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US 2023/0078431 A1Published application
Building system
AssigneeDVLP International Ltd
InventorChristian Lazarus Sinclair
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Abstract
The invention concerns a building system for building a structure such as a dwelling, garage, shop, school, hall or the like comprising a number of interconnecting components whose assembly is dictated by their size and shape, the invention extends to components of said building system; a kit of parts thereof; and a method for building dwellings, garages, shops, schools, halls or the like.
Claims18
A building system comprising:
- i) a plurality of ground engaging stakes at least one of which has, at an upper part thereof, a rectilinear cross-section, at least one side of which is provided with a protrusion or indentation for receiving a mating member and also having a channel having a rectilinear cross-section at least one side of which is provided with a protrusion and/or indentation, which channel is for mating with an upstanding member;
- ii) a plurality of ground engaging elongate members wherein at least one end of each member is provided with a protrusion or indentation for mating with said stake;
- iii) a plurality of upstanding members having a rectilinear cross-section and at least one side thereof has a protrusion or indentation for mating with said channel in said stake;
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- iv) a plurality of capping members adapted to mate with the upper end of at least one upstanding member.
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A kit of parts comprising a selected number and combination of the following for the purpose of building a structure:
- i) at least one or a plurality of ground engaging stake(s) which has/have, at an upper part thereof, a rectilinear cross-section, at least one side of which is provided with a protrusion or indentation for receiving a mating member and a central channel having a rectilinear cross-section at least one side thereof is provided with a protrusion or indentation, which channel is for mating with an upstanding member;
- ii) at least one ground engaging elongate member, at least one end of which is provided with a protrusion or indentation for mating with said stake;
- iii) at least one upstanding member having a rectilinear cross-section and at least one side thereof has a protrusion or indentation for mating with said channel in said stake;
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- iv) at least one capping member adapted to mate with the upper end of at least one upstanding member.
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A method for building a structure such as a dwelling, garage, shop, school, hall or the like comprising:
- i) positioning stakes in the ground at the designated corners, or underneath the designated walls, of said structure wherein each stake has an upper part that is rectilinear in cross-section and at least one side thereof is provided with a protrusion or indentation for receiving a mating member;
- optionally, at least one stake also having an inner channel that is rectilinear in cross-section and at least one side thereof is provided with a protrusion and/or indentation, which channel is for mating with an upstanding member;
- ii) positioning a plurality of ground engaging elongate members between said stakes, at least one end of said ground engaging elongate member being provided with a protrusion or indentation for mating with said stake and mating same together using said protrusion or indentation;
- iii) positioning an upstanding member in a channel provided in said stake wherein said upstanding member has a rectilinear cross-section and at least one side thereof has a protrusion or indentation for mating with said channel in said stake;
- iv) positioning soil blocks on said ground engaging elongate members whereby a soil block wall is built;
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- v) positioning at least one capping member on at least one upstanding member and an adjacent soil block wall wherein said capping member is adapted to mate with the upper end of at least one upstanding member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.