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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112944 | Pre-engineered building for an integral mobile imaging unit A pre-engineered building (50) includes a patient service enclosure (62) and a mobile imaging unit enclosure (64) sharing a common wall (66) to seamlessly wrap a mobile imaging unit (18, 56) within the mobile imaging unit enclosure... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8082699 | Modular structure A modular structure includes at least one modular unit comprising a structure base and a structure enclosure carried by the structure base. Each of the structure base and the structure enclosure comprises lightweight concrete providing a significantly improved struc... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7784224 | Permanent columnar multi-floored open-air housing structure for manufactured homes A permanent columnar multi-floored open air housing structure comprising, in each floor, a plurality of enclosures, each of said enclosures used to house a manufactured home, wherein the manufactured home is in compliance with HUD standards defined in 24 CFR Part 32... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7418803 | Self-contained modular home A self-contained modular home a first section, a second section and a top section, each section having an interior which is 100% complete and an exterior which requires only siding or other exterior finish for completion. The three sections of the self-contained mod... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418802 | Expandable shelter system A side expandable shelter system having a transport mode in which a side expandable section(s) is completely nested within an (ISO-style) main shelter section, and a deployment mode in which the side expandable section is completely protracted from the main shelter ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7326355 | Mobile filtration facility and methods of use A mobile first housing bounds a substantially sterile clean room, a filtration room, and at least one change room communicating between clean room. A fluid filtration system is disposed within the first housing, the filtration system includes a first support contain... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7234276 | Porthole apparatus and method of installation The instant invention is a metallic device or porthole for use with communication antenna supporting structure, such as monopoles. The porthole of the instant invention includes an integrally connected backing bar that following the method of installation meets prop... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7178297 | Structures incorporating interlocking wall modules Modular structures constructed from interlocking wall modules made of plate steel and assembled with C-channel connectors, including tongue and groove elements used to position adjoining modules adjacent to one another, for example during the construction of a cell ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7086209 | Method for constructing a building and resulting building The subject invention pertains to a method for constructing, transporting and erecting buildings. The subject invention also relates to buildings which can be transported and erected at a desired site. Advantageously, a specific embodiment of the subject invention c... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7036276 | Directed lifestyle residential housing structures The present invention discloses a residential housing unit that is flexible to serve the changing needs in a family life cycle by providing two living units connected by common space. Each living unit is self-sufficient in that it may contain all the amenities neces... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6976337 | Energy-saving housing The invention provides energy-saving housing wherein the indoor temperature condition can be made comfortable throughout the year by a small amount of energy by suppressing loads on cooling and heating devices, and high airtightness and high heat insulation performa... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6925761 | Modular buildings A modular building structure comprises a service corridor (2) to which are connected separate cabin modulates (1) that form accommodation or offices etc. The service module contains apparatus for the supply and distribution of mains services such as wa... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6772563 | Mobile accommodation unit in container form A mobile accommodation unit in container form for use as mobile hospital or mobile control or command center or the like has a box-shaped main box element and at least one secondary box element. In a transport state, the secondary box element is telescoped into the ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6748704 | Factory layout A factory layout includes a plurality of substantially triangle units provided in radial directions. The triangle units are combined so as to form a polygonal shape including a triangle shape as a whole. The empty regions with an air-conditioning facility are provid... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6691475 | Traveler's accommodation The present invention is an accommodation for traveler's providing an inexpensive and safe option for respite while on a journey, comprising a building including a series of connected exterior walls defining a footprint of the building. The building inclu... | 02/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6540089 | Large, stationary, modular aggregate processing plant and method of manufacturing and installing same A method of manufacturing a large stationary, aggregate processing screening tower by fabricating weldment modules and preassembling them with aggregate processing equipment internal within the weldment modules, transporting the preassembled weldment modu... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6349509 | Molded wall panel and house construction A prefabricated wall and roof unit for easy and cost efficient home construction. The wall unit of the present invention is formed of a steel frame, a molded external panel formed into the shape of traditional building materials and features, and a layer ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6170905 | Truck bed and method of manufacture An improved vehicle bed assembly with a floor pan having strengthening ribs extending longitudinally throughout the entire length of the floor pan so as to terminate at front and rear edges thereof. The rear edge of the floor pan has a downwardly extendin... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6139241 | Multi-faceted modular silo for bulk solids A silo for gravity flow storage of bulk particulate solids comprises downwardly converging and downwardly diverging walls. The downwardly converging walls form angles to the vertical that satisfy the conditions for mass flow. The walls impose particle vel... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6112473 | Molded wall panel and house construction A prefabricated wall and roof unit for easy and cost efficient home construction. The wall unit of the present invention is formed of a steel frame, a molded external panel formed into the shape of traditional building materials and features, and a layer ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5992101 | Vertical lift door for gypsum board dryer or veneer dryer A dryer for removing excess water from veneer panels or from gypsum boards includes a plurality of hollow subassemblies positioned end to end. Each subassembly includes opposed vertical walls, and an access opening is formed in each wall. Along the vertic... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5960592 | Protective enclosure for outdoor equipment A protective enclosure for equipment situated out of doors. The enclosure is formed as hollow panels by a blow molding process and allows the introduction at the installation site of protective material into any desired ones of the internal cavities of th... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5941034 | Multi-story apartment building with breezeway A three story apartment building with a number of breezeways on the first floor allowing access through the building to the other side will be designed so as to not have breezeways on the second and third story. The second and third floors of the apartmen... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5884437 | Non rectangular building modules Improvement in or relating to the prefabrication and erection of building modules including substantially two basic modules: a trapezoidal module and a parallelogram module. Multiple combinations of modules create numerous building clusters that form whol... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5784836 | Demountable comfort modules for passenger aircraft A removable sleeping compartment assembly for the use of a number of passengers is provided based upon the nesting together of a number of different modules, typically having a standard cargo container configuration, that incorporates internal sleeping be... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5755063 | Unit buildings and their construction process A unit building 10, wherein a fixed corner portion of each of the four building modules 12 are disposed in such a way that they butt each other at the column-free butting portion 14, and a reinforcing beam 30 extending from between the ceiling beams 23, 2... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5491934 | Two story building collapsed for shipping A two story building provided by modules which may be shipped with one or both stories collapsed and with plumbing manifolds factory installed in the base frame and in the ceiling-floor between stories.... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5469673 | Integrated residential dwelling units A system of integrated residential dwelling units includes a pair of dwelling units with forward sides facing in generally opposite directions and rearward sides adjacent one another. An enclosed passageway connects the rearward sides of the dwelling unit... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5463833 | Portable folding structure A structure is provided for a portable, foldable shelter that may be folded into a compact form for transporting, and unfolded for use on a base. A set of four hinged, interconnected wall box frames, each frame having floor, wall, and roof sections hingab... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5353558 | Manufactured house unit A manufactured house unit is provided which includes multiple separable sections which are matingly receivable to form a house at the erection site. One or more common structural members, such as the roof and/or an exterior wall, join these sections durin... | 10/11/1994 |
| 4959933 | Cabin unit arrangement Cabin unit arrangement for ships or the like comprising a number of cabin units located side by side on an even base, for instance on a ships deck. Said cabin units are separately mountable, whereby the self-supporting and box-like cabin unit comprises at... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4903441 | Prefabricated transportable modular residential building The residential building is composed of an indeformable triangulated framework provided with a covering defining a volume having a triangular, square or hexagonal base and three or four faces whose pitch is greater than 45 degrees and facades or connectin... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4862654 | Floor aligning jack A floor aligning jack for aligning higher and lower adjoining two floors of complementary halves of a structure such as a double wide mobile home. The aligning jack comprises a fastening bar for being fixedly secured to a band joist extending longitudinal... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4854094 | Method for converting one or more steel shipping containers into a habitable building at a building site and the product thereof Method comprises mounting at least one standard steel shipping container on a weight-bearing foundation at the ends thereof. Where two or more containers are used, the containers may be in spaced and/or abutting side-by-side relationship; and/or may be mo... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4796392 | System for interconnecting panels of containers Modular system for making containers, including reuseable panels for the side walls of the containers, the side wall panels having fastening devices adjacent the upright corners of the containers, with the end portions of the panels overlapping each other... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4723627 | Double decked elevator car A double decked elevator car comprises an upper car having an opening disposed adjacent a wall thereof, a lower car connected to the upper car and having an opening disposed adjacent a wall thereof, and a device for allowing passengers in the upper and lo... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4663895 | Work station for instrument control room A work station for use in a control room wherein operators monitor instruments includes a platform supporting at least two upright perimeter walls spaced apart to provide at least two entrances onto the platform. Horizontally disposed desk tops are suppor... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4644708 | Prefabricated modular building element and a building comprising such elements A prefabricated modular building element comprising a floor formed by the assembly together of two identical metal half frames each formed by an assembly of longitudinal members and cross pieces, a ceiling comprising longitudinal members and spacers, or l... | 02/24/1987 |
