Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Le-Bo Products Company, Inc.

Poly-Wood, LLC

Louis Simon

Thomas J Nosker

Richard W Renfree

James Kerstein

Maryann Renfree, Legal Representative

Gary M Schwartz

Richard Renfree

Modular plastic structural composites having a web section disposed along a horizontal axis and at least one flange section disposed along a horizontal axis parallel thereto and integrally molded to engage the top or bottom surface of the web section, wherein said composite is formed from a mixture of (A) high density polyolefin and (B) a thermoplastic-coated fiber material, poly-styrene, or a combination thereof. Composites molded in the form of I-Beams and bridges constructed therefrom are also disclosed.

Use of recycled plastics for structural building forms

Modular plastic structural composites having a web section disposed along a horizontal axis and at least one flange section disposed along a horizontal axis parallel thereto and integrally molded to engage the top or bottom surface of the web section, wherein said composite is formed from a mixture of (A) high density polyolefin and (B) a thermoplastic-coated fiber material, polystyrene, or a combination thereof. Composites molded in the form of I-Beams and bridges constructed therefrom are also disclosed.

To increase the resistance of plastic and/or plastic composite railroad ties tosliding within the ballast of the railroad bed, for example, sliding lengthwise (in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tie) and sideways (in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis), ties with a textured surface which aids in anchoring the ties within the ballast of the railroad beds. In particular, the ties are provided with a pattern of indentations within a surface that contacts the ballast which increases the ties resistance to sliding. The pattern is molded into the ties so as to mechanically interact with the ballast (rocks) and provide as much resistance to sliding as possible, especially along the longitudinal axis of the tie but also in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Engineered railroad ties

A container for storing and selectively presenting video tape cassettes of substantially equal thickness and depth and either a first or a second height includes a longitudinally extending box having longitudinally extending rear, bottom and top walls and transversely extending end walls defining a storage area having depth in excess of the depth of the cassettes. Partitions are provided which define storage locations, each of which has a longitudinal extent slightly in excess of the thickness of the cassettes, with the thickness and spacing of the partitions being such that when cassettes are placed into two adjacent storage locations, the space between them is insufficient to accommodate a human finger. Transversely extending ejection members, each mounted to the rear wall and projecting into one of the storage locations, each have a contact surface which is movable from a first position to a second position and is adapted to contact the rear panel of one of the cassettes when the cassette is inserted into the storage location with the rear panel at the first position. The ejection members are placed under sufficient compression when the contact surfaces are moved, by a cassette forcing them from the first to the second position, that when the cassette is subsequently released, the ejection member urges it a sufficient transverse distance such that at least a portion of the front of the cassette may be grasped by human fingers. A spacing member is removably mounted within at least one of the storage locations for use in adjusting the height of the storage location to accept cassettes of either the first or the second height.

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Branchburg, NJ, United States of America

Louis Simon