US 12,291,859 B2Granted

Modular panel system

AssigneeAtomic Design, Inc.

InventorsZachary Andrew Keller, Stephen Andrew Kaelin, Adam John Curry, Conway S. Allison

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Abstract

A modular shelter, is provided having an assembly of at least one each of a modular wall panel, modular floor portion, and modular roof panel. The modular wall panel having a sill plate, top plate, plurality of vertical studs extending therebetween, and a skin with a first edge having a waveform profile for connecting to an adjacent modular panel; and one of the vertical studs being an end stud and having a first connector element configured to be secured to a first complementing connector element of an adjacent second modular panel; and further each modular roof panel has a peak crosspiece, bottom crosspiece, and plurality of rafters, with the first rafter having an engagement member to be engaged with a complementary engagement member of another modular roof panel, and further a second connector element configured to be secured to a second complementing connector element of a second modular roof panel.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A modular shelter, comprising:

an assembly of at least one modular wall panel, at least one modular floor portion, and at least one modular roof panel,
each modular wall panel of the at least one modular wall panel having a sill plate, a top plate, a plurality of vertical studs extending between top plate and the sill plate, and at least one skin on a major face of the modular panel presenting at least a first edge having a waveform profile for connecting to an adjacent modular panel;
and at least one of the vertical studs being an end stud and having at least a first connector element configured to be secured to a first complementing connector element of an adjacent second modular panel;
each modular roof panel of the at least one modular roof panel having a peak crosspiece, a bottom crosspiece, and a plurality of rafters, with a first rafter of the plurality of rafters having at least one engagement member that is configured to be engaged with a complementary engagement member of another adjoining modular roof panel, and further having at least a second connector element configured to be secured to a second complementing connector element of a second modular roof panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/074,156Filed 2 Dec 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 31 Aug 2021
Published: US 2023/0061113 A11 Jun 2023
Granted: 6 May 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

E04B 1/34321
Characterised by separable parts: mainly constituted by panels
E04B 1/14
Structures consisting primarily of load-supporting, block-shaped, or slab-shaped elements: the elements being composed of two or more materials
E04B 1/34315
Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport: characterised by separable parts
E04B 1/6112
The frontal surfaces of the slabs connected together: by clamping, e.g. friction, means on lateral surfaces

Family

Application17/462,649Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Aug 2021
US 2023/0167636 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Jun 2023
US 12,116,773 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2023/0061113 A1Published application
US 12,291,859 B2This patent

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