Abstract: A wood railing assembly for use between vertical posts which may be attached to a wood deck, utilizes top and bottom rails together with a middle rail. The balusters include top, middle and bottom zones having non-circular cross-sections and the middle rail has matching openings. The top and bottom rails have grooves facing the middle rail and a lattice strip is secured to the ends of the balusters and fits within the groove on the rail and suitable fasteners produce a unitary assembly. The assembly is constructed using the middle rail as a template for positioning the balusters on top and bottom lattice strips which then fit within the grooves on the top and bottom rails.

Abstract: A poster resistant utility pole, light standard, sign pole or the like has protruding structures such as splines or ribs that decrease the surface area available for contact with adhesive posters and handbills, as compared to a smooth surface. Posters can be attached insecurely at most, because the accessible area is limited to the ends of the protruding structures. Posters that are attached are easily removed leaving minimal remnants, for example by passing a rake-like tool or one's fingers through channels between the ribs. The ribs can protrude radially and extend longitudinally from the surface of a solid or hollow cylindrical pole or other shape, or can be provided on a sheath for a pole over a limited height, such as from the ground to a height above the reach of an average person.

Abstract: A roof cladding system includes flexible, waterproof, plastics material sheet and feature strips each comprising a base strip and an interchangeable cap. Caps having different profiles may be used to provide different ornamentation. The base strip is flexible to the sheet and has upturned elongate lips acting as latches for downwardly projecting in-turned flanges of the cap.

Abstract: A method of laying a floor wherein the floor is built up of parts butting together at edge portions thereof and, which are laid on a subfloor. A layer formed of one of an elastic and/or resilient material is provided on at least part of a subfloor in a taut condition. Parts butting against each other are successively glued onto the layer of a resilient material. The layer of one of an elastic and resilient material may at an upper side thereof be provided with an adhesive layer covered by paper or a paper like material.

Abstract: Novel molding made of a polymeric material, intended to be attached via clipping over the head of rigid studs, notably of automobile bodies.The present invention relates to a molding made of at least one polymeric material, intended to be attached via clipping over the head [3] of rigid studs [4] having a T-shape cross section, in particular studs protruding from the surface of an automobile body.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a connector in which the connector can be inserted into or fixed to in advance the abutting surfaces of the structural members to be connected, an adjustment of direction of the connector is not required, its workability and installing work can be remarkably improved at the same time the connector inserted into and fixed during connection can be prevented from being pulled off and its superior high safety in shearing resistance is attained. This connector is comprised of a connecting plate 2 formed in a flat plate; a hollow tubular member 3 having its one end fixed to both surfaces of said connecting plate 2 and the other end opened; a branch pipe engage part 7 communicating from a side part of the base end of said tubular member 3 to hollow part; a hollow branch pipe 8 having an engage part 9 removably engaged with the branch pipe engage part 7 formed at at least one end thereof; and a fixing hole 12 formed at a predetermined part of the connecting plate 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a framing member for attaching panelling and windows to building structures which includes an integral and detachable J-shaped member and nail fin which obviate the need for decorative molding to mask the junction between the framing member and the underlying building structure. The J-member and nail fin may be broken away from the framing member to allow framing members to be attached to one another via a mullion strip to define a mullion between windows or panelling.

Abstract: A mounting clip for installing a roofing panel onto an underlying support structure in sliding relation therewith. In one embodiment, the mounting clip generally includes a first member, having a base and first and second laterally disposed channel members, and a second member, having a platform and first and second laterally disposed leg members slidably engagable with said first and second channel members, respectively. Preferably, the clip assembly is substantially symmetrical to provide for a desired force distribution and to impart a desired degree of strength.

Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly for extending the effective depth of a frame secured within an opening having a depth greater than that of the frame itself. A channel is associated with each segment of the frame and opens in the direction in which added frame depth is desired. Each channel has a similar, half-dovetail profile, and a frame extending member is associated with each channel. Each frame extending member has a profile that includes a first portion which is rotatable into engagement with a respective channel, and a second portion which extends in the desired direction when the first portion is retained within the channel.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a device for sustaining longitudinal compressive loads applied to the ends thereof, the device including: a longitudinally extending tube; devices to seal the ends of the tube; pressurized fluid within the tube, the pressurized fluid having a pressure greater than the external pressure on the tube.

Abstract: A playground deck is supported above the ground on a center pedestal through radially extending cantilevered arms connected to plates on the exterior of the pedestal and to each other through a ring disposed at the axial center of the pedestal thereby providing an integral support frame for pie shaped deck sections which include hollow plastic shells filled with plastic foam. The support arms have bottom and intermediate ledges on opposite sides which engage the pie sections for support and structural strength. A rounded nose portion may be connected to each of the pie sections at their outer ends to give the deck a circular shape. A plate interconnects the outer ends of the arms and the nose portions to the pie sections to rigidify the support framework. A web climber may be connected to the deck and includes a grid work of horizontal and vertical cables locked together at junctions by locking blocks which clamp the cables against each other.

Abstract: A screen for anchoring a fastener to a hollow block or brick wall which includes an elongate tubular plastic screen member having first and second opposite ends and a uniform diameter along its length. The first end is formed substantially into a frusto-conical shape that includes at least a portion thereof where the mesh of the screen is closed off. At least one reinforcement member is formed along the length of the elongate screen member that enables the elongate screen member to be inserted within a first aperture formed in a first wall of a hollow block and maintain the desired stiffness of the tubular screen member so that it can extend across the interior of the hollow block for blind insertion into a second aperture formed in a second opposite wall of the hollow block.

Abstract: The composite anchoring device consists of an anchoring rod (7) and a cartridge (3) capable of being crushed by the anchoring rod (7). The inner container (5) extends over the length (1) of the cartridge (3) and advantageously includes a central section (8), end sections (10) at each end of the inner container and conical sections (9) connecting each end section (10) with the central section (8). The inner container sections are crushable in succession as the anchoring rod is driven in. The individual container sections (10,9,8) have different volumes and are designed with first breakpoints (11) and second breakpoints (9') of graded resistance so that they are crushed in succession from the ends of the inner container towards the middle starting with the first breakpoints (11) in the end sections (10), and release water held in the respective inner container sections to the surrounding hardenable bonding agent to provide a stronger fixing.

Abstract: A specialized metal bracket permits the installation of wooden handrails between two upright supporting surfaces, such as posts, walls and the like, so that the bracket is not visible from the sides of the handrail. The bracket is L-shaped and recessed into the handrail on a side surface and bottom surface of the handrail. Two holes in a vertically-extending portion of the bracket are drilled adjacent to a bend in the bracket to permit trimming of a height of the bracket, as necessary. Two holes in the horizontally-extending portion of the bracket are spaced from the bend of the bracket to provide clearance from a post to facilitate use of a screwdriver to secure the handrail to the bracket. Both sets of holes are counter-sunk from opposite surfaces of the bracket so that the screws extending vertically into the handrail will not conflict with the screws extending horizontally into a post.

Abstract: A duct chase frame is substituted for a portion of the length of a conventional wooden or metal floor joist to facilitate running hot or cold air ductwork, plumbing and even electrical wiring. The frame includes a pair of elongated metal channels of uniform cross-sectional configuration with two metal spacers spanning and maintaining a joist accepting separation between those channels. One of the spacers is generally U-shaped for receiving and cradling a lower edge of one end of a floor joist, and the other spacer has an inverted U-shape for engaging an upper edge of the floor joist in a location intermediate the joist ends. The inverted U-shaped support is located near a first end of the pair of metal channels and the U-shaped support is located intermediate the metal channel ends. There may be a second inverted U-shaped support near a second end of the pair of metal channels for maintaining the separation between the pair of channels and for receiving and supporting a floor nailer.

Abstract: A plurality of vertically adjacent panels each has an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion, a support being provided for mounting the upper edge portion of each panel and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel. The upper edge portion of the panel has a downwardly open hook in engagement with an upstanding rib of the support, and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel has a further downwardly open hook in engagement with a further upstanding rib of the support, thereby to provide mounting on the support of the upper edge portion of the panel and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel. The hook of the upper edge portion of the panel extends above the lower edge of the upwardly adjacent panel.

Abstract: An improved steel and concrete floor system in which a corrugated steel deck is supported on shelves fixed to the sides of parallel spaced joists. Each joist has a top chord forming a shear connector to cause composite action to occur between the joist and a slab poured on the deck, in which the topchord is embedded. The deck acts as a form for pouring the slab, and is a permanent part of the composite floor system. The deck is fixed to the shelves either by spaced self-tapping screws or by spot welds. In the nonconcreted stage the deck and joists form a stable structure on which construction loads are safely supported.

Abstract: A kit of parts for forming a plant covering device for the protection of garden plants and shrubs from external environmental conditions. The parts are made of semi-rigid plastics material molded into component panels allowing many different configurations to be made out of a few standard components. The individual component panels are provided with flanges and joining strips for joining the separate component panels into a completed assembly and strapping arrangement for holding the plant covering device in place on a supporting surface.

Abstract: In constructing a masonry header, masonry header jacks are mounted in opposed fashion on the sides of existing spaced masonry stiles. A masonry header template is supported on the jacks between the stiles and the jacks are vertically adjustable for properly positioning the template prior to constructing a masonry header on top of the template. After the header is cured, the template and jacks are removed. The jacks include horizontally disposed base mounting arms that have a vertical thickness equivalent to the thickness of mortar joints in the stiles. The jacks are mounted on the stiles by positioning the arms in preselected mortar joints of the stiles when the masonry block or brick stiles are laid up.

Abstract: The insulating glazing unit in accordance with the invention consists in its simplest form of two panes 1 and 2 which are joined together by means of a shaped body 13 constituted by a textile spacer fabric. By means of its high elasticity, flexurally rigid rib fibers 16 the textile spacer fabric renders possible a force transmitting coupling of the panes and the formation of a dimensionally stable and self-supporting sheet body. This sheet body is suitable in particular for the production of frameless window lights.