Prefabricated building and method
OwnerPatrick Donahue, Scott Johnsoninventors
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Abstract
An improved prefabricated building structure is shown that is easy to assemble, and disassemble. Designs include transportability as a substantially single unit, for example, a standardized shipping container format. Designs shown further include reduction of wasted shipping material by using panels for both the container when collapsed, and the structure when assembled. Features such as fastener designs provide ease of assembly and form a robust structure when assembled.
Claims20
A prefabricated building structure, comprising:
- a number of panels;
- a number of pre-installed fastening devices to connect the panels together, wherein the fastening devices do not require tools to perform a fastening operation;
- and
- wherein a collapsed configuration of the building structure is the size of a standardized shipping container.
A prefabricated building structure, comprising:
- a number of panels;
- a number of pre-installed fastening devices to connect the panels together, wherein the fastening devices do not require tools to perform a fastening operation;
- wherein a collapsed configuration of the building structure is transportable substantially as a single unit;
- and
- wherein selected members of the number of panels serve as an exterior shipping container structure in the collapsed configuration, and also serve as structural portions of the building structure in an assembled configuration.
A prefabricated building structure, comprising:
- a base portion;
- at least one wall panel to couple to the base portion;
- a first fastener to hold against the base portion;
- and
- a mating fastener attached within the wall panel, wherein a fastening operation is accomplished without a need to access an interior of the wall panel.
A method of assembling a prefabricated building structure, comprising:
- placing a base portion in a desired location;
- coupling a number of wall panels to the base portion;
- pouring concrete into at least one region within the base portion, wherein the region contains the concrete while it hardens.
A method of assembling a prefabricated building structure, comprising:
- placing a first wall panel on a base portion;
- placing a second wall panel on a base portion;
- coupling the first wall panel to the second wall panel using a post wherein the post includes a number of pre-installed fastening devices, wherein the fastening devices do not require tools to perform a fastening operation.
A method of assembling a prefabricated building structure, comprising:
- removing at least one floor panel from a top portion of a collapsed configuration of a building structure that is a size of a standardized shipping container and placing the floor panel adjacent to the ground to form at least a part of a base portion;
- coupling a number of wall panels to the base portion;
- and
- coupling the wall panels to each other using a number of fastening devices, wherein the fastening devices do not require tools to perform a fastening operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.