Three - dimensional modular transportable structures

Claim 2

Transportable dwelling structure including: at least one standardized, rigid, elongated, parallelepipedic framework consisting of longitudinal, transverse and vertical structural members along all the edges of the parallelipiped, interchangeable differentiated standardized modular blocks comprising hulls each limited by outwardly extending coplanar flanges about the opening of the hull which forms a rectangle, the height of said rectangle being substantially equal to the height of the framework, and the width of said rectangle being equal to or less than the transverse dimension of the framework and being in a simple ratio the longitudinal dimension of the framework, and the whole volume of each hull is contained with the parallelepiped defined by said rectangle and the transverse dimension of the framework, each hull including respectively standardized operational elements incorporated as fixtures within the inner space of said hull which fixtures do not substantially project beyond the plane of the flanges of the hull, said hulls mounted on the framework with at least the top and bottom flanges of the hulls in a face-to-face abutting relationship with the longitudinal or transverse structural members so that the inner spaces of the hulls are positioned substantially completely outside the inner space of the framework and the inner space of said framework remains substantially free when the hulls are mounted thereto, means for removably securing the flanges of each of said hulls to those of said longitudinal and transverse structural members with which they are in abutting face-to-face relationship, and means for closing the ends of said framework, said hulls capable of being unsecured and demounted from the framework and inserted completely within the inner space of the framework without any portions of the hulls projecting outside the inner space of the framework with the flanges of opposed hulls in abutting relationship so that they may be removably secured together.

Claim 3

Structure according to claim 1, wherein the framework have the standardized dimensional characteristics of transcontainers.

Claim 4

Structure according to claim 1, wherein the edges of the said hulls form projections with respect to their external surfaces over an extent at least equal to the transverse dimensions corresponding to the longitudinal member of the framework, by means of which the hulls are displaceable from a position inside the framework (transportation position) to its outside, so that the hulls themselves emerge from the inner space of the framework, until the projecting edges of the hulls come into abutment with the inner surfaces of the said longitudinal members, in fixable member.

Claim 5

Structure according to claim 1, wherein the frameworks are provided with corner parts enabling their juxtaposition, their stacking, or both juxtaposition and stacking, said differentiated modular blocks then being graftable on the outer surfaces of said frame-works non-contiguous with the outer surfaces of other frame-works.

Claim 6

Structure according to claim 4, wherein the corner parts are themselves standardized.

Claim 7

Structure according to claim 2, wherein the frameworks are provided with corner parts enabling their juxtaposition, their stacking, or both juxtaposition and stacking, said differentiated modular blocks then being graftable on the outer surfaces of said frame-works non-contiguous with the outer surfaces of other frame-works.

Claim 8

Structure according to claim 3, wherein the frameworks are provided with corner parts enabling their juxtaposition, their stacking, or both juxtaposition and stacking, said differentiated modular blocks then being graftable on the outer surfaces of said frameworks non-contiguous with the outer surfaces of other frameworks.

Claim 9

Multiple or multistage habitAtion comprising, in combination: a plurality of identical standardized, rigid, elongated parallelepiped frameworks each consisting of longitudinal, transverse and vertical structural members along all edges of the parallelepiped, said frameworks being in removably juxtaposed or stacked relationship, a plurality of interchangeable differentiated modular blocks carried by each framework on outer faces which are not contiguous with outer faces of other frameworks, each modular block having a hull limited by outwardly extending coplanar flanges about the opening of the hull which form a rectangle, the height of said rectangle being substantially equal to the height of the framework and the width of the rectangle being equal at most to the transverse dimension of the frameworks and in a simple ratio with the longitudinal dimension of the frameworks and the volume of each hull being contained within the parallelepiped defined by said rectangle and the transverse dimension of the framework, each said hull including within the inner space thereof respective standardized operational fixtures which do not substantially project beyond the plane of the opening of said hull, said hulls being mounted on the respective frameworks with at least the top and bottom flanges of the hulls in a face-to-face abutting relationship with the longitudinal or transverse structural members of the associated framework so that the inner spaces of the hulls are located substantially completely outside from the inner space of the framework, means for removably securing the flanges of each said hull to those of said longitudinal or transverse structural members with which they are in abutting face-to-face relationship, and means for closing the ends of said frameworks, each said framework being adapted to serve as a container for said modular blocks for transportation thereof with said modular blocks entirely within said parallelepipedic framework.

Claim 10

Multiple or multistage habitAtion comprising, in combination: a plurality of identical standardized, rigid, elongated parallelepiped frameworks each consisting of longitudinal, transverse and vertical structural members along all edges of the parallelepiped, said frameworks being in removably juxtaposed or stacked relationship, a plurality of interchangeable differentiated modular blocks carried by each framework on outer faces which are not contiguous with outer faces of other frameworks, each modular block having a hull limited by outwardly extending coplanar flanges about the opening of the hull which form a rectangle, the height of said rectangle being substantially equal to the height of the framework and the width of the rectangle being equal at most to the transverse dimension of the frameworks and in a simple ratio with the longitudinal dimension of the frameworks and the volume of each hull being contained within the parallelepiped defined by said rectangle and the transverse dimension of the framework, each said hull including within the inner space thereof respective standardized operational fixtures which do not substantially project beyond the plane of the opening of said hull, said hulls being mounted on the respective frameworks with at least the top and bottom flanges of the hulls in a face-to-face abutting relationship with the longitudinal or transverse structural members of the associated framework so that the inner spaces of the hulls are located substantially completely outside from the inner space of the framework, means for removably securing the flanges of each said hull to those of said longitudinal or transverse structural members with which they are in abutting face-to-face relationship, and means for closing the ends of said frameworks, each said framework being adapted to serve as a container for said modular blocks for transportation thereof with said modular blocks entirely within said parallelepipedic framework.

Claim 11

Transportable dwelling structure including: at least one standardized, rigid, elongated, parallelepipedic framework consisting of longitudinal, transverse, and vertical structural members along all the edges of the parallelepiped, interchangeable differentiated standardized modular blocks comprising hulls each limited by outwardly extending flat flanges about the opening of the hull which form a rectangle, the height of said rectangle being substantially equal to the height of the framework, and the width of said rectangle being equal to or less than the transverse dimension of the framework and being in a simple ratio with the longitudinal dimension of the framework, and the whole volume of each hull is contained with the parallelepiped defined by said rectangle and the transverse dimensions of the framework, each hull including respectively standradized operational elements incorporated as fixtures within the inner space of said hull which fixtures do not substantially project beyond the plane of the flanges of the hull. said hulls mounted on the framework with at least the top and bottom flanges of the hulls in a face-to-face abutting relationship with the longitudinal or transverse structural members so that the inner spaces of the hulls are positioned substantially completely outside the inner space of the framework and the inner space of said framework remains substantially free when the hulls are mounted thereto, means for removably securing the flanges of each of said hulls to those of said longitudinal and transverse structural members with which they are in abutting face-to-face relationship, and means for closing the ends of said frameworks, said hulls capable of being secured and demounted from the framework and inserted completely within the inner space of the framework without any portions of the hulls projecting outside the inner space of the framework with the flanges of opposed hulls in abutting relationship so that they may be removably secured together.

Claim 12

Transportable dwelling structure including: at least one standardized, rigid, elongated, parallelepipedic framework consisting of longitudinal, transverse, and vertical structural members along all the edges of the parallelepiped, interchangeable differentiated standardized modular blocks comprising hulls each limited by outwardly extending flat flanges about the opening of the hull which form a rectangle, the height of said rectangle being substantially equal to the height of the framework, and the width of said rectangle being equal to or less than the transverse dimension of the framework and being in a simple ratio with the longitudinal dimension of the framework, and the whole volume of each hull is contained with the parallelepiped defined by said rectangle and the transverse dimensions of the framework, each hull including respectively standradized operational elements incorporated as fixtures within the inner space of said hull which fixtures do not substantially project beyond the plane of the flanges of the hull. said hulls mounted on the framework with at least the top and bottom flanges of the hulls in a face-to-face abutting relationship with the longitudinal or transverse structural members so that the inner spaces of the hulls are positioned substantially completely outside the inner space of the framework and the inner space of said framework remains substantially free when the hulls are mounted thereto, means for removably securing the flanges of each of said hulls to those of said longitudinal and transverse structural members with which they are in abutting face-to-face relationship, and means for closing the ends of said frameworks, said hulls capable of being secured and demounted from the framework and inserted completely within the inner space of the framework without any portions of the hulls projecting outside the inner space of the framework with the flanges of opposed hulls in abutting relationship so that they may be removably secured together.