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US3229431A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Frameless modular multistory building

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-09-16
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Granted: 1966-01-18
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Expires: 1983-09-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John M Paul

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 09:04
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/348; E04B1/34815; E04B1/3483; E04B2001/34892

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 246 words
IN A BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR ERECTION ON A FOUNDATION WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF PREFABRICATED, MODULAR ROM UNITS ARRANGED IN PLURAL STORIES WITH EACH UPPER UNIT BEING SUPPORTED ON AND BY A UNIT THEREBENEATH, THE LOWERMOST UNITS BEING SUPPORTED ON THE FOUNDATION; EACH OF SAID UNITS COMPRISING A FLOOR, A CEILING AND A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS AND A PAIR OF END WALLS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FLOOR AND SAID CEILING, EACH SIDE WALL AND END WALL HAVING DISPOSED AT EACH OF ITS ENDS AND A VERTICAL POST WHICH INCLUDES PLANAR FLANGES SURFACES, SAID PAIR OF SIDE WALLS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND BEING JOINED TO SAID PAIR OF END WALLS WITH THE PLANAR FLANGE SURFACES OF THE POSTS OF SAID SIDE WALLS ENGAGING COMPLEMENTAL PLANAR FLANGE SURFACES OF THE VERTICAL POSTS OF SAID END WALLS THROUGHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID POSTS TO FORM COMPOSITE VERTICAL CORNER POSTS THEREBETWEEN; A PLURALITY OF PLATES CONNECTED TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID COMPOSITE VERTICAL CORNER POSTS TO FORM UPPER AND LOWER PLATES, SAID UPPER PLATES BEING COPLANAR AND ABOVE SAID CEILING, SAID LOWER PLATES BEING COPLANAR AND BENEATH SAID FLOOR WHEREBY EACH UNIT RESTS ON SAID LOWER PLATES; EACH UPPER UNIT HAVING ITS LOWER PLATES ABUTTING AND SUPPORTED ON THE UPPER PLATES OF THE UNIT THEREBENEATH WHEREBY THE ENTIRE STACKING WEIGHT OF THE UPPER UNIT IS TRANSMITTED INTO AND SUPPORTED BY THE OPPOSITE VERTICAL CORNER POSTS OF SAID UNIT THEREBENEATH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 246 words
IN A BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR ERECTION ON A FOUNDATION WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF PREFABRICATED, MODULAR ROM UNITS ARRANGED IN PLURAL STORIES WITH EACH UPPER UNIT BEING SUPPORTED ON AND BY A UNIT THEREBENEATH, THE LOWERMOST UNITS BEING SUPPORTED ON THE FOUNDATION; EACH OF SAID UNITS COMPRISING A FLOOR, A CEILING AND A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS AND A PAIR OF END WALLS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FLOOR AND SAID CEILING, EACH SIDE WALL AND END WALL HAVING DISPOSED AT EACH OF ITS ENDS AND A VERTICAL POST WHICH INCLUDES PLANAR FLANGES SURFACES, SAID PAIR OF SIDE WALLS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND BEING JOINED TO SAID PAIR OF END WALLS WITH THE PLANAR FLANGE SURFACES OF THE POSTS OF SAID SIDE WALLS ENGAGING COMPLEMENTAL PLANAR FLANGE SURFACES OF THE VERTICAL POSTS OF SAID END WALLS THROUGHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID POSTS TO FORM COMPOSITE VERTICAL CORNER POSTS THEREBETWEEN; A PLURALITY OF PLATES CONNECTED TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID COMPOSITE VERTICAL CORNER POSTS TO FORM UPPER AND LOWER PLATES, SAID UPPER PLATES BEING COPLANAR AND ABOVE SAID CEILING, SAID LOWER PLATES BEING COPLANAR AND BENEATH SAID FLOOR WHEREBY EACH UNIT RESTS ON SAID LOWER PLATES; EACH UPPER UNIT HAVING ITS LOWER PLATES ABUTTING AND SUPPORTED ON THE UPPER PLATES OF THE UNIT THEREBENEATH WHEREBY THE ENTIRE STACKING WEIGHT OF THE UPPER UNIT IS TRANSMITTED INTO AND SUPPORTED BY THE OPPOSITE VERTICAL CORNER POSTS OF SAID UNIT THEREBENEATH.

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