Prefabricated buildings

Claim 2

A prefabricated building comprising a plurality of separate footings, a plurality of wall forming panels, and a plurality of roof forming panels, said footings being disposed in spaced relation to each other to define the building floor plan, some of said footings having two upwardly facing recesses, said recesses being in substantially mutually perpendicular relation to each other to permit intersecting and non-intersecting wall forming panels to be supported by said separate footings in mutually adjacent relation, each of said panels comprising upper and lower edges and side edges, a stud member extending upwardly from said upper edge on upper corner portions of said panels, spaced portions of said lower edges of said panels defining bearing surfaces, said bearing surfaces being disposed adjacent each of said side edges, at least two of said panels being supported by said footings in abutting relation along juxtaposed edges, said bearing surfaces on each of said two panels being received in said recesses, each of said juxtaposed edges having a right angle groove, said grooves defining a rabbet, a third wall forming panel, said panel being supported on its bottom edge with its side edge being in said Rabbet, a T-shaped member for interconnecting said upper edges of said three panels to maintain said three panels in abutting relation, said T-shaped member having apertures therein for receiving said stud members, and said plurality roof-forming panels having apertures therein for receiving said stud members, and means overlying said roofforming panels and associated with said stud members for coupling said roof-forming panels to the upper edges of said wall-forming panels.

Claim 3

A prefabricated building comprising a plurality of separate footings, each of said footings comprising an on-site cast leveling block and a pre-cast footing block coupled to and resting on said leveling block, said footing blocks being disposed in spaced relation to each other to define the building floor plan, some of said footing blocks having two upwardly facing recesses, said recesses being in substantially mutually perpendicular relation to each other and extending across the full width of said footing blocks to permit intersecting and non-intersecting wall forming panels to be supported by said separate footings in mutually adjacent relation, a plurality of wall forming panels, each of said panels comprising upper and lower edges and side edges, spaced portions of said lower edges defining bearing surfaces, said bearing surfaces being disposed adjacent each of said side edges, one of said footings receiving four adjacent wall forming panels in abutting relation, said bearing surfaces on each of said two panels being received in said recesses, and a cruciform member interconnecting said upper edges of said four wall forming panels to maintain said abutting relation.

Claim 4

A prefabricated building comprising a plurality of separate footings, each of said footings comprising an on-site cast leveling block and a pre-cast footing block coupled to and resting on said leveling block, said footing blocks being disposed in spaced relation to each other to define the building floor plan, some of said footing blocks having two upwardly facing recesses, said recesses being in substantially mutually perpendicular relation to each other and extending across the full width of said footing blocks to permit intersecting and non-intersecting wall forming panels to be supported by said separate footings in mutually adjacent relation, a plurality of wall forming panels, each of said panels comprising upper and lower edges and side edges, spaced portions of said lower edges defining bearing surfaces, said bearing surfaces being disposed adjacent each of said side edges, one of said footings receiving four adjacent wall forming panels in abutting relation, said bearing surfaces on each of said two panels being received in said recesses, and a cruciform member interconnecting said upper edges of said four wall forming panels to maintain said abutting relation.

Claim 5

A prefabricated building comprising a plurality of separate footings, a plurality of wall forming panels, and a plurality of roof forming panels, said footings being disposed in spaced relation to each other to define the building floor plan, some of said footings having two upwardly facing recesses, said recesses being in substantially mutually perpendicular relation to each other to permit intersecting and non-intersecting wall forming panels to be supported by said separate footings in mutually adjacent relation, each of said wall forming panels comprising upper and lower edges and side edges, spaced portions of said lower edges defining bearing surfaces, said bearing surfaces being disposed adjacent each of said side edges, at least two of said panels being supported by said footings in abutting relation, said bearing surfaces on each of said two panels being received in said recesses, and means for interconnecting said upper edges of said two panels to maintain said two panels in abutting relation, said roof forming panels being coupled to said upper edges of said wall forming panels, said means for interconnecting said upper edges of said wall forming panels being operative to couple said roof forming panels to said wall forming panels, said interconnecting means comprising upwardly directed stud members supported in said upper edges of said wall forming panels adjacent said side edges, said stud members being disposed in spaced relation to each other, first and second tie plates, each of said tie plates having a plurality of spaced apertures, said apertures corresponding to the arrangement of said stud members, said roof forming panels being provided with a plurality of spaced apertures, said last named apertures corresponding to the arrangement of said stud members and said apertures in said tie plates, said first and second tie plates and said roof forming panel members being supported on said wall forming panel members with said roof forming panel members being disposed between said first and second tie plates and said stud members extending upwardly through said spaced apertures in said tie plates and roof forming panel members, and means on said stud members for retaining said tie plates and said roof forming panel members on said wall forming panel members.

Claim 6

A prefabricated building comprising a plurality of separate footings, a plurality of wall forming panels, and a plurality of roof forming panels, said footings being disposed in spaced relation to each other to define the building floor plan, some of said footings having two upwardly facing recesses, said recesses being in substantially mutually perpendicular relation to each other to permit intersecting and non-intersecting wall forming panels to be supported by said separate footings in mutually adjacent relation, each of said wall forming panels comprising upper and lower edges and side edges, spaced portions of said lower edges defining bearing surfaces, said bearing surfaces being disposed adjacent each of said side edges, at least two of said panels being supported by said footings in abutting relation, said bearing surfaces on each of said two panels being received in said recesses, and means for interconnecting said upper edges of said two panels to maintain said two panels in abutting relation, said roof forming panels being coupled to said upper edges of said wall forming panels, said means for interconnecting said upper edges of said wall forming panels being operative to couple said roof forming panels to said wall forming panels, said interconnecting means comprising upwardly directed stud members supported in said upper edges of said wall forming panels adjacent said side edges, said stud members being disposed in spaced relation to each other, first and second tie plates, each of said tie plates having a plurality of spaced apertures, said apertures corresponding to the arrangement of said stud members, said roof forming panels being provided with a plurality of spaced apertures, said last named apertures corresponding to the arrangement of said stud members and said apertures in said tie plates, said first and second tie plates and said roof forming panel members being supported on said wall forming panel members with said roof forming panel members being disposed between said first and second tie plates and said stud members extending upwardly through said spaced apertures in said tie plates and roof forming panel members, and means on said stud members for retaining said tie plates and said roof forming panel members on said wall forming panel members.

Claim 7

A pre-fabricated building in accordance with claim 3, wherein said clamping means associated with said studs are grouted between said roof-forming panels and said tie plate members.