H. MEHEEN
Architects at Parker Rd, Denver, CO

4282690, Aug 11, 1981

Aug 23, 1979

6/068940

H. Joe Meheen - Lakewood CO

E04H 104

52 7911

A precast building construction unit is provided for forming a substantially complete building. The unit includes a wall tree unit having a vertically extending wall segment and at least one cantilever member joined at right angles thereto. Pairs of wall tree units are spaced apart and their cantilever members are coaxially directed toward each other so that a base slab unit is connected therebetween. The wall segments thereby form the vertical walls and the cantilever members and base slab units comprise the floors and ceilings of the building. Additional wall tree units can be connected above each of the spaced wall tree units as well as laterally adjacent each of the wall tree units so that building structures of various heights and widths can be provided. A hoisting eye is provided at an end of each of the wall segments to permit carrying and lifting of the wall tree units and to enable the connecting of vertically adjacent wall tree units together.

4914887, Apr 10, 1990

Dec 12, 1988

7/282597

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO

E04B 102

52565

A subassembly for use with a wall panel to retain a backfilled enbankment or the like is disclosed which subassembly comprises a pair of pillar-like concrete anchor members having vertical keyslots formed therein which receive and lock onto the enlarged end portions of a wire mesh web defining the connection therebetween. The top strand of the web is recessed beneath the top surface of any e xposed anchor member by a distance selected to permit backfilling thereabove as is the top surface of any buried anchor member. In one embodiment of the invention, the web is generally U-shaped and is looped through the embankment to interconnect a pair of exposed anchor members at the surface thereof while in another an exposed and a buried anchor member are interconnected by a straight run of the web stretched therebetween. The invention also encompasses the improved method for retaining backfilled earthen embankments which consists of placing a pair of pillar-like upstanding anchor members at an exposed surface of the embankment in transversely-spaced substantially parallel relation to one another, connecting the pair thus exposed to one another by means of a vertically-disposed wire mesh looped through the embankment or, alternatively, connecting each of the anchor members thus exposed independently to a third anchor member buried in the embankment by means of a straight run of wire mesh web stretched therebetween, and then interconnecting the transversely-spaced pair of exposed anchor members by bridging the gap therebetween with a wall panel.

5178492, Jan 12, 1993

Aug 30, 1991

3/152765

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO

E02D 2902

405284

A modular retaining wall comprising a plurality of tie-back units with a plurality of retaining wall panels therebetween. Each tie-back element is shaped substantially similar to each retaining wall panel. Each element comprises a main body with a cored cavity, a neck at each end of said main body, and a column attached to each neck. Each neck on the tie-back element has opposing concave surfaces for mating with the convex surface of each column of the soil-retaining element.

5174688, Dec 29, 1992

Aug 30, 1991

7/752837

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO

E02D 2902

405284

A modular assembled retaining wall is constructed by placing a plurality of precast tie-back elements in laterally spaced relationship along a grade line. A novel soil retaining panel is provided. The panel includes a curved rear wall meeting a flat front wall at curved ends which mate with vertical ribs of each tie-back. A novel method is also provided for simultaneously casting two tied arch-shaped soil retaining panels out of low water-to-cement ratio concrete.

D302500, Mar 14, 1989

Aug 18, 1988

7/233474

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO

D25 58

2010028, Nov 11, 2010

May 8, 2009

12/437674

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO, US

E01D 1/00, E04C 3/02

14 2, 52690

A method and apparatus for adjusting the live and dead load balance between the arches of an arch bridge and the truss girder that supports the bridge deck. The method is achieved by providing hanger rods disposed between the arches and the top chords of the truss girder whose compression may be adjusted. In which the arch truss counter act the compression in the top chord of the truss. This interaction adds to the strength and safety of both elements of the structure. With this interaction there are no critical members which can cause catastrophic failure of the bridge by failing. By combining two of these bridges side by side, and then connected with the lateral members, both at top and bottom chord of trusses, it is possible to carry vehicular, train, and pedestrian lanes separated and accommodated with safety; all without a critical member.

5226750, Jul 13, 1993

Jul 6, 1992

7/908352

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO

E02B 1702

405207

An improved columnar support for offshore drilling platforms intended for installation in a body of water such as the ocean, comprising a cylindrical shaft of unitary cemetitious construction, a frustrum shaped hollow capital having a first peripheral flange, a frustrum shaped hollow base having a second peripheral flange and seals, which may include removable plugs in the open ends of the capital and the base for creating a scuttle opening therein to admit water and sink the columnar support at a designated position on the sea floor.

7146672, Dec 12, 2006

Sep 23, 2005

11/233083

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO, US

E01D 19/00

14 2, 14 771

A method and apparatus for adjusting the live and dead load balance between the arches of an arch bridge and the truss girder that supports the bridge deck. The method is achieved by providing a tension equalizing member across the bottom chord of the truss girder whose tension may be adjusted in cooperation with tension adjustments of hanger rods disposed between the arches and the bottom chords of the truss girder.

7615883, Nov 10, 2009

Jun 6, 2007

11/759032

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO, US

F03B 13/00, F03D 9/00

290 55, 290 54

A venturi tube wind turbine comprising a venturi tube having inlet and outlet openings, opposed side members and a constricted throat section, where two of the opposing side members comprise rotatable endless belts each having mounted thereon a plurality of wind catching vanes.

2011004, Mar 3, 2011

Sep 3, 2009

12/553256

H. Joe Meheen - Denver CO, US

E01D 6/00

14 4

A tubular truss bridge structure comprising a plurality of interconnected angularly interrelated hoop shaped cross members having a common longitudinal central axis and forming alternately inverted triangular spaces along the length of the tubular truss and having a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal stringer members that interconnect the hoop shaped cross members.