Cabin element system for ships

A method for providing a floating structure with self-supporting box-like cabin elements, including the steps of:

• preparing a deck for receiving said cabin elements;
• erecting said cabin elements with walls, a roof and with an open bottom;
• providing temporary attachment of transport units at the bottom of said walls for making said cabin elements movable on said deck;
• supporting said cabin elements with the walls, the roof and the open bottom on said transport units;
• operating the transport units from the interior of the cabin elements;
• said transport units comprising a frame, a wheeled transport unit and temporary connection means, and temporarily connecting the wheeled transport unit at the lower edge of a cabin element wall proximate to the open bottom of the cabin element;
• said transport units including operative means for steering thereof, and including placing said operative means for operation thereof mainly inside the cabin element;
• and,
• operating the operative means for steering mainly from the inside of the cabin elements.

A method for providing a floating structure with self-supporting box-like cabin elements, including the steps of:

• preparing a deck for receiving said cabin elements;
• erecting said cabin elements with walls, a roof and with an open bottom;
• providing temporary attachable and detachable transport units at the bottom of said walls for making said cabin elements movable on said deck;
• supporting said cabin elements with the walls, the roof and the open bottom on said transport units;
• and
• operating the transport units from the interior of the cabin elements;
• providing steering means on said transport units;
• temporarily connecting the mobile transport unit at the lower edge of the cabin element wall proximate to the open bottom of the cabin element;
• and
• operating said steering means mainly from the inside of said cabin elements.

A method for providing a floating structure with self-supporting box-like elements, including the steps of:

• preparing a deck for receiving said cabin elements;
• erecting said cabin elements with walls, a roof and with an open bottom;
• employing detachable transport units for transferring the cabin elements;
• providing steering means on said transport units and operating said steering means mainly from the inside of said cabin elements;
• and
• temporarily connecting the transport unit at the lower edge of a cabin element wall proximate to the open bottom of the cabin element.

In a ship or the like floating structure having a deck, a system for providing said deck with box-like cabin elements, said system comprising:

• self-supporting cabin elements each consisting of walls, a roof and an open bottom;
• transport means comprising a plurality of transport units, said transport unit comprising a frame, a transport wheel member and temporary connection means, said transport units including operative means for steering thereof, said cabin elements being supported on said transport units;
• said transport unit being temporarily connected at the lower edge of a cabin element wall and proximate to the open bottom of the cabin element;
• said operative means of said transport units being placed mainly inside said cabin element;
• and
• said operative means and said transport units being operated mainly from the inside of the cabin element.

In a ship or the like floating structure having a deck, a system for providing said deck of said ship with cabin elements placed directly onto said deck, said system comprising:

• self-supporting cabin elements consisting of walls, a roof and an open bottom;
• transport means temporarily connected to the bottom of the walls and inside the walls of said cabin elements, said transport means being operable from the interior of said cabin elements;
• and
• steering means on said transport means operable mainly from the inside of the cabin elements.