Modular housing system

A new and improved wedge-type connector adapted to engage a pin extending through adjacently positioned framing members for releasably connecting the framing members together, comprising:

• a wedge member having both a wedging surface and a parallel surface, said surfaces diverging from one another and said wedging surface being disposed at an inclined angle with respect to the plane of at least one of said framing members while the parallel surface is parallel to the same plane, said inclined wedging surface having a tapered slot therein adapted to receive a pin and engage a portion of said pin such that said wedge member is movable parallel to said plane of the framing member between a released position and a wedged position in which said pin is placed in tension, thereby connecting together said adjacently positioned frame members;
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• a lock member between said plane of the framing member and the parallel surface of the wedge member for locking said wedge member in a wedged position from which it can not be loosened by movement parallel to said plane, said wedge member and lock member having pin-receiving opening portions and interengaging serrated portions both spaced from said opening portions, said wedge member being separable from the lock member by lifting up on the end of the wedge member adjacent its serrated portion.

A deviation connector for wall units of a modular housing system wherein a pair of adjacent wall units are disposed in side-by-side abutting relationship and are releasably connected together by connecting means which include an elongated pin extending transversely through abutting side studs of such pair of wall units, said deviation connector comprising:

• a thin plate member adapted to be received between said abutting end studs and having an opening therethrough to receive said elongated pin, and
• a pin attached to and extending from said plate member, said pin having an end spaced from said plate member and adapted to engage a releasable wedge fastening member,
• whereby an additional framing member such as the end stud of a third wall unit may be butted against the edges of said first studs and receive a portion of the pin of the deviation connector in an appropriate lateral opening, the pin projecting through the third stud and receiving the fastening member to releasably clamp the third stud to the pair of studs.

A deviation connector for wall units of a modular housing system wherein a pair of adjacent wall units are disposed in side-by-side abutting relationship and are releasably connected together by connecting means which include an elongated pin extending transversely through abutting side studs of such pair of wall units, said deviation connector comprising:

• a thin plate member adapted to be received between said abutting end studs, and
• a pair of pins attached to and extending from opposed sides of said plate member, each said pin having an end spaced from said plate member and adapted to engage a releasable wedge fastening member,
• whereby a pair of additional framing member such as the end studs of third and fourth wall units may be butted against the edges of said first studs and receive portion of the pins of the deviation connector in apparopriate lateral openings, the pins projecting through the third and fourth studs and receiving the fastening members to releasably clamp the third and fourth stud to the original pair of studs.