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| 7941975 | Affordable, sustainable buildings comprised of recyclable materials and methods thereof An affordable, sustainable building, comprising substantially entirely mass-produced, prefabricated constituent parts manufactured off-site, the prefabricated constituent parts comprising a foundation, a frame module comprising a plurality of frames, wherein the fra... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7334377 | Raceway construction for an air handing unit An air handling unit (AHU) for housing a number of components used in a heating or cooling system to provide forced air for climate control in a particular structure includes a single raceway construction having both low thermal conductivity and enhanced mechanical ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7275348 | Precast, prestressed concrete truss A precast, prestressed concrete truss which spans between exterior columns and forms an interior or exterior load bearing wall of a building. The truss includes top and bottom chords interconnected by at least one web member. Prestressed reinforcing members in the t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7234277 | Anti-seismic rescue apparatus A rescue apparatus mounted inside buildings where people currently live and spend their activities and in regions with high seismic potential includes a rescue cabin with a reinforcing frame, covered on an exterior side with corrugated iron and on an interior side w... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7185467 | Modular system of permanent forms for casting reinforced concrete buildings on site A permanent form building assembly includes one or more GRC forms having a one or more open cavities and a reinforcement structure. The GRC forms are designed and configured for a predetermined application. The reinforcement structure is inserted within the open cav... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7029201 | Utility line bedding for storm water management and storm water management system and method A water retaining and dissipating bedding for a utility line consists of an elongate trench formed in the earth. A filter fabric wrap is provided lining a lengthwise segment of the trench, with a lengthwise segment having a select length. A first select depth of a p... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6959515 | Building structures A building structure comprising: a support module; and one or more room modules, the or each room module being attachable to and cantilevered from the support module. The room modules are independently attached to the support module to allow independent removal or a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6935075 | Triangular stackable building wall module and method A stackable building wall unit adapted to be stacked with a plurality of identical building wall units in a plane to form a wall comprising three rectangular panels each including inner and outer faces, a pair of spaced apart long edges, and a pair of spaced apart s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920721 | Building system Off-site factory built structure employs a chassis including two interior longitudinal beam members joined at their ends to a perimeter structure. A floor system is integrated within the chassis perimeter. A ledger member is fixed to the inner surface of each longit... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6907695 | Modular school building system A substantially preassembled modular frame system for erecting permanent school buildings. The system design, materials, and construction have been pre-approved by state inspectors. The system provides a roof that is extensible from a low position that is configured... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6675540 | Portable building for human occupancy A robust portable building for use by persons for meetings, classroom use, entertainment facilities, trade show displays, or for human habitation, which provides an entry height of only seventeen inches above ground surface and which has the look, feel, a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6651393 | Construction system for manufactured housing units The present invention relates to a new type of module in which the floor of the module is integral with the ceiling placement upon the module below it. This invention also provides utilization of temperature top protection a module during shipment. This i... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6625937 | Modular building and method of construction A method of constructing low cost housing is disclosed in which modules are produced in a manufacturing facility and are transported to a building site on trailers and lifted into place with a crane. A few standard modules are produced and may be arranged... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6609336 | Modular units, modular structures having modular units, and method for constructing modular structures A modular unit system for constructing a modular structure comprises different modular unit sets each having identical modular units. The modular units of each modular unit set has connecting surfaces each for connection to a corresponding connecting surf... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6519900 | Modular school building system A substantially preassembled modular frame system for erecting permanent school buildings. The system design, materials, and construction have been pre-approved by state inspectors. The system provides a roof that is extensible from a low position that is... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6470630 | Amusement facility, container for amusement facility and installation method of amusement equipment Amusement equipment can be easily installed in a building at low cost. Also, desired amusement equipment can be renewed easily and at low cost. In a building, an amusement facility is provided by installing a container provided therein with amusement equi... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6463705 | Container for prefabricated transportable buildings A container for a prefabricated building is disclosed. The container is formed from components of the prefabricated building. The container is built to substantially conform to standard shipping container sizes. Additional storage for some building compon... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6393776 | Tornado shelter with composite structure and concrete tub encasement A protective shelter for installation above and in the ground including a superstructure style frame, a composite wall structure for absorbing energy from missile impacts, and a tub encased in a foundation. The invention also discloses a method for constr... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389761 | Earthquake resistant support structure An earthquake resistant support structure for an existing residential room comprises four corner members anchored to each of the wall surfaces at each of the vertical corners within the room and four straight bars mounted between the corner members for pr... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6349511 | Prefabricated multi-sided building construction system A gazebo is fabricated utilizing a novel construction system wherein lightweight aluminum framing components are employed. A preferred structure has eight sides wherein each side includes a pair of vertical posts, a pair of header members, a rail and foot... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6192643 | Modular pool enclosure system having aesthetic appeal An aesthetic pool enclosure of modular design includes cover members that hide from view various utilitarian structural components such as bolts, screws, rubber splines for holding screens, and the like. The structure is made of extruded posts and beams a... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6101766 | Sanitary cell A module structure toilet room (1) is disclosed. The toilet room is built from module parts (49-52) containing functional units in the form of a toilet bowl (8), a fecal tank (7), a heat exchanger (61), a water tank (13), etc. Each module has connection c... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6076311 | Floor frame assembly for a manufactured home A floor frame assembly for modular housing units that includes longitudinally extending floor support beams, an outer end beam comprised of a pair of generally parallel angled members, and transverse supports that have a first end attached to and extendin... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6073404 | Model building A modular building model is provided. The modular building model includes a base and a lower level module disposed on and engaged with the base. An upper level module is disposed on and engaged with the lower level module. The base includes a releasable s... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6047503 | Premanufactured wall frames with preinstalled hurricane strapping A basic wall framing unit typically consisting of a rectangle formed of two vertical and two horizontal two inch by four inch lumber with the verticals being spaced apart by two feet on centers. A plurality of wall framing units can be combined at the bui... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6035585 | Apparatus and method for a portable, modular, vehicle washing and servicing structure A portable, modular, vehicle washing and servicing structure 10 includes a prefabricated first unit 12, a prefabricated second unit 28 and a roof 46. First unit 12 includes two sidewalls 14 and 16 and two endwalls 18 and 20. Second unit 28 includes one si... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6026618 | Masonry reinforcement system A masonry reinforcement system includes a number of tensioning rods extending from the top to the bottom of a masonry wall structure in spaced columns. In each column, several rod segments are interconnected at each floor diaphragm using a double conical ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6014842 | Modular units, modular structures having modular units, and method for constructing modular structures A modular unit system for constructing a modular structure comprises different modular unit sets each having a identical modular unit. The modular units of each modular unit set has connecting surfaces each for connection to a corresponding connecting sur... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5724774 | Modular building assembly and method of assembling the same A building unit for providing shelter, storage space, and the like generally includes a floor panel, two side wall panels, two end panels, and a roof panel. The floor panel has a pair of floor supports extending along its exterior surface. The floor suppo... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5724773 | Building module providing readily accessible utility connections A smaller building module is comprised of two parallel frames and a water closet carrier disposed between the frames and adapted to support an off-the-floor water closet on each side of the parallel frames upon each of which a wall may be constructed. Was... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5640814 | Floor frame assembly for a manufactured home A floor frame assembly for modular housing units that includes longitudinally extending floor support beams and transverse supports that are attached to and extend outwardly from an outer one of the longitudinal floor support beams to support an edge port... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5625998 | Box-shaped self-supporting building unit and a method of construction thereof A box-shaped, self-supporting building unit, a plurality of which may be arranged juxtaposed and/or superposed for the construction of a building, the unit including a self-supporting floor element and a self-supporting ceiling element, both having a supp... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5566515 | Highly wind resistant pre-assembled relocatable building structure with continuous sheet outer wall In order to provide a pre-assembled, relocatable building structure which can be transported by road from one site to another, a metal skeleton which is formed of 6×2 inch rectangular cross-section hollow steel tubing, is welded together and provided wit... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5528866 | Method and apparatus for constructing multi-rise stacked modules for human occupancy A multi-rise of stacked modules for human occupancy, particularly a method and apparatus for constructing a multi-rise of modules stacked about a central core. The method is characterized by developing support towers by positioning in each support tower a... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5291716 | Method for erecting buildings, and structural assembly for carrying out the method A method for erecting buildings is characterized in that cassettes (10) made in a form between sectional elements (11) are positioned, at the building site, in such manner that the sectional elements (11) are close to one another and together define verti... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5233808 | Method of constructing a building The interior of a building having a framework composed of vertical structural elements and horizontal floor levels is constructed by installing prefabricated room units, each having walls and a ceiling, in the framework. The room units are sized and posit... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5184789 | Space station facility A space station facility having a plurality of elongated members which form a cuboctahedral-shaped structure surrounding a central pressurized command module. The space station facility may be orbited as a space station, or used as part of a larger space ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5174085 | Method of adding additional stories to an existing storied building A designing and construction process for raising the height of old buildings suitable for use to raise the height of old buildings of 2-6 stories, or of 7-9 stories if necessary. With this method, it is possible to add 5-8 stories to the old building with... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4974376 | Temporary shelter A temporary shelter including a support structure extending upwardly from a base and hollow compartment members mounted upon the support structure, the hollow compartment further including an opening and a liquid drain. A window formed within the compartm... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4914873 | Work environment system A work environment system, for product assembly, repair, storage and packaging, comprises a plurality of freestanding rigid rectangular frame modules (32) formed of vertical frame members (36) and upper and lower horizontal frame members (38, 40). The mod... | 04/10/1990 |
