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US 3,942,290 AGranted
Integrated building construction
OwnerJohn H. O'Sheeraninventor
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Abstract
An integrated building structure of A-frame form has a series of cored panels, each of which is provided at peripheral extremities with interlocking, dual connectors. The structural components of the building interlock with one another and are integrated through an elongated ridge pole with fastening means compatible with the connectors of the structural components.
Claims11
An integrated building structure comprising:
- a floor having side connection systems and end connection systems;
- end walls with base connection systems interengaged with the end connection systems of the floor, the end walls having corner connectors;
- side walls with base connection systems interengaged with the side connection systems of the floor, the side walls having corner connectors and having top connectors;
- corner beams, with corner connectors mating with the corner connectors of adjacent side and end walls and interengaged therewith, the corner beams having top connectors;
- an elongated main ridge pole having ridge pole connectors which interfit with the top connectors of the side walls and corner beams;
- each of the adjacent connectors including a male connector portion and a female connector portion;
- each of said male connector portions including a base with extending side walls, abutment flanges on the side walls, converging slant walls, wall sections with a plurality of outward protrusions, and an end wall;
- each of said female connector portions being slidably engaged with an adjacent male connector portion, and comprising an inside end wall, substantially parallel side walls, outer end walls, substantially parallel inward walls, slant walls, wall sections with a plurality of depressed sections thereon, and a terminal wall;
- the outward protrusions of the male connectors fitting within the depressed sections of the female connectors to interlock the connectors to one another;
- and
- corner plugs interengaging the side and end walls with the floor.
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An integrated building construction comprising:
- A floor system having longitudinal and lateral sides anchored to support means, the floor system including a series of substantially rectangular floor panels having edges;
- interlocking fastening means on the edges of the floor panels comprising interfitting male and female components slidably joined together;
- said male and female components including male connector portions and female connector portions;
- each of said male connector portions including a base with extending side walls, abutment flanges on the side walls, converging slant walls, wall sections with a plurality of outward protrusions and an end wall;
- each of said female connector portions being slidably engaged within adjacent male connector portions, and comprising an inside end wall, substantially parallel side walls, outer end walls, substantially parallel inward walls, slant walls, wall sections with a plurality of depressed sections thereon, and a terminal wall;
- the outward protrusions of the male connectors fitting within the depressed sections of the female connectors to interlock the connectors to one another;
- a series of beams to interconnect adjacent series of floor panels;
- inclined male supports extending along each of the longitudinal sides of the assembled floor system;
- side walls systems secured to the floor systems at the inclined male supports thereof, the said wall systems including substantially rectangular side panels in vertical pairs, and angled beams intersecting adjacent sets of the panels;
- each panel system of a side wall comprising interengaged panel members;
- an end panel system for each end of the structure;
- a series of corner beams interconnecting the side walls and end panels;
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- a main ridge pole interengaging the side panels extending from opposite longitudinal sides of said floor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.