Prefabricated multi-story structure

Abstract

Abstract A PREFABRICATED BUILDING STRUCTURE GENERALLY CONSISTING OF AT LEAST TWO MODULAR UNITS RIGIDLY SECURED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRAL STRUCTURE, EACH OF THE MODULAR UNITS INCLUDING A PERMANENTLY CONSTRUCTED LOWER STORY SECTION, AND A COLLAPSIBLE UPPER STORY SECTION MOUNTED ON THE LOWER STORY SECTION, THE UPPER STORY SECTION INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE INTERIOR JUNCTION WALL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE LOWER STORY SECTION AND MOVABLE BETWEEN AN INOPERATIVE, SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED POSITION, AND AN OPERATIVE, SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED POSITION, IN ABUTTING RELATION WITH AN INTERIOR JUNCTION WALL OF THE UPPER STORY SECTION OF THE OTHER MODULAR UNIT, DISPOSED IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION, AND EXTERIOR WALLS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE LOWER STORY SECTION AND MOVABLE BETWEEN INOPERATIVE, SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED POSITIONS, AND OPERATIVE, SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED POSITIONS, AND A ROOF SECTION MOUNTED ON THE UPPER STORY SECTIONS WHEN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WALL THEREOF ARE DISPOSED IN THEIR OPERATIVE POSITIONS. D R A W I N G

Inventors

• 👤 J Powell

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