Prefabricated building

Claim 1

A building structure consisting of eight modular units for assembly on site, each modular unit comprising a rectangular base panel bordered on two intersecting outer edges by projecting wall panels meeting to form a corner of the building, the other two edges of the base panel comprising inner edges, means at the edges of the base panel and wall panels for assembling the components in building units comprised of four of the components, each four components forming a floor-and-wall assembly and a separate roof-and-wall assembly, the four components of one of the assemblies being assembled at the base panel, normal to an adjacent component with the shortest inner edge of one base panel parallel to the longest inner edge of an adjacent base panel and in which the projecting wall panels are substantially coplanar and form a rectangular closed wall for the respective assemblies, one assembly being juxtaposed on the other assembly at the edges of its projecting walls forming a complete enclosure, the joining vertical edges of the side panels of the assembly being horizontally spaced from the corresponding vertical joining edges of the side panel upon which it is juxtaposed so that vertical load bearing sides of the assemblies have no vertical joints in direct overlying relation, the base panels of the respective assemblies being connected to form a floor, or roof panel and including means for receiving means for closing an opening formed by portions of the inner edges of the base panels.