Customizable Transportable Structures and Components Therefor

A folded structure transportable to a desired site for erecting a building structure adapted to include a member having a width selected from the group consisting of a door assembly and a window assembly, the folded structure comprising:

• a fixed space portion defined by a first floor component, a first ceiling component and a first wall component having a horizontal length and two vertical edges, the wall component comprising:
• a floor plate defining the lower longitudinal edge of the wall component and spanning the horizontal length of the wall component;
• a spanning beam defining the upper longitudinal edge of the wall component, said spanning beam positioned above the floor plate and spanning the horizontal length of the wall component, the spanning beam adapted to carry structural weights and loads received from the ceiling of the building and any additional floors;
• a first structural column assembly and a second structural column assembly, the first and second structural column assemblies positioned between the spanning beam and the floor plate and structured to carry structural weights and loads received from the spanning beam;
• the first and second structural column assemblies inset from the vertical edges and separated by a longitudinal distance to define an intercolumnar region, the width of the intercolumnar region being greater than the width of the member;
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• an exterior panel fastened between the first and second structural column assemblies to define a generally continuous and uninterrupted planar surface over the intercolumnar region;
• the folded structure further comprising:
• a second ceiling component horizontally stacked on the first ceiling component;
• a second floor component vertically positioned against the fixed space portion opposite to the first wall component;
• a second wall component vertically positioned against the second floor component;
• means for pivotally connecting the second ceiling component to the first ceiling component, means for pivotally connecting the second floor component to the first floor component, and means for pivotally connecting the second wall component to the second floor component.

A folded building structure transportable to a desired site at which the building structure is to be erected, comprising:

• a fixed space portion defined by a first floor component, a first ceiling component and a first wall component having a length;
• a second ceiling component horizontally stacked in a folded position on the first ceiling component;
• a third ceiling component horizontally stacked in a folded position on the second ceiling component;
• a second floor component vertically positioned in a folded position opposite to the first wall component;
• a second wall component having a length and vertically positioned in a folded position against the second floor component;
• first means for pivotally connecting the second ceiling component to the first ceiling component, such first means adapted to permit the second ceiling component to pivot, about a first horizontal axis relative to the first ceiling component, from its folded position to an unfolded position;
• second means for pivotally connecting the third ceiling component to the second ceiling component, such second means adapted to permit the third ceiling component to pivot, about a second horizontal axis relative to the second ceiling component, from its folded position to an unfolded position;
• third means for pivotally connecting the second floor component to the first floor component, such third means adapted to permit the second floor component to pivot, about a third horizontal axis relative to the first floor component, from its folded position to an unfolded position;
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• fourth means for pivotally connecting the second wall component to the second floor component, such fourth means adapted to permit the second wall component to pivot, about a fourth horizontal axis relative to the second floor component, from its folded position to an unfolded position.