Module building foundation and floor system
OwnerJohn H. Terryinventor
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Abstract
A building foundation is formed from precast modular components assembled in situ to enclose plumbing and ducting. The components include foundation pads clamped together and interfitted with perimeter wall sections and spacer posts for support of floor panels held together by slots in the top of the wall sections and the spacer posts.
Claims13
In a building construction, a foundation assembly comprising a precast ground bearing pad having a peripheral rim portion and upstanding ribs spaced inwardly therefrom, a separate wall section, locking means securing the wall section to said peripheral rim portion, a plurality of floor surface panels locked to the wall section in spaced relation to the ground bearing pad and spacer means engageable with the upstanding ribs of the ground bearing pad for supporting and holding said floor surface panels in abutting relation to each other spaced from the ground bearing pad.
In a building construction, a foundation assembly comprising a ground bearing pad having a peripheral rim portion and upstanding ribs, a wall section secured to said peripheral rim portion, a plurality of floor surface panels supported by the wall section in spaced relation to the ground bearing pad and spacer means engageable with the upstanding ribs of the ground bearing pad for holding said floor surface panels in abutting relation to each other spaced from the ground bearing pad, each of said floor surface panels includes a depending peripheral flange engageable with the wall section and the spacer means, said spacer means including a plurality of posts having opposite axial ends respectively engaged with the ribs on the ground bearing pad and abutting peripheral flanges of adjacent floor surface panels, one of the axial ends on each of said posts being slotted to receive the abutting peripheral flanges and the other of the axial ends having a projection received in recesses formed in the ribs of the ground engaging pad.
In a building construction, a foundation assembly comprising a ground bearing pad having a peripheral rim portion and upstanding ribs, a wall section secured to said peripheral rim portion, a plurality of floor surface panels supported by the wall section in spaced relation to the ground bearing pad and spacer means engageable with the upstanding ribs of the ground bearing pad for holding said floor surface panels in abutting relation to each other spaced from the ground bearing pad, each of said floor surface panels includes a depending peripheral flange engageable with the wall section and the spacer means, each of said wall sections including a solid body of generally rectangular cross section having upper, lower, exterior and interior faces, said lower face being in bearing contact with the peripheral rim portion of the ground bearing pad, said upper face being slotted to receive the peripheral flanges of the floor surface panels and locking means projecting from the lower face into engagement with the rim portion for holding the wall section in vertical alignment with the rim portion.
A prefabricated foundation assembly including a plurality of abutting pads, separate abutting wall sections assembled in peripheral relation on said pads, a plurality of abutting floor panels, and spacer means for holding the floor panels assembled and supporting the same in spaced relation on the pads, each of said pads including a planar bearing surface portion, a peripheral rim to which the floor panels are anchored and a plurality of spaced ribs projecting from the bearing surface portion in engagement with the spacer means, said spacer means including spaced posts interlocked with said ribs and the floor panels.
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