Construction industry pods
AssigneeThin Floor Pods Limited
InventorsPatrick O'Callaghan, Eric Lisson
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Abstract
A pod comprises a box-section steel frame (1) having horizontal structural members (4, 11). A floor is provided by welding a 6 mm steel plate (10) to the horizontal structural members (4, 11). The plate (10) has a checkered pattern of 2 mm ridges on its lower surface. A combination of inherent stiffness of the plate material, the ridges (50) and welding to both edge (4) and internal (11) structural members achieves sufficient stiffness of the floor to allow it to be tiled off-site during manufacture because the floor is thin, there is no need for the builder to provide a recess in the concrete on-site.
Claims27
1-27. (canceled)
A construction industry pod comprising:
- a floor,
- walls,
- a ceiling,
- installed fittings, and
- connectors for connection to building services, and
- wherein the floor comprises a thin plate secured to the frame.
The construction industry pod as claimed in claim 44, wherein the formations are ridges claim 46. The construction industry pod as claimed in claim 44, wherein the formations are ridges are in a checkered pattern.
A method of manufacturing a construction industry pod comprising a floor, walls, a ceiling, installed fittings, and connectors for connection to building services, in which the floor comprises a thin plate secured to the frame, the method comprising the steps of:
- fabricating the frame,
- providing a metal plate,
- heating the metal plate, and
- welding the metal plate to the frame to provide the floor plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.