Modular building structure

Claim 2

In a modular building assembly, a plurality of outwardly branching, prefabricated modular units, each said modular unit having an inner open end and terminating at an outer end wall, a common area between the modular units, each modular unit having a top wall adapted to extend over a portion of the common area to cooperate with the top walls of the other modular units to form a roof structure substantially covering the common area, and an integral floor member extending into each modular unit joining the modular units together into a unitary structure, said floor member partitioning each modular unit into an upper room and a lower space, and the edges along the inner open end of one modular unit being secured to the edges of an adjacent modular unit to form a unitary building structure.

Claim 3

In a modular building assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein each said modular unit has a bottom wall which converges outwardly toward the top wall.

Claim 4

In a modular building assembly as set forth in claim 1 further including a central skylight member interconnecting the top walls for closing the roof structure of said central room.

Claim 5

In a modular building assembly as set forth in claim 1 further including a base disposed under the floor member interconnected to the inner edges of the bottom walls of each said modular unit, and uprights under the base to support the building assembly.

Claim 6

In a modular building assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein there are four modular units with one modular unit arranged at right angles to an adjacent modular unit.

Claim 7

In a modular building assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein there are six modular units with a first pair of modular units arranged side by side and parallel to one another between oppositely disposed modular units and a second pair of modular units between the oppositely disposed modular units and disposed oppositely of the first pair of modular units.

Claim 8

In a modular building assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein there are six modular units with one modular unit mounted on another modular unit at opposite sides of the building structure.

Claim 9

In a modular building assembly a plurality of outwardly branching prefabricated modular room units made as an integral member arranged to form a central room accessible to each outwardly branching modular unit, each modular unit having a pair of spaced-apart side walls arranged parallel to one another, an end wall and top and bottom walls converging outwardly from the central room toward one another and terminating at the end wall, each top wall having an inner end portion extending inwardly beyond the inner vertical edges of the side walls providing inwardly converging edges and a straight intermediate edge, an inwardly converging edge of one modular unit butting against the inwardly convergent edge of an adjacent modular unit to form a top wall structure for the central room, a top cover member having outer edges secured to adjacent intermediate edges of each of said top walls to form a central cover for the central room, a horizontally disposed floor member partitioning each modular unit into an upper room and a lower space, said floor member being common to each of the modular units and having a central area and a branch projecting outwardly from the central area coextensive with each of the modular units, each said branch being affixed to the inner surfaces of the side and outer end walls of a respective modular unit to join the modular units into a unitary structure, adjacent edges of one modular unit being secured to the edges of an adjacent modular unit, and a base secured to the inner edges of the bottom walls to form an integral joint structure making the modular units into a unitary building structure.

Claim 10

In a modular building assembly a plurality of outwardly branching prefabricated modular room units made as an integral member arranged to form a central room accessible to each outwardly branching modular unit, each modular unit having a pair of spaced-apart side walls arranged parallel to one another, an end wall and top and bottom walls converging outwardly from the central room toward one another and terminating at the end wall, each top wall having an inner end portion extending inwardly beyond the inner vertical edges of the side walls providing inwardly converging edges and a straight intermediate edge, an inwardly converging edge of one modular unit butting against the inwardly convergent edge of an adjacent modular unit to form a top wall structure for the central room, a top cover member having outer edges secured to adjacent intermediate edges of each of said top walls to form a central cover for the central room, a horizontally disposed floor member partitioning each modular unit into an upper room and a lower space, said floor member being common to each of the modular units and having a central area and a branch projecting outwardly from the central area coextensive with each of the modular units, each said branch being affixed to the inner surfaces of the side and outer end walls of a respective modular unit to join the modular units into a unitary structure, adjacent edges of one modular unit being secured to the edges of an adjacent modular unit, and a base secured to the inner edges of the bottom walls to form an integral joint structure making the modular units into a unitary building structure.