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Modular building construction system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1983-12-05
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Granted: 1985-10-15
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Expires: 2003-12-05
Abstract
Abstract A modular building construction system that utilizes hexagonal-shaped floor and ceiling members and rectangular wall members. Window and door type openings may be provided in the wall members of each six-sided room thus formed within the structural integrity limits of the system members. The hexagonal shape of the floor and ceiling members provides an interlocking effect between adjacent floor and ceiling members that results in increased resistance to lateral forces as compared to standard rectangular floor patterns in conventional modular building constructions.
Inventors
- 👤 Gary Hussar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 18:11
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/02; E04B1/04; E04H; E04H1/00; E04H1/005; E04B2001/0053; E04B2001/0084
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
211 words
A modular building construction system comprising a plurality of hexagonally shaped floor members adjacently laid in an interlocking relationship, a plurality of hexagonally shaped ceiling members, a plurality of rectangularly shaped wall members which have a length corresponding to one of the hexagonal sides of said floor members, said wall members being placed on the perimeters of said floor members to support the perimeters of said ceiling members, and a plurality of U-shaped rods embedded in the sides of said hexagonal floor and ceiling members and the vertical sides of said wall members so that a loop of said U-shaped rods is exposed, said loops serving to tie adjacent wall members and adjacent floor or ceiling members together by inserting a bar through the exposed loops that overlap when two or more wall members, or two floor or ceiling members, are abutted, wherein a longitudinal space is formed between said abutting vertical sides of said wall members and between said abutting sides of said ceiling or floor members, said longitudinal space being filled with grout after said bar is inserted through said overlapped loops, whereby horizontal forces applied to said hexagonally shaped floor or ceiling members are dispersed into the various lines of connection between said hexagonal floor or ceiling members.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
211 words
A modular building construction system comprising a plurality of hexagonally shaped floor members adjacently laid in an interlocking relationship, a plurality of hexagonally shaped ceiling members, a plurality of rectangularly shaped wall members which have a length corresponding to one of the hexagonal sides of said floor members, said wall members being placed on the perimeters of said floor members to support the perimeters of said ceiling members, and a plurality of U-shaped rods embedded in the sides of said hexagonal floor and ceiling members and the vertical sides of said wall members so that a loop of said U-shaped rods is exposed, said loops serving to tie adjacent wall members and adjacent floor or ceiling members together by inserting a bar through the exposed loops that overlap when two or more wall members, or two floor or ceiling members, are abutted, wherein a longitudinal space is formed between said abutting vertical sides of said wall members and between said abutting sides of said ceiling or floor members, said longitudinal space being filled with grout after said bar is inserted through said overlapped loops, whereby horizontal forces applied to said hexagonally shaped floor or ceiling members are dispersed into the various lines of connection between said hexagonal floor or ceiling members.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A modular building construction system as described in claim 1, wherein said wall members may be provided with door or window openings.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A modular building construction system as described in claim 1, wherein the perimeter of said floor member sits on a foundation wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A modular building construction system as described in claim 1, wherein a plurality of said wall members sit on said ceiling members to support additional story ceiling members thereby forming a building of multiple stories.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A modular building construction system as described in claim 1, wherein said longitudinal space is triangular when three of said wall members meet at the intersection of three adjacent said floor members.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
A modular building construction system as described in claim 5, wherein said floor and ceiling members contain bars vertically cast in the corners thereof, said vertical bars projecting into said triangular space between said wall members, thereby tying said wall members and said vertical sides of said ceiling member and said floor member together.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A modular building construction system as described in claim 1, wherein said hexagonal shape of said floor and ceiling member produces axial forces in said wall members when lateral forces are applied to said building.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A modular building construction system as described in claim 1, wherein one of said wall members is placed on the adjacent perimeter edges of two hexagonally shaped floor members.
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