Abstract: A safety line anchor (20) is installed on a peaked roof (12) to provide safety line connection points (36) for a worker (10) working on or near the roof. When installed, a first leg (24) and a second leg (26) of the safety line anchor (20) extend down either side of the peaked roof (12). The anchor (20) is installed by use of attachment means located on the legs (24, 26) of the anchor (20).

Abstract: A roof pipe entry hatch which includes side walls defining an opening, a cover hinged to one end of the side walls exteriorally of the opening, and a plurality of apertures presented by the side walls for receiving pipes from the exterior of the side walls into the opening, or handling pipes from the interior to the exterior of the building.

Abstract: An apparatus for installing a recessed smoke detector within a surface so that when installed, the smoke detector is substantially completely hidden from view and flush with said surface. Two mounting plates are attached to opposite sides of a housing. A pair of mounting clips attached to a cover are insertable, respectively, into slots in each of the mounting plates. The smoke detector is attached to the cover. The cover has the appearance of a loudspeaker-like grille or other similar device so that smoke can enter through apertures to reach the smoke detector. The cover after mounting is substantially flush with a surface, such as a ceiling. With the smoke detector substantially completely recessed within a surface and the cover connected to the housing, the smoke detector is substantially completely concealed, and protected from vandals and tamperers. The apparatus is easily installed, which is an important advantage with the increased need for smoke detector installation.

Abstract: A wall-forming panel (10) for insertion into the interior of an aircraft, the panel having a frame (12) with an outer surface (14) defining a cavity. A shroud (42) is dimensioned to fit within the cavity (44) and movable on an axle (84) between an opened position and a closed position, the closed position substantially enclosing the shroud (42) within the walls of the frame (12). A latch means (86) positively but releasably retains the shroud (42) in a closed or an opened position. The latch means (86) is comprised of a cam (144) and a cam release mechanism (172). The shroud (42) is dimensioned to receive a monitor (82) such as a small television screen, therein, and is powered by an electric motor drive (122).

Abstract: A flanged outlet, such as an electrical outlet box is provided for installation on an exterior wall of a building. The outlet has laterally enclosing walls the interior surfaces of which define an opening therewithin. The opening faces outwardly away from the exterior building wall. The box has a unitary integrally formed flat flange that extends laterally from the exterior surfaces of all of the walls about the entire perimeter of the outwardly facing opening. The flange is located behind the outlet opening. The flanged outlet can be employed in conjunction with upper and lower sheets of waterproof material, such as the waterproof black paper that is used to provide a moisture barrier in conventional building construction. A lower sheet of waterproof material resides between the flange of the outlet and an outwardly facing building surface and extends downwardly from beneath the outwardly facing opening of the outlet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protective device adapted to be mounted at the base of a roof. The device has a set of posts each having a base section which locates in the gutter at the base of the roof and a fixing device linked to this base section, at least two arms being linked with a pair of posts, by upper parts and lower parts mounted on the posts, at least two bracing wires with each of these bracing wires being linked to one of the posts to connect it to a respective anchoring element located on the roof and a net connected to at least one of the arms and to two of the posts.

Abstract: A telephone enclosure which provides wheelchair access while maintaining efficient usage of floor space is disclosed. The enclosure includes two telephone instruments. The enclosure may be constructed from mass-produced components while providing an appearance that can be customized for a particular business establishment.

Abstract: A prefabricated stainless steel appliance is provided for fast food restaurants that may be readily retrofitted into the preexisting pass-through openings in walls located between the kitchen area and the customer area. The appliance permits the serving of the customer with food with reduced personnel because of the elimination of frequent trips to the kitchen area from the customer area and return. The appliance includes an upper shelf for temporarily holding and keeping warm popular foods for readily serving.

Abstract: A telephone enclosure including curved sidewalls each having an outer panel, an inner panel, an acoustic panel and a body rail assembly. The body rail assembly comprises a plurality of rails, each of which have depending legs to receive the inner panel, outer panel and acoustic insulation panel. The enclosure further includes a back panel having one end mounted to the sidewalls, which together horizontally cover at least 180.degree., leaving an open front access to the enclosure. A support base mounts to another end of the post and a device for receiving a telephone. Further, the enclosure includes a ceiling assembly mounted to the housing assembly. The ceiling assembly includes spaced apart ceiling plates, a ceiling rail arrangement having a plurality of legs defining ceiling panel receiving slots to receive a translucent panel. The ceiling includes a light source to illuminate the translucent panel and the interior of the panel assembly. A shelf mounts to the sidewalls.

Abstract: A stud shield for protecting the service and utility conduits in building walls is provided. The shield includes a generally rectangular steel plate having a wall sheeting facing side and a stud facing side. An adhesive tape is secured to the sheeting facing surface and extends past the side edges of the plate. A release layer is adjacent the stud facing side of the plate and contacts the portions of the adhesive tape extending past the edges of the plate.The present invention also encompasses that the shields may be distributed one at a time or may be made available as a unitized plurality of shields, wherein a selected number of shields may be removed from an endless roll as needed.

Abstract: A lifeline safety system for a pitched roof employs a frame for mounting a lifeline system above the peak of the roof. Shoulders extend from the frame and engage opposing sides of the roof. An anchor comprising a generally J-shaped bolt secures the bracket assembly to the roof. The bolt has a hook which engages the underside of the rafter. A nut has a pair of arms for torquing the nut to the bolt. In one embodiment, two roof mounting pods are pivotally mounted to a shoe which receives a retractable lifeline housing.

Abstract: A system to mount soap dishes and the like to tiled walls. A galvanized thin metal plate is placed against the wall in the location of the soap dish with the edges of the plate extending outward under the edges of the surrounding tiles. The plate has many small deformed slits formed in it to accept and trap thin set mortar. The soap dish is bonded to the plate with mortar flowing into the pockets formed by the deformed slits.

Abstract: A medical service support column for use in hospitals and other medical facilities comprises a pair of open center side frames extending vertically from a rectangular base. The side frames are provided with mounting channels along external edges for mounting support rails extending generally horizontally at adjustable vertical positions along the front, back and sides of the medical support column. Shelves, utility baskets and medical devices for use with a patient are attached to the support rails by clamps at convenient horizontal positions. Electrical power outlet panels are supported along the front and back sides of the column. Spaced-apart upper and lower shelves are supported on cross members extending between the side frames along the front and the back of the structure, and are used to support medical equipment.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a planter for mounting within an existing hollow wall cavity such that it gives the aesthetically pleasing appearance of the plant growing out of the wall. The planter comprises a generally rectangular front port opening into a plant display portion having a downwardly sloped rear wall such that said display portion rapidly decreases in size from said front port to a point of maximum depth of said display portion. A downwardly tapered soil holding portion of a height greater than the height of said front port is located below and within the depth of said plant display portion. The downwardly sloped rear wall of said display portion and said tapered soil holding portion being of a shape and cooperating to accommodate insertion of said planter through an opening in a wall generally corresponding to the front port with a clearance behind the wall generally equal to the maximum depth of said display portion.

Abstract: A clutter-eliminating head wall for a hospital bed has two horizontally-spaced modules with services and service outlets mounted in the modules. The recess between the modules is covered by a removable panel. The modules are covered by sliding tambour doors that slide behind the center panel to provide access to the modules. A third module covered by sliding tambour doors houses medical services and service outlets may be used alone or in combination with the larger module.

Abstract: A telephone booth enclosure which has arcuate vertical walls which can contain advertising material. The arcuate vertical walls have an inside sidewall made of perforated stainless sheet, an outside sidewall made of transparent material and an interposed fiberglass material. The vertical walls have front, rear, top and bottom edge walls, the front edge wall being a removable aluminum extrusion. The advertising material is placed in the vertical wall by first removing the front edge wall and then sliding it underneath the transparent material.

Abstract: A hanging device for brick walls includes a plate member having a mortar line contacting edge, termed the base, and at least two threaded holes formed therein which are of unequal distance from the base. Two elongated threaded members, inserted through the holes, and the base of the plate member combine to engage a raked mortar joint of the brick wall. The base of the plate member contacts the upper mortar line between the mortar face and the upper brick of the mortar joint. A first elongated threaded member is inserted through a threaded hole which is closer to the base and proximate the lower outer edge of the upper brick. The second elongated threaded member is inserted through a threaded hole in the plate member which is further from the base, so as to contact the upper surface of the lower brick within the mortar joint crevice.

Abstract: An adjustable height mounting pedestal for public or coin telephones comprises a tubular post having a plurality of knockouts at varying heights ranging from a drive-up curbside height to a standard handicap access height. A backboard mounting enclosure includes an opening therein that conforms to the peripheral configuration of the telephone for which the mounting is adapted. The configuration of the backboard extends about the telephone housing forward of the rear edge of the front housing of the telephone so as to protect the telephone from prying tools. The backboard and post include dividers for dividing the space within the backboard and post into electrically isolated channels for telephone wiring and for power wiring. Adjustable channels fit within selected knocked-out openings in the post when a particular height for the backboard is selected. The mounting channels and backboard are temporarily supported during assembly, to facilitate assembly by a single worker.

Abstract: A corner-mounted shield for protecting monitoring devices includes a triangular protective plate attached to three adjacent corner-forming interior room surfaces (e.g. two walls and ceiling). Attachments to the corner-forming interior room surfaces are made behind the protective plate, usually through an opening in the protective plate, and are inaccessible after the opening is covered by a window. The window is attached to the protective plate with tamper-resistant fasteners and is essentially transparent to whatever is being monitored by the monitoring device. The monitoring device, mounted behind the protective plate and window, has a clear view of the monitored room through the window because the protective plate faces into and is within the monitored room.

Abstract: A curtain rod hanger for mounting between a wall and the frame of a window or door associated with the wall utilizes an elongate portion adapted to be snuggly received endwise and thereby secured between opposing surfaces of the wall and the frame. The elongate portion is plate-like in shape with two opposite flat side surfaces so that when operatively positioned between opposing surfaces of the wall and frame, the opposite side surfaces of the elongate portion engage the opposing wall and edgepiece surfaces. The hanger further includes a rod-supporting portion attached to the elongate portion and of size and shape that when the elongate portion is securely positioned between the opposing surfaces of the wall and frame edgepiece, the rod-supporting portion is in condition for supporting a curtain rod operatively placed thereupon. The rod-supporting means is of such configuration that the hanger can be operatively utilized on either the right-hand or left-hand side of the frame.

Abstract: A telephone booth enclosure which has arcuate vertical walls which can contain advertising material. The arcuate vertical walls have an inside sidewall made of perforated stainless sheet, an outside sidewall made of transparent material and an interposed fiberglass material. The vertical walls have front, rear, top and bottom edge walls, the front edge wall being a removable aluminum extrusion. The advertising material is placed in the vertical wall by first removing the front edge wall and then sliding it underneath the transparent material.

Abstract: A modular office panelling system has been improved by providing an air circulation arrangement of selectively cool or remove heat from a particular area defined by the panelling system. Fans are provided in removable panel cover portions which can advantageously be secured in the office panelling system in the same manner as fabric covered removable cover portions. Thus, the air circulation arrangement may be provided as an original specification or added as a retrofit in the field. The interior of the panel is also used as a large inlet plenum whereby the flow of air into the panel is at a slow velocity.

Abstract: To provide for modular arrangements, a six-sided pay telephone housing is constructed using vertically oriented panels. The panels are connected to each other using fastenerless moldings that allow for rapid construction of the housing and easy replacement of the panels. Provision is also made in the housing for an electronic information display as well as replaceable advertising placards.

Abstract: The unavoidable "dead" space beneath a rooftop site installed air conditioner is soundproofed, as well as weatherproofed, by fiberglass boards wherein the sound passes through open wire mesh sides of the supporting curb of the air conditioner into absorbing contact with these boards, instead of reverberating off prior art solid metal walls which heretofore bounded this dead space.

Abstract: A building installation includes a multi-level development with several stacked levels each offering a plurality of adjacent units suitable as individual offices, residential or the like units. Certain of the lowermost levels may be constructed below or at grade, and if below grade, then within an excavation that extends immediately adjacent the lowermost levels and includes a containment for water and adapted to provide a habitat for marine life. Windows in the wall of at least one of the levels juxtaposed the water containment permit direct observation of the marine life while walkways and stairways exteriorly of both sides of the building levels allow ready movement of installation residents both between all levels and ground level. The water containment may include a centrally disposed island with one or more cross-overs so residents may pass from one or more building levels, over the water, to the island and enter the water.

Abstract: A clutter-eliminating head wall for a hospital bed has two horizontally-spaced modules with services and service outlets mounted in the modules. The recess between the modules is covered by a removable panel. The modules are covered by sliding tambour doors that slide behind the center panel to provide access to the modules.

Abstract: A retaining barrier designed specifically to prevent unauthorized removal or stealing of a variety of objects from their intended mounted position within a supporting structure. The object may be an air conditioning assembly of the type found in conventional motel/hotel buildings, and being of the single-room air conditioner type mounted in a building wall and having one exterior face exposed to atmosphere on the exterior of the building and one interior face delivering conditioned air to a room or rooms on the interior of the building. A brace assembly includes both an exterior and an interior brace element disposed in overlying and substantially covering relation to respectively positioned faces of the object so as to restrict unauthorized removal of the object or air conditioning assembly from the supporting building wall.

Abstract: A roof structure and method of constructing the same wherein a large clear span is built over an existing or new athletic stadium or arena. The principal feature of the roof is that it is supported by Cable-Stays to towers standing outside the stadium and can be built over an existing stadium by cantilevering without entering the stadium, and places no added weight on the existing stadium. The structure includes a beam framework and a roof covering installed over the framework. The covering is fabricated of a clear skylight material to allow sufficient light transmission to permit a natural grass playing field, and it is openable to allow for ventilation.

Abstract: A roofing plate for the planting on greenery on a roof, having an approximately rectangular surface as seen from above. The roofing plate comprises a wedge-shaped upper section tapering in thickness towards the ridge, a central section of uniform thickness and of a lower section with an open channel on top. The combined length of the central section and the lower section (measured in the direction of the ridge to the eaves) is greater than the length of the upper section, so that a scale-like double or multiple roof covering can be installed. Several rows (25, 26) are installed one above the other, whereby a plurality of open channels are formed, and are located one above the other, are filled with a nutritive medium (35) for the planting of greenergy (36). Shell sections (32) are preferably inserted into the channels and hook into each other by means of beads and creases (33) so as to form a strong, sealed connection.

Abstract: A telephone booth wherein the sidewalls are box-like enclosures each having one or more advertising displays. The displays are illuminated by a light source located in the interior of each enclosure and the same light source also serves to illuminate the interior of the booth. The sidewall enclosures have an openable panel which permits the advertising displays to be changed from time to time as well as permitting access to the light source.

Abstract: A sun protection assembly (10) for shielding an air conditioner/heat pump from the direct rays of the sun. The assembly comprises a frame (12) to which a screen (14) is attached. Front and rear legs (16) are attached to the frame to support the assembly a predetermined distance above the ground.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting solar cells and the like on a supporting structure, the apparatus having a panel composed of an open textured, electrically non-conductive, non-woven web adapted to receive a solar cell, a plurality of mounting assemblies, each composed of a first element adapted to be affixed on the supporting structure and a second element releasably engageable therewith adapted to be attached to the panel, the mounting assemblies attached to and arranged on the supporting structure in spaced relation to each other and retaining the panel and the solar cell borne thereby in spaced relation to the supporting structure to define an air passage therebetween, and a frame secured on the marginal edges of the panel and incorporating channels for housing the electrical cables of the solar cell.

Abstract: A suspended ceiling has a grid formed from a number of parallel first support sections and a number of parallel second support sections extending perpendicular to and between the first support sections.The support sections are extruded from a metal having good heat conduction properties and are adapted to be interconnected by cruciform connectors thereby to form a lattice of regular quadrilaterals. The grid carries a pipe through which flows a heated fluid and which extends in a serpentine path along an upper surface of the first support sections and along upper surface of the second support sections at the edges of the ceiling. The pipe is secured in good heat conducting relationship to the first support sections by a series of clips. Ceiling panels made from a heat-insulating material occupy the spaces between the first and second support sections. The supporting grid thereby constitutes a heating system for the room below the ceiling.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an antenna on a flat roof without penetrating the waterproof membrane of the roof is disclosed herein. The apparatus is comprised of a rigid base having a planar lower surface adapted to overlie the flat roof, ballast means carried by the base to stabilize the base, and antenna support means connected to and extending upwardly from the base.

Abstract: Movable hospital unit comprising a rigid, parallelepipedal structure which cannot be dismantled and which is extensible, comprising at least one bearing floor, without its own means of motion, with heat-insulating side walls, end walls and ceiling, and a fixed cross partition acting, all at once, as a water tank, a means of dividing the hospital unit into two zones, namely a utilities zone and a hospital zone, and a means of providing heat and sound insulation between these two zones.

Abstract: An arrangment for mounting pipes and the like to a concrete wall or slab comprises a fastening device constructed in the manner of building blocks and consisting of prefabricated parts. A specially designed concrete anchor is inserted prior to pouring the concrete in a reinforcing matrix of a concrete slab or wall. It is possible thereby to keep the distance tolerances between the concrete anchors very small and to standardize all of the parts of the fastening construction, which particularly includes supporting rods, beams and diagonal rods.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for generating and measuring the flow of a gas, the device being particularly adapted for measuring the magnitude of air infiltration in a building and for locating sources of air infiltration. The device of the invention comprises a propeller-type fan for generating gas flow mounted in a gas flow guide, a drive for rotating the fan, an orifice plate located upstream from the fan, a damper or drive controller for varying the gas flow rate through the orifice, and one or more flow-directing vanes between the orifice plate and the fan, the plane of the orifice plate being approximately parallel to the plane of rotation of the fan, and the orifice and fan being generally concentric and spaced less than one fan diameter apart.

Abstract: An improved arrangement of so-called upper and lower curbs with interposed springs having an interconnected condition allowing for their delivery to an installation site as a single modular section, and at said site each section bolted together and then readily released from each other to then allow vibratory movement in said upper curb relative to said lower curb on said interposed springs, and wherein the release is produced by the force urgency in the springs which dampen the vibration of the air handling unit which is mounted on the curbs.

Abstract: A corner panel assembly (for mounting items such as speakers in a corner of a room where two walls and the ceiling converge) comprises a generally triangular mounting frame including three side pieces connected by corner brackets. The side pieces are V-shaped, having an outer panel leg and a wall leg extending from the back thereof at acute angle, wherein the wall leg is secured to the walls and ceilings adjacent to corner. A front panel is removably secured to the panel legs of the side pieces of the mounting frame, such as by Velcro, quarter-turn fasteners, or other means. The mounting frame is mounted in a corner, and the item desired to be mounted is secured to mounting panel, whereafter the mounting panel is secured to the mounting frame, concealing the frame unobtrusively utilizing the space of the corner.

Abstract: An improved arrangement of so-called upper and lower curbs with interposed springs having an interconnected condition allowing for their delivery to an installation site as a single unit, and at said site being readily released from each other to then allow vibratory movement in said upper curb relative to said lower curb on said interposed springs, and wherein the release is produced by the force urgency in the springs which dampen the vibration of the air handling unit which is mounted on the curbs.

Abstract: A lightweight mounting structure combination for small dish antennae is provided. The structure includes an upright mast for supporting the dish antennae. The mast has an upper end for attachment to said dish and a lower end for anchoring to a rigid-type structure. The structure also has a bent strut having a lower end for anchoring to a rigid-type structure and an upper end for attachment to said mast. In addition, a second strut is provided having a lower end for anchoring to a rigid-type structure and an upper end for attachment to said mast. Further included is means for anchoring the respective lower ends of the mast, bent strut and second strut to the rigid-type structure and for attaching the respective upper ends of the bent and second struts to the mast. The means includes a bracket, a threaded bolt having a shank portion for extending through the bracket and respective end, and a nut threaded on said bolt for drawing the bracket and respective end tightly together.

Abstract: A unitary metal rack having a latch means formed thereon. The rack provides a hanger for articles, and is supported from a frame and gasket assembly, as for example, a truck rear window having a frame, gasket, and glass, wherein the glass is held within the frame by the gasket, and the gasket contacts the marginal edges of the glass and the marginal edges of the frame. The rack includes a bent-up main body having a flat side which bears against a vertical wall of the frame. A hook forms the lower end of the main body. A lip forms the upper edge portion of the main body and extends in opposition to the hook. The upper marginal end of the main body is forced between the gasket and the frame wall, with the lip thereof being positioned in abutting relationship respective to an edge formed at the upper end of the frame wall. A marginal flat side of the main body is placed in contact with the frame wall. Various different objects, including clothes and the like, can be supported by the hook.

Abstract: A support system for landscape screens is disclosed in which the panels of an elevated or computer floor are provided with sockets which receive studs. The studs are mounted on tracks which, in turn, are secured to the lower side of the landscape screen. The tracks permit the studs to be located at various positions along the landscape screen so that the studs can be positioned within the sockets in the floor panels. The floor panel sockets are eccentrically located so that they can be located in a plurality of positions by properly orienting the panel within the floor system. Various height adjusting means are disclosed for adjusting the height of the studs, and in turn the screen above the floor surface. Further, various structures are illustrated for anchoring the tracks to the landscape screens.

Abstract: A medical power service column for use in a hospital room for supplying electrical power, lighting and gases and also for providing a centralized support for medical equipment. The medical column comprises a lower column section having an upper end and a lower end in contact with the floor of the hospital room, a see-through section having a first end attached to the upper end of the lower column section for providing increased visibility in the hospital room and a second end extending upward toward the ceiling of the hospital room, and an upper column section attached to the second end of the see-through section for supplying room lighting for the hospital room.

Abstract: A security tie-down apparatus includes an anchor bolt having a base plate secured thereto in axially spaced relation from the bolt head. A disk is rotatably carried on the anchor bolt between the base plate and head and surrounds the head so as to prevent grasping of the head by conventional tools. Such an anchor screw assembly may be fastened to each end of an elongated connector for securement of one anchor screw assembly to an object to be protected and securement of the other to a more permanent object or surface. Additional hold-down bolts may be provided for independently securing the base plate to the object and offset access holes through the disk enable passage of the hold-down screws therethrough. A special wrench key includes posts insertable through the access holes and into the hold-down screw holes of the base plate for applying torque to the anchor bolt.

Abstract: A bending and support bracket for non-rigid tubing such as polybutylene water distribution conduit includes a frame having end portions extending at substantially right angles to each other wherein each end portion has a bracket for supporting opposite ends of a bend to be formed in the tubing. A curved bend support surface is formed on the frame between the bracket portions and is provided with a flange which together with the frame provides lateral support for a major portion of the bend of the tubing. The bending and support device is advantageously used for providing bends in tubing to be run through concrete slabs and other portions of building structures.

Abstract: A support system for preventing the movement of pipes relative to a structural element, such as a wall, is disclosed. More specifically, a unique clamp is disclosed having a locking configuration located on the inner surface thereof. The locking configuration includes axial and circumferential engaging splines. The pipe to be supported is provided with a complementary locking configuration including axial and circumferential recessed keys. The pipe is receivable within the clamp such that the complementary keys and splines are aligned and interlocked thereby inhibiting movement of the pipe. The subject invention further includes a plurality of novel components for connecting the pipe to a structural element.

Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for mounting elements on a roof, the elements having a mounting bracket, and the roof being formed by a plurality of beam supports wherein are mounted a plurality of spaced transverse roof supports having a fixably attached roof convering thereon, the roof covering having a plurality of bores therethrough, said apparatus comprising a sleeve member positioned on said roof covering and formed by a plate member having an opening therethrough and a tubular collar member affixed to the plate member in axial alignment with the opening in the plate member thereby forming a duct. The duct is positioned in axial alignment with the bore in the roof covering.

Abstract: An adapter for use with a base curb for matching selected roof-top equipment to the curb without any field modification so that when the roof-top equipment needs of the building become known the adapter and roof-top unit may be installed. This eliminates roof integrity and leakage problems. The adapter is a substantially box member having a base positionable upon the roof curb and having an open frame positioned above the base. Inclined surfaces interconnect the base with the open frame. Channel members beneath the inclined surfaces add further rigidity to the adapter. The interior portions of the adapter include insulation so that condensation problems are eliminated.