US3744197A
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Building structure
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1972-01-27
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Granted: 1973-07-10
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Expires: 1992-01-27
Abstract
Abstract A low cost building of a post and beam structure in which prefabricated panels are splined together side-by-side to define both the exterior and interior walls, and as a result lath, plaster and stucco are not required. Panels of a unique structure are employed that are but approximately a third the thickness of conventional walls, but which panels have substantially the same sound and heat insulating values as the latter. The exterior wall panels are secured to the exterior surfaces of the posts to overlap sills recessed in the peripheral portion of the slab or conventional wood floor, and this structural feature, together with the thinness of the panels defining the interior wall, permits maximum usable living area to be attained from a foundationsupported floor. A building embodying the present invention has the construction costs thereof substantially reduced in that the panels are thin and relatively light in weight, are easy to handle, and are of such design that they may be readily secured to the posts and beams that are to define an exterior wall while the posts and beams are in a horizontal position. When the panels are secured to the post and beam wall structure, a completed exterior wall is provided, and the wall may be tilted as such into a vertical position where it is permanently secured to a wood sill that is recessed in a peripheral portion of the poured concrete slab or conventional wood floor. Interior walls are provided by splining the panels together with the upper portion of the interior walls being secured to the bottom truss chord of the roof structure, and the lower portions of the interior walls resting on redwood wood sills that overlie the center portion of clips of deformable sheet material that are flat, and have the center portion thereof anchored to the floor. After the interior walls and sills have been mounted on the clips, the exterior edge portions of the clips are bent or deformed upwardly to grip the sills and lower portions of the interior wall panels therebetween, with the interior wall panels now being anchored to both the floor and the bottom truss chords. After the interior walls have been so secured, ceiling finish material of a conventional nature is secured to the underportions of the bottom truss chords and extend between the interior wall panels and the exterior walls of the structure above described. The roof structure of free span trusses is totally supported by the post and beam structure of the exterior side walls, and as a result neither the panels that form a part of the exterior walls nor the interior panels that define interior walls are subjected to the roof load. The panels are formed with electrical wiring receways therein, and the connecting of panel-supported switches and outlet boxes to a source of electric power is a simple matter.
Inventors
- 👤 A Wetzel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 12:00
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/02; E04B1/10; E04B1/0007; E04B1/18; E04B1/26; E04B1/2604; E04B2001/268; E04B2001/2684
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
372 words
A building that comprises: a. a floor structure that includes a wood sill of substantial width and depth recessed therein in such a pattern as to define the periphery of said building, said sill having an outer vertical surface and top horizontal surface that are both exposed, with said top surface being substantially flush with the balance of said floor; b. a plurality of exterior perimeter walls of post and beam structure that have a plurality of splined panels secured to the exterior surfaces of said posts, said panels of such length as to extend outwardly from the free ends of said posts a distance that is substantially the depth of said sill; c. first means for permanently securing said exterior perimeter walls to said sill, with said free ends of said posts resting on the upper horizontal surfaces of said sill to take the full roof load of said building, and the lower portions of said panels extending downwardly over the vertical exterior surfaces of said sill to be in abutting sealing contact therewith; d. a roof structure that includes horizontal roof trusses, said trusses resting on the beams of said exterior perimeter walls and permanently secured thereto; e. a plurAlity of interior walls defined by a plurality of splined panels that are secured to said trusses but not in abutting contact therewith and extend downwardly therefrom to the upper surface of said floor, with each of said interior walls including an insect-resistant wood sill on the bottom portion thereof; f. a plurality of square or rectangular sheets of a deformable metallic material that initially lie flat on the upper surface of said floor and have the center portions thereof permanently secured thereto, said sheets longitudinally spaced and arranged in a pattern to coincide with the pattern of said interior walls, and said sheets operating as clips to anchor the lower portions of said interior walls to said floor when said sheets are deformed to have opposite edge portions thereof extend upwardly over opposite side portions of said insect-resistant wood sills; and g. ceiling defining means secured to the under portions of said trusses and in abutting contact with said interior walls and the upper interior surfaces of said exterior walls.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
372 words
A building that comprises: a. a floor structure that includes a wood sill of substantial width and depth recessed therein in such a pattern as to define the periphery of said building, said sill having an outer vertical surface and top horizontal surface that are both exposed, with said top surface being substantially flush with the balance of said floor; b. a plurality of exterior perimeter walls of post and beam structure that have a plurality of splined panels secured to the exterior surfaces of said posts, said panels of such length as to extend outwardly from the free ends of said posts a distance that is substantially the depth of said sill; c. first means for permanently securing said exterior perimeter walls to said sill, with said free ends of said posts resting on the upper horizontal surfaces of said sill to take the full roof load of said building, and the lower portions of said panels extending downwardly over the vertical exterior surfaces of said sill to be in abutting sealing contact therewith; d. a roof structure that includes horizontal roof trusses, said trusses resting on the beams of said exterior perimeter walls and permanently secured thereto; e. a plurAlity of interior walls defined by a plurality of splined panels that are secured to said trusses but not in abutting contact therewith and extend downwardly therefrom to the upper surface of said floor, with each of said interior walls including an insect-resistant wood sill on the bottom portion thereof; f. a plurality of square or rectangular sheets of a deformable metallic material that initially lie flat on the upper surface of said floor and have the center portions thereof permanently secured thereto, said sheets longitudinally spaced and arranged in a pattern to coincide with the pattern of said interior walls, and said sheets operating as clips to anchor the lower portions of said interior walls to said floor when said sheets are deformed to have opposite edge portions thereof extend upwardly over opposite side portions of said insect-resistant wood sills; and g. ceiling defining means secured to the under portions of said trusses and in abutting contact with said interior walls and the upper interior surfaces of said exterior walls.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
141 words
A building as defined in claim 1 in which each of said panels in said perimeter walls includes: h. a generally rectangular frame that includes two parallel spaced stiles that are connected on the ends by two crosspieces, said stiles on the outer surfaces thereof having longitudinal grooves therein; i. two rectangular sheets of rigid material secured to the exterior side surfaces of said stiles and crosspieces to cooperate therewith to define a confined space; j. transverse reinforcing means disposed in said confined space and in abutting contact with the interior surfaces of said sheets, said reinforcing means but partially filling said confined space; and k. a plurality of elongate splines that concurrently engage adjacently disposed grooves in said stiles to interlock said panels together when said panels are disposed edge to edge and secured to said post and beam structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A building as defined in claim 2 which in addition includes: l. a quantity of particled material having good heat and sound insulating qualities packed in said confined space about said wood reinforcing means to minimize the transmission of heat and sound through said exterior walls.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
157 words
A building as defined in claim 1 in which each of said panels in said perimeter walls includes: h. a generally rectangular frame that includes two parallel spaced stiles that are connected on the ends by two crosspieces, said stiles on the outer surface thereof having longitudinal grooves therein; i. two rectangular sheets of rigid material secured to the exterior side surfaces of said stiles and crosspieces to cooperate therewith to define a confined space; j. reinforcing means situated in said confined space and in abutting contact with the interior surfaces of said sheets, said reinforcing means having good sound and heat insulating qualities to minimize the transfer of heat and sound through said perimeter walls; and k. a plurality of elongate glue-coated splines that concurrently engage adjacently disposed grooves in said stiles to permanently interlock said panels together when said panels are disposed edge-to-edge and secured to the exterior surface of said post and beam structure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
92 words
A building as defined in claim 2 in which each of said panels further includes a strip that is situated in said confined space and extends between the inner surfaces of said cross pieces and is laterally spaced from one of said stiles, with said strip, stile and the interior surface of said sheets and the interior surfaces of said crosspieces cooperating to define a raceway in which electrical wiring may be disposed that is connectable to a switch or outlet when the latter are mounted in openings formed in said sheets.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
138 words
A building as defined in claim 1 in which each of the panels of said interior walls includes: h. a generally rectangular frame that includes two parallel spaced stiles that are connected on the enDs by two crosspieces, said stiles on the outer surfaces thereof having longitudinal grooves therein; i. two rectangular sheets of rigid material secured to the exterior side surfaces of said stiles and crosspieces to cooperate therewith to define a confined space; j. a plurality of transversely disposed wood curls disposed side-by-side in said confined space and in abutting contact with the interior surfaces of said sheets for reinforcing purposes; and k. a plurality of elongate splines that concurrently engage adjacently disposed grooves in said stiles to interlock said panels together when said panels are disposed edge-to-edge and secured to said post and beam structure.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
360 words
A method of forming a building that comprises the following steps: a. forming a footing in a pattern to define the periphery of said building; b. mounting a wood sill of substantial width and depth on the upper outer surface of said footing and securing said sill thereto; c. forming a floor that is supported by said footing and situated within the confines of said sill; d. securing a number of parallel spaced posts to a beam to partially define a section of an exterior wall of said building; e. securing a plurality of rectangular panels to the exterior surfaces of said beam and post sections, with said panels extending downwardly below the free ends of said posts a distance that is substantially the same as the depth of said sill; f. tilting said post and beam sections with said panels secured thereto to a position where the lower ends of said posts rest on said sill and the lower portions of said panels extend downwardly over the outer vertical surface of said sill; g. securing the portions of said panels extending downwardly over said sills thereto and in so doing securing said exterior wall sections to said floor; h. securing a plurality of spaced sheets of deformable material to the upper surface of said floor in a pattern that coincides with the desired pattern for the interior walls of said building; i. forming a plurality of interior wall sections by splining a plurality of rectangular panels together; j. securing a roof structure that includes a plurality of spaced roof trusses to the upper surface of said beams out of contact with said panels that form a part of the exterior walls of said building; k. bending opposite side portions of said sheets upwardly to engage opposite lower side portions of said panels in said interior walls to anchor said interior wall panels to said floor; l. securing the upper edge portions of said interior wall panels to said roof trusses, but not in roof load-bearing contact therewith; and m. securing ceiling defining material to the undersurface of said roof trusses to extend between said interior walls and exterior walls.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
360 words
A method of forming a building that comprises the following steps: a. forming a footing in a pattern to define the periphery of said building; b. mounting a wood sill of substantial width and depth on the upper outer surface of said footing and securing said sill thereto; c. forming a floor that is supported by said footing and situated within the confines of said sill; d. securing a number of parallel spaced posts to a beam to partially define a section of an exterior wall of said building; e. securing a plurality of rectangular panels to the exterior surfaces of said beam and post sections, with said panels extending downwardly below the free ends of said posts a distance that is substantially the same as the depth of said sill; f. tilting said post and beam sections with said panels secured thereto to a position where the lower ends of said posts rest on said sill and the lower portions of said panels extend downwardly over the outer vertical surface of said sill; g. securing the portions of said panels extending downwardly over said sills thereto and in so doing securing said exterior wall sections to said floor; h. securing a plurality of spaced sheets of deformable material to the upper surface of said floor in a pattern that coincides with the desired pattern for the interior walls of said building; i. forming a plurality of interior wall sections by splining a plurality of rectangular panels together; j. securing a roof structure that includes a plurality of spaced roof trusses to the upper surface of said beams out of contact with said panels that form a part of the exterior walls of said building; k. bending opposite side portions of said sheets upwardly to engage opposite lower side portions of said panels in said interior walls to anchor said interior wall panels to said floor; l. securing the upper edge portions of said interior wall panels to said roof trusses, but not in roof load-bearing contact therewith; and m. securing ceiling defining material to the undersurface of said roof trusses to extend between said interior walls and exterior walls.
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