending therethrough that provides access to the tube cavity through the access opening.

Abstract: Ceramic floors and methods of making thereof such that the ceramic tiles are quickly and easily removable from the floor substrate and replaceable at a future date, and the ceramic flooring has crack isolation. A ceramic tile floor is laid by releasably adhering a sheet to a floor substrate using a releasable and not repositionable adhesive and bonding at least one ceramic tile to the sheet with a mortar. The sheet has a non-porous layer which is adhered to the substrate, a paper layer, and a water barrier layer to prevent swelling of the paper layer by water from the mortar and to thereby prevent lippage. The sheet may have an other paper layer to which the mortar is bonded.