Patents Issued in June 22, 2010
  • Patent number: 7739802
    Abstract: An undercut saw including a housing, a motor within said housing, a drive shaft rotated by said motor, and a blade mount mechanically linked to said shaft such that a circular saw blade mounted on said mount is rotated when the motor rotates the drive shaft. A fixed blade guard circumscribes a portion of the blade and allows selectable height adjustment of the blade. A stabilization bar on the fixed blade guard may be extended to make the device more stable. On the underside of the fixed blade guard a dust channel allows dust to be swept by the rotating blade into a dust port. The dust channel allows positioning of the dust port away from the leading edges of the fixed blade guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Crain Cutter Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance D. Crain, Tan D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7739803
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying system, which comprises a surveying device 1 provided with a function for tracking a target 13, and a remote control device 16 for remotely controlling the surveying device on a target side, said surveying device comprises a measuring unit 21, an image pickup unit 23, a first radio unit 33, and a first control arithmetic unit 29, said remote control device comprises a second radio unit 37, a second control arithmetic unit 35, a second display unit 18 and a second operation input unit 20, said first control arithmetic unit transmits measurement data of the measuring unit to the remote control device via the first radio unit when a detection result is within the tracking range based on the detection result of a reflection light from the target, and transmits an image data taken by the image pickup unit via the first radio unit when the detection result is out of the tracking range, said second control arithmetic unit receives the measurement data and the image data via
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Yahagi, Masaaki Kobayashi, Terukazu Nagashima, Yoshikatsu Miyao
  • Patent number: 7739804
    Abstract: A level for gauging stud orientation. The level includes an elongate frame, a level indicator secured to the frame, two support arms pivotably secured to the frame to facilitate holding of the level against the stud, and a coordinating arm pivotably secured to each of the support arms for synchronous movement of the support arms. The frame has two side-faces and at least one main reference surface extending therealong and having a mainwidth. The coordinating arm is substantially parallel to the main reference surface. Each support arm has a proximal end and extends to a free distal end to which an end member is secured. Each end member extends from a respective one of the distal ends crosswise with respect to the mainwidth and terminates in a stud-engaging portion which extends in a direction intersecting the plane of the reference surface. When the reference surface is against a stud surface the stud-engaging portions engage the opposite side of the stud for hands-free holding of the level thereagainst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Empire Level Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: Roger A. Bohman
  • Patent number: 7739805
    Abstract: A snap line for use in applying powdered material to a surface. The line comprises at least one strand of material that has been coated with water repellent material. The line may be used in conjunction with powder that has also been coated with water repellent material. The line and the powder enable a user to apply lines to wet or damp surfaces in a normal fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: William J. Vary
  • Patent number: 7739806
    Abstract: A combination measuring tool includes a main body having a first portion having a plurality of first graduations and a second portion having a plurality of second graduations, a transverse bar movably and rotatably mounted on the main body and having a semi-circular protrusion having a plurality of angle scales, a protractor secured to the transverse bar and having a plurality of angle scales, a pivot plate pivotally mounted on the protractor, and a ruler movably mounted on the main body and having a plurality of graduations. Thus, the measuring and drawing angle of the combination measuring tool can be adjusted easily and freely, thereby facilitating a user operating the combination measuring tool to draw marking lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignees: Nedful Products Co., Ltd., Qualipro Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Derek Theodorus Pater
  • Patent number: 7739807
    Abstract: A gauge device for use with a staple gun serves to align the staple gun relative to building siding to dispense a two prong staple from a head of the staple gun into one of a plurality of fastener apertures in siding members of the building siding. The gauge device comprises a pair of flanges arranged to depend from laterally opposed sides of the head of the staple gun at a location such that abutment of one of the flanges below a lock edge channel of a siding member locates one prong of the two prong staple to be in alignment with one of the fastener apertures and locates the other prong of the two prong staple above the top free edge of a nailing flange of the siding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Kevin Anthony Grant
  • Patent number: 7739808
    Abstract: The Genie disposable pedicure slipper is formed from a single piece of material that consist of polyurethane foam fabric. The pedicure slipper is intended to be worn as slipper on the users foot. The sole of the slipper is designed to conform to the outline of the human foot. The bottom surface structure is designed to give support, comfort and rest for the users foot. There are two strap portions of the sheet material. One of the strap portions comes from the heel of the sole and is cut to form an appendage. The other strap portion comes from the toe of the sole and has a slit. The two straps when folded over serve as a buckle by inserting the appendage into the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Sawsan Sharaf Cotton
  • Patent number: 7739809
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a sole assembly having a first fixed portion and a second removable portion, wherein the removable portion is removably mounted to allow replacement, at least one projection extending from a peripheral edge area of the second portion and configured to be engaged with at least one portion of the sole assembly, at least one aperture formed in the second portion and at least one securing device which projects at least partially through the at least one aperture to secure the second portion to the sole assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: K-Swiss Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Keating, Graham Jelley
  • Patent number: 7739810
    Abstract: An article of footwear for contact sports is disclosed. The article of footwear also includes pads disposed along its medial and lateral sides, including pads associated with the malleolus. Additionally holes along the toes, the bottom, and at the heel allow for increased contact of the user's foot with the ground, allowing greater feel and balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Luedecke, Stann Sheperd
  • Patent number: 7739811
    Abstract: In a method of rehabilitating a ballast bed of a track by excavating contaminated ballast and conveying the excavated contaminated ballast by a first conveyor band unit to a screening unit for cleaning the excavated contaminated ballast, the ballast bed is rehabilitated selectively, in dependence on the degree of contamination of the ballast, in a first or second operating stage. The first operating stage comprises the steps of excavating an upper layer of the ballast by a first excavating device which precedes a second excavating device, in an operating direction, and conducting the excavated upper ballast layer to the first conveyor band unit while, at the same time, the remainder of the ballast is excavated by the second excavating device and is conducted to a second conveyor band unit for disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Josef Theurer, Manfred Brunninger
  • Patent number: 7739812
    Abstract: A cutter head for a cutter suction dredger to be mounted rotatably about a cutter head center axis with respect to a suction device for sucking up material cut loose by the cutter head from the bottom of a body of water, which cutter head includes a base ring, a boss spaced from the base ring in the direction of the center axis, and a plurality of arms which extend from the base ring to the boss and are distributed at regular intervals in the peripheral direction, each arm has a series of teeth located on the radially outermost parts of the arm and directed outwards at an angle with respect to the peripheral direction, the direction of rotation of the cutter head being set such that the teeth perform a cutting movement, with non-return mechanisms, preventing movement of cut material from the center axis to the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Vosta LMG B.V.
    Inventor: Klaas Geert Wijma
  • Patent number: 7739813
    Abstract: There is provided a telescoping boom system for an excavating apparatus which includes a linkage member having a pivot segment and lever segment pivoted about a rotating fixed boom. A first hydraulic cylinder is coupled from the fixed boom to the pivot segment. A second hydraulic cylinder is coupled from the lever segment to a retractable outer boom. The first hydraulic cylinder extends to rotate the pivot segment away from a proximate end of the fixed boom, thus forcing the lever segment to rotate towards the proximate end of the fixed boom. The second hydraulic cylinder retracts and combines with the extension force of the first hydraulic cylinder across the linkage member to provide a retraction force to the outer boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Eric Beaton
  • Patent number: 7739814
    Abstract: A wear assembly includes an adapter with a nose, a wear member with a socket to receive the nose, and a lock to secure the wear member to the adapter. The nose and socket include complementary rails and grooves that vertically diverge as they extend from the front of the nose. The lock can have a tapered construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: ESCO Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher M. Carpenter, Robert S. Fleck, Terry L. Briscoe, Daniel R. Danks, Venkat R. Gaurav, Larren F. Jones
  • Patent number: 7739815
    Abstract: A ripper tooth for use mounted on an excavation tool having a tool body mounted for rotation on an excavation machine arm, the ripper tooth being mounted to the tool body for ripping engagement with a substrate. The ripper tooth has first and at least second portions, each with a tip disposed for ripping engagement with the substrate. The first and second portions are laterally spaced apart generally along the axis of rotation of the tool relative to the arm, and the first and second portions are angularly spaced apart generally in a direction of substrate ripping motion. The first portion is disposed on a first axis and the second portion is disposed on a second axis, the first and second axes being different. Ripper excavation tools with one or more ripper teeth of the disclosure mounted to the tool body are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Lee A. Horton
  • Patent number: 7739816
    Abstract: A method for stably and easily exhibiting a flat plate-like article such as a flat exhibited article so as to be easily observed and less turned over and the flat plate-like article stably and simply exhibitable so as to be easily observed and less turned over and manufacturable at low cost. The flat plate-like article comprises two or more flat plate-like members and one or more connection parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Ferric Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Kowatari
  • Patent number: 7739817
    Abstract: An inflatable exhibition product includes a primary inflatable product, an auxiliary characteristic inflatable product received inside and communicating with the hollow body of the primary inflatable product and an air blower assembly mounted at the bottom of the hollow body and having a hollow casing provided therein an upper chamber to receive therein a top blade set and a lower chamber to receive therein a bottom blade set. Rotation of the bottom blade set is able to inflate the auxiliary characteristic inflatable product and the primary inflatable product and rotation of the top blade set is able to suck in the particles from the inlet and project them out to the interior of the hollow body from the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Gemmy Industries Corporation
    Inventor: Sheng-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 7739818
    Abstract: There is provided a sign insert that can house the inner components of a sign. The insert can be easily inserted into and removed from signs so that either of the sign housing or the sign insert with inner components can be salvaged and reused if the other becomes inoperable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: ABL IP Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Logan, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Mark Wedell
  • Patent number: 7739819
    Abstract: An advertising sign configured for use in combination with a free standing security system having first and second sides and which is adapted to be arranged in proximity to an ingress/egress opening to a store. The advertising sign has axially aligned open ends and is sized and shaped to slidably fit over a lengthwise portion of the free standing security system. The advertising sign has first and second opposed side edges along with top and bottom edges. The advertising sign further includes first and second surfaces between the edges with an advertisement disposed upon each of the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Imageforward, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Hansen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7739820
    Abstract: A spring loaded display device is described particularly suited for attachment to the leading edge of a shelf such as a bookshelf, the display unit including a clip mechanism for securely grasping the top and bottom surfaces of a shelf at its edge, the clip mechanism hingedly connected to a display unit which can freely rotate about the hinged connection. The display unit itself, generally of rectangular configuration, is designed to receive a document, and includes a transparent face so that the document contents may be easily viewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Gary Liebling Frank
  • Patent number: 7739821
    Abstract: A lightweight, compact, collapsible, and easily concealed pistol. The pistol has a barrel and a handgrip which are pivotally attached to the frame. The barrel is locked to the frame by a barrel lock. Operation of the barrel lock releases the barrel, allowing the barrel to pivot for reloading. In the collapsed position, the handgrip folds to cover the frame and the trigger, which is retracted therein. In the firing position, the handgrip is rotated away from the barrel, and locks in place via grip locks disposed in the frame, and the trigger extends from the frame. The hammer is pivotally attached to the frame. The hammer incorporates a firing pin. A safety located on the hammer retracts the firing pin within the hammer to prevent firing the pistol in the safe position, and extends the firing pin to fire the pistol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Wayne Eugene Hamme
  • Patent number: 7739822
    Abstract: A device and method of using the device to attach an accessory to a firearm. The device is a longitudinally elongated, rigid, two-piece clamping coupling forming a longitudinally extending channel with a longitudinally extending seam and a longitudinally extending lateral gap in the coupling between the pieces. A set of longitudinally spaced clamping screws operably engaging both pieces of the coupling and extending laterally across the seam for laterally repositioning the pieces relative to one another to effect compressive clamping when rotated. A longitudinally extending receiving track is formed in at least one of the pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Larry Holmberg
  • Patent number: 7739823
    Abstract: A fire control system that includes an array of photodiode elements. For each element of the photodiode array, there is a specific optical path in the atmosphere leading from the laser to a target and back from the target to the element. Accordingly, each element of the detector array can be regarded as if illuminated by a distinct light source. For short time periods (in the range of tens to hundreds of milliseconds) the shape or spatial distribution of the refractive-index irregularities does not significantly change, and the irregularities drift with the atmospheric wind. By measuring the signal fluctuations by any element of the photodiode array, it is possible to compute the crosswind velocity. By comparing signal fluctuations patterns of two or more elements it is possible to define the wind direction and to determine the turbulence strength value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Soreq Nuclear Research Center
    Inventors: Joseph Shapira, Hagai Zmora
  • Patent number: 7739824
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for attaching an accessory to a dovetail rail interface comprising a mount body, a boss formation extending from a side of the mount body, and a clamping assembly received within the boss formation. The clamping assembly including a camming foot and an actuator arm affixed to the camming foot where rotation of the actuator arm causes rotation of the camming foot. The clamping assembly is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The mounting assembly further includes a spring biased latching assembly configured and arranged to selectively retain said clamping assembly in said engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Richard E. Swan
  • Patent number: 7739825
    Abstract: An illuminated sighting device includes an elongate light collector having one end defining a sight point that faces rearwardly for viewing by a user. The light collector is formed such that light can be gathered along its length and transmitted to the one end. The light collector further includes a curved transition section optically coupled with the sight point. The curved transition section has a radius of curvature that is sufficiently large to substantially reduce or eliminate light loss from the curved section and thereby increase a brightness of the sight point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: TruGlo, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul LoRocco
  • Patent number: 7739826
    Abstract: A bird decoy with its wings extended. A pocket is attached to the underside of each wing and slits are placed adjacent the forward edges of the wings. A stiffly flexible rod is threaded through the slits and the ends are secured in the pockets. Additional slits are placed on the trailing end of the wings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Jim Druliner
  • Patent number: 7739827
    Abstract: A holder for a rod and reel combination as may be used for ice fishing is disclosed. The holder has an elongated arm pivotally supported on a wall, pail or fixture mounting bracket for adjustable movement in a horizontal plane; and a tubular sleeve is pivotally attached to the arm for removably receiving and holding a rod and its reel in such an orientation that the rod points downwardly for selective positioning over an ice fishing hole. An alarm finger movable between a restrained or cocked position and a tripped position for actuating an audible alarm is attached to the arm. A fishing line engagement member is operatively associated with the alarm finger in such a way that when a fish strikes and pulls the line, the alarm finger is released from its cocked position and moves to its tripped position to actuate the alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Cyril N. Keller
  • Patent number: 7739828
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for protecting against and stopping an attack by stinging flying insects. The apparatus is modular and activated by an operator of a mobile conveyance turned victim of an insect attack. A tank contains an insect killing solution, and the tank is fluidly connected by a hose with a delivery system that is characterized by a plurality of spray nozzles. In response to an attack by stinging flying insects, an operator activates an electric pump that delivers the solution from the tank to the delivery system under pressure via the hose. The pump, hose and delivery system are incorporated into the tank, with the hose and delivery system disposed in channels on the surface of the tank, in order to create a modular assembly that may be mounted to the mobile conveyance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Raleigh William Baird, III
  • Patent number: 7739829
    Abstract: Insect pests can be transported around the world in wooden shipping containers. To prevent the spread of wood-borne insect pests, it is necessary to kill insects within the wood. The wood is placed in a vacuum container having a flexible wall. The flexible wall presses against the wood and enables the wood to be heated by conduction. The wood and flexible wall can to be heated by contact with ambient or heated air, for example. Desiccant or dry air can be used to increase the rate of dehydration. Insects in the wood are typically killed after losing 25-50% of their body weight by dehydration. This technique will kill beetle larvae, nematodes and other invasive and destructive insects that live inside solid wood, and is particularly applicable for rendering wood acceptable for use in pallets and other containers shipped internationally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhangjing Chen, Marshall S. White, William H. Robinson
  • Patent number: 7739830
    Abstract: A vacuum-creating fly swatter. A blade is flat and a handle is hand-held, slender, elongated, and extends from the blade. The blade has a plurality of through bores that are diamond-shaped and extend in a specific configuration forming a vacuum when the blade is swatted, thereby sucking in a fly. The plurality of through bores include one central through bore and four peripheral through bores. The four peripheral through bores, each of which is 1 cm high and ½ cm wide, are positioned substantially at corners of a rectangle. Two peripheral through bores are ½? from a forward edge of the blade, are 2¾? apart from each other, and are ?? from a pair of side edges of the blade, respectively. The other two peripheral through bores are 2½? back from the two peripheral through bores, are 2¾? apart from each other, and are ½? from the pair of side edges, respectively. The one central through bore is central to the four peripheral through bores, is 1½ cm high, and is 1 cm wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Leola Wells
  • Patent number: 7739831
    Abstract: A plant protection device having a ventilation opening shield that may be protectedly positioned between a housing and a mounting socket. A temperature sensitive actuator may be provided in the socket and the shield may pivotally move about the socket between a position impeding airflow through the ventilation opening and a position facilitating airflow through the ventilation opening. Various embodiments and features are disclosed including a reinforced housing, multi-part housing construction, and a shield mounting structure provided through the shield, among other features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventors: Carl R. Frounfelker, Marina A. Frounfelker
  • Patent number: 7739832
    Abstract: A floral arrangement assembly according to the present invention embodiments provides protection and maintenance of a floral arrangement during display, transport and/or shipping. The floral arrangement assembly includes a floral retaining structure, a base to secure the floral retaining structure and a cover. The floral retaining structure includes a floral holding material secured to a platform via a suitable adhesive. A plurality of prongs may further be secured to the platform and utilized to engage the floral holding material. The floral retaining structure may further include a plate secured to the assembly base with the platform secured to the plate via a plurality of ties. Alternatively, the floral retaining structure may be secured directly to the assembly base via the plurality of ties. The floral arrangement assembly may be placed within a water proof bag or other containers, where optional cooling and absorption materials may be placed underneath the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventors: Irit Elazar-Mittelman, Shai Mittelman
  • Patent number: 7739833
    Abstract: A foamed glass plant growth support structure, including a foamed glass substrate and a plurality of interconnected pores distributed throughout the substrate. The substrate is characterized by a porosity of at least about 80 percent. The pore size is substantially between about 0.2 and about 5 millimeters and the substrate is sufficiently chemically stable such that water filling the plurality of interconnected pores experiences a pH shift of less than 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventors: W. Gene Ramsey, Andrew Ungerleider
  • Patent number: 7739834
    Abstract: Cantilever gates (10) in the form of parallelograms include first and second bars (40) and a toe board (140) extending between and pivotally mounted to first and second posts (20, 30) and moveable between closed and open positions. Gas struts (46) assist in moving the gate (10). A lock (60) in the form of a pivotal latch (62) holds the gate (10) in its open position. A slide receptor (80) slideably receives the second post (30) as the gate (10) moves from the open to the closed position and can be removably secured to the support surface mounting plate (82). A pair of cantilever gates (10) can have their respective second posts (30) slideably related.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Garlock Equipment Company
    Inventors: Richard B. Stoffels, James G. Sidla
  • Patent number: 7739835
    Abstract: An opening mechanism having a cover assembly, a base mounting plate, and a lever member. The lever member has a first arm and a second arm, which pivot from a first position to a second position. The movement of the arms from the first position to the second position causes one of the arms to move a closure from a closed position to an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Steven Levine
  • Patent number: 7739836
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for establishing at least two open access door positions relative to an opening of a compartment. The apparatus includes a position defining member having at least one engagement element, and a stop member. The position defining member is adapted to be coupled to the compartment. A housing member is adapted to be coupled to the access door for movement therewith, and has an opening for translatable receipt of the position defining member. The housing member further includes an engagement element operable to engage the at least one engagement element of the position defining member to establish a first open access door position. The stop member contacting the housing member establishes a second open access door position approximately perpendicular to the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: John V Keane, Ronald Frank
  • Patent number: 7739837
    Abstract: An electric power-feeding structure for feeding electric power to a moving body which is driven to be raised or lowered, includes: an arm having a distal end connected to the moving body movably in a horizontal direction and a proximal end rotatably driven to swing, to thereby drive the raising or lowering of the moving body. An electrical wire is routed alongside the arm, and one end of the electrical wire extending from the distal end is connected to the moving body. In a vicinity of a rotating shaft of the arm, the electrical wire is fixed to the arm at a first fixing point and to a base for supporting the arm at a second fixing point. The first fixing point is provided on a straight line defined by the rotating shaft and the second fixing point when the arm is at an intermediate position of its swinging range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Suzuki, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takehiko Uehara
  • Patent number: 7739838
    Abstract: An easily and quickly assembleable bleacher includes basic light-weight component which can be assembled by one person, if necessary, and without the use of tools. The assembly includes a latching and locking mechanism for attaching the seat boards, foot boards and riser boards without the use of fasteners, and most of the other connections are made with pinned connections that save time and assembly. The upper guard rails are attached to lie in a slight rearwardly angled plane that provides comfort for the spectators and also facilitates assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventors: Keith B. Borglum, Carl H. Arns
  • Patent number: 7739839
    Abstract: An elbow is positionable at the lower end of a down spout. A protective strip fabricated of an elastomeric material is positioned over the bottom of the elbow. The strip is fabricated to include an elongated member in a generally C-shaped cross sectional configuration. The elongated member covers a portion of the bottom of the elbow. The protective strip is fabricated to also include an elongated component in a generally C-shaped cross sectional configuration. The elongated component fabricated of a metallic material and is totally encased within the elastomeric material. The component is adapted to be crimped onto the bottom of the elbow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Joshua P. Crabtree
  • Patent number: 7739840
    Abstract: A device for roof structures having a ridge or hip defined by the planes of two roof decks, disposed at an angle with respect to each other defining a longitudinal joint. A longitudinally extending cover with at least one coextensive channel defined by a bottom, two spacer walls and two lateral walls are mounted over the ridge or hip. The channel(s) increases the effective contact area to enhance the gripping action of the adhesive compound. From the longitudinal bends of the cover wall extend two perpendicularly extending walls with distal ends that continue with longitudinally coextensive flanges. The longitudinal flanges extend at an angle to be cooperatively and rigidly mounted over the roof decks with mechanical fasteners. An adhesive compound is positioned in the channel and over the cover. The adhesive is pressed so that part of it protrudes through the through openings positioned along the bottom, spacer and lateral walls that define the channel thereby creating a mechanical anchorage with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Tom Castellanos
  • Patent number: 7739841
    Abstract: The invention relates to framing for a ready to assemble building, which employs a novel connector for connection of a column to a rafter (“knee connector”) or a rafter to another rafter (“peak connector”). The connector includes a hub comprising multiple substantially planar hub portions. The hub portions include a first hub portion, a second hub portion integrally connected to the first hub portion so as to define an acute angle with respect thereto, and at least one other hub portion integrally connected between the first and second hub portions. The connector further includes first and second legs comprised of elongated plates. The first leg perpendicularly extends outwardly from the first hub portion, and the second leg perpendicularly extends outwardly from the second hub portion. Each leg has a plurality of holes therethrough for alignment with corresponding holes in a structural member, preferably light gauge C-channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Excel Metal Building Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas S. Puckett
  • Patent number: 7739842
    Abstract: A method of employing an adjustable apparatus for bracing one or both sides of a wall being fabricated from masonry blocks, with said wall having an opening near the base of the block wall. Bracing system includes strong rigid members assembled in the form of a right angle brace set having stiff vertical, horizontal and diagonal members, a connector having a length sufficient to extend through the opening affixed at a right angle location of one or both of the brace sets. A pair of such braces—back to back, and spaced on opposite sides of a wall—are interconnected together via this connector. Selected brace members telescope to accommodate increases in wall height and a manually adjustable outrigger screwjack at the remote end of the horizontal member eliminates reliance on prior art deadmen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventors: Edwin R. Hodsdon, Laurent E. Grenier
  • Patent number: 7739843
    Abstract: A pre-stressed segmented concrete tower for wind power generators is described, and a method for its fabrication, wherein in a pyramidal structure is formed by prefabricated segments, the structure comprising three rounded walls formed with semi-circular segments, and three flat walls, formed with flat segments between the semi-circular walls. One standard curved mold is used for the semi-circular walls, and the flat walls are fabricated horizontally, over templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Alejandro Cortina-Cordero
  • Patent number: 7739844
    Abstract: A composite building panel includes a substantially rigid planar sheet and a substantially rigid first skin. The first skin includes a plurality of anchors embedded in the sheet. The anchors fix the first skin to the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
  • Patent number: 7739845
    Abstract: An insulated building block having a three-section configuration wherein a first cementitious segment containing the internal core hole of the block is interlocked with second cementitious segment by a serpentine configured insulated insert. The insulation insert is operatively arranged to have multiple lips that mate with various indented ledges on each of the other segments in a location proximate to the surface of the cementitious segments. The insulating insert is also configured with wedge holes that accommodate wedges which press into the installation to maintain continuity of the block. The insulation insert has groves that in combination with the other segments form a trough in fluid communication with weep holes which extend through the insulation insert which allows for condensation and seepage of water to drain from the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Francis Kennedy
  • Patent number: 7739846
    Abstract: An insulating concrete block adapted to be interlocked with other insulating concrete blocks to form an insulating concrete form for casting concrete. The insulating concrete block including a first foam panel and a second foam panel supported in a spaced apart, parallel relationship to form a concrete receiving cavity. Each of the first panel and the second panel having a top end, a bottom end, a first end, and a second end. The top end and the bottom end of each of the first and second panels having an outside row of a plurality of projections and an inside row of a plurality of projections. The projections of the outside row being spaced apart to define a plurality of recesses and the projections of the inside row being spaced apart to define a plurality of recesses with the projections of the outside row being adjacent to the recesses of the inside row and the recesses of the outside row being adjacent projections of the inside row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: BuildBlock Building Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventor: David Michael Garrett
  • Patent number: 7739847
    Abstract: An improved siding panel has a fastening hem that includes an engagement member structured to extend outwardly from a building when the siding panel is mounted to the building. The engagement member is generally trapezoid-shaped in cross section and includes a first leg, a second leg, and an apex portion disposed therebetween, with spaced elongated openings being formed in the apex portion. The siding panel is cooperable with a fastener having an elongated shank and a head to mount the siding panel to the building. The siding panel is mounted to the building by receiving the shank through one of the openings. During certain wind loading, the apex portion is engageable with the head, which thereby deflects the first and second legs from a relaxed position to a deflected position where the edges of the opening can engage the shank of the fastener to provide a greater resistance to wind loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Alcoa Home Exteriors, Inc.
    Inventor: George A. Griman
  • Patent number: 7739848
    Abstract: An insulated building panel includes a male connector configuration as well as a female connector configuration that are both formed of generally bent surfaces. The male connector as well as the female connector extends outwardly from the side faces of an insulating foam core so that the foam is protected from damage. The male connector is formed by bending the metal edge into a generally U shaped configuration with the outer edge of the U bent downwardly towards the interior of the panel. The female connector is bent back almost towards itself and terminates in a curvilinear gutter portion. The female portion includes a detent edge that defines a shallow receptacle into which a male detent edge is inserted so as to lock the male and female connectors in a nested position, thereby securing two panels together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Kathy Trout
  • Patent number: 7739849
    Abstract: Floorboards with a format corresponding to a traditional parquet block for laying of mechanically joined floating flooring. Rectangular floorboards include a surface layer and a core with two long sides and two short sides, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along their four sides have pairs of opposing connectors for locking similar, adjoining floorboards to each other both vertically and horizontally wherein the long sides have a length not exceeding 80 cm and the short sides have a width not exceeding 10 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • Patent number: 7739850
    Abstract: A stud that may be used as a header, as a sill, as a jamb stud, in a support post assembly and as a floor girder. In one embodiment, the stud has a substantially planar web, a first flange and a second flange that each protrude from the web. A first leg protrudes from the first flange such that the first leg is substantially parallel to the substantially planar header web. Likewise, a second leg protrudes from the second flange such that it is substantially parallel to the substantially planar header web. A first return protrudes from the first leg and a second return protrudes from the second leg. Stiffener ribs may be provided in at least one of the web, the first and second flanges and/or the first and second legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Dietrich Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry Randall Daudet
  • Patent number: 7739851
    Abstract: The present invention provides a spacer frame for making a multi-sheet unit. The frame includes a spacer stock member having a first end and a second end, and a corner key comprising a bendable elongated body having a first end in the first end of the spacer stock member, an opposite second end in the second end of the spacer stock member, and a cut out between the ends, the ends of the corner key bendable relative to one another to decrease the spacing of the cut out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Davis, Mehran Arbab, Michael Buchanan, Stephen L. Crandell, Barent A. Rosskamp, William R. Siskos, Cory D. Steffek