Orthogonal framework for modular resilient houses
OwnerGregory Higginsinventor
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Abstract
An orthogonal framework for the fabrication of modular buildings includes a plurality of hub members formed to fit in the ends of vertical hollow post members including base hubs for securing the lower end of a hollow post to a foundation and/or base beams or shear panels, terminal hubs for securing the top ends of a post upper beam members and/or the upper ends of shear panels, and intermediate tubes for securing the ends of two vertically aligned posts together and/or to support beams for the building. The hubs are hollow and have press nuts mounted on their inner surfaces to allow the terminals to be bolted to the posts, beams and shear panels in a large variety of beam and post combinations to form modular buildings in various configurations.
Claims11
An orthogonal frame-work system comprising:
- a plurality of hollow vertical columns of predetermined cross sectional configuration, having open top and bottom ends;
- a plurality of C-shaped beams each having an elongated web and a pair of facing elongated channels on opposite sides of the web and including a plurality of bolt holes formed in the elongated web of the beam;
- a plurality of beam/column hubs each having a plurality of mounting plates extending from said hub, dimensioned and arranged to be received in one end of a vertical column;
- said mounting plates and said columns each having a plurality of bolt holes formed therein arranged such that the bolt holes in the mounting plates are in axial alignment with the bolt holes in said columns when a hub's mounting plates are inserted in a vertical column end;
- a plurality of L-shaped brackets each having a long leg and a short leg, said legs having a plurality of bolt holes formed therein, the bolt holes in the long legs of the brackets being dimensioned and arranged to align with at least some of the bolt holes in the elongated web of one of said beams and the bolt holes in said short legs being dimensioned and arranged to align with at least some of the bolt holes in said mounting plates when the hub mounting plates are inserted in one of said vertical columns;
- a plurality of bolt nuts secured to said mounting plates in alignment with the bolt holes in the mounting plates;
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- a plurality of bolts to bolt the beams, brackets and hubs together through their respective aligned bolt holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.