Abstract: Exemplary implementations of a braced flooring tray support system comprise a braced pedestal subsystem and one or more trays. The braced pedestal subsystem may include several pedestals rigidly interconnected by several brace elements. The pedestals may include position-adjustable brace interface elements having vertical fins or an annular flange projecting radially. The tray corners are supported by respective pedestals. The brace elements may have an opposing pair of pedestal interface portions which include a fin-receiving or flange-receiving slot, and a pair of pin alignment apertures intersecting the slot. Brace fasteners configured to be manually installed in and removed from the pedestal interface portions. Each brace fastener may include a pair of fastener pins configured to extend through respective pin alignment apertures and respective attachment apertures when the brace fastener is installed.

Abstract: A light steel framing plenum includes a horizontal plenum member, a vertical plenum member and plurality of screws. The horizontal plenum member includes a pair of horizontal plenum flanges and horizontal plenum web. The horizontal plenum flanges have dimpled screw holes formed therein. The vertical plenum member is attached to the horizontal plenum member. The vertical plenum member has a pair of vertical plenum flanges and a vertical plenum web therebetween. Each vertical plenum flange has a step formed therein for receiving the horizontal flange from the attached horizontal plenum member. A plurality of screws are provided to attach the horizontal plenum member to the vertical plenum member. The lights steel framing plenum provides a generally flat surface for attachment thereto.

Abstract: A method and device for holding a subsurface layer of an elevated flooring portion of a floor structure at a distance from a subfloor in a vicinity of an opening in the flooring portion during a process of drying the floor structure. According to the invention there is provided at least one rod having a substantially perpendicularly angled end. The rod is inserted below the subsurface layer through the opening and the angled end of the rod is attached to an edge of a surface layer in the opening of the flooring portion in a manner that the rod supports the subsurface layer at said distance from the subfloor when the flooring portion is elevated.

Abstract: The mobile foundation for tower cranes and fast-erecting cranes comprises at least two floor elements made from metal, which may be releasably connected to one another, in particular screwed to one another, wherein the floor elements have anchoring devices for a crane tower. Transportable, reusable ballast weights may be supported on at least one support surface of the foundation. There is provided a passage element having uprights and/or side walls, wherein the uprights or side walls, respectively, have a height of at least 2.1 m, preferably of at least 2.3 m, wherein the passage element may be releasably connected to the floor elements, in particular screwed thereto.

Abstract: Devices and methods for forming voids or cavities in concrete such that reinforcing bars can be used to connect different pours of concrete, the devices including an insert having a base and an elongate member extending from the base, and the method including coupling the insert to formwork, pouring concrete into the formwork, which surrounds the insert, allowing the concrete to partially cure, such that it retains its shape, removing the formwork and insert to form a void in the partially cured concrete, inserting a reinforcing bar into the void, applying adhesive to adhere the reinforcing bar to the concrete, and pouring concrete around the reinforcing bar, such that the reinforcing bar joins the two pours of concrete together via the void and adhesive.

Abstract: A base for supporting raised floors includes a planar part configured to rest and fix the base onto the ground, and a raised part joined to and extending from the planar part. The planar part has a straight first cut and/or at least a first series of holes aligned along a line dividing the planar part in at least two parts, thus defining a line that facilitates a breaking action for the separation of a detachable part from the planar part.

Abstract: A floor system in a server room includes a main panel and a sub-panel. The main panel includes main panel inlaid cables and main panel connectors where the main panel inlaid cables connect a first set of the main panel connectors to a second set of the main panel connectors. The sub-panel includes sub-panel inlaid cables and sub-panel connectors where the sub-panel inlaid cables connect the sub-panel connectors to one another. The floor system provides an operating floor via the main panel and the sub-panel where the operating floor is raised relative to a sub-floor and the main panel is a removable floor panel to access a space between the operating floor and the sub-floor. The main panel inlaid cables and the sub-panel inlaid cables establish a current pathway from a power source.

Abstract: A mobile home anchoring system includes one or more beams extending from a first end to a second end, the one or more beams to provide structural support to a mobile home; a cable system having one or more points of contact to secure the cable to the one or more beams; a pipe embedded under a ground surface; and a concrete casing surrounding at least a portion of the pipe under the ground surface; the cable system extends into the pipe and is secured within the pipe; the cable system, pipe, and concrete casing provide for anchoring to the one or more beams to provide anchoring to the mobile home.

Abstract: A base assembly of a prefabricated wall system includes a base extrusion, a base track, and a leveling assembly. The base extrusion includes an upper channel that is at least partially defined by first and second vertical members, and the upper channel is configured to receive an edge of a prefabricated wall panel. The base extrusion includes a lower channel opposite to the upper channel. An opening of the upper channel and an opening of the lower channel are oriented in opposite directions. The base track comprises a base track channel configured to affix to a floor of a building. The leveling assembly is configured to reside within both the lower channel of the base extrusion and the base track channel of the base track. The leveling assembly is adjustable to adjust a vertical position of the base extrusion with respect to the base track.

Abstract: A set comprising a connection foot and a soil covering element support element, which support element comprises a basis provided for being applied on a surface raising pedestal, which basis comprises a stop member, which connection foot is provided for connecting the support element to the pedestal, which basis of the support element comprises a set of attachment slats, which connection foot comprises a set of first attachment members, the first attachment members being applied in such a manner as to be able to engage between the attachment slats and enter into contact with them so as to enable a translatory movement between the support element and the connection foot, which connection foot comprises a second set of attachment members provided for gripping with the pedestal and enabling a rotation of the connection foot with respect to the pedestal.

Abstract: A supporting element for cylindrical or column-shaped elements of modular elements for making raised and/or ventilated floors, includes a substantially plane base configured to be rested on the underlying floor, two or more lateral extensions arranged at sides of the plane base and coplanar with the plane base, coupling elements arranged on the portions of said lateral extensions that are far from the plane base. The supporting element includes a first series of projections arranged along a circle centered on the plane base, defining a seat in which a lower end of the cylindrical or column-shaped elements is inserted and housed, and wherein the projections of the first series are configured to adhere to the surface of the cylindrical or column-shaped element housed in the seat.

Abstract: A support stand (2) and a foundation system (1) for a building comprising the support stand (2) attachable to a structural beam (3) in which the support stand (2) comprises a pedestal (6) and a beam carrier (7) mounted on the pedestal (6) wherein the beam carrier (7) comprises a wingnut construction defining at least one substantially vertical wing (19,33) connectable with a structural beam (3).

Abstract: The invention relates to a paver supporting apparatus. The paver supporting apparatus has a pedestal with a top plate. A modular grid is positioned on the top plate and has a ballast receiving opening and a ballast is located in the ballast receiving opening.

Abstract: End fittings may be designed so that they connect to each other in more than two configurations. A first end fitting may be connected to an adjoining end fitting, removed, rotated ninety degrees and reconnected with the adjoining end fitting without jeopardizing stability of the position of each end fitting relative to the other. The first end fitting may be connected to the adjoining end fitting, removed, rotated an additional ninety degrees and reconnected with the adjoining end fitting without jeopardizing stability of the position of each end fitting relative to the other. The first end fitting may be connected to an adjoining end fitting, removed, rotated a yet further ninety degrees and reconnected with the adjoining end fitting without jeopardizing stability of the position of each end fitting relative to the other.

Abstract: A covering element for raised floors, comprising a decorative component made of ceramic material, said decorative component having a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side and a thickness greater than 12 mm, wherein the covering element comprises a reinforcing component arranged underneath the bottom surface of the decorative component.

Abstract: A mounting system is disclosed that includes a bracket configured to mount an object on a structure. The bracket includes a front panel, two side panels extending from the front panel, and a plurality of slots. Each slot is configured to accept a projection connected to the object and retain the projection within the slot. The bracket further includes a plurality of apertures. The mounting system further includes a retainer configured to extend into the bracket through the plurality of apertures and prevent, at least in part, the plurality of projections, retained by the bracket in the plurality of slots, from being withdrawn from the plurality of slots.

Abstract: A support for raised floors includes a base and a head coupled to the base, the head having a support body and a tilting element laid on the support body, the tilting element having a plate-shaped portion with an upper surface that is partially flat for supporting a building elements, protrusions emerging from a circular crown of the lower surface of the plate-shaped portion to create a profile shaped as a spherical cap ring, the outer edge of the circular crown being near the outer perimeter of the plate-shaped portion, the support body having an upper surface defining a cavity that is counter-shaped to the spherical cap ring at the protrusions emerging from the tilting element.

Abstract: Provided is a jack stand that includes a base and a post for extending from the base. A top is provided for topping the post and engaging with a load. The top includes a load spreader for spreading the weight of the load to the post. Advantageously, the spreader spreads the weight of the load to the post thereby resulting in a more heavy duty jack-stand, rated for significantly higher loads, than prior jack stands which instead can fracture under heavy unbalanced loads locally travelling along one side when the loading is not evenly spread.

Abstract: In an embodiment a system includes: an automated vehicle configured to traverse a first predetermined path; and a sensor system located on the automated vehicle, the sensor system configured to detect a vertical obstacle along the first predetermined path along one or two floorboards ahead of the automated vehicle, wherein the automated vehicle is configured to traverse a second predetermined path in response to detecting the vertical obstacle.

Abstract: A plate is to be installed on an installation surface for supporting an object to be supported on the installation surface. The plate includes a plate part having a support surface for supporting the object to be supported, and an adjustment part attached to the plate part and capable of adjusting a height position of the support surface relative to the installation surface.

Abstract: A head for supports of raised floors includes a support body having an upper surface shaped as a cavity partially counter-shaped to receive a spherical cap; a protrusion emerging from the upper surface of the support body and having a threaded side wall; a tilting element having in its upper part a flat surface for supporting building elements and in its lower part a portion partially shaped like a spherical cap configured to be laid on the support body, the tilting element having a through hole configured to receive the protrusion; and a ring nut having an inner surface and an outer lateral surface, the inner surface being threaded to mesh with the threaded portion of the side walls of the protrusion, the outer lateral surface being shaped to abut against the inner surface of the through hole in the tilting element.

Abstract: There is provided a floor structure for a booth that is installed on an installation surface and that includes a side wall and a door through which a user enters and exits the booth. The floor structure includes a floor surface of a space that is enclosed by the side wall and in which a desk and a chair are placed on the floor surface and a fastener that fastens the floor surface to the installation surface and that is provided so as to be accessible. The floor surface is divided, outside a range of motion of the chair, into portions including a removable portion.

Abstract: An adjustable ground support beam for an LED display screen has a ground support beam body and two ground support feet, the ground support feet are respectively disposed at two ends under the ground support beam body to support the ground support beam body, each of the ground support feet includes a supporting base and a threaded rod screwed onto the supporting base, the threaded rod is rotatably disposed on the ground support beam body and limited in an upper and lower direction so as to move the supporting base along a lengthwise direction of the threaded rod by rotating the threaded rod to adjust the position of the supporting base. This improves the levelness of the LED display screen, and is convenient for quick installation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paver supporting apparatus and generally includes a support structure having support surface, a modular grid, and a plurality of pavers positioned on the modular grid. The modular grid is positioned on and secured to the support surface and includes a body, an extension extending from one side of the body, and a plurality of fastener receiving passageways positioned through the body and the extension.

Abstract: In embodiments, the tarmac light fixture removal tool comprises a support base, a jack, a collar lifter, and a spacer. The tarmac light fixture removal tool may pull a collar of a light fixture. As a non-limiting example, the collar may be inset into a tarmac such that the top of the collar is flush with the tarmac or is below the level of the tarmac. The support base may rest upon the tarmac, straddling the collar. The collar lifter may removably couple to the collar. The spacer may push a plurality of hooks on the collar lifter outwards such that the plurality of hooks engage with a lip on the collar. The jack may push the collar lifter up relative to the support base when actuated, thus lifting the collar.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a support system for raised flooring made with wooden boards and to the relative flooring obtained by this system. The supporting system is used for obtaining a floor with boards made of wood or similar material wherein the floor is elevated with respect to the reference ground. The supporting system includes a trampling plate and at least three supporting feet fixed to the plate in order to support the plate with respect to the reference ground.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to a tile-and-frame assembly installable in concrete that includes a modular frame and a top panel. The frame includes four corner supports and side supports. Each corner support includes: a side wall, a second side wall, a brace, and an anchor. Each side support includes: a side wall, a brace, and an anchor. At least four side supports are situated along a perimeter of the frame such that the four corner supports and the side supports situated along the perimeter of the frame define the perimeter of the frame, and such that the frame size is modular based on a cardinality of the side supports situated along the frame perimeter. The top panel is coupled to the frame. The top panel includes at least one tactile feature.

Abstract: A double-telescoping leg leveler is provided having an upper member, a central member, and a foot. The upper member is adapted to attach the leveler to an appliance. The central member includes an external thread pattern and is adapted to rotatably couple the foot to the upper member. The internal thread patterns of the foot and central member include a distal end that is shaped to enable a retraction of the leveler. The internal thread patterns of the foot and the central member are also configured to prevent the foot and central member from becoming disengaged from the leveler when extending the leveler.

Abstract: A support for raised floors including a base for resting on a lower surface, an element for connecting and adjusting the local height of a raised floor, and a resting head for one or more tiles of the raised floor. The connecting and adjustment element has a first portion for providing floors that are inclined with respect to the lower surface. The connecting and adjustment element further includes a second portion, which lies opposite the first portion, for providing floors that are parallel to the lower surface. The first portion and the second portion interacting alternately with the head by rotating the element through 180°.

Abstract: A flooring element is provided for a raised floor including removable flooring panels and a supporting structure with a load bearing surface. The flooring element includes a warning element operable for moving between an inactive position in which the warning element is substantially concealed by the surface and an active position in which the warning element projects beyond the surface to form a visual hazard warning indicator. The flooring element may be for example a flooring panel, a stringer, a pedestal, an insert for a pedestal or an insert for inserting between a sub-floor void and a flooring panel.

Abstract: System, device, and method of reinforcement for raised-floors and for equipment thereon. A system includes a vertical support member to fixedly connect to a top-tier of a raised-floor and to a bottom-tier of the raised floor. The vertical support member includes an internal rod surrounded by an external pipe. The internal rod and the external pipe are connected via a top-side cap and a bottom-side cap. A modular-length slanted support member is further connected to the vertical support member. The slanted support member is fixedly connected to the bottom-tier of the raised floor, or to another, neighboring, vertical support member.

Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, a process of fabricating a unitized container panel is disclosed. The unitized container panel is fabricated by forming a multilayer insulated panel, which has opposing external layers and an intermediate layer therebetween. The intermediate layer is a combination of an insulation material (e.g., vacuum insulated panel, aerogel, etc.), and a buffer material (e.g., a foam board, polystyrene, fiberglass, minerals, plastic, natural fibers, wood, plastic, etc.) that bounds the insulation material. Pressure is applied about the multilayer insulated panel for a predetermined process time, causing the external layers to encase the intermediate layer. After elapse of the predetermined process time, the pressure is released about the multilayer insulated panel, thereby resulting in a unitized container panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paver supporting apparatus. The paver supporting apparatus has a pedestal with a top plate. A modular grid is positioned on the top plate and has a ballast receiving opening and a ballast is located in the ballast receiving opening.

Abstract: According to a resilient platform assembly, a playing deck includes a plurality of horizontally disposed deck panels. Each deck panel of the plurality of horizontally disposed deck panels has a pair of foot flanges on the bottom of the deck panels. Receiving shoes are attached to the deck panels. The receiving shoes are configured to receive the foot flanges of the deck panels. A transverse member is perpendicular to the plurality of horizontally disposed deck panels. The transverse member includes a plurality of notches. Each notch of the plurality of notches is cut in the transverse member in a predetermined spacing pattern. The receiving shoes are installed in the notches and the deck panels are attached to the transverse member through the receiving shoes. Resilient mounts connect the transverse member to a support assembly and allow relative motion between the transverse member and the support assembly.

Abstract: A mine roof support comprises two or more frusto-conical, tubular sections, the sections each flared outwardly from an upper end to a lower end thereof, a skirt portion of a section being received and secured within a neck portion of a section below in a frictional fit to define an interior volume of the mine roof support. A solid, compressible, load-bearing material is located within the volume. Methods of installing a mine roof support and a pre-installation assembly for a mine roof support are also disclosed.

Abstract: A flooring substrate system that uses one of three substrate components upon which various types of finish flooring may be attached above a deck structure. The deck structure may be open lumber framed or may be a waterproofed planar surface. Affixation of the flooring system may be by direct connection or by gravitational placement. Height and slope adjustable components interlock through a plunge, twist and locking teeth arrangement to form supporting members beneath the substrate components. A special fastening system is utilized between two of the substrate components to compensate for high wind lift load conditions.

Abstract: A system for mounting wall panels to an existing wall, includes a plurality of base assemblies adapted to be secured to the existing wall; a plurality of sliding support members slidably received in the base assemblies and adapted to be fixed therein by fastening members, each sliding support member including a central member slidably received within a respective base assembly, and at least one capture member extending from the central member; and a plurality of adjustment support members connected with the sliding support members for mounting the wall panels to the existing wall, wherein each adjustment support member includes an adjustment positioning member adjustably connected to a respective capture member; and wherein the at least one capture member includes a tubular member, and the at least one the adjustment positioning member includes a rod member adjustably received in the tubular member.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a paver lockdown system that prevents strong wind from uplifting pavers from pedestals installed on rooftops.

Abstract: A building support column includes a lower assembly with a connection bracket that includes a bottom plate. A body that includes plastic defines an exterior perimeter about support rods that extend from the bottom plate of the connection bracket. An adjustment leg that includes a threaded portion is movable within a center hole of the body to define a distance between the foot and the bottom plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reinforcement devices, systems and methods for use in constructing new structures, including post frame structures. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to reinforcement devices, systems and methods for replacing traditional wood and/or precast concrete columns utilized in building a new construction foundation, with a height adjustable foundation column assembly constructed from a corrosion resistant material. The present disclosure also relates to reinforcement devices, systems and methods useful for reinforcing existing post frame structures, particularly those with framing elements requiring repair.

Abstract: A method of reinforcing a structure comprising a wall built on a reinforced concrete stem wall may include removing concrete from the reinforced concrete stem wall at an exterior of the structure to expose the reinforcing material within the stem wall and create a space within the stem wall. A degraded portion of the of the reinforcing material may be removed. A hold-down may be partially disposed within the wall inserting, from below the wall, such that an upper portion of the hold-down is disposed within the wall and a lower portion of the hold-down extends into the space within the stem wall. A horizontal composite bar may be coupled to the exposed reinforcing material and to the lower portion of the hold-down. A cementitious material may be disposed in the space within the stem wall, around the lower portion of the hold-down, and around the horizontal composite bar.

Abstract: A device for stabilizing a metal pier installed in the ground. The device includes a device to provide lateral support to the pier and a shaft configured so that a force imposed, parallel to an axis of the pier, on the device is not imposed on the pier. A method of stabilizing a pier installed in ground to support a structure. The method includes determining the location of an unstable soil zone of the ground and a stable soil zone of the ground. The method also includes placing a stabilizing plate in the unstable soil zone to provide lateral support to the pier. A device configured to lift a foundation slab above the ground. The device includes a lifting bolt and apparatus that restricts lateral deflection of the pier when a torque is applied to the lifting bolt to raise the slab. A method of stabilizing soil around a pier.

Abstract: An infrastructure floor tile for supporting and positioning a server rack in a datacenter includes a body including top, bottom and side surfaces and a first alignment surface on the top surface. The first alignment surface includes at least one of a projection and a recess. When a server rack is positioned on the first alignment surface of the infrastructure floor tile, the server rack is aligned by the first alignment surface relative to the body. N horizontal channels extend from one of the side surfaces to an opposite one of the side surfaces, where N is an integer greater than one. N vertical channels extending from the top surface of the body to the N horizontal channels, respectively. Power, cooling fluid and/or data lines are connected to the server rack through at least one of the N horizontal channels and at least one of the N vertical channels.

Abstract: A green simulation apparatus having a configurable upper surface with a changeable contour may comprise a covering forming the upper surface and a plurality of vertically movable positioning elements forming an array on which the covering rests. Each positioning element has a head, a bottom element, and a support frame positioned between the head and bottom element. The support frame includes at least a first frame member and a second frame member each having opposite ends and being pivotally connected together at a cross-over point spaced from opposite ends of the frame members in a scissor-like configuration such that convergence of the frame members raises the head and divergence of the frame members lowers the head.

Abstract: A cabinet installed in a data center is secured to the floor in the data center by a seismic kit to eliminate excessive deflection of the cabinet during a seismic event. The seismic kit includes a bracket and leveling leg clamps. The bracket is secured to the cabinet frame. The bracket has a first member and a second member with the second member extending upwards from the first member. The leveling leg clamps are secured to the first member of the bracket. The leveling leg clamps have a rectangular member with a cutout to receive leveling legs of the cabinet.

Abstract: An electrified wire containing a plurality of integrated hubs populated along the wire's span providing mechanical and electrical and data connectivity to an array of removable device platforms with IoT device assemblies whereas the devices assemblies operate in real time, are either networked or stand-alone, and can be placed where and when needed.

Abstract: The subject invention is related to a waffle slab with a plug. The waffle slab comprises a plurality of through holes from the top surface to the bottom surface thereof along its thickness direction, and at least one of the through holes has at least one stop-profile. The plug has at least one profile complementary to the at least one stop-profile of the through holes, so that when the plug is inserted into the at least one through hole, the plug sits on the at least one stop-profile and a top surface of the plug is flush with the top surface of the waffle slab.

Abstract: A double-floor member includes at least one first guide rail (24) that is fixed to an upper surface and at least one first connecting member (27) that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the first guide rail (24) and is engaged with the first guide rail (24) so as not to be separated upward from the first guide rail (24).

Abstract: A system and method for lifting and moving a structure comprises at least two bolster assemblies configured to engage substantially opposing ends of the structure, a plurality of tensioned components extending between the bolster assemblies, applying a compressive force to clamp the bolster assemblies to the structure, and applying a lifting force to the bolster assemblies to lift the structure.

Abstract: An anchor for mounting one or more solar modules to a roof is disclosed. The anchor can comprise a clamp body comprising a central surface and a first arm extending from the central surface. The first arm can have a first clamping face. The clamp body can be sized and shaped to receive one or more webs extending from one or more solar modules. The anchor can include a rotatable clamp device coupled to the clamp body, the rotatable clamp device configured to press a first web of the one or more webs against the first clamping face. The anchor can also include a rotatable height adjustment member coupled to the rotatable clamp device, the rotatable height adjustment member configured to raise or lower at least the clamp body. The rotatable clamp device and the rotatable height adjustment member can be configured to rotate about the same axis.