US3678637A — Building construction system

Claim 1

Independent Claim 252 words

A building construction comprising a plurality of pairs of structural units arranged in a stacked relationship with the individual structural units of each pair being arranged in a side-by-side relationship to each other, said pairs being mounted one above the other and oriented at 90* to the next verticallyadjacent pairs of units, each of said units being substantially longer than it is wide; each of the structural units including a rectangular floor longer than it is wide and a side wall along the longer edge of said floor at the outside of said pair of units, said side wall having structural load-carrying means associated therewith extending to the upper edge of said side wall and transmitting loads placed on said upper edge downwardly and outwardly to support locations spaced apart from each other along said one longer edge; said side wall being of a length between said support locations equal to the combined width of said pairs of units; said floors of said pairs of units between said side walls comprising an area substantially equal to twice the width of each of said floors and being free from vertical support members carrying loads from the pairs of units thereabove, the next vertically adjacent pairs of said units being directly mounted on and supported by said side walls such that said floors and side walls of a pair of units define a space extending upwardly to the top of said side walls free of any cross-beams carrying loads of pairs of units thereabove.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 252 words

A building construction comprising a plurality of pairs of structural units arranged in a stacked relationship with the individual structural units of each pair being arranged in a side-by-side relationship to each other, said pairs being mounted one above the other and oriented at 90* to the next verticallyadjacent pairs of units, each of said units being substantially longer than it is wide; each of the structural units including a rectangular floor longer than it is wide and a side wall along the longer edge of said floor at the outside of said pair of units, said side wall having structural load-carrying means associated therewith extending to the upper edge of said side wall and transmitting loads placed on said upper edge downwardly and outwardly to support locations spaced apart from each other along said one longer edge; said side wall being of a length between said support locations equal to the combined width of said pairs of units; said floors of said pairs of units between said side walls comprising an area substantially equal to twice the width of each of said floors and being free from vertical support members carrying loads from the pairs of units thereabove, the next vertically adjacent pairs of said units being directly mounted on and supported by said side walls such that said floors and side walls of a pair of units define a space extending upwardly to the top of said side walls free of any cross-beams carrying loads of pairs of units thereabove.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 27 words

A building construction in accordance with claim 1 wherein said pairs of units include end walls cooperatively arranged with said side walls to enclose said defined space.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 18 words

A building construction in accordance with claim 2 having interior partitions defining separate areas within said defined space.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 19 words

A building construction in accordance with claim 3 wherein said structural load carrying means is within said side wall.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 38 words

A building construction in accordance with claim 3 wherein said structural load carrying means of said side wall extends along said one edge of said rectangular floor for substantially less than the full length of said rectangular floor.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 35 words

A building construction in accordance with claim 1 wherein successive vertically adjacent pairs of units have portions thereof which extend beyond the side walls of the next lower pairs of units and are cantilevered thereover.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 38 words

A building construction in accordance with claim 1 wherein two stacks of said pairs of structural units are positioned in side-by-side relationship and are structurally in contact with each other to form a multiple unit, multiple story structure.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 210 words

A building construction comprising a plurality of pairs of structural units arranged in a stacked relationship with said pairs of units oriented at 90* to the next vertically adjacent pair of units; each unit including a rectangular floor longer than it is wide and a side wall along one edge of the floor; said side wall having structural load-carrying means associated therewith extending no higher than the top of said side wall for transmitting a load placed thereon downwardly and outwardly to support locations spaced apart from each other along said one edge of said floor; the distance between said support locations equal to substantially twice the width of the floor of said unit; said units in said pairs being arranged in side-by-side configuration with the floors thereof comprising an area free of interruption by vertical support members substantially equal to twice the width of one of said units; the next vertically adjacent pairs of said units being directly mounted on and supported by said load-carrying means of said side walls such that said floors and side walls define a space extending upwardly to the bottom of said next vertically adjacent pairs of said units free of any cross-beams supporting the weight of said next vertically adjacent pairs of units.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 210 words

A building construction comprising a plurality of pairs of structural units arranged in a stacked relationship with said pairs of units oriented at 90* to the next vertically adjacent pair of units; each unit including a rectangular floor longer than it is wide and a side wall along one edge of the floor; said side wall having structural load-carrying means associated therewith extending no higher than the top of said side wall for transmitting a load placed thereon downwardly and outwardly to support locations spaced apart from each other along said one edge of said floor; the distance between said support locations equal to substantially twice the width of the floor of said unit; said units in said pairs being arranged in side-by-side configuration with the floors thereof comprising an area free of interruption by vertical support members substantially equal to twice the width of one of said units; the next vertically adjacent pairs of said units being directly mounted on and supported by said load-carrying means of said side walls such that said floors and side walls define a space extending upwardly to the bottom of said next vertically adjacent pairs of said units free of any cross-beams supporting the weight of said next vertically adjacent pairs of units.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1975-07-25	1976-01-24	1976-07-25	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1979-07-25	1980-01-24	1980-07-25	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1983-07-25	1984-01-24	1984-07-25	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

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