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US 4,306,391 AGranted
Modular building panel
OwnerSamuel C. Crosbyinventor
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Abstract
A modular building panel is disclosed which is suitable for arrangement with other identical panels to form the side walls for an enclosed structure. The panel includes a wall having a uniform thickness such that the wall extends from a first end having a circle quadrant configuration to a second end formed by a pair of converging surfaces that blend into arcs that form a region that can be used, for example, as an archway.
Claims13
A modular building component suitable for use with a plurality of such components for forming the side walls of a structure, comprising:
- a three-dimensional unitary structure including opposed first and second ends, the first end having a surface configuration of approximately one quarter of a circle and the second end having a surface configuration comprised of a pair of essentially straight surfaces converging toward each other at an included angle of approximately 90.degree., said converging surfaces then each blending into an arc of a circle such that the arcs terminate at a first side of the component, the center of the two arcs being located in a plane which includes the first side, and the first side being comprised of a flat, essentially straight surface which is essentially perpendicular to tangents to the arcs at the termination of the arcs, second and third sides being respectively disposed between a terminus of the first end and the terminus of one of the essentially straight surfaces of the second end, with each of said sides being essentially perpendicular to the first and second ends, the body of the structure including a wall having an essentially uniform thickness bounded by said first and second ends and by the first, second, and third sides.
A modular building component suitable for use with a plurality of such components for forming the side walls for structures, consisting essentially of:
- a three-dimensional unitary structure including opposed first and second ends, the first end having a surface configuration of approximately one quarter of a circle and the second end having a surface configuration comprised of a pair of essentially straight surfaces converging toward each other at an included angle of approximately 90.degree., said converging surfaces then each blending into an arc of a circle such that the arcs terminate at a first side of the component, the first side being comprised of a flat, essentially straight surface which is essentially perpendicular to tangents to the arcs at the termination of the arcs, second and third sides being respectively disposed between a terminus of the first end and the terminus of one of the essentially straight surfaces of the second end, with each of said sides being essentially perpendicular to the first and second ends, the body of the structure including a wall having an essentially uniform thickness bounded by said first and second ends and by the first, second, and third sides.
A building panel, comprising:
- a three-dimensional unitary structure having (a) a first end with a surface configuration of approximately one quarter of a circle, (b) a second end having a surface configuration comprised of a pair of primary surface portions which converge toward each other and then each blend into a less severe converging section which together form (c) a protuberance on the component, (d) a first side disposed between said less severe converging sections of the second end, wherein the surface of said first side is essentially flat and essentially parallel to a tangent to the mid point of the quarter circle of the first end, (e) second and third sides being respectively disposed between a terminus of one of the primary surface portions of the second surface and one of two terminii on the first end, wherein each of said second and third sides are essentially perpendicular to the first and second ends, (f) the body of the structure including a wall having an essentially uniform thickness bounded by said first and second ends and by first, second and third sides.
A building panel, consisting essentially of:
- a three-dimensional unitary structure having (a) a first end with a surface configuration of approximately one quarter of a circle, (b) a second end having a surface configuration comprised of a pair of surfaces converging toward each other to form (c) a protuberance on the component, (d) a first side disposed between said pair of converging surfaces of the second end, wherein the surface of said first side is essentially flat and essentially parallel to a tangent to the mid point of the quarter circle of the first end, (e) second and third sides being respectively disposed between a terminus of one of the converging portions of the second surface and one of two terminii on the first end, wherein each of said second and third sides are essentially perpendicular to the first and second ends, (f) the body of the structure including a wall having an essentially uniform thickness bounded by said first and second ends and by first, second and third sides.
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