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US 4,327,529 AGranted
Prefabricated building
OwnerFloyd E. Bigelow, Jr., Floyd E. Bigelow, III +1inventors
InventorsFloyd E. Bigelow, Jr., Floyd E. Bigelow, III, William H. Bigelow
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Abstract
A prefabricated building in which utilities are provided for in a core unit in which ceilings are provided by prefabricated panels and in which the panels are tied to roof trusses.
Claims3
A prefabricated building comprising:
- a plurality of exterior and interior wall sections joined together in a selected configuration;
- a plurality of ceiling panels extending between said walls;
- a plurality of roof trusses overlying said ceiling panels;
- a roof supported by said trusses;
- a utility core comprising:
- a plurality of vertical connected core walls extending vertically,
- one of said core walls providing an exterior wall of said building,
- an access door in said one wall,
- a main sewer line supported in said core and extending through said one core wall and having a plurality of lateral sewer lines extending through said core walls,
- a main water line extending through said one core wall and supported in said core and having a plurality of lateral water lines extending through said core walls,
- a water heater in said core connected to said main water line,
- a main hot water line connected to said heater and having a plurality of lateral hot water lines extending through said core walls,
- a breaker box in said core,
- a plurality of electrical conduits extending from said breaker box,
- said core prefabricated prior to erection of said building;
- and
- fixtures utilizing water and discharging sewage connected to selected one of said lateral lines.
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A prefabricated house kit and shipping box therefor:
- a rectangular shipping box comprising:
- a skid,
- a floor permanently attached to said skid,
- three walls permanently attached to said floor,
- a fourth wall removably attached to said floor and two of said three walls,
- a roof removably attached to said walls,
- said walls being without doors or windows or other openings to provide a pilfer proof box,
- said fourth wall and roof being re-attachable to said floor and walls to provide a usable building;
- and
- prefabricated building components comprising:
- a plurality of exterior and interior wall sections adapted to be joined together in a selected configuration,
- a plurality of ceiling panels adapted to extend between said walls,
- a plurality of roof trusses adapted to overlie said ceiling panels,
- a roof adapted to be supported by said trusses;
- and
- a utility core comprising:
- a plurality of vertically connected core walls extending vertically,
- one of said core walls adapted to provide an exterior wall of a building,
- an access door in said one wall,
- a main sewer line supported in said core and extending through said one core wall and having a plurality of lateral sewer lines extending through said core walls,
- a main water line extending through said one core wall and supported in said core and having a plurality of lateral water lines extending through said core walls,
- a water heater in said core connected to said main water line,
- a main hot water line connected to said heater and having a plurality of lateral hot water lines extending through said core walls,
- a breaker box in said core,
- a plurality of electrical conduits extending from said breaker box;
- and
- fixtures utilizing water and discharging sewage adapted to be connected to selected ones of said lateral lines,
- all of said building components being packed in said shipping box and when removed therefrom and erected providing a building.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.