Portable buildings

Claim 1

A multi-element portable building comprising: a ridge beam core; a prefabricated front wall; a prefabricated rear wall; a prefabricated right wall; a prefabricated left wall; a right roof section; a left roof section; and fastening means for joining adjacent sections, whereby said elements of said building may be transported to, and assembled at, a desired location; said right roof section and said left roof section each comprising a stringer capable of being assembled flush with a respectively associated side of said ridge beam; and means for clamping said stringers and ridge beam core together; said front wall and said end wall being notched at opposed points on their upper edges to receive said ridge beam core and said stringers; at least one of said front wall and said end wall being divided into separable sections each ending in an upright which abuts against the back of the other when said sections are assembled; said fastening means comprising a bolt set one end of which is fixed to one of said sections and the other of which is fixed to the other of said sections; each of said sections comprising a tie beam secured to said section and extending in a direction toward said upright, said fastening means further comprising a metal strap of generally ''''V'''' shape having its apex extending toward said upright and its arms bolted to said tie beam, the head of said bolts being secured in the apex of the clamp of one of said sections and the nut of said bolt sets being disposed at the apex of the ''''V'''' shaped strap of the other of said sections.