E04B 5/46
Special adaptation of floors for transmission of light
Official title: Special adaptation of floors for transmission of light, e.g. by inserts of glass (of ceilings E04B9/32, block-shaped elements E04C1/42; slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C2/54; for roof covering E04D3/06)
E04B5/46 (Special adaptation of floors for transmission of light) appears on 55 US grants and 38 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04B- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 38
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 80
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Floor assembly21 Jul 2026US 12,687,017 B2ASB Systembau Horst Babinsky GmbH
- Box frame and LED display2 Dec 2025US 12,490,396 B2Shenzhen Gloshine Technology Co., Ltd.
- Vacuum sealing a sacrificial glass panel to a structural glass panel11 Nov 2025US 12,467,310 B2Swg Consulting LLC
- Interactive floor and amusement systems and methods employing same21 May 2024US 11,986,713 B2Activate Games Inc.
- Mechanism for supporting and positioning a glass floor unit30 Jan 2024US RE49,817 E1O'Keeffe's, Inc.
- Floor assembly14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257567 A1ASB Systembau Horst Babinsky GmbH
- Vacuum sealing a sacrificial glass panel to a structural glass panel15 May 2025US 2025/0154822 A1
- Box frame and led display14 Nov 2024US 2024/0381554 A1Shenzhen Gloshine Technology Co., Ltd.
- Interactive Floor and Amusement Systems and Methods Employing Same12 Sep 2024US 2024/0299817 A1
- Interactive Floor and Amusement Systems and Methods Employing Same20 Apr 2023US 2023/0118713 A1Activate Games Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illuminated portable floor50US 4,340,929 ASico Incorporated · 1982
- Floor grid system39US 4,999,964 AInnovative Building Products, Inc. · 1991
- Light transmitting roof/floor system31US 5,715,636 AInnovative Building Products, Inc. · 1998
- Encased skylight framework24US 5,291,705 ASuper Sky Products, Inc. · 1994
- Construction block structure18US 5,910,086 A1999