Interfitted Integral Flange Patents (Class 52/588.1)
  • Patent number: 8590252
    Abstract: Floor, ceiling and wall covering (01) material, consisting of natural stones, i.e. marble, granite, limestone, onyx, travertine and sandstone, cement based tiles, softwood and hardwood, wood fiber HDF, MDF, agglomerated cork, rubber, and composite tile materials, such as stone, quartz or vinyl composition tiles, in format of tile slabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Inventor: Eurico Januario Cordeiro
  • Publication number: 20130305648
    Abstract: A wall panel system includes a base track and a plurality of interlocking wall panels. Each wall panel includes a continuous and unitarily formed first panel member and a continuous and unitarily formed second panel member. Each panel member includes a first face portion, an edge portion, and a plurality of connection members. The first and second panel members are interconnected by the plurality of connection member on the first panel member engaging the plurality of connection members on the second panel member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: Douglas B. Spear
  • Publication number: 20130305649
    Abstract: A floor covering is composed of a plurality of hard floor panels wherein the floor panels show a common general decor and may differ from each other in respect to their appearance and/or on their own have zones of a differing appearance. The floor panels, at least at two opposite sides or edges thereof, are provided with coupling parts allowing that two of such floor panels can cooperate with each other at these sides. At least some of the floor panels possess at least one chamfer, such as a beveled edge or the like, wherein the surfaces of these chamfers are provided, at least partially, with a separately applied decorative covering including at least a decorative layer. The appearance of the decorative covering is realized in a manner varying in function of differences occurring in the decor of the floor covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventor: Bernard THIERS
  • Patent number: 8584424
    Abstract: A base member, clip assembly, and panels forming a panel system with a covered seam. The base member is configured at each building structural support. The clip assembly includes a base clip slidably situated within base member between the seam, the base clip further having a vertical web and various flanges. A retainer clip engages the base clip such that retainer clip, base clip, and base member all make contact with both panels. A batten then snaps into and engages upstanding legs of the panels to further secure the panels at the seam, filling a recess. In an alternative embodiment of the clip assembly, the top of the base clip terminates at L-shaped flanges which lock a slotted, U-shaped retainer clip. In a further embodiment, the top of the base clip terminates at a loop, and the retainer “clip” is formed as a flexible seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Extech/Exterior Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Smith, William P. Voegele, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8584425
    Abstract: A mounting clip and wall panel assembly is dimensioned for securement along an associated wall structure. The wall panel is formed from a thin-walled material having a substantially uniform thickness. The wall panel has a longitudinally-extending length, and includes first and second longitudinally-extending edges with a mounting wall portion extending lengthwise along the first edge. The mounting clip includes a fastener portion dimensioned for securement along the associated wall structure, and a panel-engaging portion configured to interengage the mounting wall portion of the wall panel. A mounting clip and wall panel kit, and a method of assembly are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Firestone Building Products Company, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne M. Wagner, Robert T. Griffiths
  • Patent number: 8584432
    Abstract: A panel, especially floor panel comprises a core produced of a wood product or a mixture of a wood product/synthetic material. The panel includes a top and a bottom, and is provided with mating hook elements on at least two opposite lateral edges thereof. The first hook element is formed by a profiled section which is essentially open to the top and the second hook element is formed by a profiled section which is essentially open to the bottom. The profiled section on the first hook element forms a projection which is essentially facing the top and on the second hook element forms a projection which is essentially open to the bottom. Two identical panels can be interconnected and interlocked by an essentially vertical joining movement in the horizontal and the vertical direction. At least one of the projections is deviated during the joining movement in the horizontal direction and then snaps into a locking edge which extends essentially in the horizontal direction to vertically lock the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Roger Braun
  • Patent number: 8584423
    Abstract: Floor panels and floor elements therefore are made of sheet-shaped cores which are formed with sealing means for preventing or counteracting changes in the properties of the floor panels caused by moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Tony Pervan
  • Publication number: 20130298487
    Abstract: A set of essentially identical floorboards each including a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction, said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Marcus Bergelin, Mats Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20130291467
    Abstract: Flooring material including sheet-shaped floor elements with a mainly square or rectangular shape. The floor elements are provided with edges, a lower side and an upper decorative layer. The floor elements are intended to be joined by means of joining members. The floor elements are provided with male joining members on a first edge while a second edge of the floor elements are provided with a female joining member. The male joining member is provided with a tongue and a lower side groove while the female joining member is provided with a groove and a cheek, the cheek being provided with a lip. The floor elements are provided with a male vertical assembly joining member on a third edge while a fourth, opposite, edge is provided with female vertical assembly joining member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: PERGO (EUROPE) AB
  • Publication number: 20130291473
    Abstract: Provided with is a partitioning device comprises a first fixture including a first base beam and a pair of first skirt extending upward. A second supporting fixture includes a second base beam which is distant horizontally to the first base beam and a pair of second skirt extending upward thereof. The second skirt is distant to the first skirt. A partitioning board is spanned over the first and second fixtures, and has a main board with a third and fourth skirts extending downward and inward thereof with a slightly tilted first and second angles. Wherein when the partitioning board is interengaged with the first and second fixtures, the first skirt will engage with the third skirt, and the second skirt will engage with the fourth skirt. By the provision disclosed above, the first and second fixtures are securely interengaged with the partitioning board. The overall structure is strong and reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zenghong Chen, Chunhao Wu, Kunhsien Lin, Xiande Li, Yongqiang Wang, Weibing Yang, Zhenhua Guo, Yunshao Jiang
  • Publication number: 20130291474
    Abstract: A modular floor tile comprising a substrate having a first land with a support surface and first and second perimeter portions each defining a second land with a surface recessed relative to the support surface, the first and second perimeter portions each defining spaced-apart T-lugs and alternating T-recesses, whereby two tiles join together by the T-recesses of a first tile receiving respective T-lugs of a second tile, and the support surface supporting footwear remote from the second land to avoid scuffing against the joined T-lugs and T-recesses which resist separation of adjacent tiles during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MMI Andersen Company, LLC
    Inventors: William Leon Tillery, Walter Robb Andersen
  • Publication number: 20130284223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a panel for use in the assembly of a modular hot work habitat so as to form an enclosure to facilitate hot working. The panels comprise a first layer of flexible structural material, and a second layer of flexible fireproof material fixed to the structural layer. A habitat comprising a plurality of interconnected panels is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Philip Graham Watters
  • Publication number: 20130283710
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a connector assembly comprises: a connector; and a pair of side collectors, each comprising a connector engagement region having a size and geometry to mate with the connector so as to hold ends of two adjacent panels together; and a panel engagement region comprising a receiving area and having a size to attach onto an edge of the panel; and a clip, wherein the clip has a base that can be attached to a support, an engagement, and a stem extending therebetween, wherein the engagement has an extension projecting from a side of the engagement, wherein the panel engagement region further comprises an opening in a joint wall on a side of the panel engagement region opposite the receiving area, wherein the opening is configured to receive the extension of the engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Matthew Laurin, Matthew Frank Niemeyer, Scott Michael Davis, Charlie Woodrow Wood, Przemyslaw Olszynski
  • Publication number: 20130283720
    Abstract: Building panels each comprise an upper first element of solid wood fixed to a lower second element of solid wood. The first and the lower second element are of different wood species. The building panels are provided with a mechanical locking system which comprises a locking strip at a first edge of a first building panel. The locking strip is provided with a locking element configured to cooperate with a locking groove at a second edge of a second building panel for horizontal locking of the first and the second building panels when a tension force is applied. The fibre direction of the first and the lower second elements is essentially along the first and the second edges. The lower second element has about the same or higher moisture shrinkage value than the first element. The locking strip comprises material of the lower second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko PERVAN, Hans BRÄNNSTRÖM
  • Publication number: 20130276398
    Abstract: The invention relates to a panel (1, 2, 27, 28) comprising a body (1?, 2?) having at least one plastic layer, complementary locking means (V) provided in pairs on opposite panel edges, at least one pair of locking means having hook profiles (H), namely a receiving hook (5) and a locking hook opposite thereto, wherein the receiving hook (5) comprises a hook edge (8) disposed away from the body and a receiving recess (9) disposed near the body, wherein the receiving recess (9) is open to the top side (7), wherein the locking hook (6) has a locking recess (11) disposed near the body and open to the bottom side and comprises a locking step (12) disposed away from the body and fitting in the receiving recess (9) of the receiving hook (5) in the vertical joining direction, wherein the locking hook (6) comprises a joint surface (13); away from the body and a vertically active locking contour (14) also away from the body, wherein the receiving hook (5) comprises a joint surface (15) closer to the body and a form-fit
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE GMBH
    Inventor: Hans-Juergen Hannig
  • Publication number: 20130279979
    Abstract: The disclosure provides, among other things, a paver that includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral side. The peripheral side is defined about a perimeter of the paver and joins the bottom and top surfaces. The peripheral side defines a peripheral edge displaced from the top surface and the bottom surface that traverses the perimeter of the body along the peripheral side. The edge is adapted to engage a complementary edge on a peripheral side of an adjacent paver, such that the pavers interlock when a vertical force is applied to the paver. In another aspect, a masonry wall unit is provided for building walls similar in concept to the paver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Pollack
  • Publication number: 20130269280
    Abstract: An elongated generally rectangular ceiling plank formed of wood or plastic composition and has opposite elongated side edges with a length that is between nine and ten times the width of the opposite end edges. The ceiling plank includes complementary tongue and groove engagement portions formed at the sides and ends for side-by-side or end-to-end engagement with other similar planks. In a ceiling plank installation a ceiling plank securement clip secures the side groove portion of one plank to a ceiling. The secured plank can be joined to another plank in side-by-side or end-to-end engagement at a ceiling by interengagement with the tongue portion at the side or end of the other plank. The ceiling plank is approximately forty-eight inches long and five inches wide and can thus be easily handled and installed by one person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: TOWER IPCO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Norman STONE
  • Publication number: 20130269279
    Abstract: The invention provides a new floor covering panel and floor covering system in which the floor covering panels include first and second generally planar surfaces, first and second side edges containing first and second complementary coupling members, respectively, and a barrier composition selectively applied to at least a portion of at least one of the first and second coupling members for providing a moisture barrier to prevent water penetration below the first surface of the floor covering panel. The barrier composition may be applied to at least one of the first or second coupling members during the floor covering manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Gregory Fowler
  • Publication number: 20130263529
    Abstract: A reinforcement rib for an overhead structure comprises a pair of sidewalls and a top wall that bridges one end of each sidewall. A lower flange extends outwardly from an opposite end of each sidewall. Each lower flange is adapted to be secured to the overhead structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Michael W. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20130263546
    Abstract: Floorboards comprising a core and a surface layer with curved edge portions, which are formed by a compression of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: DARKO PERVAN
  • Publication number: 20130263541
    Abstract: A moisture and vapor barrier strip of polymeric rubber material of preselected length, width and thickness is inserted between gaps of vinyl siding panels on each level of a home vinyl installation to restrict the passage of air, rain and snow around the vinyl siding panels into the interior of the home as weather conditions change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Gary L. Ledgerwood
  • Publication number: 20130263547
    Abstract: Building panels 1, 1? provided with a mechanical locking system including a tongue 30, at an edge of a first panel 1, cooperating with a tongue groove 20, at an edge of an adjacent second panel 1?, for vertical locking of the building panels. The edge of the first panel is provided with a displacement groove 60, which is downwardly open, and includes an inner wall 61, an outer wall 62, and an upper wall 67. The tongue 30 is formed out of the edge of the first panel. A resilient and displaceable and part 66 of the tongue 30 is displaceable into the displacement groove 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: CHRISTIAN BOO
  • Patent number: 8544231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a floor panel (1) which is designed as a multi-ply laminate and comprises at least one plastic support (30), a décor layer (31) applied to a top face of the plastic support, a transparent covering (32) applied to the décor layer, and a backing layer (33) applied to the lower face of the elastic support, the panel having pairs of opposite lateral edges (3, 4; 5, 6) comprising complementary holding profiles. The holding profiles of at least one of the two lateral edge pairs are designed as form-locking complementary hook-type profiles and comprise a receiving hook (9) which faces the top face (2) of the floor panel, and a locking hook (10) arranged on the opposite lateral edge, which faces the lower face (7) of the floor panel. The locking hook (10) comprises a snap-in element (12, 13, 14) on a distal lateral face (11), said snap-in element being associated with a complementary snap-in element (22, 23, 21) on a proximal lateral face (20) of the hook profile having the receiving hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Akzenta Paneele & Profile GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Juergen Hannig
  • Patent number: 8544234
    Abstract: Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Marcus Nilsson Ståhl
  • Patent number: 8544230
    Abstract: Floor panels (1b, 1c) provided with a mechanical locking system made of a separate material in order to reduce snapping resistance during vertical displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • Patent number: 8544232
    Abstract: A covering panel has a support plate, made from synthetic plastic material, with a flat and even top surface, a bottom face and pairs of opposite sides provided with complementary profile edges in the form of a male profile edge on one side and a female profile edge on the other, where said male profiled edge can be connected to a female edge of an equal adjacent covering panel, preferably according to a direction that runs perpendicular to said top surface. In their bottom face there are strip-shaped recesses that run according to the direction of extrusion and alternate with a number of support strips, of which at least a part has a width S along that bottom face that complies with 1.5T<S<10T, and whereby 0.4T<C<0.7T applies, in which C is the average depth of these recesses. A process extrudes a synthetic plastic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Parcolys N.V.
    Inventors: Carlos Wybo, Sammy Lasseel
  • Patent number: 8544233
    Abstract: Flooring material including sheet-shaped floor elements with a mainly square or rectangular shape. The floor elements are provided with edges, a lower side and an upper decorative layer. The floor elements are intended to be joined by means of joining members. The floor elements are provided with male joining members on a first edge while a second edge of the floor elements are provided with a female joining member. The male joining member is provided with a tongue and a lower side groove while the female joining member is provided with a groove and a cheek, the cheek being provided with a lip. The floor elements are provided with a male vertical assembly joining member on a third edge while a fourth, opposite, edge is provided with female vertical assembly joining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Pergo (Europe) AB
    Inventors: Jorgen Palsson, Ake Sjöberg
  • Publication number: 20130247502
    Abstract: A barb-type lock floor has a simple structure, but is particularly suitable for the connection of sheets made of plastic material with relatively low rigidity. Said plastic sheets may be rectangular or square, the thickness may be relatively small, such as 3 to 5 mm. At the same time, it is suitable for relatively thick sheets. Therefore, the barb (hook) type floor of plastic material is usable with a broad range of suitable materials, can be easily processed, achieves firm connection, and makes the installation and replacement extremely convenient. Meanwhile, the overlapping part of the connecting portion of sheets with this structure takes up only about 1.5 to 2% of the total sheet area, which can save a lot of material during large scale production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventor: Guoping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130247501
    Abstract: Hard panels formed from a wood-based material and having a decorative layer for floor coverings are provided, at least on two opposite edges, with coupling devices made in one piece with the panels wherein similar panels may be coupled together to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling devices provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of coupled panels. These coupling devices are constituted of a tongue and a groove. The top side of the tongue has a protrusion that cooperates with a meshing recess located in the lower side of the upper lip of the groove of the coupling devices, and a portion extending generally parallel with the plane of the panel to form a contact surface cooperating with the lower side of the upper lip of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Bernard Paul Joseph THIERS, Mark Gaston Maurits CAPPELLE
  • Publication number: 20130247500
    Abstract: Hard panels formed from a wood-based material and having a decorative layer for floor coverings are provided, at least on two opposite edges, with coupling devices made in one piece with the panels wherein similar panels may be coupled together to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling devices provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of coupled panels. These coupling devices are constituted of a tongue and a groove. The top side of the tongue has a protrusion that cooperates with a meshing recess located in the lower side of the upper lip of the groove of the coupling devices, and a portion extending generally parallel with the plane of the panel to form a contact surface cooperating with the lower side of the upper lip of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Bernard Paul Joseph THIERS, Mark Gaston Maurits Cappelle
  • Publication number: 20130239508
    Abstract: Building panels (1, 1?) are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system having tongue (30) of magnetic material that could be locked vertically by a magnetic field. And, a tongue including magnetic material and adapted for being received in a sidewardly open groove of a floor panel, wherein the tongue includes magnetic powder or particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: PERVAN DARKO, PETERSON JAN
  • Publication number: 20130239505
    Abstract: A wainscoting system for covering a portion of a wall, wherein the wainscoting system includes a lower rail secured to the wall, a chair rail assembly attached to the wall and spaced apart from the lower rail, a plurality of decorative panels extending between the lower rail and chair rail assembly, and a batten positioned adjacent decorative panels. The batten includes a compound tongue formed into a first side edge thereof and a compound tongue formed into an opposing second side edge thereof. Each decorative panel includes a compound tongue formed into a first side edge thereof and a compound groove formed into an opposing second side edge thereof. The compound tongue of each decorative panel corresponds and is engageable with the compound groove of the batten, and the compound groove of each decorative panel corresponds and is engageable with the compound tongue of the batten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: MARLITE, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin Krieger
  • Publication number: 20130239504
    Abstract: A wall assembly comprises a wall component and a framing member. The wall component comprises a first wall panel, a second wall panel, and at least one connecting member positioned between the first wall panel and the second wall panel. The framing member comprises a first panel receiving channel configured to receive at least a portion of the first wall panel, and a first inner flange comprising a first anchor portion configured to guide the first wall panel into the first panel receiving channel. Additional embodiments may include a second panel receiving channel configured to receive at least a portion of the second wall panel and a second inner flange comprising a second anchor portion configured to guide the second wall panel into the second panel receiving channel. Embodiments may be used to form walls made of cast-in-place concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: STALA INTEGRATED ASSEMBLIES, LLC
    Inventors: John Andrew Keith, Jonathan Paul Keith, James Todd Essex
  • Patent number: 8534023
    Abstract: A floor panel may include a bottom layer and an upper layer overlying the bottom layer. The bottom layer may have first and second edges, and the bottom layer may include at least one male protrusion on the first edge, and have at least one female protrusion receptacle on the second edge corresponding to a shape of the at least one male protrusion. The bottom layer may further include at least one male lip on the second edge, and have at least one female lip receptacle on the first edge corresponding to a shape of the at least one male lip. The upper panel may vertically overly the at least one female lip receptacle and the at least one female protrusion receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sunstate Import/Export, Inc.
    Inventors: Shoulian Joseph Zhu, Chi Wang Cheung
  • Publication number: 20130232905
    Abstract: Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical folding locking system on short edges that only locks vertically and a mechanical locking system on long edges that prevents displacement along the long edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: VALINGE FLOORING TECHNOLOGY AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • Patent number: 8528290
    Abstract: Disclosed is a floorboard to provide simplified assembly of flooring panels without damage and achieve enhanced horizontal coupling force. The floorboard includes a tongue part provided at a first flooring panel and a recessed part provided at a second flooring panel. The tongue part includes a tongue protrusion, a tongue bottom portion, and a raised retaining portion protruding downward from the tongue bottom portion. The recessed part includes an upper lip caught by the tongue protrusion when the tongue part is inserted into the recessed part, a lower lip, a raised portion protruding upward from an end of the lower lip, and a guide wall defining an inner wall of the recessed part and having the same contour as an arc drawn by an end of the tongue protrusion as the tongue part introduced between the upper and lower lips is pivotally rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Sunchang Corporation
    Inventor: Kwang Seok Oh
  • Publication number: 20130227902
    Abstract: A structural panel includes a rigid foam core, a spray foam on an exterior surface of the rigid foam core, and a first outer skin on the spray foam. The rigid foam core includes a tongue portion along a first longitudinal side face and a groove portion along a second longitudinal side face. A second outer skin is also on the spray foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: OWENS CORNING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Van Sloun, John F. Budinscak, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130227896
    Abstract: A building panel formed from sheet material is disclosed, the building panel extending in a longitudinal direction along its length and having a shape in cross section in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The building panel includes a center portion in cross section, a first connecting portion connected at one side of the center portion, the first connecting portion comprising a loop in cross section, and a second connecting portion connected at an opposing side of the center portion, the second connecting portion comprising a hook in cross section, wherein the loop and the hook are complementary in size and shape for joining the building panel to adjacent building panels. Building structures comprised of such building panels, and methods and systems for forming such building panels are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: M.I.C. Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd E. Anderson, Frederick Morello
  • Publication number: 20130227903
    Abstract: A subfloor component includes an insulating foam panel having first and second opposing faces and a plurality of intersecting grooves to define, in cross-section, a plurality of pedestals having walls that extend into the panel from the first face toward the second face. The subfloor component also includes a moisture-resistant film attached to the first face of the panel and that conforms to the pedestals, and a hardboard layer on the second face of the panel. A method of manufacturing subfloor components is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventor: Victor Amend
  • Publication number: 20130219806
    Abstract: A decking system is made up of a variety of decking boards and other components are disclosed. In some aspects, the decking boards are connectable to each other so that adjacent boards will provide a water barrier and a drainage channel. Some versions of the boards may have a hollow region to accept the provision of heating elements or other accessory structures. A connector piece is disclosed in various embodiments span the gap between the butt ends of the boards to provide a water barrier at the butt ends of the boards. A gutter and downspout system is disclosed, as well as structures for protecting the ends or sides of the deck structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventor: Vincent Frank Carrubba
  • Patent number: 8516766
    Abstract: A panel for decorating spaces has a first structural element and a second structural element connected with one another, wherein the first structural element on lateral sides is provided with pins, while the second structural element on a back side is provided with shaped slots with a depression corresponding to the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventor: Viacheslav Maratovich Kuznetsov
  • Publication number: 20130212971
    Abstract: Floor, ceiling and wall covering (01) material, consisting of natural stones, i.e. marble, granite, limestone, onyx, travertine and sandstone, cement based tiles, softwood and hardwood, wood fiber HDF, MDF, agglomerated cork, rubber, and composite tile materials, such as stone, quartz or vinyl composition tiles, in format of tile slabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventor: Eurico Januario Cordeiro
  • Publication number: 20130212970
    Abstract: A method of making a structural component (and such a structural component) comprising mixing together wood pulp, water, bentonite clay, and calcium chloride and forming the mixture into the structural component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventor: Frank Santoro
  • Patent number: 8511040
    Abstract: A panel, in particular floor panel, with a core of wood material or a wood material/plastic mixture, a top side and a bottom side, which panel has on at least two opposite lateral edges a profiling corresponding to one another such that two identically embodied panels can be connected and locked to one another by an essentially vertical joining motion in the horizontal and vertical directions, wherein the locking in the vertical direction can be brought about by at least one tongue element movable in the horizontal direction, which element snaps into place during the joining motion behind a locking edge extending essentially in the horizontal direction, is characterized in that the tongue element is formed in one piece out of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Kronotec AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Carsten Groeke
  • Patent number: 8511031
    Abstract: A set of essentially identical floorboards each including a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction, said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Marcus Bergelin, Mats Nilsson
  • Patent number: 8505261
    Abstract: A sliding bracket assembly permits adjacent metal roof panels to move relative to one another to accommodate differential thermal expansion. The assembly includes a center element which is bolted across a purlin, and a pair of wing elements, one on either side of the center element. Roof panels are attached to the wing elements on either side. The wing elements can side lengthwise on the center element; thus the wing elements and their attached roof panels can move lengthwise relative to one another as the roof panels differentially expand and contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: BlueScope Buildings North America
    Inventor: Richard R. McClure
  • Publication number: 20130199120
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semi product for building panels or structural elements comprising several wood lamellas (5) fixed by distance elements (4), a building panel with such a semi product and a method of producing the semi product and the building panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventor: Välinge Innovation AB
  • Publication number: 20130199116
    Abstract: An anchor for securing a metal door frame to a floor comprises a generally planar flange securable in an upright position to an interior surface of the door frame, and a generally planar base extending generally orthogonally with respect to the flange and securable to the floor adjacent the door frame. The base comprises a central portion comprising an inner end adjacent the flange and an opposed outer end defining an outer edge. At least a first tab extends outwardly from the outer end of the central portion and beyond the outer edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: Luigi D'AGOSTINI
  • Publication number: 20130199121
    Abstract: An interlocking panel system including: a pair of panels, each including: a front face including a fastener notch; a rear face; a top edge, wherein the top edge includes a top front edge that extends above a top rear edge; and a lower edge, wherein the lower edge includes a front edge that extends below a bottom middle edge and a bottom rear edge, further wherein the bottom rear edge extends below the bottom middle edge; wherein, when the lower edge of the first panel is placed onto the top edge of the second panel, the bottom front edge of the first panel covers the fastener notch of the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: William Grau
  • Patent number: 8499520
    Abstract: Disclosed is a floor covering consisting of a plurality of panel elements (1) that can be laid in combination with each other. On the front sides (2, 3) and longitudinal sides (4, 5), the panel elements have locking strips (6, 7) that engage with each other in the assembled position in a covering in which panel elements (1) adjoin each other. The front sides (2, 3) of the panel elements (1) have grooves (19, 20). The grooves (19, 20) of two abutting front sides (2, 3) are aligned and form a locking channel (21) for accommodating a front spring (22) that is pre-assembled in one of the grooves (20). The front spring (22) projects from an end of the groove (20) that faces the longitudinal side (5) of the panel element (1) and can be moved in part from one groove (20) into the corresponding groove (19) of the adjoining panel element (1) by sliding the projecting end (24) of the front spring (22) into the groove (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Guido Schulte