Building-insert module and associated methodology
AssigneeConXtech, Inc.
InventorRobert J. Simmons
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Abstract
A prefabricated, building-insert module adapted for insertion to create in-place room infrastructure in an open, plural-story, main, column-and-beam building frame which is defined by columns and beams, the module including a prepared floor sub-module having an upper surface, and an at least partially completed, three-dimensional room sub-module anchored to and rising upwardly from the upper surface of the floor sub-module. The floor sub-module acts variously as a fabrication, transportation and installation-lifting pallet for the entire module, and the room sub-module is placed in a continuous state of vertical compression so as never, during transportation, lifting, and ultimate, in-place installation, to go into a state of vertical tension.
Claims12
A system featuring a prefabricated, building-insert module adapted for insertion to create in-place room infrastructure in an open, plural-story, main, column-and-beam building frame which is defined by columns and principal beams, said module comprising
- a floor sub-module having an upper surface, and
- an at least partially completed, three-dimensional room sub-module anchored to and rising upwardly from said upper surface of said floor sub-module.
A building-insert module methodology associated with an open building frame which is defined by columns and beams, said methodology comprising
- creating a prefabricated module structure including (a) a floor sub-module having an upper surface, and (b) an at least partially completed, three-dimensional room sub-module anchored to and rising upwardly from the upper surface of the floor sub-module, with the created floor sub-module performing as a fabrication pallet for the creating of the room sub-module,
- transporting the module to an insertion staging site located adjacent such a building frame using the module's floor sub-module as a transport pallet, and
- from the mentioned staging site, lifting the thus transported module and inserting it into a selected location within the frame using the module's floor sub-module as a lifting pallet.
A plural-story building structure comprising
- a column-and-beam building frame defining plural floor levels,
- on at least one of said levels, an installed, and building-frame-attached, building-insertion module having a floor sub-module and an overhead-supported room sub-module, and
- module-specific force-applying structure, independent of said building frame and operatively interposed said floor and room sub-modules in said module, placing and holding said room sub-module in vertical compression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.